B.S. MICROBIOLOGY / M.S. MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES DUAL DEGREE SAMPLE SCHEDULE
This dual degree program allows students to obtain a B.S. in Microbiology and an M.S. in Molecular Biosciences in five years (as opposed to six). The addition of the master’s degree in Molecular Biosciences will provide students with a stronger foundation in research, giving them a competitive advantage whether they choose to pursue employment opportunities immediately following graduation or decide to continue their education in a Ph.D. or professional program.
B.S. Microbiology students will be required to apply to the program in their Junior Year. GRE requirements will be waived for internal students with a GPA > 3.0. In addition to curricular requirements for both the B.S. and M.S. degree programs, students enrolled in the joint degree program will have the following requirements:
- Nine credits (courses in red text in the sample grid) can count jointly towards the B.S. and the M.S. degrees.
- Students will be encouraged to choose B.S. Microbiology capstone topic in consultation with M.S. Molecular Biosciences faculty so that the capstone research can be expanded to a Capstone Project or Master’s thesis.
- In order to complete the dual degrees in five years, students will be strongly encouraged to utilize two summers (between 3rd and 4th year and between 4th and 5th year) to complete their Capstone/Thesis project.
- For M.S. Molecular Biosciences Thesis Track students, Research Rotation (Graduate) and Capstone Experience (Undergraduate) in the Fourth year of Undergraduate/First Year of Graduate study will run concurrently under one Faculty mentor.
View Sample Thesis Track Curriculum
B.S. MICROBIOLOGY (BIOMEDICAL TRACK)/ M.S. MOLECULAR
BIOSCIENCES (THESIS TRACK) SAMPLE SCHEDULE
| YEAR 1 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| BIO 111 | General Biology I | 4 | BIO 121 | General Biology II | 4 | |
| CHE 111 | General Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 121 | General Chemistry II | 4 | |
| HUM 115 | Voice and Identity | 3 | HUM 1XX or 2XX | Humanities: Methods and Approaches Selective | 3 | |
| COM 115 | Principles of Communication | 3 | MAT 121 | Calculus I | 4 | |
| BIO 145 | *Elective 1a (SEA-PHAGES Discovery) | 2 | BIO 146 | *Elective 1b (SEA-PHAGES Bioinformatics) | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | Total | 16 | |||
| YEAR 2 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| CHE 211 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 212 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 | |
| PHY 212 | College Physics I | 4 | PHY 222 | College Physics II | 4 | |
| HUM 2XX | Science and Health through the Humanities Lenses Selective | 3 | MAT 145 | Elementary Statistics | 3 | |
| BIO 210 | Microbiology | 4 | BIO 235 | Cell Biology | 3 | |
| Elective 2 | 3 | Elective 3 | 3 | |||
| Total | 18 | Total | 17 | |||
| YEAR 3 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| CHE 311 | Biochemistry | 3 | BIO 240 | Virology | 3 | |
| PSC 315 | Immunology | 3 | BIO 365 | Med. Mycology and Parasitology | 3 | |
| BIO 370 | Microbial Physiology | 3 | BIO 340 | Microbial Genetics | 3 | |
| BIO 350 | Biomedical Lab Techniques I | 3 | BIO 355 | Biomedical Lab Techniques II | 3 | |
| Elective 4 | 3 | Elective 5 | 3 | |||
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 | |||
| YEAR 4 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| BIO 480 | Micro. Capstone Experience I | 3 | BIO 485 | Micro. Capstone Experience II | 3 | |
| BIO 253 | Scientific Communication | 2 | BIO 680G | Bacterial Pathogenesis (Grad Elective I) |
3 | |
| BIO 345 | Journal Club (UG-1) | 1 | BIO 345 | Journal Club (UG-2) | 1 | |
| Elective 6 | 3 | Elective 7 | 3 | |||
| BIO 625G | Adv. Mol. Biology (Track Elective I) | 3 | BIO 630G | Adv. Cell Biology (Track Elective II) | 3 | |
| MAT 610G | Statistical Inference and Modeling | 3 | BIO 650G | Research Design | 2 | |
| BIO 670G | Research Rotation | 2 | Graduate Elective 2 | 3 | ||
| Total | 17 | Total | 18 | |||
| YEAR 5 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| ETH 610G | Ethics in Research | 1 | BIO 702G | Thesis Research | 3 | |
| BIO 701G | Thesis Research | 3 | Graduate Elective 4 | 3 | ||
| BIO 660G | Journal Club (G-1) | 1 | ||||
| Graduate Elective 3 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 8 | Total | 6 | |||
*First Year students are automatically registered for the SEA-PHAGES sequence as their elective choice. Students wishing
to take another elective should contact the Program Director.
