First Year
Select Advisory Committee by end of Spring, Year 1
Fall:
- MIBO6010 (Lab Meeting) (2 Credits, repeated each semester)
- MIBO7000 (MS Research) (Variable Credits)
- MIBO8150 (Seminar in Diversity of Microbial Research) (1 Credit, repeated each semester)
- GRSC8550 (Responsible Conduct of Research) (1 credit)
Total of 18 hours
Spring
- MIBO6010 (Lab Meeting) (2 Credits, repeated each semester)
- MIBO7000 (MS Research) (Variable Credits)
- MIBO8150 (Seminar in Diversity of Microbial Research) (1 Credit, repeated each semester)
- MIBO8120 (Foundations of Microbiology) (5 Credits)
- GRSC7770 (Graduate Teaching & Career Development) (1 Credit)*
* Recommended, required for students to serve as a teaching assistant
Total of 18 hours
Summer:
- MIBO7000 (MS Research) (Variable Credits)
Total of 15 hours
Second Year
Fall
- MIBO6010 (Lab Meeting) (2 Credits, repeated each semester)
- MIBO7000 (MS Research) (Variable Credits)
- MIBO8150 (Seminar in Diversity of Microbial Research) (1 Credit, repeated each semester)
- MIBO8600 (Fundamental Processes of Prokaryotic Cell Biology) (3 Credits)
- Elective
Total of 18 hours
Spring
- MIBO6010 (Lab Meeting) (2 Credits, repeated each semester)
- MIBO7000 (MS Research) (Variable Credits)
- MIBO8150 (Seminar in Diversity of Microbial Research) (1 Credit, repeated each semester)
- Elective
Total of 18 hours
*recommended
Summer of second year or Fall of third year
- MIBO7000 (PhD Research) (Variable Credits)
- MIBO7300 (MS dissertation preparation) (3 Credits)
Total of 15 hours
Updated Fall 2021
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