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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Microbiology - Medical Microbiology (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
BIOL 100   - Biology First-Year Orientation   OR 1      
DAS 101   - Discover, Create, and Thrive: Arts and Sciences Orientation   1      
BIOL 198   - Principles of Biology   4   KSC 040  
CHM 210   - Chemistry I    4   
Arts & Humanities Requirement - Moral Reasoning Overlay 3 KSC 060  
Social & Behavioral Science Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Credit Hours: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 255   - General Microbiology   4      
CHM 230   - Chemistry II   4 ​   
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
ENGL 100   -Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
Credit Hours: 14      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
CHM 350  - General Organic Chemistry   3      
CHM 351   - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory   2      
ENGL 200  - Expository Writing II   3   KSC 010  
MATH 220   - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I   4   KSC 040  
Social & Behavioral Science - Global Perspectives Overlay 3 KSC 050  
Credit Hours: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOCH 521   - General Biochemistry   3      
BIOL 398   - Principles of Genetics   4      
PHYS 113   -General Physics I   4      
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Free Elective 1    
Credit Hours: 15      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 541   - Cell Biology   3      
PHYS 114   - General Physics II   4      
STAT 225 or other statistics option 3    
Fine Arts or Humanities  3    
Outside Concentration 3    
Credit Hours: 16      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 530   - Pathogenic Microbiology   OR  3   
BIOL 545   - Human Parasitology   OR 3      
BIOL 675   - Genetics of Microorganisms   OR 3      
BIOL 730   - General Virology   OR 3      
Microbiology Elective - with Lab 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Free Elective 3    
Credit Hours: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 530   - Pathogenic Microbiology   OR 3      
BIOL 545   - Human Parasitology  OR 3 ​   
BIOL 675   - Genetics of Microorganisms  OR 3      
BIOL 730   - General Virology   3      
Microbiology Elective - with Lab 3    
Non-Quantitative Social Science and US Multicultural Overlay 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
Free Elective 3    
Credit Hours: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 670   - Immunology   3      
Microbiology Elective - with Lab 3    
Microbiology Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 4    
Credit Hours: 15      
       
Total Program Hours: 120