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)
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 435 Microbiology of Earth and Human Systems
- 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.