For coursework, students, in consultation with a faculty committee, choose classes from a list of 28 courses. For the original research, students work with a faculty mentor in any aspect of microbiology, including environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, food and industrial, bacterial physiology, genetics, immunology, infectious disease microbiology and more.?

The Clinical Microbiology MS emphasis is truly distinct - there is no?other program like it in the U.S.?The Clinical Microbiology MS Program at the UWL offers unique and specialized training in the fight to control infectious disease. In this program, there is considerable focus on diagnostics, but all aspects?human and animal infection by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa are covered, including the?epidemiology of infectious disease, the life cycles and behaviors of infectious agents, and the interactions of?infectious agents with the immune system.