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Pierce College District 11 Catalog, Program listing for 2003–2005

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Microbiology

Faculty	(Fort Lewis):Camille Bennett
	(Fort Steilacoom): Mary Bath-Balogh, Robert Johnson, Ron May Puyallup: Dr. Dale Blum, Sandy Lewis
Degree:	Associate in Arts & Sciences; AAS Option B Associate of Science

The science of microbiology includes the study of bacteria, fungi, protozoans and viruses causing disease, as well as beneficial yeasts, antibiotic producing organisms, and cyclic environmental bacteria. Training in microbiology can lead to positions in hospitals, research laboratories, commercial food and beverage enterprises, environmental laboratories, and pharmaceutical institutes.

One course, MICRO 201, General Microbiology, is accepted for transfer to professional programs; the other, MICRO 110, Introduction to Clinical Microbiology, serves students in the Veterinary Technology or Medical Lab Technician programs. Transfer students should complete the curriculum recommended in the Biology Transfer I program, which is the recommended curriculum for pre-professional programs (pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-chiropractic, pre-veterinary, microbiology, cell biology, college and high school teaching, etc.), and should check with the transfer institution regarding specific requirements and transfer credits.

List of all Microbiology (MICRO) courses.

See Catalog pg. 59

Pre-Professional - Microbiology

The following courses, in addition to those required for the AS, AAS or AAS Option B degree, should be completed for transfer to a Microbiology program. All course prerequisites must first be met.

BIOL 101 General Biology (5)
BIOL 201 Principles of Biology I (Cellular) (5)
BIOL 202 Principles of Biology II (Zoology) (5)
BIOL 203 Principles of Biology III (Botany) (5)
MATH 124 Analytic Geometry & Calculus I (or MATH 157) (5)
CHEM 140 General Chemistry (5)
CHEM 150 General Chemistry (5)
CHEM 160 General Chemistry (5)
CHEM 220 Organic Chemistry I (5)
CHEM 221 Organic Chemistry II (5)
CHEM 222 Organic Chemistry III (5)
PHYS 121 Physics for Science & Engineering I* (or PHYS 114) (5)
PHYS 122 Physics for Science & Engineering II* (or PHYS 115) (5)
PHYS 123 Physics for Science & Engineering III*(or PHYS 116) (5)
MICRO 201 General Microbiology (5)

*Preferred

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