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
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 Instructor: 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 Instructor: Mike Bray & Seth Carus
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 & Carl Newman
CBTA 517*: Bioterrorism
3 credits | Online
Course Instructor: William Daddio
CBTA 525*: Homeland Security
3 credits | Online
Course Instructor: 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 Instructor: Erin Sorrell
MICB 589: Environmental Health & Policy
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Tomoko Steen
MICB 590: One Health and Health Security
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Jenny Witthoff
MICB 599: Survey of International Policy
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Taylor Winkleman
MICB 603: Science and Technology in Global Arena
4 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Tomoko Steen & Taylor Winkleman
MICB 606: Public Policy for Scientists
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Julie Fischer & Taylor Winkleman
MICB 612: Immunology
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Michael Cole
MICB 614: Bacteriology & Mycology
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: William Fonzi
MICB 623**: 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 program director, Richard Calderone, for more information.
MICB 701: Regulatory Science I: Where the Law Meets Science
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Lisa Jaegar & Alan Moghissi
MICB 708: Immunogenetics in Health & Disease
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Colm O’Huigin
MICB 741: Policy and Pandemic Management
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Matthew Sharkey & David Stiefel
MICB 800: Global Infectious Diseases Seminar
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Richard Calderone & JP Gonzalez
MICB 852: Seminar in Microbiology & Immunology
1 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Stephan Menne
Spring Electives
CBTA 566: Preparedness, Response, & Capacity to CBRNE Threats (Online)
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Shane Kappler
MICB 516: Biological & Radiological Safety (currently not offered)
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 Instructor: Erin Sorrell
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 Instructor: John Casey
MICB 623**: 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 program director, Richard Calderone, 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: Regulatory Science II: Where the Law Meets Science
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Lisa Jaegar & Alan Moghissi
MICB 705: Science Diplomacy & World Health
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Tomoko Steen
MICB 724: Integration of Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Management
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Jim Banaski
MICB 801: Global Infectious Diseases Seminar
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Richard Calderone
MICB 803: Biosafety, Biosecurity, & Biodefense
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Joshua Kurjan & Matthew Sharkey
MICB 805: Emerging Biotechnologies
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Julie Fischer
MICB 853: Microbiology & Immunology Seminar
1 credit | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Stephan Menne