Microbiology Major

 

 

 

 

Requirements List

The microbiology program is open to students who have completed 01:119:101 General Biology and 01:160:161 General Chemistry with grades of C or better

Degree: Bachelor of Science

Undergraduate Program Director: Dr. Max Häggblom
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Lipman Hall, Cook College
76 Lipman Drive
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-932-9763 x326
haggblom@aesop.rutgers.edu

The microbiology program is open to students who have completed 01:119:101 General Biology and 01:160:161-162 General Chemistry with grades of C or better.

I. College Mission: Interdisciplinary Critical Analysis (5 credits)
11:015:400 Junior/Senior Colloquium (3)

II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences
A. Life Sciences (8 credits)
01:119:101-102 General Biology (4,4)
B. Physical Science (9 credits)
01:160:161-162 General Chemistry (4,4)
01:160:171 Intro to Experimenttion (1)

III. Humanities and Arts (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree requirements chapter.

IV. Multicultural and International Studies (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements.

V. Human Behavior, Economic Systems, and Political Processes (9 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements.

VI. Oral and Written Communication (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements.
01:355:302 Scientific and Technical Writing (3) is strongly recommended.

VII. Experience-Based Education (0-3 credits)
11:680:497, 498 Research in Microbiology (BAba) or equivalent independent research project or appropritate cooperative education placement of at least 3 credits or apporpriate non-credit bearing internship approved by the Undergraduate Program Director.


VIII. Proficiency in Microbiology (72-73 credits)

A. REQUIRED COURSES (73-77)

Quantitative Skills (8)
01:640:___1___ CALC1-CALC2 (4,4) [01:640:151-152 Calculus for Mathematics and Physical Sciences (4,4) is preferred]


Professional Ethics (1)
11:680:401 Ethics and Issues in Microbiology (1) or other biotethic's course approved by the Undergraduate Program Director.


Additional requirements (43-44)
11:115:403-404 General Biochemistry (4,3) or 01:694:407-408 Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (3,3)
11:115:413 Experimental Biochemistry (3)
01:160:307-308 Organic Chemistry (4,4) or 01:160:315-316 Principles of Organic Chemistry (4,4) *
01:447:380 Genetics (4)
01:447:498 Bacterial Physiology (3)
11:680:390 or 01:447:390 General Microbiology (4)
11:680:480 Microbial Genetics and Genomics (3) or 11:126:481 Molecular Genetics (3)
11:680:491 Microbial Ecology and Diversity (3)
11:680:495 Seminar in Microbiology (1)
01:750:193-194 Physics for the Sciences (4,4) or equivalent *
*Students intending to apply to medical school should be aware that many schools require laboratories in organic chemistry and physics.

B. ELECTIVES (20)

A minimum of 20 credits of elective course from the two groups below, with at least 11 credits and at least two laboratories from Group A

Group A

11:126:407 Comparative Virology (3)
01:146:474 Immunology (3)
01:146:475 Laboratory in Immunology (1)
11:375:411 Environmental Microbiology (3)
11:400:423 Food Microbiology (3)
11:400:424 Food Microbiology Laboratory (1)
01:447:392 Pathogenic Microbiology (3)
11:628:404 Fungi and Ecosystems (3) or 11:770:403 Fungi in the Environment (3)
11:680:394 Applied Microbiology (4) (includes laboratory)
11:680:492 Microbial Ecology Laboratory (2)

Group B

11:115:412 Protein and Enzyme Chemistry (3)
11:115:428 Homology Modeling of Proteins (3)
11:126:405 Microbial Technology (3)
11:126:412 Process Biotechnology (3)
11:126:427 Methods in Recombinant DNA Technology (4)
11:126:482 Molecular Genetics Laboratory (3)
11:126:483 Nucleotide Sequence Analysis (3)
11:126:484 Biotechnology Robotics (3)
11:126:486 Analytical Methods in Microbiology (4)
11:127:414 Unit Processes in Bioenvironmental Engineering II (3)
01:146:328 Human Parasitology (3)
11:375:453 Soil Ecology (3)
11:375:312 Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (2)
01:447:398 Electron Microscopy (3)
01:447:480 Topics in Molecular Genetics (3)
11:628:418 Marine Microbiology (4)
11:680:497,498 Research in Microbiology (BA): One to three credits of research may be substituted for an equal number of credits of elective courses, with the approval of the curriculum coordinator.
11:770:301 General Plant Pathology (3)

IX. Unspecified Electives (3-7 credits)