2019-2020 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology
Graduates from this degree will be prepared to enter a graduate program in microbiology or biotechnology. It would be an appropriate degree for a premedical student interested in infectious disease. In addition, the laboratory-rich aspect of this degree 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. The major requires 71 to 72 credit hours for completion dependent on the math sequence chosen.
Major Requirements
General University Degree Requirements
As identified in the General Academic Policies section of the Grand Valley State University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog.
Required Microbiology Courses/Labs (Credits: 21)
- BMS 212 - Introductory Microbiology Credits: 3
- BMS 213 - Laboratory in Microbiology Credits: 1
- BMS 312 - Bacterial Genetics Credits: 3
- BMS 313 - Bacterial Genetics Laboratory Credits: 1
- BMS 412 - Medical Bacteriology Credits: 3
- BMS 413 - Medical Bacteriology Laboratory Credits: 2
- BMS 422 - Bacterial Physiology Credits: 3
- BMS 423 - Bacterial Physiology Laboratory Credits: 2
- MIC 495 - Microbiology and Infectious Disease Credits: 3
Additional Required Courses (Credits: 44 to 45)
- BIO 120 - General Biology I Credits: 4
- CHM 115 - Principles of Chemistry I Credits: 4
- CHM 116 - Principles of Chemistry II Credits: 5
- CHM 241 - Organic Chemistry For Life Sciences I Credits: 5
- CHM 242 - Organic Chemistry For Life Sciences II Credits: 4
- CHM 461 - Biochemistry I Credits: 4
- MTH 124 - Precalculus: Functions and Models Credits: 5 OR BOTH MTH 122 - College Algebra (3 credits) AND MTH 123 - Trigonometry (3 credits)
- PHY 220 - General Physics I Credits: 5
- PHY 221 - General Physics II Credits: 5
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics Credits: 3
Biomedical Sciences Elective Courses (Credits: 6)
Six additional hours of upper-division science courses from the following:
- BIO 416 - Advanced Genetics Laboratory Credits: 2
- BMS 394 - Laboratory Assistant in Microbiology Credits: 1
- BMS 410 - Immunology Credits: 3
- BMS 431 - Medical Virology Credits: 3
- BMS 432 - Medical Mycology Credits: 3
- BMS 433 - Medical Parasitology Credits: 3
- BMS 492 - Biomedical Sciences Internship Credits: 1 to 4
- BMS 499 - Research in the Biomedical Sciences Credits: 1 to 3
- CMB 405 - Cell and Molecular Biology Credits: 4
- CMB 406 - Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory Credits: 2
- CMB 414 - Molecular Biology of the Gene Credits: 3
- CMB 426 - Research Applications in Nucleic Acids Credits: 4
- CHM 462 - Techniques in Biochemistry Credits: 3
- CHM 463 - Biochemistry II Credits: 3