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(Formerly numbered XL 23L.) Lecture, one hour; laboratory, three hours. Requisite: course XL 7B. Recommended to be taken concurrently with course XL 7C. Introductory life sciences laboratory designed for undergraduate students. Opportunity to conduct…

This course highlights key principles of medical terminologies through word roots, medical abbreviations, and related body systems. Students develop medical vocabulary applicable to all specialties of medicine and a basic understanding of anatomy and major…

Advanced Mendelian genetics, recombination, biochemical genetics, mutation, DNA, genetic code, gene regulation and genes in populations. Transferable for UC credit.

This course teaches the cellular and molecular basis of animal embryology and describes the events of development common to many multicellular organisms. Lectures emphasize the genetic, cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in development. Topics include…

Cancer accounts for nearly one in four deaths in the United States, and the cost to individuals and society is staggering at $217 billion each year. While billions of dollars are also spent on funding research that will help determine the causes, development,…

This course covers transcendental functions, methods, applications of integration, sequences and series. Transferable for UC credit.

This course covers differential calculus, its applications and the introduction to integration. Transferable for UC credit.

Organization of cells into tissues and organs and principles of physiology of organ systems. Introduction to human genetics and genomics. Letter grading. Transferable for UC credit.

Principles of Mendelian inheritance and population genetics. Introduction to principles and mechanisms of evolution by natural selection; population; behavioral and community ecology; and biodiversity, including major taxa and their evolutionary, ecological…

Introduction to basic principles of cell structure and cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology. P/NP or letter grading. Transferable for UC credit.

This course offers in-depth exposure to modern microbiology. This upper-division course provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to integrating different core concepts in comparative genomics, virology, cell biology, bacteriology, immunology,…

This course discusses the metabolism of carbohydrates, fatty acids, amino acids and lipids. Additionally, the course covers photosynthetic metabolism and assimilation of inorganic nutrients. Finally, the course covers the regulation of these processes.…

This course covers nucleotide metabolism, DNA replication and repair, transcription machinery, regulation of transcription, RNA structure and processing, and protein synthesis and processing. Transferable for UC credit.

This course covers structure of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids; enzyme catalysis and principles of metabolism, including glycolysis and the citric acid cycle; and oxidative phosphorylation. Transferable for UC credit.

This course covers organic reactions, nucleophilic and electrophilic substitutions and additions, electrophilic aromatic substitutions, carbonyl reactions and catalysis. Instruction also covers the molecular basis of drug action and the organic chemistry of…

This laboratory class covers the synthesis and analysis of compounds; purification by extraction, chromatography, recrystallization and sublimation; characterization by mass spectroscopy; UV, NMR and IR spectroscopy; optical activity; electrochemistry; and pH…

This course presents continuing studies in the structure of organic molecules, with emphasis on biological applications. Topics include resonance, stereochemistry, conjugation and aromaticity; spectroscopy (NMR, IR and mass spectrometry); introduction to the…

This laboratory class provides an introduction to volumetric, spectrophotometric and potentiometric analysis. Instruction also covers the use and preparation of buffers and pH meters and synthesis and kinetics techniques using compounds of interest to…

This course covers phase changes; thermochemistry; first, second and third laws of thermodynamics; free energy changes; electrochemistry and its role as an energy source; chemical kinetics, including catalysis, reaction mechanisms and enzymes; coordination…

This course provides an introduction to physical and general chemistry principles; atomic structure based on quantum mechanics; atomic properties; trends in the periodic table; chemical bonding (Lewis structures, VSEPR theory, hybridization and molecular…

Proteins are involved in almost every physiological process that occurs within the body. They are necessary for countless metabolic processes, including converting glucose into energy, carrying oxygen in your blood, and recognizing and destroying foreign…

This introductory course for pre-health professionals covers the presentation and interpretation of data, descriptive statistics, introduction to correlation and regression, and introduction to basic statistical inference (estimation, testing of means and…

This course provides an introduction to statistical thinking and understanding, including strengths and limitations of basic experimental designs, graphical and numerical summaries of data, inference and regression as a descriptive tool. Transferable for UC…

This introductory statistics course emphasizes practical application of the statistical analysis. The introduction covers the role of statistics in research; understanding statistical terminology; the use of appropriate statistical techniques; and…

Electrostatics in vacuum and in water. Electricity, circuits, magnetism, quantum, atomic and nuclear physics, and radioactivity, with applications to biological and biochemical systems. Transferable for UC credit.

Thermal properties of matter, free energy, fluids, ideal gas, diffusion, oscillations, waves, sounds, light and optics, with applications to biological and biochemical systems. Transferable for UC credit.

Statics and dynamics of forces; motion; and energy, including thermal energy, with applications to biological and biochemical systems. Transferable for UC credit.

This course provides students with an understanding of the human body and its organization--from molecular to cellular to tissues and organs--and how component parts function in an integrated manner to permit life as we know it. Transferable for UC credit.

This course presents a structural survey of the human body, including the musculoskeletal, nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive and genitourinary systems. Laboratory includes examination of human cadaver specimens. For live-online course laboratory…

This course is designed as an overview of the mechanisms and consequences of disease based on physiological dysfunction in the major organ systems. Each organ system is introduced by a brief and basic review covering normal structure and function, followed by…

This course explores the molecular, cellular, and circuitry mechanisms that underlie the function of the mammalian nervous system, with special emphasis on the human brain. Topics include analysis of electrical properties of neurons, chemical communication…

The respiratory system is a complex network of organs and tissues that controls essential functions of the human body. This course examines pulmonary physiology at the molecular, cellular, and system level to elucidate how the human lungs function to…

Explore how the cardiovascular system functions and how cardiovascular disease develops during the lifespan. Instruction emphasizes the molecular and cellular mechanisms that mediate such chronic diseases as atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, obesity,…

Variations in human DNA over generations result in evolution and beneficial adaptations. However, some changes in human DNA that cause genetic variation occasionally result in genetic disorders. The field of molecular diagnostics focuses on the development of…