**All students will register for BIO 380 Microbiology Seminar (0 credits) every semester.
Students can simultaneously count 9 credits towards each of the two degree programs (BS and MS).
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B.S. MICROBIOLOGY (INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY TRACK)/
M.S. MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES (THESIS TRACK) SAMPLE SCHEDULE
| YEAR 1 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| BIO 111 | General Biology I | 4 | BIO 121 | General Biology II | 4 | |
| CHE 111 | General Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 121 | General Chemistry II | 4 | |
| HUM 115 | Voice and Identity | 3 | HUM 1XX or 2XX | Humanities: Methods and Approaches Selective | 3 | |
| COM 115 | Principles of Communication | 3 | MAT 121 | Calculus I | 4 | |
| BIO 145 | *Elective 1a (SEA-PHAGES Discovery) | 2 | BIO 146 | *Elective 1b (SEA-PHAGES Bioinformatics) | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | Total | 16 | |||
| YEAR 2 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| CHE 211 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 212 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 | |
| PHY 212 | College Physics I | 4 | PHY 222 | College Physics II | 4 | |
| HUM 2XX | Science and Health through the Humanities Lenses Selective | 3 | MAT 145 | Elementary Statistics | 3 | |
| BIO 210 | Microbiology | 4 | BIO 235 | Cell Biology | 3 | |
| PBH 120 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 | Elective 2 | 3 | ||
| Total | 18 | Total | 17 | |||
| YEAR 3 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| CHE 311 | Biochemistry | 3 | BIO 340 | Microbial Genetics | 3 | |
| PSC 315 | Immunology | 3 | BIO 355 | Biomedical Lab Techniques II | 3 | |
| BIO 370 | Microbial Physiology | 3 | Track Elective 1 | 3 | ||
| BIO 350 | Biomedical Lab Techniques I | 3 | Elective 3 | 3 | ||
| PBH 350 | Epidemiology | 3 | Elective 4 | 3 | ||
| Elective 5 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 15 | Total | 18 | |||
| YEAR 4 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| BIO 480 | Micro. Capstone Experience I | 3 | BIO 485 | Micro. Capstone Experience II | 3 | |
| BIO 253 | Scientific Communication | 2 | PAD 693 | Epidemiology (Track elective 2/Graduate Elective 2) | 3 | |
| BIO 615 | Public Health Microbiology (Graduate Elective 1) | 1 | BIO 345 | Journal Club (UG-2) | 1 | |
| BIO 345 | Journal Club (UG-1) | 1 | BIO 630G | Adv. Cell Biology | 3 | |
| BIO 625G | Adv. Mol. Biology | 3 | BIO 650G | Research Design | 2 | |
| MAT 610G | Statistical Inference and Modeling | 3 | SUNY transfer course by PD permission (Elective 6/Grad Elective 3) | 3 | ||
| BIO 670G | Research Rotation | 2 | Elective 7 | 3 | ||
| Total | 18 | Total | 18 | |||
| YEAR 5 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| ETH 610G | Ethics in Research | 1 | BIO 702G | Thesis Research | 3 | |
| BIO 701G | Thesis Research | 3 | ||||
| BIO 660G | Journal Club (G-1) | 1 | ||||
| Graduate Elective 4 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 8 | Total | 3 | |||
*First Year students are automatically registered for the SEA-PHAGES sequence as their elective choice. Students
wishing to take another elective should contact the Program Director.
**All students will register for BIO 380 Microbiology Seminar (0 credits) every semester.
Students can simultaneously count 9 credits towards each of the two degree programs (BS and MS).
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B.S. MICROBIOLOGY (INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY TRACK)/ M.S.
MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES (THESIS TRACK) SAMPLE SCHEDULE
| YEAR 1 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| BIO 111 | General Biology I | 4 | BIO 121 | General Biology II | 4 | |
| CHE 111 | General Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 121 | General Chemistry II | 4 | |
| HUM 115 | Voice and Identity | 3 | HUM 1XX or 2XX | Humanities: Methods and Approaches Selective | 3 | |
| COM 115 | Principles of Communication | 3 | MAT 121 | Calculus I | 4 | |
| BIO 145 | *Elective 1a (SEA-PHAGES Discovery) | 2 | BIO 146 | *Elective 1b (SEA-PHAGES Bioinformatics) | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | Total | 16 | |||
| YEAR 2 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| CHE 211 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 212 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 | |
| PHY 212 | College Physics I | 4 | PHY 222 | College Physics II | 4 | |
| HUM 2XX | Science and Health through the Humanities Lenses Selective | 3 | MAT 145 | Elementary Statistics | 3 | |
| BIO 210 | Microbiology | 4 | BIO 235 | Cell Biology | 3 | |
| Elective 2 | 3 | Elective 3 | 3 | |||
| Total | 18 | Total | 17 | |||
| YEAR 3 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| CHE 311 | Biochemistry | 3 | BIO 331 | Mammalian Cell Culture | 3 | |
| PSC 315 | Immunology | 3 | BIO 340 | Microbial Genetics | 3 | |
| BIO 370 | Microbial Physiology | 3 | PSC320 | Downstream Processing of Biopharmaceutical Products | 3 | |
| BIO 350 | Biomedical Lab Techniques I | 3 | Elective 6 | 3 | ||
| Elective 4 | 3 | Elective 7 | 3 | |||
| Elective 5 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 18 | Total | 15 | |||
| YEAR 4 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| BIO 480 | Micro. Capstone Experience I | 3 | BIO 485 | Micro. Capstone Experience II | 3 | |
| BIO 648 | Micro. Fermen. (Grad Elective 1) | 3 | PAD 655 | Pharmaceutical Microbiology (Graduate Elective 2) | 3 | |
| BIO 345 | Journal Club (UG-1) | 1 | BIO 345 | Journal Club (UG-2) | 1 | |
| Track Elective I | 3 | BIO 630G | Adv. Cell Biology | 3 | ||
| PSC 610 | Technical Writing for Biopharmaceutical Industry | 2 | BIO 650G | Research Design | 2 | |
| MAT 610G | Statistical Inference and Modeling | 3 | Current Topics in Biopharm. Tech. (Track Elect. 2/Grad. Elect. 3) | 3 | ||
| BIO 670G | Research Rotation | 2 | ||||
| Total | 17 | Total | 15 | |||
| YEAR 5 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| ETH 610G | Ethics in Research | 1 | BIO 702G | Thesis Research | 3 | |
| BIO 701G | Thesis Research | 3 | ||||
| BIO 660G | Journal Club (G-1) | 1 | ||||
| BIO 625G | Advanced Molecular Biology | 3 | ||||
| Graduate Elective 4 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 11 | Total | 3 | |||
*First Year students are automatically registered for the SEA-PHAGES sequence as their elective choice. Students
wishing to take another elective should contact the Program Director.
**All students will register for BIO 380 Microbiology Seminar (0 credits) every semester.
Students can simultaneously count 9 credits towards each of the two degree programs (BS and MS).
View Sample Capstone Track Curriculum
B.S. MICROBIOLOGY (BIOMEDICAL TRACK)/ M.S. MOLECULAR
BIOSCIENCES (CAPSTONE TRACK) SAMPLE SCHEDULE
| YEAR 1 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| BIO 111 | General Biology I | 4 | BIO 121 | General Biology II | 4 | |
| CHE 111 | General Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 121 | General Chemistry II | 4 | |
| HUM 115 | Voice and Identity | 3 | HUM 1XX or 2XX | Humanities: Methods and Approaches Selective | 3 | |
| COM 115 | Principles of Communication | 3 | MAT 121 | Calculus I | 4 | |
| BIO 145 | *Elective 1a (SEA-PHAGES Discovery) | 2 | BIO 146 | *Elective 1b (SEA-PHAGES Bioinformatics) | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | Total | 16 | |||
| YEAR 2 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| CHE 211 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 212 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 | |
| PHY 212 | College Physics I | 4 | PHY 222 | College Physics II | 4 | |
| HUM 2XX | Science and Health through the Humanities Lenses Selective | 3 | MAT 145 | Elementary Statistics | 3 | |
| BIO 210 | Microbiology | 4 | BIO 235 | Cell Biology | 3 | |
| Elective 2 | 3 | Elective 3 | 3 | |||
| Total | 18 | Total | 17 | |||
| YEAR 3 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| CHE 311 | Biochemistry | 3 | BIO 240 | Virology | 3 | |
| PSC 315 | Immunology | 3 | BIO 365 | Med. Mycology and Parasitology | 3 | |
| BIO 370 | Microbial Physiology | 3 | BIO 340 | Microbial Genetics | 3 | |
