2015-2016 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Biomedical Sciences - Microbiology Emphasis
Graduates from this emphasis will be prepared to enter a graduate program in microbiology or biotechnology. It would be an excellent emphasis for a premedical student interested in infectious disease. In addition, the laboratory-rich aspect of this emphasis will prepare a graduate for becoming a microbiology/biotechnology laboratory technician. Because it is impossible to design one curriculum to fulfill the requirements of every graduate school or laboratory, it is the student's responsibility, in consultation with an advisor, to see that the requirements are fulfilled for the particular school(s)/job(s) in which the student is interested. This major, although directed, allows sufficient flexibility to accommodate specific requirements that various programs may have.
Major Requirements
1. General University Degree Requirements
As identified in the General Academic Policies section of the Grand Valley State University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog.
2. Required Biomedical Sciences Courses
- BMS 208 - Human Anatomy Credits: 3
- BMS 212 - Introductory Microbiology Credits: 3
- BMS 213 - Laboratory in Microbiology Credits: 1
- BMS 290 - Human Physiology Credits: 3
- BMS 291 - Laboratory in Human Physiology Credits: 1
- BMS 312 - Bacterial Genetics Credits: 3
- BMS 313 - Bacterial Genetics Laboratory Credits: 1
- BMS 422 - Bacterial Physiology Credits: 3
- BMS 423 - Bacterial Physiology Laboratory Credits: 2
- BMS 499 - Research in the Biomedical Sciences Credits: 1 to 3
3. Required Cognate Courses
- BIO 120 - General Biology I Credits: 4
- BIO 355 - Human Genetics Credits: 3 OR BIO 375 - Genetics (3 credits) AND BIO 376 - Genetics Laboratory (1 credit)
- CHM 115 - Principles of Chemistry I Credits: 4
- CHM 116 - Principles of Chemistry II Credits: 5
- CHM 241 - Organic Chemistry For Life Sciences I Credits: 5
- CHM 242 - Organic Chemistry For Life Sciences II Credits: 4
- MTH 122 - College Algebra Credits: 3
- MTH 123 - Trigonometry Credits: 3
- PHY 220 - General Physics I Credits: 5
- PHY 221 - General Physics II Credits: 5
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics Credits: 3
- AND EITHER
4. Science Courses
Six additional hours of upper-division science courses from the following:
- BIO 414 - Molecular Biology of the Gene Credits: 3
- BMS 410 - Immunology Credits: 3
- BMS 411 - Immunology Laboratory Credits: 1
- BMS 412 - Medical Bacteriology Credits: 3
- BMS 413 - Medical Bacteriology Laboratory Credits: 2
- BMS 431 - Medical Virology Credits: 3
- CHM 462 - Techniques in Biochemistry Credits: 3