Microbiology/Cell and Molecular Biology: Pre-Veterinary, BS

Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2025-2026. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.

Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 120

General Education Requirements
English Composition
See Academic Regulation 3.5
ENGL 1113Composition I3
Select one of the following:3
Composition II
Critical Analysis and Writing II
Technical Writing
American History & Government
HIST 1103Survey of American History3
or HIST 1483 American History to 1865 (H)
or HIST 1493 American History Since 1865 (DH)
POLS 1113American Government3
Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q)
MATH 1813Preparation for Calculus (Q) (or higher)3
Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures (H)
Courses designated (H)6
Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N)
Must include one Laboratory-Based Inquiry (L) course
PHYS 1114College Physics I (LN) 14
PHYS 1214College Physics II (LN) 14
Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S)
Course designated (S)3
Diversity (D)
Courses designated (D)3
Global Cultural Competency (G)
Courses designated (G)3
Additional General Education
Additional general education credit hours (at least 2 hours) are required to meet the total 40-hour minimum. If courses carry more than one general education designation and can be used to meet multiple minimum general education designation hours above, more than 2 hours of additional general education will be required here to meet the 40-hour minimum.
Courses designated (Q), (H), (N), (S), (D), (G), or (F)2
Hours Subtotal40
College/Departmental Requirements
UNIV 1111First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course)1
Arts & Humanities
See note 2.a.3
Natural & Mathematical Sciences
CHEM 1314
CHEM 1515
Chemistry I (LN)
and Chemistry II (LN)
9
Foreign Language
See note 3
0-6 hours
Upper-Division General Education
Select 6 hours outside major department
See note 2.c.
Hours Subtotal13
Major Requirements
A minimum grade of “C” in each upper-division course and MICR 2123 and MICR 2132
Select from the following: 33
ANSI 3543Principles of Animal Nutrition3
Survey of Biochemistry 3
OR
Biochemistry I
and Biochemistry II 3
BIOL 1113
BIOL 1111
Introductory Biology (N)
and Introductory Biology Laboratory (LN)
4
or BIOL 1114 Introductory Biology (LN)
BIOL 1604Animal Biology4
BIOL 3023General Genetics3
or ANSI 3423 Animal Genetics
Select one of the following:5
Survey of Organic Chemistry
and Survey of Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Organic Chemistry I
and Organic Chemistry Laboratory
and Organic Chemistry II
MATH 2144Calculus I (Q)4
MICR 2123Introduction to Microbiology3
MICR 2132Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory2
MICR 3033Cell and Molecular Biology3
MICR 3223Advanced Microbiology3
MICR 4001Professional Transitions in Microbiology and Cell and Molecular Biology1
MICR 4012Molecular Microbiology Laboratory I2
or MICR 4990 Special Problems
or CHEM 4990 Undergraduate Research in Chemistry
MICR 4112Molecular Microbiology Capstone2
or MICR 4990 Special Problems
or CHEM 4990 Undergraduate Research in Chemistry
MICR 4233Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology3
Supplemental Courses
MICR 4253Concepts in Medical Genetics3
or MICR 4263 Microbial Genetics: from Genes to Genomes
or MICR 4543 Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics
or ANSI 3453 Canine and Feline Genetics
or ANSI 3463 Equine Genetics
Select 9 hours from the following:9
Animal Reproduction
Medicinal Organic Chemistry
Technical Writing
History of Medicine (H)
Immunology
Foundations of Cancer
Pathogenic Microbiology
Microbiomes in Human Health and the Environment
Virology
Bioinformatics
Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance
Wildlife Management Techniques
Ethics & Animals (H)
Biomedical Ethics (H)
Philosophy of Science (H)
Philosophy of Biology (H)
Hours Subtotal57
Electives 2,3
Select 10 hours 310
May need to include 6 hours of a foreign language (see note 3)
May need to include 6 hours upper-division general education outside major department (see note 2.c.)
Additional requirements for professional school admission exist. View Admission Requirements Sheets at your chosen school and/or at http://prehealth.okstate.edu.
Recommended courses:
First Year Microbiology Laboratory Experience
Hours Subtotal10
Total Hours120
1

College and Departmental Requirements that may be used to meet General Education Requirements.

