Bachelor of Science in Microbiology

Freshman Year

CHEM 121	General Chemistry I		5 cr 
CHEM 122	General Chemistry II		4 cr 
BIOS 101	General Zoology			3 cr 
BIOS 103	General Botany			3 cr 
ENGL 101	Composition			3 cr 
MATH 117	Algebra and Trigonometry	5 cr 
MATH 120*	Essentials of Calculus		4 cr 
SPCH 101	Principles of Speech		2 cr 
IN ADDITION:	One of Goals 6, 7, or 8		3 cr
						TOTAL: 32 cr
						

Sophomore Year

ENGL 201	Critical Reading and Writing	3 cr
CHEM g301	Organic Chemistry I		3 cr 
CHEM g302	Organic Chemistry II		3 cr 
CHEM g303	Organic Chemistry 
		Laboratory I			1 cr 
CHEM g304	Organic Chemistry 
		Laboratory II			1 cr 
BIOS 235	General Microbiology		4 cr 
BIOS 236	Advanced General 
		Microbiology			3 cr 
PHYS 211	General Physics I		3 cr 
PHYS 212	General Physics II		3 cr 
PHYS 213-214	General Physics Laboratory	2 cr
IN ADDITION:	Two of Goals 9, 11, and 12	6 cr
						TOTAL: 32 cr
						

Junior Year

CHEM 232	Quantitative Analysis		2 cr 
CHEM 234	Quantitative Analysis 
		Laboratory			2 cr 
BIOS g332	Biochemistry			3 cr 
BIOS g334	Experimental Biochemistry	1 cr
BIOS g351	Immunology			3 cr 
BIOS g353	Immunology Laboratory		1 cr 
BIOS g355	Pathogenic Microbiology		3 cr 
BIOS g357	Pathogenic Microbiology 
		Laboratory			2 cr 
IN ADDITION:	Foreign Language		8 cr 
		(2 semesters, Goal 10B) 
		One of Goals 6, 7, or 8 	3 cr 
		Electives			4 cr 
						TOTAL: 32 cr 

Senior Year

BIOS g433	Microbial Physiology		4 cr 
BIOS g465	Microbial Genetics		3 cr 
BIOS g467	Microbial Genetics Laboratory	1 cr
BIOS g475	General Virology		3 cr 
BIOS g477	Bacterial Virology Laboratory	1 cr
	OR 
BIOS g478	Animal Virology Laboratory	1 cr
BIOS g491-g492	Seminar, to total:		2 cr 
	OR 
BIOS 494	(Minimum of 1 cr. must 
	 	be in BIOS 494) 
IN ADDITION:	Electives			18 cr 
						TOTAL: 32 cr

Recommended Electives

BIOS g303	Principles of Animal 
		Physiology			4 cr 
BIOS g447	Biochemistry II			3 cr 
CHEM g351-g352	Physical Chemistry		6 cr 
MATH 222*	Calculus and Analytic 
		Geometry II			4 cr
		
*Students electing to take MATH 222 are advised to take MATH 121 rather than MATH 120 as the first calculus course.