MSU RO: Academic Programs: College of Natural Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.
The following courses outside the Department of Microbiology (41 to 51 credits):

(1)
One of the following, either a. or b. (4 or 6 credits):

(a)
BMB
461
Advanced Biochemistry I
3

BMB
462
Advanced Biochemistry II
3

(b)
BMB
401
Comprehensive Biochemistry
4

(2)
One of following groups of courses (6 or 9 credits):

(a)
BS
161
Cell and Molecular Biology
3

BS
162
Organismal and Population Biology
3

(b)
LB
144
Biology I: Organismal Biology
4

LB
145
Biology II: Cell and Molecular Biology
5

(c)
BS
181H
Honors Cell and Molecular Biology
3

BS
182H
Honors Organismal and Population Biology
3

(3)
One of the following courses (2 credits):

BS
171
Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory
2

BS
172
Organismal and Population Biology Laboratory
2

BS
191H
Honors Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory
2

BS
192H
Honors Organismal and Population Biology Laboratory
2

This requirement is waived for students who selected item (2) (b) above.

(4)
One of the following groups of courses (9 or 10 credits):

(a)
CEM
141
General Chemistry

 

4

CEM
142
General and Inorganic Chemistry

 

3

CEM
161
Chemistry Laboratory I

 

1

CEM
162
Chemistry Laboratory II

 

1

(b)
LB
171
Principles of Chemistry I

 

4

LB
172
Principles of Chemistry II

 

4

LB
171L
Introductory Chemistry Laboratory I

 

1

LB
172L
Principles of Chemistry II – Reactivity Laboratory
1

(c)
CEM
151
General and Descriptive Chemistry

 

4

CEM
152
Principles of Chemistry

 

3

CEM
161
Chemistry Laboratory I

 

1

CEM
162
Chemistry Laboratory II

 

1

(d)
CEM
181H
Honors Chemistry I

 

4

CEM
182H
Honors Chemistry II

 

4

CEM
185H
Honors Chemistry Laboratory I

 

2

(5)
One of the following groups of courses (8 credits):

(a)
CEM
251
Organic Chemistry I

 

3

CEM
252
Organic Chemistry II

 

3

CEM
255
Organic Chemistry Laboratory

 

2

(b)
CEM
351
Organic Chemistry I

 

3

CEM
352
Organic Chemistry II

 

3

CEM
355
Organic Laboratory I

 

2

(c)
LB
271
Organic Chemistry
3

CEM
252
Organic Chemistry II
3

CEM
255
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
2

(6)
One of the following groups of courses (8 to 10 credits):

(a)
PHY
231
Introductory Physics I

 

3

PHY
232
Introductory Physics II

 

3

PHY
251
Introductory Physics Laboratory I

 

1

PHY
252
Introductory Physics Laboratory II

 

1

(b)
LB
273
Physics I

 

4

LB
274
Physics II

 

4

(c)
PHY
183
Physics for Scientists and Engineers I

 

4

PHY
184
Physics for Scientists and Engineers II

 

4

PHY
191
Physics Laboratory for Scientists, I

 

1

PHY
192
Physics Laboratory for Scientists, II

 

1

(d)
PHY
193H
Honors Physics I – Mechanics
4

PHY
294H
Honors Physics II – Electromagnetism
4

PHY
191
Physics Laboratory for Scientists, I

 

1

PHY
192
Physics Laboratory for Scientists, II

 

1

(e)
PHY
241
Physics for Cellular and Molecular Biologists I
4

PHY
242
Physics for Cellular and Molecular Biologists II
4

PHY
251
Introductory Physics Laboratory I
1

PHY
252
Introductory Physics Laboratory II
1

(f)
PHY
221
Studio Physics for Life Scientists, I
4

PHY
222
Studio Physics for Life Scientists, II
4

(7)
Both of the following courses (6 to 8 credits):

(a)
One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):

LB
118
Calculus I
4

MTH
124
Survey of Calculus I
3

MTH
132
Calculus I
3

MTH
152H
Honors Calculus I
3

(b)
One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):

LB
119
Calculus II
4

MTH
126
Survey of Calculus II
3

MTH
133
Calculus II
4

MTH
153H
Honors Calculus II
4

STT
231
Statistics for Scientists
3

STT
421
Statistics I
3

b.
The following courses in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (16 credits):

(1)
All of the following courses (10 credits):

MMG
301
Introductory Microbiology
3

MMG
302
Introductory Laboratory for General and Allied Health Microbiology
1

MMG
421
Prokaryotic Cell Physiology
3

MMG
431
Microbial Genetics
3

(2)
One of the following courses (3 credits):

MMG
408
Advanced Microbiology Laboratory (W)
3

MMG
494L
Summer Undergraduate Research Institute in Genomics (W)
3

(3)
One of the following, either (a), (b) or (c) (3 credits):

(a)
MMG
491
Current Topics in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
3

(b)
MMG
492
Undergraduate Research Seminar
1

and

One of the following courses:

MMG
499
Undergraduate Research
2

MMG
499H
Honors Research
2

(c)
MMG
493
Professional Internship in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
3

The completion of Microbiology 491, 493, or Microbiology 492

 

and 499 or 499H, fulfills the department’s capstone

 

course requirement.

c.
Complete four of the following courses (12 or 13 credits):

EPI
390
Disease in Society: Introduction to Epidemiology and Public Health
4

FSC
440
Food Microbiology

 

3

GLG
435
Geomicrobiology
4

MMG
365
Medical Microbiology
3

MMG
413
Virology

 

3

MMG
425
Microbial Ecology

 

3

MMG
433
Genomics

 (W)

3

MMG
445
Microbial Biotechnology (W)

 

3

MMG
451
Immunology

 

3

MMG
461
Molecular Pathogenesis
3

MMG
465
Advanced Medical Microbiology
3