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Microbiology (MICR)
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This program is offered in Durham.
Degrees Offered: M.S., Ph.D.
The Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Science (MCBS) offers the master of science and the doctor of philosophy degrees in microbiology. Research opportunities are available in a broad range of areas, including plant-microbe interactions, nitrogen fixation, signal transduction, microbial development, host-microbe interactions, microbial immunity, molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis, environmental and molecular virology, marine microbial ecology, physiology and biochemistry, biotechnology, and bioremediation.
Admission Requirements
Applicants are expected to have had adequate preparation in the biological and physical sciences. This typically includes general and organic chemistry, physics, one semester of calculus, a year of general biology, a semester or more of biochemistry, and general microbiology. Formal courses in quantitative analysis and statistics are recommended. Applicants with deficiencies in these background courses who are admitted to the program may be required to complete appropriate coursework without graduate credit. Applicants must submit current scores (within five years) from the general test of the GRE. Each applicant to the graduate program must be sponsored by a faculty member in the department. The sponsor’s decision is usually based on the Statement of Interest section of the Application to Graduate School form. Persons planning to apply to the program should contact the graduate program coordinator in microbiology to obtain information on the department.
Degree Requirements
M.S. Degree Requirements
Students admitted to the M.S. program are required to conduct an independent research project in conjunction with a faculty adviser and must submit a thesis based on this research to a graduate committee, which determines its acceptability. Specific coursework is determined in conjunction with the graduate committee. A minimum of 30 credits, including these credits, is required. In addition, the student must submit at least one manuscript for publication to a peer-reviewed journal.
Ph.D. Degree Requirements
Students with appropriate academic training at the baccalaureate or master’s level may be considered for admission to the doctoral program. Successful entrance to candidacy requires the successful completion of the following:
1. All courses required by the Graduate Committee including MICR 906;
2. A written qualifying exam administered by the Graduate Committee;
3. An independent research proposal developed in conjunction with a faculty adviser;
4. An oral defense of the research proposal.
Students enrolled in the doctoral program are required to complete one semester of teaching; and to complete and successfully defend a dissertation based on their research proposal.
The department’s acceptance of the dissertation is contingent on its approval by the doctoral committee and evidence that at least two manuscripts based on the thesis research have been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal appropriate to the topic.
All graduates are expected to enroll in MCBS 997, Microbiology Seminar, each semester.
Courses
Courses
| Abbreviation | Course Number | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICR | 802 | Infectious Disease and Health | 5 |
| MICR | 804 | Genetics of Prokaryotic Microbes | 5 |
| MICR | 805 | Immunology | 3 |
| MICR | 806 | Virology | 0 OR 3 |
| MICR | 807 | Marine Microbiology | 5 |
| MICR | 808 | Virology Lab | 2 |
| MICR | 811 | Genomics and Bioinformatics | 0 OR 4 |
| MICR | 813 | Microbial Ecology and Evolution | 4 |
| MICR | 814 | Public Health and Waterborne Diseases | 0 OR 4 |
| MICR | 815 | Immunology Laboratory | 2 |
| MICR | 817 | Microbial Physiology | 5 |
| MICR | 818 | Ethics and Issues in Microbiology | 4 |
| MICR | 851 | Cell Culture | 0 OR 5 |
| MICR | 895 | Special Topics | 1 TO 4 |
| MICR | 899 | Master's Thesis | 1 TO 10 |
| MICR | 905 | Current Topics | 1 |
| MICR | 906 | Hot Topics | 1 |
| MICR | 907 | Instrumentation | 1 |
| MICR | 999 | Doctoral Research | 0 |
| MCBS | 997 | Seminar | 1 |
