Why the catalog year matters
Your catalog year is the year you started at SDSU, and it decides which rules apply to your degree, not the current semester's course list. A class that is offered this term may not count toward your requirements, and one that counts for a newer catalog year may not be on an older list at all. Always check the requirements for your own catalog year, not the newest one.
A Minimum of 36 Upper Division Units to Include
Approval of the Microbiology Adviser
Electives
- BIOL 464 - Functional Genomics Laboratory
- BIOL 480 - Clinical Hematology
- BIOL 485 - Principles of Immunology
- BIOL 585 - Cellular and Molecular Immunology
- BIOL 528 - Microbial Ecology
- BIOL 549 - Microbial Genetics and Physiology
- BIOL 554 - Molecular Virology
- BIOL 556 - Scanning Electron Microscopy Laboratory
- BIOL 557 - Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory
- BIOL 562 - Ecological Metagenomics
- BIOL 567 - Advanced Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 567L - Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology Laboratory II
- BIOL 568 - Bioinformatics
- BIOMI 568 - Bioinformatics
- BIOL 584 - Medical Microbiology
- BIOL 590 - Physiology of Human Systems
- CHEM 432 - Organic Chemistry
- CHEM 432L - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
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Laboratory Course Requirement
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Major
Microbiology, B.S. (2025-2026) - Roadmap
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Preparation for the Major
29 units- BIOL 203 - Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 203L - Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory
- BIOL 204 - Principles of Organismal Biology
- BIOL 204L - Principles of Organismal Biology Laboratory
- BIOL 215 - Biostatistics
- CHEM 200 - General Chemistry
- CHEM 201 - General Chemistry
- CHEM 232 - Organic Chemistry
- CHEM 232L - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
- MATH 124 - Calculus for the Life Sciences
Time Limitation
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This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2025-26 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.