2024-2025 Catalog 
    
    Nov 16, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

Microbiology Major (B.A.)


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Professors Anderson, Carreno, Downing, Hamill, Wolverton

Associate Professors Hankison, Markwardt, Panhuis, Reichard

Assistant Professors Gangloff, Horn, Suria

Continuing Part-time Professor Tuhela-Reuning

Adjunct Professors Roberts, Waterhouse, Watkins-Colwell

Learning Objectives


Students will be exposed to, directly apply, and understand the significance of, a wide range of current research techniques in the discipline of microbiology.

Students will be able to critically interpret complex data, i.e., they can use the data to draw a meaningful conclusion while articulating the limitations of the data set.

Students will be able to find and use primary literature to investigate a problem.

Students will be able to design sound experiments, including proper controls and appropriate statistical analyses.

Students will have a strong factual foundation in the structure, function, evolution, diversity, and ecology of microbes.

Note(s):


CHEM 260  and CHEM 261 , PHYS 115  and PHYS 116 , and MATH 110  are highly recommended.

The Microbiology major may not be combined with any other major or minor offered in the Biological Sciences.

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