2018-2019 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Biomedical Sciences - Microbiology Emphasis
Graduates from this emphasis will be prepared to enter a graduate program in microbiology or biotechnology. It would be an excellent emphasis for a premedical student interested in infectious disease. In addition, the laboratory-rich aspect of this emphasis will prepare a graduate for becoming a microbiology/biotechnology laboratory technician. Because it is impossible to design one curriculum to fulfill the requirements of every graduate school or laboratory, it is the student's responsibility, in consultation with an advisor, to see that the requirements are fulfilled for the particular school(s)/job(s) in which the student is interested. This major, although directed, allows sufficient flexibility to accommodate specific requirements that various programs may have.
Major Requirements
1. General University Degree Requirements
As identified in the General Academic Policies section of the Grand Valley State University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog.
2. Required Biomedical Sciences Courses
- BMS 208 - Human Anatomy (3 credits)
- BMS 212 - Introductory Microbiology (3 credits)
- BMS 213 - Laboratory in Microbiology (1 credit)
- BMS 290 - Human Physiology (3 credits)
- BMS 291 - Laboratory in Human Physiology (1 credit)
- BMS 312 - Bacterial Genetics (3 credits)
- BMS 313 - Bacterial Genetics Laboratory (1 credit)
- BMS 422 - Bacterial Physiology (3 credits)
- BMS 423 - Bacterial Physiology Laboratory (2 credits)
- BMS 499 - Research in the Biomedical Sciences (1 to 3 credits)
3. Additional Required Courses
- BIO 120 - General Biology I (4 credits)
- BIO 355 - Human Genetics (3 credits) OR BIO 375 - Genetics (3 credits) AND BIO 376 - Genetics Laboratory (1 credit)
- CHM 115 - Principles of Chemistry I (4 credits)
- CHM 116 - Principles of Chemistry II (5 credits)
- CHM 241 - Organic Chemistry For Life Sciences I (5 credits)
- CHM 242 - Organic Chemistry For Life Sciences II (4 credits)
- CHM 461 - Biochemistry I (4 credits)
- MTH 122 - College Algebra (3 credits)
- MTH 123 - Trigonometry (3 credits)
- PHY 220 - General Physics I (5 credits)
- PHY 221 - General Physics II (5 credits)
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)
4. Biomedical Sciences Elective Courses
Six additional hours of upper-division science courses from the following:
- BMS 410 - Immunology (3 credits)
- BMS 412 - Medical Bacteriology (3 credits)
- BMS 413 - Medical Bacteriology Laboratory (2 credits)
- BMS 431 - Medical Virology (3 credits)
- CHM 462 - Techniques in Biochemistry (3 credits)