Students majoring in microbiology and immunology at the University of Michigan come from many majors and backgrounds. This major offers several professional directions, and they can apply their training to any direction.
1. Degree requirements
This master's degree is suitable for students whose academic training and research preparation are not enough to enter doctoral studies, as well as students whose professional training in microbiology and immunology is lower than doctoral training.
This major allows students to choose courses and engage in research according to their personal needs, and at the same time, it can meet the academic expectations of the postgraduate stage of the University of Michigan.
The University of Michigan believes that microbiology and immunology students in the 2 1 century need to be familiar with both hosts and pathogens. Therefore, all master students should at least have an understanding of introduction to immunology and graduate microbiology.
Other courses require more flexibility, which not only allows those students who are academically deficient to concentrate on the courses and upgrade their academic qualifications to professional graduate schools, but also allows those students who are interested in research to gain rich research experience in the University of Michigan and industrial laboratories.
In order to achieve this goal, the master's degree in microbiology and immunology at the University of Michigan provides students with several options.
2. Major choice: non-research.
In view of the fact that some students enrolled in the Master of Microbiology and Immunology program do not want to engage in research in the future, and some students will switch to other directions after preliminary research, the University of Michigan provides students with non-research options.
Non-research students, whether engaged in research or not, need to complete 28 credits and meet other degree requirements.
Students in this direction need to negotiate with the master's consultant to draw up a study plan. The study plan will be kept in the student's department file. All students who want to get this master's degree need to complete the approved personalized study plan.
3. major choice: research
The master of microbiology and immunology is not required to engage in experimental research, but in order to maintain the advantages of the department in research and let students gain valuable research experience, all students interested in research can choose research options.
This choice provides research convenience for all students who apply for this master's degree. Students in this direction don't need to do experiments in the laboratory in turn, but they need to establish a mutually recognized relationship with the research tutors of the department in order to register research credits and engage in research work.
Before the research begins, students and tutors need to negotiate on the curriculum and research expectations. Generally speaking, each research credit lasts five to six weeks.
In addition to providing grades by letter, at the end of each semester, the tutor also needs to make a written evaluation of the students' research in that semester. Relevant research and results need to be negotiated between the tutor and the students and signed by the students.
4. Professional Options: Thesis
Students who are interested in two semesters of experimental research and have a B+ average grade point can choose to write a paper on the research results.
Students who write papers need to complete their defense in front of the thesis supervisor and two other teachers.
After successfully completing the defense, students will be awarded a master's degree in microbiology and immunology, and it will be indicated that the students have written papers and completed the defense.