MBI at Miami University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate MBI coursework.

• MBI 201General Microbiologyopens 19 courses (10.2 directly)
• MBI 365Molecular and Cell Biologyopens 6 courses (3 directly)
• BIO 203Introduction to Cell Biologyopens 5 courses (2.5 directly)
• CHM 332Outlines of Biochemistryopens 5 courses (2.1 directly)
• MBI 223Bacteriophage Biologyopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• MBI 224Bacteriophage Genomicsopens 1 course (0.3 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate MBI work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 47 MBI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 14 more MBI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on MBI, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in MBI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at MBI 465

  1. MBI 116Biological Concepts: Structure, Function, Cellular and Molecular Biology
  2. MBI 201General Microbiology
  3. MBI 365Molecular and Cell Biology
  4. MBI 445Microbial Genetics
  5. MBI 465Bacteriophage Gene Expression Laboratory

• 3 courses deep, ending at MBI 224

  1. BIO 116Biological Concepts: Structure, Function, Cellular, and Molecular Biology
  2. MBI 223Bacteriophage Biology
  3. MBI 224Bacteriophage Genomics

• 3 courses deep, ending at MBI 325

  1. CHM 231Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
  2. CHM 332Outlines of Biochemistry
  3. MBI 325Microbial Physiology and Diversity

• 3 courses deep, ending at MBI 495

  1. BIO 116Biological Concepts: Structure, Function, Cellular, and Molecular Biology
  2. BIO 203Introduction to Cell Biology
  3. MBI 495Bacterial Cellular and Developmental Biology

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for MBI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MBI yet.

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Department events

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