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Cell & Molecular Biology Concentration

Course Requirements

Course Title Quarter Hours
BIO 210MICROBIOLOGY4
BIO 250CELL BIOLOGY4
BIO 360MOLECULAR BIOLOGY4
Select one Advanced Topics Course4
BIO 315
TOPICS IN ECOLOGY
BIO 319
TOPICS IN BEHAVIORAL PARASITOLOGY
BIO 335
CONCEPTS IN EVOLUTION
BIO 341
TOPICS IN NEUROBIOLOGY
BIO 345
TOPICS IN PALEOBIOLOGY
BIO 349
TOPICS IN MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
BIO 347
TOPICS IN MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY
BIO 361
TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
BIO 390
SPECIAL TOPICS (as appropriate)
Select two courses from the following list, one of which must be a lab course: 18
BIO 309
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
BIO 315
TOPICS IN ECOLOGY
BIO 321
MOLECULAR METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
BIO 330
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
BIO 335
CONCEPTS IN EVOLUTION
BIO 339
CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
BIO 341
TOPICS IN NEUROBIOLOGY
BIO 345
TOPICS IN PALEOBIOLOGY
BIO 347
TOPICS IN MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY
BIO 348
THE BIOLOGY OF INFECTION
BIO 355
GENETIC TOXICOLOGY
BIO 361
TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
BIO 362
ADVANCED GENETIC ANALYSIS
BIO 365
PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY
BIO 370
IMMUNOBIOLOGY
BIO 375
INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY
BIO 380
CANCER BIOLOGY
BIO 381
TOPICS IN CANCER
BIO 385/485
MAMMALIAN REPRODUCTION
BIO 386
ENDOCRINOLOGY
CHE 340
& CHE 341
BIOCHEMISTRY I
and EXPERIMENTAL BIOCHEMISTRY I
BIO 390
SPECIAL TOPICS 2
Select three additional majors-level Biology courses, one must be a lab course 1,312
1

At least two of the five biology electives must have a lab.

2

Students can request permission from the department to have a BIO 390 class count for one of the requirements if appropriate.

3

CHE 234 & 235, 340 & 341, 346, HLTH 301, 302, 320, and NEU 201 also fulfills this requirement

Biology courses other than the General Biology sequence that have any Scientific Inquiry domain designation do not generate credit toward the major or minor. 

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

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