Please read: Students planning to declare Microbiology in Winter 2025 or Spring 2025, you will need to take MICROM 413 in Winter. Please email Josey at microadv@uw.edu to get on the list for the course. It will be taught on Tuesdays from 2:30-3:20. If there are time conflicts with other courses that you have planned, please say so in your email!
The following courses are the requirements and options available for students pursuing a degree in Microbiology from the University of Washington, Seattle Campus.
Students who declare winter 2023 will complete the following requirements: MICROBIOLOGY DEGREE REQUIREMENTS AND ELECTIVES PACKET (WINTER 2023 AND BEYOND)
UPDATE: MICROM 435 will no longer be taught after AUT 2024 quarter. Please plan on taking 2 of the other 3 courses for your Diversity and ecology section, as MICROM 435 will not be an option going forward.
The links below will take you to the University of Washington course catalog for descriptions of the courses offered.
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MICROM 402 General Microbiology Lab
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MICROM 496 Library Research Paper
- IMMUN 441 Immunology
- MICROM 442 Medical Bacteriology
- MICROM 443 Medical Bacteriology Lab
- MICROM 460 Medical Mycology and Parasitology Lecture
- MICROM 445 Medical Virology
- MICROM 450 Molecular Biology of Viruses
- MICROM 412 Prokaryotic Diversity
- ENV H 409 Microbiome & Environmental Health
- MICROM 411 Bacterial Genetics. Includes lab
- MICROM 431 Prokaryotic Recombinant DNA Techniques Lab
Electives:
Elective credits from the approved list to reach a total of 28 when the distribution areas are satisfied.
Please reach out to Josey Overfield: Microbiology Undergraduate Adviser, at microadv@uw.edu with any questions. Link to make an advising appointment is under the "Advising" tab.