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 here.
Fall Required Courses
MICB 515* or CBTA 515*: Microbiology of Biological Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases
3 credits | Mon & Wed, 11:00am-12:30pm
Course Instructors: Erin Sorrell (MICB 515); Mary Edwards (CBTA 515)
MICB 517*: Bioterrorism
3 credits | Mon & Wed, 9:30am-10:50am
Course Instructors: William Daddio
MICB 525*: Homeland Security
3 credits | Fri, 5:00pm-7:30pm
Course Instructors: Monte Hawkins & Christopher Duvall
MICB 551: Biohazardous Threat Agents & EID Seminar
2 credits | Fri, 11:30am-1:30pm
Course Instructors: Mike Bray
Spring Required Courses
MICB 520: Agroterrorism
3 credits | Tue, 4:30pm-7:30pm
Course Instructors: David Stiefel & Joseph Kozlovac
MICB 577: Defense Threat Reduction Initiatives
2 credits | Mon, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Course Instructors: John Jacocks & Dawn Brown
CBTA 517*: Bioterrorism
3 credits | Online
Course Instructors: William Daddio
CBTA 525*: Homeland Security
3 credits | Online
Course Instructors: Neal Pollard
*NOTE: Students who are UNABLE to take MICB 515, MICB 517, and/or MICB 525 on campus can request to take the corresponding online courses.
Corresponding Online Courses
MICB 515 equivalent to CBTA 515 (Fall Course)
MICB 517 equivalent to CBTA 517 (Spring Course)
MICB 525 equivalent to CBTA 525 (Spring Course)
To take the corresponding online courses, CBTA 515, CBTA 517, and CBTA 525, 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 595: Community Resilience (Online)
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Jeffrey Stiefel and Paula Scalingi
MICB 549: Infectious Disease & Conflict
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Erin Sorrell
MICB 589: Environmental Health & Policy
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Tomoko Steen
MICB 590: Animal Health
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Jenny Witthoff
MICB 599: Survey of International Policy
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Taylor Winkleman
MICB 603: Science and Technology in Global Arena
4 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Julie Fischer & Tomoko Steen
MICB 614: Bacteriology & Mycology
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: William Fonzi
MICB 623**: Internship Experience
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Julie Fischer & Richard Calderone
**Requires Instructor Approval. Students must have taken at least 12 credits in order to take this course. Contact the program coordinator, Judie Kuo, for more information.
MICB 702: Regulatory Science & Public Health
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Aris Moghissi
MICB 708: Immunogenetics in Health & Disease
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Colm O’Huigin
MICB 800: Global Infectious Diseases Seminar
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Richard Calderone
MICB 852: Seminar in Microbiology & Immunology
1 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Stephen Menne
SEST 566-01: Bio-technology & Security
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Matthew Hepburn
Spring Electives
CBTA 566: Preparedness, Response, & Capacity to CBRNE Threats (Online)
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Shane Kappler
MICB 516: Biological & Radiological Safety
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Susan Martin & Catalina Kovats
MICB 524: Emerging & Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: A Multidisciplinary Approach
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Felice Apter
MICB 526: The Chemistry of War
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Colin Eckman & Maari Hanson
MICB 619: Biology & Biochemistry of Viruses
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: John Casey
MICB 623**: Internship Experience
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Julie Fischer & Richard Calderone
**Requires Instructor Approval. Students must have taken at least 12 credits in order to take this course. Contact the program coordinator, Judie Kuo, for more information.
MICB 629: Mechanism of Microbial Pathogenesis
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Richard Calderone & William Fonzi
MICB 660: Concepts of Immunotherapy
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Brent Korba & Marta Catalfamo
MICB 703: Advance Regulatory Science & Public Health
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Aris Moghissi
MICB 705: Science Policy & World Health
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Tomoko Steen
MICB 708: Immunogenetics in Health & Disease
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Colm O’Huigin
MICB 801: Global Infectious Diseases Seminar
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Richard Calderone
MICB 803: Biosafety, Biosecurity, & Biodefense
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Joshua Kurjan & Patricia Delarosa
MICB 805: Emerging Biotechnologies
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Julie Fischer
MICB 853: Microbiology & Immunology Seminar
1 credit | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Stephen Menne