Major Program(s) Summary

MAJOR DEGREE IN MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY

General University Requirements

1) Total credits required for degree: 20 (40 half-year courses)
2) Total credits required above 1000 level: 12 (24 half-year courses)
3) Minimum of 5 (10 half-year courses), maximum of 10 credits (20 half-year courses) in the major subject beyond the 1000 level, including 3 credits (6 half-year courses) above the 2000 level.
4)   a) one credit in math
      b) one credit in one or more language/humanities subjects
      c) one credit in one or more social science subjects
      d) one writing course
Required GPA for graduation: 2.00
Graduation with distinction: GPA  ≥  3.70

MICI Departmental Requirements: Note that the departmental requirements require 3.5 credits (7 courses) above the 2000 level in the major subject

First-year required courses:
BIOL 1010/1011 or BIOL1020/1021
CHEM 1011/1012
MATH 1000 or MATH 1215
MATH 1010 or STAT 1060
Note: We suggest that you fulfill the math, social sciences, language/humanities, and writing requirements in the first year.

Second-year required courses:
MICI 2100, 2400
BIOL 2020, 2030
BIOC 2300, 2610
CHEM 2401, 2402
Note: For these courses to count towards a Major degree, you must obtain a grade of C– or better. In some cases, you will need a grade of B– or a B as a prerequisite for entry into 3000-level courses (see Calendar). We suggest that you take the above courses in your second year, so that:
            a) you have the prerequisites to enter the more advanced 3000 -     4000 level courses;
            b) there are fewer conflicts in your timetable.

Third and fourth-year required courses:
BIOC 3400
MICI 3114, 3115, 3119
Plus 1.0 credits (2 half-year courses) at or above the 3000 level in MICI-approved courses (see page 2)
Plus 0.5 credit from MICI 4XXX

Note: For these courses to count towards a Major degree you must obtain a grade of C– or better.
We suggest that you take BIOC 3400, MICI 3114, MICI 3115, and MICI 3119 in your third year, which gives you the prerequisites to enter advanced follow-up courses in your fourth year.

DOUBLE MAJORS DEGREE

General University Requirements

1) Total credits required for degree - 20 (40 half-year courses)
2) Total credits required above 1000 level – 12 (24 half-year courses)
3) Minimum of 10 (20 half-year courses) and a maximum of 14 credits (28 half-year courses) in the major subjects beyond the 1000 level are to be in the two subjects, with no more than 9 (18 half-year courses) and no fewer than 5 (10 half-year courses) in either, including at least 2 credits (4 half-year courses) beyond the 2000 level in each of the two major subjects.
4)   a) one credit in math
      b) one credit in one or more language/humanities subjects
      c) one credit in one or more social science subjects
      d) one writing course
Required GPA for graduation: 2.00
Graduation with distinction: GPA  ≥ 3.70

MICI Departmental Requirements:

First-year required courses:
BIOL 1010/1011 or BIOL1020/1021
CHEM 1011/1012
Note: we suggest that you fulfill the math, social sciences, language/humanities, and writing requirements.

Second-year required courses:
MICI 2100, 2400
BIOL 2020, 2030
BIOC 2300, 2610
CHEM 2401, 2402
Note: For these courses to count towards a Major degree you must obtain a grade of C– or better. We suggest that you take them in your second year to obtain the prerequisites for the more advanced courses. In some cases you will need a grade of B– or a B as a prerequisite for entry into 3000-level courses (see Calendar).

Third and Fourth-year required courses:
BIOC 3400
MICI 3114, 3115, 3119, plus 0.5 credit from MICI 4XXX
Note: For these courses to count towards a Major degree you must obtain a grade of C– or better.
We suggest that you take BIOC 3400, MICI 3114, 3115 and MICI 3119 in your third year so that you have the prerequisites to enter more advanced courses in fourth year.