| BIO 350 | Biomedical Lab Techniques I | 3 | BIO 355 | Biomedical Lab Techniques II | 3 | |
| Elective 4 | 3 | Elective 5 | 3 | |||
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 | |||
| YEAR 4 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| BIO 480 | Micro. Capstone Experience I | 3 | BIO 485 | Micro. Capstone Experience II | 3 | |
| BIO 253 | Scientific Communication | 2 | BIO 680G | Bacterial Pathogenesis (Grad Elective I) |
3 | |
| BIO 345 | Journal Club (UG-1) | 1 | BIO 345 | Journal Club (UG-2) | 1 | |
| Elective 6 | 3 | Elective 7 | 3 | |||
| BIO 625G | Adv. Mol. Biology (Track Elective I) | 3 | BIO 630G | Adv. Cell Biology (Track Elective II) | 3 | |
| MAT 610G | Statistical Inference and Modeling | 3 | BIO 650G | Research Design | 2 | |
| BIO 670G | Graduate Elective 1 | 3 | Graduate Elective 2 | 3 | ||
| Total | 18 | Total | 18 | |||
| YEAR 5 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| ETH 610G | Ethics in Research | 1 | Industry Co-Op | 0 | ||
| BIO 660G | Journal Club (G-1) | 1 | BIO665G | Molecular Biosciences Capstone Course | 4 | |
| Graduate Elective 4 | 3 | BIO660G | Journal Club (G-2) | 1 | ||
| Graduate Elective 5 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 8 | Total | 5 | |||
*First Year students are automatically registered for the SEA-PHAGES sequence as their elective choice. Students
wishing to take another elective should contact the Program Director.
**All students will register for BIO 380 Microbiology Seminar (0 credits) every semester.
Students can simultaneously count 9 credits towards each of the two degree programs (BS and MS).
B.S. MICROBIOLOGY (INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY TRACK)/
M.S. MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES (CAPSTONE TRACK) SAMPLE SCHEDULE
| YEAR 1 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| BIO 111 | General Biology I | 4 | BIO 121 | General Biology II | 4 | |
| CHE 111 | General Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 121 | General Chemistry II | 4 | |
| HUM 115 | Voice and Identity | 3 | HUM 1XX or 2XX | Humanities: Methods and Approaches Selective | 3 | |
| COM 115 | Principles of Communication | 3 | MAT 121 | Calculus I | 4 | |
| BIO 145 | *Elective 1a (SEA-PHAGES Discovery) | 2 | BIO 146 | *Elective 1b (SEA-PHAGES Bioinformatics) | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | Total | 16 | |||
| YEAR 2 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| CHE 211 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 212 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 | |
| PHY 212 | College Physics I | 4 | PHY 222 | College Physics II | 4 | |
| HUM 2XX | Science and Health through the Humanities Lenses Selective | 3 | MAT 145 | Elementary Statistics | 3 | |
| BIO 210 | Microbiology | 4 | BIO 235 | Cell Biology | 3 | |
| PBH 120 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 | Elective 2 | 3 | ||
| Total | 18 | Total | 17 | |||
| YEAR 3 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| CHE 311 | Biochemistry | 3 | BIO 340 | Microbial Genetics | 3 | |
| PSC 315 | Immunology | 3 | BIO 355 | Biomedical Lab Techniques II | 3 | |
| BIO 370 | Microbial Physiology | 3 | Track Elective 1 | 3 | ||
| BIO 350 | Biomedical Lab Techniques I | 3 | Elective 3 | 3 | ||
| PBH 350 | Epidemiology | 3 | Elective 4 | 3 | ||
| Elective 5 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 15 | Total | 18 | |||
| YEAR 4 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| BIO 480 | Micro. Capstone Experience I | 3 | BIO 485 | Micro. Capstone Experience II | 3 | |
| BIO 253 | Scientific Communication | 2 | PAD 693 | Epidemiology (Track elective 2/Graduate Elective 2) | 3 | |
| BIO 615 | Public Health Microbiology (Graduate Elective 1) | 3 | BIO 345 | Journal Club (UG-2) | 1 | |
| BIO 345 | Journal Club (UG-1) | 1 | BIO 630G | Adv. Cell Biology | 3 | |
| BIO 625G | Adv. Mol. Biology | 3 | BIO 650G | Research Design | 2 | |
| MAT 610G | Statistical Inference and Modeling | 3 | SUNY transfer course by PD permission (Elective 6/Grad Elective 3) | 3 | ||
| Graduate Elective I | 3 | Elective 7 | 3 | |||
| Total | 18 | Total | 18 | |||
| YEAR 5 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| ETH 610G | Ethics in Research | 1 | Industry Co-Op | 0 | ||
| BIO 660G | Journal Club (G-1) | 1 | BIO665G | Molecular Biosciences Capstone Course | 4 | |
| Graduate Elective 4 | 3 | BIO 660G | Journal Club (G-2) | 1 | ||
| Graduate Elective 5 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 8 | Total | 5 | |||
*First Year students are automatically registered for the SEA-PHAGES sequence as their elective choice. Students
wishing to take another elective should contact the Program Director.
