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All students, regardless of matriculation date must complete a minimum of 20 credits of microbiology major coursework from among the required and elective courses (Area VIII). Proficiency in microbiology, not including quantitative skills (8 credits), must be completed in residence. Of these 20 credits, at least 12 credits must be completed from 680 courses. This rule is intended to assure that students receiving degrees from Rutgers University-New Brunswick have taken a minimum number of courses in their major with New Brunswick faculty. Please keep in mind that although a course may transfer from another institution into one of the Rutgers-New Brunswick schools, it will not necessarily be accepted toward the major in microbiology. Therefore, transfer courses must be evaluated and accepted by the undergraduate program director in order to count toward the major.

For an up-to-date description of microbiology major requirements, courses, and course sequences please refer to the program webpage at https://dbm.rutgers.edu/microbiology.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS - SEBS UNDERGRADUATE CORE CURRICULUM (39 credits)

Options are chosen from lists of courses certified in each learning goal: https://sebs.rutgers.edu/core.

Note: The SEBS Core Curriculum requirements differ slightly from SAS Core Curriculum requirements.

Contemporary Challenges (6 credits) Two courses, one in each of the Contemporary Challenges areas: Diversities and Social Inequalities [CC-D] and Our Common Future [CC-O]

Experiential Learning (3 credits) Students must participate in a certified experience that meets this goal [EL]

Natural Sciences (6 credits)Two courses, one each in two of the following areas: physical, biological, or environmental sciences [NS]

Historical Analysis (3 credits) One course [HST]

Social Analysis (6 credits) Two courses, one in either social/cultural analysis or economic analysis, and one in governmental and regulatory analysis [SCL]

Arts and Humanities (3 credits) One course [AH]

Writing and Communication (6 credits) 01:355:101 or its equivalent [WC] and one course in communicating effectively in modes appropriate to a discipline or area of inquiry [WCD]

Quantitative and Formal Reasoning (6 credits) Two courses [QQ; QR]

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR

A. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences (44 credits)

01:119:115-116 General Biology (4,4)*
01:119:117 Biological Research Laboratory (2)
01:160:161-162 General Chemistry (4,4)*
01:160:171 Introduction to Experimentation (1)
01:640:151 Calculus for Mathematics and Physical Sciences (4)**
01:960:401 Basic Stats for Research (3)** (other calculus courses may be substituted)
01:160:370 - 308 Organic Chemistry (4,4)*** OR 01:160:315 - 316 Principles of Organic Chemistry (4,4)
01:447:380 Genetics (4)
01:750:193-194 Physics for the Sciences (4,4)* or equivalent

*Up to 6 credits can be applied to the SEBS Core-Natural Sciences

**Up to 6 credits can be applied to the SEBS Core-Quantitative and Formal Reasoning

***Students intending to apply to medical school should be aware that many schools require laboratories in organic chemistry and physics.

B. Core Microbiology (44 Credits, including electives)

11:680:390 General Microbiology (*Must pass General Microbiology with a minimum grade of C to satisfy prerequisite requirement for: 11:680:401, 11:680:491, 11:680:492, 11:680:494, 11:680:480, and 11:680:481.)
11:680:480 Microbial Genetics and Genomics or 11:126:481 Molecular Genetics (3)
11:680:481 Microbial Physiology (3)
11:680:491 Microbial Ecology and Diversity (3)
11:680:494 Applied Microbiology (4)
11:680:401 Ethics and Issues in Microbiology (1)
11:680:495 Seminar in Microbiology (1)
11:115:403-404 General Biochemistry (4,3)
11:115:413 Experimental Biochemistry (3)

Microbiology Electives (15) (Semesters Taught)*
*Please note that no more than one course with a grade of D may be used to fulfill the core microbiology requirements of the major.

11:126:407 Comparative Virology (3) (fall every other year)
11:126:427 Methods in Applications in Molecular Biology (4) (fall)
11:126:482 Molecular Genetics Laboratory (3) (spring)
11:126:484 Tools for Bioinformatic Analysis (3) (spring)
11:126:485 Bioinformatics (fall)
01:146:328 Human Parasitology (3) (fall)
01:146:340 Virology (3) (fall, even years only)
01:146:474 Immunology (3) (fall)
01:146:475 Laboratory in Immunology (1) (spring)
11:216:405 Evolution in Infectious Diseases (3) (spring)
11:375:302 Water and Wastewater Treatment (3) (fall)
11:375:312 Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (2) (fall)
11:375:411 Environmental Microbiology (3) (spring)
11:375:453 Soil Ecology (3) (fall)
11:400:423 Food Microbiology (3) (spring)
01:447:392 Pathogenic Microbiology (3) (fall)
01:447:480 Topics in Molecular Genetics (3) (spring)
11:680:410 Microbiology and Culture of Cheese and Wine (3) (summer)
11:680:486 Analytical Methods in Microbiology (3) (spring, even years)
11:680:492 Microbial Ecology Laboratory (3) (spring, odd years)
11:680:475 Microbiomes and Health (3) (spring)
11:776:302 General Plant Pathology (3) (fall)
11:776:400 Fungi in the Environment (3) (fall)
11:680:497, 498 Research in Microbiology (fall/spring/summer) - One to three credits of research may be substituted for an equal number of credits of elective courses, with the approval of the curriculum coordinator.

C. Unspecified Electives (up to 3)