Requirements for a Major in Cellular Biology
General Sciences Requisites:
- Mathematics: MATH 1113/E, 2200-2200L, 2250/E, 2300H, 2400/H, 2410/H or SAT 2000/E
- Introductory Biology: BIOL 1107-1107L, BIOL 1108-1108L or BIO 2108H, BIO 2108L
- Introductory Chemistry: CHEM 1211-1211L or CHEM 1312H, CHEM 1212-1212L or CHEM 1312L
- Organic Chemistry: CHEM 2211-2211L, CHEM 2212-2212L, CHEM 2311H, CHEM 2311L , CHEM 2312H, CHEM 2312L
- Physics: PHYS 1111-1111L or 1211-1211L, PHYS 1112-1112L or PHYS 1212-1212L
Cellular Biology Core Classes:
- Biochemistry: BCMB(BIOL) 3100 or BCMB 4010/6010
- Genetics: GENE(BIOL) 3200/D or GENE 3200H
- Cell biology BIOL(CBIO) 3400
- 4th Year Seminar in Cell biology (CBIO) 4990
- Choose one course from the following: Developmental Biology (CBIO) 3600, Neuroscience (CBIO) 3800, Immunology (CBIO) 4100D/6100D, Medical Parasitology (CBIO) 4500/6500
Cellular Biology Laboratory Requirements:
- 6 credits (2 semesters) of Faculty -Mentored Undergraduate Research (CBIO) 4980R
- 1 credit Laboratory Group Meeting (CBIO) 4040
Cellular Biology Electives:
- Choose three elective courses that have not been used to fulfill requirements elsewhere from the courses below. Two of the three courses must have a CBIO prefix. Students may use only one additional semester of research (CBIO 4960R, CBIO 4970, CBIO 4970R, CBIO 4980, CBIO 4980R) or thesis (CBIO 4990R) in this area.
- Electron Microscopy: BIOL(CBIO)(VPAT) 5040/7040
- Electron Microscopy Laboratory: BIOL(CBIO) 5050L/7050L
- Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy: CBIO 3000-3000L
- Functional Human Anatomy: CBIO 3010-3010L
- Laboratory in Cellar and Developmental Biology: CBIO 3410L
- Developmental Biology: CBIO 3600
- Principles of Physiology: CBIO 3710
- Neurobiology: CBIO 3800
- Immunology: CBIO(MIBO)(IDIS) 4100/6100-4100D/6100D
- Biomedical Research in Health and Diease: CBIO 4200 or CBIO 4200H
- Biology of Aging: CBIO 4340/6340
- Medical Parasitology: CBIO 4500/6500
- Biology of Protists: CBIO(PBIO) 4600/6600
- Endocrinology: CBIO 4730/6730
- Introcuction to Computational Biology: CBIO(CSCI) 4835/6835
- Faulty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I: CBIO 4960R
- Directed Reading: CBIO 4970 (3 hours)
- Faulty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II: CBIO 4970R
- Research in Cellular Biology: CBIO 4980 (3 hours)
- Faulty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III: CBIO 4980R
- Undergraduate Research Thesis ( or Final Project): CBIO 4990R
- Introduction to Computational Biology: CBIO(CSCI) 4835/6835
- Genetic Approaches to Developmental Neuroscience: GENE(CBIO) 4310/6310
- Introduction Microbiology: MIBO 3500
- Human Physiology: PMCY 3000
- Elements of Physiology: VPHY 3100
You may contact Kimberly Klonowski with additional questions about the Cellular Biology major.