Microbiology, Minor

• The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements.
• No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.

At least six (6) credit hours must be earned in courses acceptable for residence credit by standards set forth by the Dodge College of Arts and Sciences, excluding transfer, correspondence, and examination (AP, CLEP, Advanced Standing) credit. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/ No Pass.

No single course may be used by a student to satisfy a major requirement and a minor requirement. A course may be used, however, to satisfy both a major support requirement and a minor requirement. 

Requests to substitute a minor requirement must be approved in writing by the Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology.

Required Courses

Students must successfully complete at least 15 hours of courses acceptable for major credit in Microbiology, including at least nine (9) hours at the upper-division level. Note that introductory courses are not counted toward this total.

A grade of C or better must be earned in each course counted for minor credit.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
MBIO 3812	Fundamentals of Microbiology Laboratory	2
MBIO 3813	Fundamentals of Microbiology	3
MBIO 4833	Basic Immunology	3
or MBIO 4843	Molecular Biology
Choose additional upper division hours to meet the specified requirements		7
Total Credit Hours		15

• Minors in the Dodge College of Arts & Sciences are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.