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Micrb Minor

The Microbiology minor exists to recognize those students who wish to add a limited but sound understanding of microbiology to their major. The minor requires a minimum of two laboratory courses to provide some expertise in the handling, culturing, and counting of microorganisms. There is sufficient flexibility in the minor to permit a student to emphasize some specialty area of the field like virology, microbial genetics or pathogenic microbiology. Courses required in the minor are:

MICRB 201 – Introductory Microbiology 3 credits
MICRB 202 – Introductory Microbiology Laboratory 2 credits
MICRB 251 – Molecular and Cell Biology I 3 credits
MICRB 410 – Principles of Immunology 3 credits
MICRB 421W – Laboratory of General and Applied Microbiology 3 credits
OR  
MICRB 422 – Medical Microbiology Laboratory 2 credits
400-level MICRB electives (Not including MICRB 408 or 496) 4-5 credits
Total 18 credits

A grade of C or better is required in all courses specified for the MICRB minor.

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