ProgramCIP 26.0503

Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology

A program that focuses on the scientific study of pathogenic bacteria that are significant factors in causing or facilitating human disease. Includes instruction in the pathogenesis of bacterial diseases, bacterial genetics and physiology, bacterial anatomy and structure, antigens, bacterial reproduction, bacterial adhesion, phagocytes, and the identification of new or mutated bacteria and bacterial agents.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).