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 697K Advanced Immunology

BIOCHEM 642 Advanced Molecular Biology

BIOCHEM 697K Plant Molecular Cell Biology

BIOLOGY 559 Cellular & Molecular Biology II

BIOLOGY 791C Writing for Scientists

BIOLOGY 891PB Topics in Plant Biology Research

CHEM-ENG 680 Fundamentals of Cellular Engineering

CHEMISTRY 552 Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds

CHEMISTRY 584 Advanced Physical Chemistry

CHEMISTRY 627 Biomolecular Structure

CHEMISTRY 650 Metals in Biology

CHEMISTRY 778 Spectroscopy Theory

CHEMISTRY 791L Bioanalytical Chemistry

KINESIOLOGY 697MM Molecular Motors and Cell Motility

SCH-MGT 797B Technology Management: Innovation & Entrepreneurship

MICROBIO 565 Lab in Molecular Genetics

MOLCLBIO 692/NEUROS&B 891C Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Neuroscience

PLNTSOIL 590C Comparative Genomics: The History, Present and Future

PLNTSOIL 597A Phyto/Bioremediation

POLYMER SCI 797CC Colloidal and Interfacial Phenomena

POLYMER SCI 797NN Introduction to Scientific Teaching

POLYMER SCI 897A Polymer Dynamics

POLYMER SCI 897M Colloidal and Macro Interface

POLYMER SCI 897T Well Defined Macromolecular Architecture

 

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.