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 Semester
Fall Required Courses
*BHTA 6515 or CBTA 6515: Microbiology of Biological Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases
3 credits (BHTA 6515 in-person, CBTA 6515 online)
Course Instructors: Tomoko Steen & Mike Bray
BHTA 6517: Bioterrorism
3 credits
Course Instructor: William Daddio
*BHTA 6525: Homeland Security
3 credits
Course Instructors: Monte Hawkins & Christopher Duvall
BHTA 6551: Biohazardous Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases Seminar
2 credits
Course Instructors: Mike Bray & Seth Carus
*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 or Spring 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
BHTA 6741: Policy & Pandemic Management
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Matthew Sharkey & David Stiefel
**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/BHTA 6589: Environmental Health & Policy
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Tomoko Steen
BSPA/BHTA 6603: Science and Technology in Global Arena
4 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Tomoko Steen & Taylor Winkleman
BSPA/BHTA 6705: Seminar: Brain Initiative: Health, Security, Ethics
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Tomoko Steen & Jean-Pierre Auffret
BSPA/BHTA 6710: Emerging Health Threats and Global Health Ethics
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Sumegha Asthana
BSPA/BHTA 7001: Regulatory Science I: Law & Science
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Lisa Jaeger
BSPA/BHTA 7008: Immunogenetics in Health & Disease
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Colm O’Huigin
BSPA/BHTA 7800: Global Infectious Diseases: International Perspective
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: JP Gonzalez & Tomoko Steen
BSPA/BHTA 7906: Biomedical Science Policy & Advocacy Capstone Project
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Tomoko Steen & JP Gonzalez
BHTA 6700: AI: Health, Defense, Ethics and Policy
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Tomoko Steen & Jean-Pierre Auffret
BSPA 6606: Public Policy for Scientists
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Julie Fischer & Taylor Winkleman
CBTA 6590: One Health and Health Security
2 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Jenny Witthoff
CBTA 6595: Building Disaster Resilient Communities (Online)
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructors: Jeffrey Stiefel and Paula Scalingi
MICB 6120: Immunology
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Marta Catalfamo & Stephan Menne
MICB 6140: Bacteriology & Mycology
3 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Ginger Shipp
MICB 6852: Seminar in Microbiology & Immunology – Fall
1 credits | Fall Semester
Course Instructor: Stephan Menne
Spring Semester
Spring Required Courses
BHTA 6520: Agroterrorism
3 credits
Course Instructor: David Stiefel
BHTA 6577: Defense Threat Reduction Initiatives
2 credits
Course Instructors: John Jacocks & Carl Newman
BSPA/BHTA 7907: Biomedical Science Policy & Advocacy Capstone Project II
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Tomoko Steen & JP Gonzalez
*CBTA 6515: Microbiology of Biological Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases (Online)
3 credits
Course Instructors: Kavita Berger & Tomoko Steen
*CBTA 6517: Bioterrorism
3 credits
Course Instructor: William Daddio
*CBTA 6525: Homeland Security
3 credits
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 or Spring 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.
Spring Electives
BHTA 6524: Emerging & Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: A Multidisciplinary Approach
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: JP Gonzalez
BHTA 6526: The Chemistry of War
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Colin Eckman & Maari Hanson
BHTA 6715: Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, & Nonproliferation
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: William Daddio
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
**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.
BHTA/SYSM 5650: Microbiome Seminar
1 credit | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Tomoko Steen & Sona Vasudevan
BSPA/BHTA 7005: Science Diplomacy & World Health
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Tomoko Steen
BSPA/BHTA 7003: Regulatory Science II: Law & Science
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructors: Lisa Jaeger & Tomoko Steen
BSPA/BHTA 7801: Seminar in Global Infectious Diseases: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: JP Gonzalez
BSPA 6570: Clinical Applications of the Microbiota
2 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Tomoko Steen
BSPA 6599: Survey of International Policy
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Taylor Winkleman
CBTA 6566: Preparedness, Response, & Capacity to CBRNE Threats (Online)
3 credits | Spring Semester
Course Instructor: Shane Kappler
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
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