Approved electives include any of the distribution courses not taken as a distribution requirement, plus certain additional courses offered by the Microbiology Department or other departments to reach a total of 28 credits. 500 level courses require the permission of the instructor.
Microbiology
| MICROM | 413 | Special Topics in Microbiology (1 credit), [up to 3 credits may be counted] |
| MICROM | 482 | Peer Teaching Assistants in Microbiology (1-5 credits) |
| MICROM | 495 | Microbiology Honors Undergraduate Research (variable credits, A,W,Sp,S) (Microbiology Honor's students only) |
| MICROM | 499 | Undergraduate Lab Research (Variable credits, A,W,Sp,S) |
| MICROM | 555 | Advanced Clinical Microbiology (2.5 credits, A,W,Sp) |
Biology
| BIOL | 401 | Advanced Cell Biology (3 credits) |
| BIOL | 405 | Cellular and Molecular Biology of Human Disease (3 credits) |
| BIOL | 440 | General Mycology (5 credits) |
| BIOL | 466 | Pathobiology of Emerging Diseases (3 credits) |
| BIOL | 481 | Experimental Evolutionary Ecology (5 credits) |
Chemical Engineering
| CHEM E | 467 | Biochemical Engineering (3 credits) |
Civil and Environmental Engineering
| CEE | 462 | Applied Limnology and Pollutant Effects on Freshwater (3 credits) |
| CEE | 482 | Wastewater Treatment and Re-use (3 credits) |
Conjoint
| CONJ | 550p | Clinical Infectious Diseases (3 credits) |
Environmental Health
| ENV H | 440 | Water, Wastewater and Health (3 credits) |
| ENV H | 441 | Food Protection (3 credits) |
| ENV H | 442 | Vector Control (3 credits) |
| ENV H | 444 | Antibiotic Resistant Genes and Bacteria (3 Credits) |
| ENV H | 451 | Ecology of Environmentally Transmitted Microbiological Hazards (3 credits) |
| ENV H | 452 | Detection & Control of Environmentally Transmitted Microbiological Hazards (3 credits) |
Epidemiology
| EPI | 320 | Intro to Epidemiology (4 credits) |
ESRM
| ESRM | 404 | Plant Microbiology Lab (5 credits) |
Genome Sciences
| GENOME | 361 | Fundamentals of Genetics and Genomics (3 credits) |
| GENOME | 371 | Intro Genetics (5 credits) |
| GENOME | 372 | Genomics and Proteomics (5 credits) |
| GENOME | 373 | Genomic Informatics (4 credits) |
Global Health
| GH | 401 | Introduction to Global Health (1 credit) |
| GH | 402 | Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health (1 credit) |
| GH | 410 | Newly Emerging Diseases in Public Health (3 credits) |
Medicinal Chemistry
| MEDCH | 561 | Immunizing & Antimicrobial Agents (4 credits, Sp) |
Ocean
| OCEAN | 430 | Biological Oceanography (4 credits) |
| OCEAN | 431 | Special Topics in Biological Oceanography (3 credits) |
| OCEAN | 454 | Hydrothermal Vents (3 credits) |
Pathobiology
| PABIO | 536 | Bioinformatics and Gene Sequence Analysis (3 credits) |
| PABIO | 548 | Molecular and Cellular Parasitology (3 credits) |
| PABIO | 551 | Biochemistry and Genetics of Pathogens and their Hosts (4 credits) |