Courses

All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise specified.

641 Advanced Cellular Biology
Structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Properties of membranes and cellular transport systems, energy transduction, assembly and morphogenesis of organelles, organization of nucleus and cytoskeleton. Experimental approaches emphasized. Credit, 4.

642 Advanced Molecular Biology
Structure, biosynthesis, and function of nucleic acids and the translational apparatus. DNA replication, gene organization, chromatin structure, RNA transcription, regulation of gene expression, and protein biosynthesis. Credit, 4.

696 Independent Study
Laboratory research under direction of faculty member. Credit, 1-6.

698 Master’s Project
Credit, 6.

699 Master’s Thesis
Credit, 1-10.

899 Doctoral Dissertation
Credit, 18.

Program-related Courses

ANIMLSCI 585 Animal & Environmental Toxicology

ANIMLSCI 697A Advanced Immunology

ANIMLSCI 795A Cells, Genes and Development

BIOCHEM 642 Advanced Molecular Biology

BIOCHEM 690A Topics in Plant Biology Research

BIOLOGY 559 Cellular & Molecular Biology II

BIOLOGY 597L Principles of Molecular Evolution

BIOLOGY 597M Molecular Evolution Lab

CHEMISTRY 552 Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds

CHEMISTRY 584 Advanced Physical Chemistry

CHEMISTRY 650 Metals in Biology

CHEMISTRY 778 Spectroscopy Theory

CHEMISTRY 791A Biomolecular Structure

CHEMISTRY 791L Bioanalytical Chemistry

MICROBIO 550 Infection & Immunity

MICROBIO 565 Lab in Molecular Genetics

MICROBIO 590 Writing & Reviewing in the Sciences

MICROBIO 680 Advanced Microbial Physiology

NEUROSCI 692C Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience

NEUROSCI 891L Neurobiology of Disease

PHYSICS 590K Biological Physics

PLNTSOIL 597A Phyto/Bioremediation

POLYMER SCI 897T Well Defined Macromolecular Architecture

PSYCHOLOGY 733 Pyschopharmacology

Special topics courses and graduate-level courses in various departments are taught by Molecular and Cellular Biology faculty and are accepted for credit. Graduate-level courses are accepted for credit if approved by the student’s dissertation adviser.