Molecular Biology Emphasis

This area of emphasis within the Biology major is designed to prepare students for positions in academic, clinical or industrial biotechnology laboratories. It also prepares students for graduate study in genetics, molecular biology and other fields of the life sciences.

In addition to the lower division Biology requirements (0201-105, 0201-106, and 0201-212) and the required supporting courses in Chemistry, Math and Physics, the following courses constitute the Molecular Biology Emphasis:

• BIOL - 346 General Microbiology
• BIOL - 347 Laboratory in General Microbiology
• BIOL - 414 Evolution
• BIOL - 485 Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
• BIOL - 486 Laboratory in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
• CHEM - 356 Fundamentals of Biochemistry (or 0202-350, Biochemistry I and 0202-351 Biochemistry II

*Plus eight (8) units of upper division elective chosen from the list below. These must include at least one laboratory course (or 0201-498 Research for Advanced Undergraduates, or 0201-598 Honors Thesis Research).

• BIOL - 333 Endocrinology
• BIOL - 334 Laboratory in Endocrinology
• BIOL - 345 Virology and
• BIOL - 370 Biology of Cancer
• BIOL - 420 Molecular Biology
• BIOL - 443 Immunology and
• BIOL - 444 Laboratory in Immunology
• BIOL - 457 Cell Biology and Ultrastructure
• BIOL - 458 Techniques in Light and Electron Microscopy
• BIOL - 481 Techniques in Cell Biology and
• BIOL - 482 Laboratory in Techniques in Cell Biology
• BIOL - 498 Research for Advanced Undergraduates
• CHEM - 450 Biochemical Genetics

Students must declare the Molecular Biology Emphasis by the end of the junior year.