2024-2025 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology
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 (21 credits)
- BMS 212 - Introductory Microbiology (3 credits)
- BMS 213 - Laboratory in Microbiology (1 credit)
- BMS 312 - Bacterial Genetics (3 credits)
- BMS 313 - Bacterial Genetics Laboratory (1 credit)
- BMS 412 - Medical Bacteriology (3 credits)
- BMS 413 - Medical Bacteriology Laboratory (2 credits)
- BMS 422 - Bacterial Physiology (3 credits)
- BMS 423 - Bacterial Physiology Laboratory (2 credits)
- MIC 495 - Microbiology and Infectious Disease (3 credits)
Additional Required Courses (44 to 45 credits)
- BIO 120 - General Biology I (4 credits)
- 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) AND 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)
Biomedical Sciences Elective Courses (6 credits)
Choose six additional hours of upper-division science courses from the following:
- BIO 416 - Advanced Genetics Laboratory (2 credits)
- BMS 394 - Laboratory Assistant in Microbiology (1 credit)
- BMS 410 - Immunology (3 credits)
- BMS 431 - Medical Virology (3 credits)
- BMS 432 - Medical Mycology (3 credits)
- BMS 433 - Medical Parasitology (3 credits)
- BMS 492 - Biomedical Sciences Internship (1 to 4 credits)
- BMS 499 - Research in the Biomedical Sciences (1 to 3 credits)
- CMB 405 - Cell and Molecular Biology (4 credits)
- CMB 406 - Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory (2 credits)
- CMB 414 - Molecular Biology of the Gene (3 credits)
- CMB 426 - Research Applications in Molecular Genetics (4 credits)
- CHM 462 - Techniques in Biochemistry (3 credits)
- CHM 463 - Biochemistry II (3 credits)