Master’s Degree Requirements
Students are required to complete 30 credits of coursework, including 16 credits of required courses and 14 credits of electives.
The recommended electives are listed below. Students have the flexibility to choose from the recommended electives as well as any elective offered by the Department of Microbiology in order to tailor the program to fit their interest. Students can also choose to have an internship as their elective.
CHECKLIST
☐ 6 Required Courses (16 credits)
☐ 5 Electives (14 credits)
Review our Department Course Schedule, course syllabi, and course catalog.
Fall Required Courses
BHTA 6515* or CBTA 6515*: Microbiology of Biological Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases
3 credits | Mon & Wed, 11:00am-12:15pm
Course Instructors: Tomoko Y. Steen & Mike Bray
BHTA 6517: Bioterrorism
3 credits | Mon & Wed, 9:30am-10:50am
Course Instructor: William Daddio
BHTA 6525*: Homeland Security
3 credits | Fri, 4:00pm-6:30pm
Course Instructors: Monte Hawkins & Christopher Duvall
BHTA 6551: Biohazardous Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases Seminar
2 credits | Fri, 11:30am-1:30pm
Course Instructors: Mike Bray & Seth Carus
Spring Required Courses
BHTA 6520: Agroterrorism
3 credits | Tue, 4:30pm-7:30pm
Course Instructor: David Stiefel
BHTA 6577: Defense Threat Reduction Initiatives
2 credits | Mon, 4:00pm-5:50pm
Course Instructors: John Jacocks & Carl Newman
CBTA 6517*: Bioterrorism
3 credits | Online
Course Instructor: William Daddio
CBTA 6525*: Homeland Security
3 credits | Online
Course Instructor: Neal Pollard
*NOTE: Students who are UNABLE to take BHTA 6515, BHTA 6517, and/or BHTA 6525 on campus can request to take the corresponding online courses.
Corresponding Online Courses
BHTA 6515 equivalent to CBTA 6515 (Fall Course)
BHTA 6517 equivalent to CBTA 6517 (Spring Course)
BHTA 6525 equivalent to CBTA 6525 (Spring Course)
To take the corresponding online courses, CBTA 6515, CBTA 6517, and CBTA 6525, students are required to receive approval from both the program director and program coordinator, and it must be planned before entering your first semester in the program.
International students can take one online course for this program according to the Office of Global Services. Instructor Approval for the course is still needed.
Fall Electives
CBTA 6595: Community Resilience (Online)
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Jeffrey Stiefel and Paula Scalingi
BSPA 6589: Environmental Health & Policy
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Tomoko Steen
CBTA 6590: One Health and Health Security
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Jenny Witthoff
BSPA 6603: Science and Technology in Global Arena
4 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Tomoko Steen & Taylor Winkleman
BSPA 6606: Public Policy for Scientists
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Julie Fischer & Taylor Winkleman
MICB 6120: Immunology
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Marta Catalfamo & Stephan Menne
MICB 6852: Seminar in Microbiology & Immunology – Fall
1 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Stephan Menne
MICB 6140: Bacteriology & Mycology
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Ginger Shipp
BHTA 7950**: Internship Experience
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Contact program for more information
**Requires Instructor Approval. Students must have taken at least 12 credits in order to take this course. Contact the program director for more information.
BSPA 7001: Regulatory Science I: Law & Science
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Lisa Jaegar
MICB 7008: Immunogenetics in Health & Disease
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Colm O’Huigin
BHTA 6741: Policy & Pandemic Management
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Matthew Sharkey & David Stiefel
BSPA 7800: Global Infectious Diseases International Perspective
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: JP Gonzalez & Tomoko Y. Steen
Spring Electives
CBTA 6566: Preparedness, Response, & Capacity to CBRNE Threats (Online)
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Shane Kappler
BHTA 6524: Emerging & Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: A Multidisciplinary Approach
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Claire Standley & Ellen Carlin
BHTA 6526: The Chemistry of War
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Colin Eckman & Maari Hanson
BSPA 6570: Clinical Applications of the Microbiota
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Tomoko Steen & Sona Vasudevan
BSPA 6599: Survey of International Policy
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Taylor Winkleman
BSPA 6607: Pharmaceutical, Biotech, and Medical Device Innovation & Regulation
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: JP Auffret
BHTA 7950**: Internship Experience
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Contact program for more information
**Requires Instructor Approval. Students must have taken at least 12 credits in order to take this course. Contact the program director for more information.
MICB 6290: Mechanism of Microbial Pathogenesis
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Ginger Shipp
MICB 6600: Concepts of Immunotherapy
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Stephan Menne
BSPA 7003: Regulatory Science II: Law & Science
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Lisa Jaegar & Tomoko Y. Steen
BSPA 7005: Science Diplomacy & World Health
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Tomoko Steen
BHTA 6715: Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, & Nonproliferation
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: William Daddio
BSPA 7801: Global Infectious Diseases Seminar
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: JP Gonzalez & Tomoko Y. Steen
BHTA 6803: Biosafety, Biosecurity, & Biodefense
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Joshua Kurjan & Matthew Sharkey
BHTA 6805: Emerging Biotechnologies
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Julie Fischer
MICB 6853: Microbiology & Immunology Seminar – Spring
1 credit | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Stephan Menne
MICB 7709: Immunogenetics: Evolution and Human Health
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Colm O’Huigin