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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Microbiology - General Microbiology (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


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The curriculum for this major assumes students enter college prepared to take Calculus.

     
First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
BIOL 100   - Biology First-Year Orientation  OR 1   KSC 070  

DAS 101   - Discover, Create, and Thrive: Arts and Sciences Orientation  

1   KSC 070  
BIOL 198   - Principles of Biology   4   KSC 040  
CHM 210   -Chemistry I   4   KSC 070
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 398  - Principles of Genetics   4      
CHM 230   - Chemistry II   4      
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
ENGL 100   - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
Total Credits: 14      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
CHM 350   - General Organic Chemistry   3      
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   3   KSC 010  
MATH 220   - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I   4   KSC 030  
BS Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Requirement: Ethical Reasoning overlay 3    
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement: Global Perspectives Overlay 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 255  - General Microbiology   4   KSC 070  
CHM 351  - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory   2      
STAT 225  - Introduction to Statistics   (or other Statistics option) 3      
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
BIOCH 521  - General Biochemistry   3      
BIOL 541   - Cell Biology   3      
PHYS 113  - General Physics I   4      
Outside Concentration Class #1 3    
Free Elective 2    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
Microbiology Elective (course that includes 1-3 credits of lab) 3    
PHYS 114  - General Physics II   4      
Outside Concentration Class #2 3    
Free Elective 3    
BS Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Requirement: US Multicultural Overlay 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 520  - Evolution  OR 3      
BIOL 521  - Evolution of Infectious Diseases   3      
BIOL 675   - Genetics of Microorganisms   3      
Microbiology Elective (course that includes 1-3 credits of lab) 3    
Outside Concentration Class #3 3    
Free elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 687  - Microbial Ecology   3      
Microbiology Elective (course that includes 1-3 credits of lab) 2    
Microbiology Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Total Program Hours: 120      

 

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