Course Descriptions | Biological Sciences

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The items in this submenu link to comprehensive descriptions of the programs offered by the Department of Biological Sciences.

The links on this page point to lists of courses offered by the department. Lower division courses are numbered in the range 1000–2999, upper division in the range 3000–4999, and graduate courses are 5000 level or above. Courses below the 1000 level are subcollegiate courses which cannot be used for credit towards a degree.
 

BIOL 1010 General Biology 

BIOL 1030 Life Science 

BIOL 1040 Science Orientation 

BIOL 1054 Selected Topics in Biology 

BIOL 1100 Cellular Basis of Life 

BIOL 1200 Diversity of Life 

BIOL 2030 Human Anatomy 

BIOL 2040 Human Physiology 

BIOL 2800 Physiology for Biomedical Engineering 

BIOL 3000 Biostatistics 

BIOL 3084 Biology of Human Aging 

BIOL 3100 General Microbiology (also listed as MICR 3100) 

BIOL 3200 Professional Writing in the Life Sciences 

BIOL 3400 Principles of Genetics 

BIOL 3401 Molecular & Cellular Laboratory 

BIOL 3500 Evolution 

BIOL 3600 Functional Biology 

BIOL 3800 Ecology 

BIOL 3801 Field Ecology 

BIOL 3900 Molecular & Cellular Biology I 

BIOL 3960 Honors Thesis 

BIOL 3980 Cooperative Education 

BIOL 4000 Molecular & Cellular Biology II 

BIOL 4080 Experimental Design and Advanced Biostatistics 

BIOL 4120 Human Genetics 

BIOL 4130 Molecular Diagnostics 

BIOL 4150 Population Genetics 

BIOL 4160 Molecular Genetics 

BIOL 4170 Gene Manipulation 

BIOL 4180 Advanced Evolutionary Biology 

BIOL 4200 Global Change 

BIOL 4240 General Embryology 

BIOL 4280 Plant Physiology 

BIOL 4290 Animal Histology 

BIOL 4300 Fundamental Research in Plant Ecological Physiology 

BIOL 4320 Fundamentals of Toxicology 

BIOL 4330 Integrative Human Physiology 

BIOL 4340 Fundamentals Research in Human Physiology 

BIOL 4350 Neurobiology: Neuroanatomy 

BIOL 4360 Neurobiology: Cellular and Molecular Physiology of the Nervous System 

BIOL 4370 Cell Signaling 

BIOL 4390 Endocrinology 

BIOL 4400 Plant Systematics 

BIOL 4440 Drug Discovery and Development (also listed as CHEM 4840) 

BIOL 4450 Bioscience Companies: From Concept to Market 

BIOL 4460 Biotechnology Applications of Cell and Molecular Biology 

BIOL 4490 Neurobiology: Development 

BIOL 4500 Botanical Medicine 

BIOL 4510 Ornithology 

BIOL 4530 Ichthyology 

BIOL 4540 Special Lecture Topics in Biology 

BIOL 4541 Special Activity Topics in Biology 

BIOL 4550 Mammalogy 

BIOL 4560 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy 

BIOL 4570 Marine Invertebrate Zoology 

BIOL 4620 Plant Ecology 

BIOL 4700 Conservation Biology 

BIOL 4720 Marine Ecology 

BIOL 4740 Ecosystems of California 

BIOL 4800 Modeling Biological Systems (also listed as MATH 4800) 

BIOL 4810 Animal Cell Culture Theory and Technique 

BIOL 4990 Undergraduate Directed Study 

BIOL 5000 Graduate Orientation 

BIOL 5100 Seminar: Biology 

BIOL 5170 Seminar: Gene Manipulation 

BIOL 5180 Biotechnology Skills Laboratory 

BIOL 5190 Genetic Engineering Laboratory 

BIOL 5200 Seminar: Professional Writing in the Life Sciences 

BIOL 5400 Seminar: Data Analysis for the Biological Sciences 

BIOL 5410 Seminar: Hot Topics 

BIOL 5420 Seminar: Organismal Biology 

BIOL 5430 Seminar: Ecology - Environmental Biology 

BIOL 5440 Seminar: Microbiology Immunology 

BIOL 5450 Seminar: Genetics - Evolution 

BIOL 5460 Seminar: Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology 

BIOL 5500A Advanced Studies in Molecular Diagnostics A 

BIOL 5500B Advanced Studies in Molecular Diagnostics B 

BIOL 5940 Project and Research Skill Development 

BIOL 5950 Biotechnology Internship 

BIOL 5970 Graduate Research 

BIOL 5980 Graduate Directed Study 

BIOL 5990 Thesis 

 

MICR courses 

 

MICR 1010 - Introduction to Microbiology 

MICR 2010 - Microbiology for Health Related Sciences 

MICR 2020 - Microbiology Laboratory for Health Related Sciences 

MICR 3100 - General Microbiology (also listed as BIOL 3100) 

MICR 3300 - Microbial Genetics 

MICR 3500 - Bacterial Physiology 

MICR 3700 - Medical Microbiology 

MICR 3900 - Applied and Environmental Microbiology 

MICR 4100 - General Virology 

MICR 4200 - Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases 

MICR 4300 - Hematology 

MICR 4400 - Mycology 

MICR 4540 - Special Topics in Microbiology 

MICR 4541 - Activities in Special Topics in Microbiology 

MICR 4600 - Theoretical and Applied Immunology 

 

MICR 3960 - Honors Thesis in Microbiology 

MICR 3980 - Cooperative Education 

MICR 4990 - Undergraduate Directed Study 

 

MICR 5100 - Advanced Studies - Hematology 

MICR 5200 - Advanced Studies - Transfusion 

MICR 5300 - Advanced Studies - Clinical Chemistry 

MICR 5400 - Advanced Studies - Medical Microbiology