**All students will register for BIO 380 Microbiology Seminar (0 credits) every semester.
Students can simultaneously count 9 credits towards each of the two degree programs (BS and MS).
B.S. MICROBIOLOGY (INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY TRACK)/ M.S. MOLECULAR
BIOSCIENCES (CAPSTONE TRACK) SAMPLE SCHEDULE
| YEAR 1 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| BIO 111 | General Biology I | 4 | BIO 121 | General Biology II | 4 | |
| CHE 111 | General Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 121 | General Chemistry II | 4 | |
| HUM 115 | Voice and Identity | 3 | HUM 1XX or 2XX | Humanities: Methods and Approaches Selective | 3 | |
| COM 115 | Principles of Communication | 3 | MAT 121 | Calculus I | 4 | |
| BIO 145 | *Elective 1a (SEA-PHAGES Discovery) | 2 | BIO 146 | *Elective 1b (SEA-PHAGES Bioinformatics) | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | Total | 16 | |||
| YEAR 2 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| CHE 211 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 | CHE 212 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 | |
| PHY 212 | College Physics I | 4 | PHY 222 | College Physics II | 4 | |
| HUM 2XX | Science and Health through the Humanities Lenses Selective | 3 | MAT 145 | Elementary Statistics | 3 | |
| BIO 210 | Microbiology | 4 | BIO 235 | Cell Biology | 3 | |
| Elective 2 | 3 | Elective 3 | 3 | |||
| Total | 18 | Total | 17 | |||
| YEAR 3 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| CHE 311 | Biochemistry | 3 | BIO 331 | Mammalian Cell Culture | 3 | |
| PSC 315 | Immunology | 3 | BIO 340 | Microbial Genetics | 3 | |
| BIO 370 | Microbial Physiology | 3 | PSC320 | Downstream Processing of Biopharmaceutical Products | 3 | |
| BIO 350 | Biomedical Lab Techniques I | 3 | Elective 6 | 3 | ||
| Elective 4 | 3 | Elective 7 | 3 | |||
| Elective 5 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 18 | Total | 15 | |||
| YEAR 4 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| BIO 480 | Micro. Capstone Experience I | 3 | BIO 485 | Micro. Capstone Experience II | 3 | |
| BIO 648 | Micro. Fermen. (Grad Elective 1) | 3 | PAD 655 | Pharmaceutical Microbiology (Graduate Elective 2) | 3 | |
| BIO 345 | Journal Club (UG-1) | 1 | BIO 345 | Journal Club (UG-2) | 1 | |
| Track Elective I | 3 | BIO 630G | Adv. Cell Biology | 3 | ||
| PSC 610 | Technical Writing for Biopharmaceutical Industry | 2 | BIO 650G | Research Design | 2 | |
| MAT 610G | Statistical Inference and Modeling | 3 | Current Topics in Biopharm. Tech. (Track Elect. 2/Grad. Elect. 3) | 3 | ||
| Total | 17 | Total | 15 | |||
| YEAR 5 | ||||||
| Fall semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | |||
| ETH 610G | Ethics in Research | 1 | Industry Co-Op | 0 | ||
| BIO 660G | Journal Club (G-1) | 1 | BIO665G | Molecular Biosciences Capstone Course | 4 | |
| BIO 625G | Advanced Molecular Biology | 3 | Journal Club (G-2) | 1 | ||
| Graduate Elective 4 | 3 | Graduate Elective 5 | 3 | |||
| Total | 8 | Total | 8 | |||
*First Year students are automatically registered for the SEA-PHAGES sequence as their elective choice. Students
wishing to take another elective should contact the Program Director.**All students will register for BIO 380 Microbiology Seminar (0 credits) every semester.
Students can simultaneously count 9 credits towards each of the two degree programs (BS and MS).