There are two types of elective courses: MBB and DLS electives
Students needing just one elective (e.g. those doing the “P-Chem” option) must choose an MBB elective.
Students needing three electives – (e.g. those doing the “Electives” option) must choose two MBB electives with the third elective being either MBB or the Pre-approved DLS from the list below.
In some cases students need more than three electives (e.g. they did not take the “ITR” course or they did <12 credits of independent research). In this case students must choose two MBB electives with the other electives being either MBB or DLS from the list below.
Students may ask for exceptions to the above rules (e.g. choose a course not on the list) by emailing MBB undergraduate director,
MBB Elective Courses
- 694:230 Analytical Methods in Biology (3) (Fall)
- 694:390 Introductory Computational Biology (3) (Spring)
- 694:411 Molecular Pathways (3) (Fall)
- 694:412 Proteomics & Structural Genomics (3) (Spring)
- 694:413 Chromatin and Epigenomics: The science of chromatin modifications in development and disease (3) (Fall)
- 694:421 Special Topics in Molecular Biology: The Biology of Aging (3) (Spring)
- 694:492 Molecular Biology of Gene Regulation & Development (3) (Spring)
List of Pre-approved Division of Life Sciences Elective Courses
Electives from non-DLS departments may be substituted for the DLS elective with approval of the MBB undergraduate director,
The list of electives given below does not need "pre-approval" from the UG director to be counted towards the MBB major.
- 146:328 Human Parasitology (Fall/Spring)
- 146:356 Systems Physiology (Fall/Spring)
- 146:445 Synapses, Neurons, and Circuits (Fall)
- 146:447 Clinical Neurobiology (Fall/Spring)
- 146:456 Advanced Physiology (Spring)
- 146:465 Neurobiology of Pain and Addiction (Fall/Spring)
- 146:472 Advanced Dev. Biology (Spring)
- 146:473 Genetic Regulation in Cell Biology (Fall)
- 146:474 Immunology (Fall)
- 146:476 Honors Immunology (Spring)
- 146:481 Protein Dynamics in Cell Biology (Spring)
- 447:302 Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics (Spring)
- 447:303 Computational Genetics of Big Data (Fall/Spring)
- 447:354 Implications of the New Genetics (Fall)
- 447:356 Evolutionary Medicine (Fall)
- 447:370 Developmental Genetics (Fall)
- 447:392 Pathogenic Microbiology (Spring)
- 447:451 Genomes (Fall)447:451 Genomes (Fall)
- 447:460 Genetics of Compulsive Behavior (Fall)
- 447:465 Genetic Approaches and Research Analysis (Fall)
- 447:470 Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Spring)
- 447:484 Behavioral and Neural Genetics (Spring)
- 447:486 Evolutionary Genetics (Fall)
- 11:067:410 Neuroendocrinology
- 11:067:450 Endocrinology
- 11:067:490 Pathophysiology
- 11:067:491 Reproductive & Developmental Toxicology
- 11:067:492 Molecular & Cellular Physiology
- 11:115:412 Protein & Enzyme Chemistry
- 11:115:422 Biochemical Mechanisms of Toxicology
- 11:126:407 Comparative Virology
- 11:126:413 Plant Molecular Biology
- 11:126:444 Advanced Technologies in Biosciences
- 11:126:481 Molecular Genetics
- 11:216:405 Evolution of Infectious Diseases
- 11:216:411 Plant Diversity & Evolution
- 11:216:454 Molecular Ecology
- 11:216:486 Principles of Evolution
- 11:680:475 Microbiomes and Health
- 11:680:480 Microbial Genetics Genomics
- 11:680:491 Microbial Ecology and Diversity