Microbiology B. S.

Professor Teaching

First Year

First Semester
Course Number
of Hours
Foreign Language 201 3
BIO/MBI 115 4
CHM 141/144 5
STA 261 4
Total Semester Hours 16
Second Semester
Course Number
of Hours
Foreign Language 202 3
BIO/MBI 116 4
CHM 142/145 5
MTH 151 5
Total Semester Hours 17

Second Year

First Semester
Course Number
of Hours
MBI 201 4
CHM 241/244 or 231 5
PHY 161 or 191 4-5
GMP/Elective 2
Total Semester Hours 15-16
Second Semester
Course Number
of Hours
MBI 365 3
CHM 242/245 or 332 5
PHY 162 or 192 4-5
GMP/Elective 3
Total Semester Hours 15-16

Third Year

First Semester
Course Number
of Hours
MBI 425 4
MBI 445 3
MBI Focus/Research 6
MBI Capstone 2
Total Semester Hours 15
Second Semester
Course Number
of Hours
MBI Focus/Research 10
MBI 490 1
Electives 5
Total Semester Hours 16

Assumptions

  • Student has earned at least 30 semester hours (AP, Post Secondary, Transfer, IB, etc.), most of which apply to the Global Miami Plan Foundation and College of Arts and Science Divisional requirements
  • Student has earned prerequisite credit or appropriate placement score for 2nd year of foreign language
  • Student has earned prerequisite credit or appropriate placement score for: CHM 141 (or equivalent) and MTH 151 or STA 261.

Note

  • This plan makes several assumptions and should NOT be construed as a substitute for academic advising.
  • All requirements are subject to change.
  • Students must complete all requirements in order to graduate.
  • Please be aware that some MBI courses are only offered in the fall and others in the spring; attention must be paid to the pre-requisite structure of these courses.
  • Several thematic sequences could be completed using courses required for the major (e.g. CHM, PHY); this might result in additional elective hours.

Key

BIO = Biology
CHM = Chemistry
GMP = Global Miami Plan
MBI = Microbiology
PHY = Physics
MTH = Mathematics
STA = Statistics

Updated by CAS Advising, 9/13/2019