The Graduate Certificate in Microbiome Science and Engineering provides a foundation in the concepts and methods of microbiome science and engineering and provides perspectives on the applications of those fundamentals to a range of topics in environmental, animal and human, plant, and industrial contexts.

Effective Fall 2021

Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.

Required Course
Select one course from the following:3
Microbiome of Plant Systems
Microbiome of Animal Systems
Select a minimum of 9 credits from the following with at least one course (not previously taken) from each category.9
Group A. Experimental Methods and Data Analysis
Biomolecular Tools for Engineers
Research Seminar: Toxicology
Mass Spectrometry Omics-Methods and Analysis
Microbial Metagenomics/Genomics Data Analysis
Next Generation Sequencing Platform/Libraries
Functional Genomics
Bioinformatics
Group B: Microbiomes in Context
Microbiome of Plant Systems
Microbiome of Animal Systems
Advanced Biological Wastewater Processing
Immunotoxicology
Phytochemicals and Probiotics for Health
Program Total Credits:12

*This certificate may have courses in common with other graduate certificates. A student may earn more than one certificate, but a given course may be counted only in one certificate.