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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Microbiology - Medical 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 & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Credit Hours: 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  
Credit Hours: 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  
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement: Global Perspectives Overlay 3 KSC 050  
BS Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Requirement: Ethical Reasoning overlay 3    
Credit Hours: 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 & Humanities Requirement: Ethical Reasoning Overlay 3 KSC 060  
Free Elective 3    
Credit Hours: 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    
Credit Hours: 15      
       
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 (course that contains a lab) 3    
PHYS 114  - General Physics II   4      
Outside Concentration Class #2 3    
BS Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Requirement: US Multicultural Overlay 3    
Credit Hours: 16      
       
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 (course that contains a lab) 3    
Microbiology Elective 2    
Outside Concentration Class #3 3    
Free Elective 3    
Credit Hours: 14      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 670   - Immunology   3      
Microbiology Elective (course that contains a lab) 3    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Credit Hours: 15      
       
Total Program Hours: 120      

 

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