Degree Requirements | MS in Microbiology & Immunology
Students must complete 30 credits of coursework, including 18 credits of required courses and 12 credits of electives.
Electives are chosen from a broad range of the Medical Center department course offerings.
CHECKLIST
🗹 6 Required Courses (18 credits)
🗹 4-6 Electives (12 credits)*
Review our department course schedule, course syllabi, and course catalog.
Required Courses
BCHB 501: Biochemical & Cellular Sciences
3 credits | Fall Semester
Note: Students must choose Section 3
BCHB 576: Core Methods of Biochemistry
3 credits | Fall Semester
MICB 612: Immunology
3 credits | Fall Semester
MICB 614: Bacteriology & Mycology
3 credits | Fall Semester
MICB 619: Biology & Biochemistry of Viruses
3 credits | Spring Semester
MICB 629: Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis
3 credits | Spring Semester
Example Electives
BCHB 521: Bioinformatics
4 Credits | Fall Semester
BCHB 536: Applications of Cell Culture in Biotechnology and Medicine
2 Credits | Spring Semester
BCHB 540: Molecular Basis of Carcinogenesis
3 Credits | Spring Semester
BIST 501: Introductory Biostatistics: Exp Des/Analysis
3 Credits | Fall Semester
CBIO 539: Molecular Cell Biology
3 Credits | Spring Semester
MICB 524: Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: A Multidisciplinary Approach
2 Credits | Spring Semester
MICB 549: Infectious Disease and Conflict
2 credits | Fall Semester
MICB 551: Seminar – Biohazardous Threat Agents & EID
2 credits | Fall Semester
MICB 577: Defense Threat Reduction Initiatives
2 Credits | Spring Semester
MICB 590: One Health and Health Security
2 credits | Fall Semester
MICB 622: Advanced Techniques in Microbiology I *
2-3 Credits | Fall & Spring Semesters
Requires Instructor Approval.
MICB 660: Concepts of Immunotherapy
3 Credits | Spring Semester
MICB 702: Regulatory Science and Public Health
2 Credits | Fall Semester
MICB 708: Immunogenetics in Health & Disease
2 Credits | Fall & Spring Semesters
MICB 800: Seminar: Global Infectious Diseases
2 credits | Fall Semester
MICB 801: Seminar – Global Infectious Diseases
2 Credits | Spring Semester
MICB 852: Seminar in Microbiology and Immunology
1 credit | Fall Semester
MICB 853: Seminar in Microbiology and Immunology
1 Credit | Spring Semester
NURS 518: Interdisciplinary Health Care Ethics
2 Credits | Spring Semester
PHAR 605: Advanced Topics in Nutrition
3 Credits | Spring Semester
TBIO 543: Clinical Survey of Human Cancer
2 Credits | Fall Semester
TBIO 584: Intro to Tumor Biology
1 Credit | Fall Semester
* Please note that for MICB 622, students will be required to take the laboratory safety course before taking MICB 622. Sign up for the laboratory safety course.