Please read all the requirements below that you must follow in order to graduate. If you have questions about registration, admission, or anything else, contact mcsadvising@ifas.ufl.edu.
Required Courses
17-18 credits of required courses must be completed before you can graduate.
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| Course # | Course | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCB 6940 | Career Seminar | 1 | Fall/Spring/Summer |
| BSC 6459 | Fundamentals in Bioinformatics | 3 | Fall |
| BCH 5413 | Mammalian Molecular Biology and Genetics | 3 | Fall/Spring/Summer |
| MCB 5252 | Microbiology, Immunology & Basis for Immunotherapeutics | 4 | Spring/Summer A |
Students are required to complete at least one of the following:
| Course # | Course | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCB 5505 | Virology | 3 | Spring |
| -OR- | |||
| GMS 7133 | Advanced Molecular Virology | 2 | Spring |
Students are required to complete at least one of the following:
| Course # | Course | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCB 5205 | Microbiology of Human Pathogens | 3 | Fall |
| -OR- | |||
| GMS 6121 | Infectious Disease | 3 | Fall/Spring/Summer C |
Students are required to complete at least one of the following:
| Course # | Course | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCB 7922 | Journal Colloquy – Environmental Microbiology (fall); Astrobiology (spring) | 1 | Fall/Spring |
| -OR- | |||
| GMS 7192 | Journal Colloquy – Infectious Disease (take with GMS 6121) | 1 | Fall/Spring/Summer C |
| GMS 7192 | Journal Colloquy – Bacteriology (take with GMS 6108) | 1 | Fall/Spring/Summer C |
Elective Courses
Students must complete 10 elective credits in order to graduate.
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| Course # | Course | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCB 6937 | Molecular Biology | 3 | Fall |
| MCB 4320C/ MCB 6670C | The Microbiome | 3 | Spring |
| MCB 5705 | Astrobiology | 3 | Spring |
| MCB 6937 | Probiotics | 3 | Spring |
| MCB 6937 | Molecular Bioinformatics in UNIX | 3 | Summer C |
| MCB 6937 | Human Genomics | 3 | Fall |
| MCB 6781 | Archaea and Biotechnology | 3 | Fall |
| MCB 6937 | Microbial Applications of Synthetic Biology | 3 | Fall |
| MCB 6151 | Prokaryotic Diversity | 3 | Summer C |
| MCB 6937 | Molecular Genetics | 3 | Spring/Summer C |
| MCB 6937 | Bacterial Physiology | 3 | Fall |
| PCB 5235 | Immunology | 3 | Spring |
| GMS 6108 | Bacterial Physiology, Antibiotics and Genetics (GMS 6121 or MCB 5205 pre-req) | 3 | Fall/Spring/Summer |
| GMS 6132 | Introductory Gene and Immunotherapy | 2 | Spring |
| MCB 6937 | Post Translational Modifications in Microbiology | 2 | Summer C |
| MCB 6937 | Antimicrobial Resistance (New Spring 2019) | 3 | Spring |
| MCB 6772 | Advanced Topics in Cell Biology | 1 | Spring |
| MCB 6355 | Microbial/Host Defense | 1 | Spring |
| MCB 6457 | Metabolic Regulation (synchronous live web broadcast) | 1 | Spring |
| MCB 6417 | Microbial Metabolism and Energetics | 1 | Fall |
| MCB 6317 | Molecular Biology of Gene Expression | 1 | Fall |
| MCB 6318 | Comparative Microbial Genomics – Prerequisite BSC 6459 | 2 | Spring |
Introductory Course Track
These two courses for 7 credits are required for students in the introductory online MS track only (track available Fall 2016). Students with prior experience in microbiology and biochemistry do not need to take these courses. Both courses are available as electives, if desired (requires department permission to register).
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| Course # | Course | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCB 6937 | Biology of Microorganisms | 3 | Fall/Spring/Summer A |
| GMS 5905 | Fundamentals in Biochemistry | 4 | Fall/Spring/Summer C |
Graduation
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- Students must take at least 3 credits in the final fall/spring semester to graduate.
- 30 credits are required to complete the degree.
- Only courses completed with a grade of C or higher can be counted towards the degree.
- You must maintain both a 3.0 overall GPA and 3.0 major GPA in order to graduate.
- 15 credits must be completed in courses with a MCB, PCB, or BSC
- Students must complete the final exam.
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