A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Credential class
- ceterms:DoctoralDegree
- CIP
- 26.0503
- Total credits (published)
- 58
- Credits (computed from items)
- 58
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 234030
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_234030_6c618a93
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 59
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Course requirements
0 items
Required core courses
major core · 7 items
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Microbiology Research Seminar (taken each fall and spring semester; minimum eight credits)”8
Required additional courses
9 items
- Select at least one of the following:Not resolved to a course3
- As published: “Microbial Physiology and Genetics”3
- As published: “Mechanisms of Viral and Parasite Pathogenesis 1”3
- As published: “Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis 1”3
- As published: “Advanced Immunobiology 2”3
- Select one of the following journal club courses for one semester every year (four credits minimum).Not resolved to a course4
- 1
- 1
- or: OVPR 602 Responsible Scientific Conductor: OVPR 603 Responsible Conduct of Research1
Elective courses
electives · 6 items
- Select at least two credits from the following:Not resolved to a course2
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 1-4
Dissertation research
1 item
- 27
Source. Virginia Commonwealth University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/school-medicine/microbiology-immunology-phd/. Captured page pages/0435.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.