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A.B. in Microbiology (2011-12) Course Requirements


These requirements are for students enrolling in 2011-12 academic year (catalog year 2012) and later. Students who enrolled during previous catalog years may elect to change to the latest catalog year by filling out a "Change of Major" form in the Microbiology office.

To view the previous catalog year requirements, follow this link.

Students are urged to continue developing the foreign language study started in high school. If prepared, you may wish to take a first year sequence of 101 and 102, or 201 and 202, or a course at the 300 level, rather than the two-year sequence indicated below. All MBI students must pass satisfy the CAS A requirement for a foreign language.

Ask your advisor how certain elective courses may contribute to your particular professional goals. Some students will devote their elective course hours to obtain a second major, e.g., in Chemistry or Spanish; other students may use these hours for additional preparation for professional school standardized tests.

The requirements for graduation represent the faculty's consolidation of the specifics indicated by prospective employers and feedback from graduates into what is reasonable for a good, average student in our baccalaureate program. The program is intentionally broad in focus within the discipline in order to expand the opportunities of the graduate. Recent changes in the curriculum provide for a set of core courses needed by all microbiology majors, focus courses that provide more in-depth coverage of disciplines within the field, and elective courses to complement the students' career objectives.

Course Requirements for the A.B. Degree in Microbiology

Note: all required MBI courses are offered only in the semesters indicated below. Some electives are only offered in alternate years.

First Year

Fall Semester Spring Semester
Microbial World: MBI 121 and MBI 123 (3,1) or Biological Concepts I: MBI 115 (4) Biological Concepts II: MBI 116 (4)
General Chemistry: CHM 141, 144 (3,2) General Chemistry: CHM 142, 145 (3,2)
Composition and Literature: ENG 111 (3) Composition and Literature: ENG 112 (3)
Foreign Language: 101 (4) Foreign Language: 102 (4)

Second Year

Fall Semester Spring Semester
General Microbiology:MBI 201 (4) Molecular and Cellular Biology: MBI 365 (3)
Organic Chemistry: CHM 231 (4) or CHM 241/244 (5) Biochemistry: CHM 332 (4) or CHM 242/245 (5)
Calculus: MTH 151 (5) or Statistics: STA 261 (4) Miami Plan/CAS Requirements/Electives (4-6)
Foreign Language: 201 (3) Foreign Language: 202 (3)

Third Year

Fall Semester Spring Semester
Microbiology Focus courses* (3-7) Microbiology Focus courses* (3-7)
Physics: PHY 171/173 or 181/183 (4/5) Physics: PHY 172/174 or 182/184 (4/5)
Miami Plan/CAS Requirements/Electives (5-8) Miami Plan/CAS Requirements/Electives (5-8)

Fourth Year

Fall Semester Spring Semester
Microbiology Focus courses* (3-7) Microbiology Focus courses* (3-7)
Miami Plan/CAS Requirements/Electives (8-13) Miami Plan/CAS Requirements/Electives (8-13)
Fall or Spring Semester
Miami Plan Capstone (3)

*Microbiology A.B. Focus Courses

Fall Semester Spring Semester
Immunology Principles and Practice: MBI 415 (4) or Immunology Principles: MBI 414 (3) Medical Bacteriology: MBI 405 (4)
Structural Genomics: MBI 424 (4)
Note: Usually offered in even-numbered years only 		Human Viruses: MBI 464 (3)
Microbial Physiology: MBI 425 (4) Microbial and Molecular Genetics Laboratory: MBI 465 (2)
Microbial Genetics: MBI 445 (3)
Medical Mycology: MBI 435 (3)
Note: Usually offered in odd-numbered years only 		Microbial Ecology: MBI 475 (4)
Note: Usually offered in even-numbered years only
Bacterial Cell Biology: MBI 495 (3)
Note: Usually offered in odd-numbered years only 		Principles of Bioinformatics: MBI 485 (3)
Fall or Spring Semester
Epidemiology: MBI 361 (3)
Note: Fall - Middletown Campus (every year), Oxford campus (even-numbered years only);
Spring and Summer - Hamilton Campus

*Microbiology A.B. Elective Courses

Fall Semester Spring Semester
Field Ecology: MBI 333 (2)
Note: Usually offered in even-numbered years only 		Programming in Life Sciences: MBI 256 (3)
Geomicrobiology: MBI 402 (3)
Note: Usually offered in even-numbered years only
Bioinformatics Computing Skills: MBI 466 (3)
Fall or Spring Semester
Research Problems: MBI 440 (2-4)
Note: enroll in either Fall, Spring or Summer semester during the senior year
Independent Study: 477 (2-4)
Note: enroll in either Fall, Spring or Summer semester during the senior year
Departmental Honors: MBI 480 (1-6)
Note: enroll in either Fall, Spring or Summer semester during the senior year
Senior Seminar: MBI 490 (1)
Note: enroll in either Fall, or Spring semester during the senior year

Requirements for the A.B. degree in Microbiology (32 hours):

Core Courses, 15 hours:

  • Microbial World / Experimenting with Microbes or Biological Concepts I
  • Biological Concepts II
  • General Microbiology
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology

Focus Courses, 14 hours minimum:

  • Breadth Requirement - select at least 1 course from each of groups A, B and C:
    Group A: Biomedical
    • Epidemiology
    • Medical Bacteriology
    • Immunology Principles
      (and Practice)
    • Medical Mycology
    • Human Viruses
    		Group B: Integrative
    • Molecular Genetics Laboratory
    • Microbial Ecology
    • Principles of Bioinformatics
    • Bacterial Cell Biology
    • Structural Genomics
    		Group C: Advanced Core
    • Microbial Physiology
    • Microbial Genetics
  • Depth Requirement - select at least 2 4-credit hour courses with labs:
    • Medical Bacteriology
    • Immunology Principals and Practice
    • Microbial Physiology
    • Microbial Ecology
    • Structural Genomics

Elective Courses:

  • Additional courses from Microbiology at the 200-level or higher (including additional Focus Courses), or from Botany, Chemistry, or Zoology (at the 300-level or higher), to complete the 32 required hours

Related science courses, 20-25 hours:

  • Calculus or Statistics
  • General Chemistry with Lab
  • Organic Chemistry with or without Biochemistry with Lab
  • Physics with Lab

Note: No Microbiology or required related course may be taken on credit/no credit basis.

Note: Other MBI 100-level courses DO NOT COUNT towards the 32 required hours in Microbiology

Thematic Sequence (3):

  • Students may choose from among any of the thematic sequences offered at Miami University.
  • Students must register for the thematic sequence at the department offering the sequence.

Note: Microbiology majors cannot use a Microbiology thematic sequence to satisfy the requirement.

Microbiology Capstone (3):

Capstone requirements

  • Library Research 440.C (2) + Senior Seminar 490 (1)
     - or -
  • Laboratory Research 477.C (2) + Senior Seminar 490 (1)

Detailed description of the Microbiology Capstone

Note: You must use the .C modifier for all research courses within the Microbiology Capstone for capstone credit.

Note: Research Capstone courses require a completed independent study form.

Note: Microbiology majors can satisfy capstone requirements with any capstone offered by Miami University.

Courses suggested as non-microbiology electives for A.B. degree in Microbiology:

  • Technical Writing: ENG 313 (3)
  • Analytical Chemistry: CHM 363, 364 (3,2)
  • Additional upper-level Chemistry
  • Personal Computer Applications: CSE 141 (2), with or without
    Computing Skills - Database: CIT 101.D (1)

Note: Students should be competent in computer usage before taking MBI 201.

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Chief Departmental Advisor
 

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