Programme of Microbiology

The programme of the Master's specialisation in Microbiology consists of:

• 18 EC mandatory courses:
  • NWI-BM069 Introduction and Orientation in Microbiology (3EC)
  • NWI-BM063 Microbial Physiology & Metabolism (3EC)
  • NWI-BM068 Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology (3EC)
  • NWI-BM065 Microbial Cell Structure & Function (3EC)
  • NWI-BM067 Host-microbe Interactions (3EC)
  • NWI-BM070 Medical Microbiology (3 EC)

• 6 EC Review Article (NWI-BM-REVIEWART)
• 6 EC Research Proposal (NWI-BM-RESPROP)

Review article can be replaced by Field Course Alpine Ecology (NWI-BM040B)
OR
Research proposal can be replaced by Field Course Ireland (NWI-BM048B)
(NB: both field courses are offered in alternating years)

2 internships, 72 EC in total:

• NWI-BM-STAGE1 (1x 36EC)
• NWI-BM-STAGE2 (1x 36EC)

• 15 EC free space for optional courses or extension of internships (6 EC max.)
  Choose at least one course from the list below. 6 EC is completely free, and the remaining EC should be filled with academic courses within the field of natural sciences. If you want more information on a course, check out the course description via the course finder.
  • NWI-BM010C Advanced Adaptation Physiology (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM032C Advanced Endocrinology (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM004C Apoptosis (3 EC)
  • NWI-FNWI001 Beroepsorientatie (3 EC, in Dutch)
  • NWI-FNWI001A Career Orientation (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM075 Biodiversity Assessment (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM038A Ecological and environmental concepts (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM002C Ecology and management of large rivers (3 EC)
  • NWI-MM002A Environmental and ecological modelling (3 EC)
  • NWI-MM020A Environmental life cycle assessment (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM068 Environmental microbiology and biotechnology (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM033F Nature in a crowded country (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM040B Field course Alpine ecology (6 EC, not offered in 2019-2020)
  • NWI-BM048B Field course Ireland (6 EC)
  • NWI-BM077 Genomics
  • NWI-BM067 Host-microbe interactions (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM024D Laboratory Animal Science (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM039A Management of ecosystems (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM065 Microbial cell structure and function (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM063 Microbial physiology and metabolism (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM014D Microbiology of wetland ecosystems (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM035B Molecular physiology of plant stress adaptation (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM074A NIOZ Marine masters’s summer course (4 EC)
  • NWI-BM041B Principles of Systems Biology (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM060C Quantitative conservation biology (3 EC)
  • NWI-MM013 Research skills (3 EC)
  • NWI-MM014 Risk Management of Chemicals (3 EC)
  • NWI-FNWI002 Scientific English for master students (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM076 Symbiosis (3 EC)
  • NWI-BM007C Working with radionuclides (level 5B) (2 EC)
• 3 EC Philosophy course
• 0 EC Master Portfolio Biosciences