Microbial, Cellular & Molecular Biology — Microbiology Option (MCMB)
The Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology major provides students with a strong foundation in coursework that emphasizes understanding life at the cellular and molecular level. Within this major, students can formally select the Microbiology concentration, in which upper-level coursework focuses primarily on aspects of bacterial life. Students in this major will be well-prepared for postgraduate work, careers in basic or applied microbiology (including food and environmental microbiology) or research in biomedical science. This major can be tailored to students interested in pursuing careers in healthcare including medicine, dentistry and optometry.
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| ENGL 1100 English Composition I | 3 | ENGL 1120 English Composition II | 3 |
| CHEM 1030 Fundamentals Chemistry I | 3 | CORE SOCIAL SCIENCE | 3 |
| CORE HISTORY | 3 | CHEM 1040 Fundamental Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 1031 Fundamental Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 | CHEM 1041 Fundamental Chemistry II Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 1020 Principles of Biology | 3 | BIOL 1030 Organismal Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 1021 Principles of Biology Laboratory | 1 | BIOL 1031 Organismal Biology Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 2100 Professional Development | 1 | ||
| 15 | 14 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| CHEM 2070 Organic Chemistry I | 3 | CHEM 2080 Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 2071 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 | CHEM 2081 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory | 1 |
| PHYS 1500 General Physics I | 4 | PHYS 1510 General Physics II | 4 |
| CORE LITERATURE | 3 | BIOL 3200 General Microbiology | 3 |
| BIOL 3000 Genetics | 3 | BIOL 3201 General Microbiology Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 3001 General Genetics Laboratory | 1 | CORE HISTORY or LIT1 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| BCHE 5180 Biochemistry I | 3 | BCHE 5190 Biochemistry II | 3 |
| BCHE 5181 Biochemistry I Laboratory | 1 | MMCB Elective | 2 or 3 |
| BIOL 5200 Clinical Microbiology | 5 | BIOL 4100 Cell Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 5250 Microbial Evolution and Diversity | 4 | CORE FINE ARTS | 3 |
| MATH 1610 Calculus I | 4 | MATH 1620 Calculus II or STAT 2510 Statistics for Biological and Health Sciences3 | 4 or 3 |
| 17 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| BIOL 5260 Prokaryotic Molecular Genetics | 3 | BIOL 5210 Microbial Physiology | 3 |
| BIOL 5521 Gene Expression and Recombinant DNA Laboratory | 2 | MMCB Elective | 4 |
| Biology Elective | 3 | Biology Electives | 4 |
| CORE SOC SCI or HUM2 | 3 | Core Social Science | 3 |
| Free Elective | 2 | BIOL 4950 Senior Seminar | 1 |
| CORE HUMANITIES | 3 | UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed | 0 |
| BIOL 4AA0 Professional Development II | 0 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours: 122 | |||
- 1
Students must complete a two-course sequence in either HIST or LIT (for example, World History 1 and 2 or American Lit 1 and 2). For complete HIST and LIT sequence options, see the Bulletin.
- 2
If a HIST sequence is chosen, this course must be a CORE HUMANITIES.
- 3
If STAT 2510 is chosen, an extra hour of MMCB Elective must be completed.