2

With approval from the advisor and department head, a maximum of 30 hours from an accredited doctoral health program may be substituted for major requirements.

3

If BIOC 3713 and BIOC 3813 are selected, then elective hours will be reduced by 3 hours.

Additional requirements for professional school admission may exist. View Admission Requirements Sheets at your chosen school and/or at prehealth.okstate.edu.

Other Requirements

  • See the College of Arts and Sciences Requirements.
  • Upper-Division Credit: Total hours must include at least 40 hours in courses numbered 3000 or above.
  • Hours in One Department: For B.A. and B.S. degrees, no more than 54 hours in one department may be applied to degree requirements.

College of Arts and Sciences Requirements

  1. Hours in One Department: For B.A. and B.S. degrees, no more than 54 hours in one department may be required to meet degree requirements. Courses used to satisfy the General Education English Composition, U.S. History, American Government, and Mathematics or Statistics requirements will not count toward the 54-hour maximum required from one department.
  2. A&S College/Departmental Requirements
    1. Arts and Humanities are defined as any course carrying an (H) designation or courses from AMST, ART, DANC, ENGL (except ENGL 3323 Technical Writing) HIST, MUSI, PHIL (except PHIL 1313 Logic and Critical Thinking (Q), PHIL 3003 Symbolic Logic (Q) and PHIL 4003 Mathematical Logic and Computability), REL, TH, and foreign languages.
    2. Natural and Mathematical Sciences are defined as any course from the following prefixes: ASTR, BIOC, BIOL, CHEM, CS (except CS 4883 Social Issues in Computing), GEOL, MATH, MICR, PBIO, PHYS, and STAT; or courses from other departments that carry an (A) or (N) general education designation.
    3. Six upper-division hours are required from General Education or any CAS courses outside the student’s major department. This requirement may be satisfied by courses also used to satisfy any part of a student’s degree program (i.e., in General Education, College Departmental Requirements, Major Requirements or Electives).
    4. Non-Western Studies Requirement for B.A. and B.F.A.; One course in Non-Western Studies (N.W.). This requirement may be satisfied by courses also used to satisfy any part of a student's degree program (i.e., in General Education, College Departmental Requirements, Major Requirements or Electives).
    5. The College of Arts & Sciences requires a minimum 2.0 GPA in all major requirements and a minimum 2.0 GPA in all major-prefix courses applied to the degree.
  3. Foreign Language Proficiency
    1. The foreign language requirement for the B.A. may be satisfied by 9 hours college credit in the same language, which must include 3 hours at the 2000-level, or equivalent proficiency (e.g., passing an advanced standing examination; TOEFL exam; presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates the high school was primarily conducted in a language other than English; etc.). Computer Science courses may not be used to satisfy this requirement. Currently Arabic and Mvskoke are not offered at the 2000-level at OSU.
    2. The foreign language requirement for the B.S., B.M. and B.F.A. may be satisfied by presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates two years of study of a single foreign language (passing grades at second-year level of study). It may also be satisfied by 6 hours college credit in the same language, which must include language courses 1713 and 1813, or equivalent proficiency (e.g., passing an advanced standing examination; TOEFL exam; presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates the high school was primarily conducted in a language other than English; etc.). Computer Science courses may not be used to satisfy this requirement.
    3. In addition to a. and b., students pursuing teacher certification must meet novice-high foreign language proficiency by presenting a high school transcript which demonstrates two years of study of a single foreign language with no grade below B. Or, students may complete 3 hours college credit in a single language with no grade below C (or pass an advanced standing examination, College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam, or Oral Proficiency Interview developed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, equivalent to 3 hours of college credit.) Or, students may meet the requirement by transfer of documentation of meeting the foreign language competency from one of the teacher education programs in the State of Oklahoma approved by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
  4. Exclusions. Courses with ATHL or LEIS prefixes and leisure activity courses may not be used for degree credit.

Additional State/OSU Requirements

  • At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 and 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
  • Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
  • Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
  • Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2031.