Bachelor's Degrees

The Department offers a 3-year Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) General Degree in Microbiology as well as a 4-year Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) Honors Degree in Microbiology. All students are required to follow the Levels 1, 2 and 3 (Years 1, 2 and 3) course units while Special Degree students have to follow the Level 4 course units as well. The students selected to follow microbiology as one of the main subjects should take all compulsory (C) course units of Microbiology and all the compulsory (C) course units of two other main subjects selected. In addition, they have to follow a sufficient number of Auxiliary (A) and Elective (E) course units in order to obtain a minimum total of 30 credits per each level (year) as the timetable permits. Following Chemistry as the main subject is compulsory for the students who study Microbiology. 

The course units offered by the Department of Microbiology for the B. Sc. (General) Degree and B. Sc. (Honours) Degree programmes are provided below (Click on course unit links for full course descriptions):

Level 1 Course Units 

• BIOL 11512 - Basic Microbiology (Lecture cum Laboratory)

• MIBI 12514 - Diversity of Bacteria, Viruses, and Fungi

• MIBI 12522 - Laboratory Techniques on Taxonomy of Bacteria, Viruses, and Fungi

Level 2 Course Units 

• MIBI 21514 - Microbial Biochemistry and Physiology, Bacterial Genetics, and its Applications

• MIBI 21522 - Laboratory Aspects of Microbial Biochemistry and Physiology, Bacterial Genetics

• MIBI 22534 - Fundamentals and Applications of Environmental and Agricultural Microbiology

• MIBI 22542 - Laboratory Aspects of Environmental and Agricultural Microbiology

Level 3 Course Units

• MIBI 31514 - Food Microbiology and Food Hygiene, Microbiology of Food Processing and Preservation

• MIBI 31522 - Laboratory Aspects of Food Microbiology, Food Processing and Preservation

• MIBI 32556 - Industrial Training in Microbiology

• MIBI 33534 - Medical and Veterinary Microbiology, Microbial Technology

• MIBI 33541 - Laboratory Aspects of Medical and Veterinary Microbiology

• MIBI 33562 - Special Topics in Microbiology

Level 4 Course Units (Offered only to students selected for the Honours programme)

• MIBI 41784 - Industrial Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology

• MIBI 41804 - Food Technology and Nutrition

• MIBI 41824 - Microbiology of Fish Diseases, Advanced Bacterial Biochemistry and Physiology

• MIBI 43764 - Advanced Study on Selected Taxonomic Groups of Bacteria and Archaea, Applied Virology and Applied Mycology

• MIBI 43774 - Advanced Bacterial Genetics, Bioethics and Biosafety, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology and Gene Technology

• MIBI 43794 - Specific Microbiological Standards and Testing, Quality Assurance of Foods

• MIBI 43814 - Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmaceutical Microbiology

• MIBI 43834 - Veterinary Microbiology and Plant Pathology

• MIBI 43846 - Studies on Contemporary Research in Microbiology

• MIBI 43852 - Laboratory Microbiology

• MIBI 43868 - Research Project

In addition, the Department also offers microbiology courses for the following degree programmes:

• Bachelor of Science in Applied Chemistry (APCH) Honours Programme - Lecture cum Lab

• Bachelor of Science in Environmental Conservation and Management (ENCM) General and Honours Degree Programmes