MCD Curriculum

In addition to the Biology Core Curriculum, 8 courses are required to complete this option. These courses are from 5 categories. They include:
        3 courses in Category 1 (BCHM 751, BCHM 752, & BIOL 605)
        4 courses, one each from Categories 2, 3, 4 & 5
        1 course in a Category of your choosing
Courses listed in more than one category can be used to satisfy requirements in only one category. Courses with co-requisite lecture and lab count as one course.

Category 1. All three courses are required
BCHM 751, Principles of Biochemistry I
BCHM 752, Principles of Biochemistry II
BIOL 605, Eukaryotic Cell and Developmental Biology

Category 2. Biology of Nucleic Acids (At least one course) BCHM/GEN/MICR 711, Genomics and Bioinformatics
BCHM/GEN 771, Molecular Genetics
BCHM/GEN 782, Developmental Genetics
MICR 704, Genetics of Prokaryotic Microbes
PBIO/BCHM/GEN 754, Laboratory in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Nucleic Acids
PBIO/GEN 774/775, Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Lecture/Lab
ZOOL/GEN 715, Molecular Evolution

Category 3. Physiology and Developmental Biology (At least one course)
ANSC 701, Physiology of Reproduction
ANSC/BCHM 702, Endocrinology
ANSC 704, Principles of Pathobiology
ANSC 715, Physiology of Lactation
ANSC 718, Mammalian Physiology
ANSC/NUTR 750, Nutritional Biochemistry
MICR 710, Electron Microscopy and Microbial Cytology
MICR 713, Microbial Ecology & Evolution
MICR 717, Microbial Physiology
PBIO 701/702, Plant Physiology Lecture/Lab
PBIO 709, Plant Stress Physiology
PBIO 713, Biochemistry of Photosynthesis
PBIO 727/729, Algal Physiology/Lab
ZOOL 625/626, Principles of Animal Physiology Lecture/Lab
ZOOL 773, Physiology of Fish
ZOOL 777, Neurobiology and Behavior

Category 4: Laboratory Techniques (At least one course)
ANSC 714, Research Methods in Endocrinology
ANSC/MICR 651, Biotech Experience/Biomanufacturing
ANSC/MICR 655, Biotech Experience/Research
ANSC/MICR/PBIO 751, Cell Culture
BCHM 755, Laboratory in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
CHEM 762/763, Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis/Lab
MICR 706/708, Virology & Virology Lab
MICR 710, Electron Microscopy and Microbial Cytology
PBIO 714/715, Electron Microscopy/Lab
PBIO/BCHM/GEN 754, Laboratory in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Nucleic Acids
PBIO/GEN 774/775, Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering/Lab

Category 5. Electives (At least one course from the following OR a course appropriate to the curriculum from any of the biological sciences with advisor's permission)
ANSC 704, Principles of Pathobiology
ANSC 754, Molecular Diagnostics
ANSC/GEN 706, Human Genetics
BCHM 750, Physical Biochemistry
BCHM 763, Biochemistry of Cancer
BCHM/GEN 766, Environmental Genomics
BCHM/GEN 782, Developmental Genetics
BCHM 790, Current Topics in Biomedicine
BCHM 794, Protein Structure and Function
BIOL 601, Biology of Plants
CHEM 683-684, Physical Chemistry I & II
MICR 602, Pathogenic Microbiology
MICR 702, Infectious Disease and Health
MICR 705, Immunology
MICR 706, Virology
MICR 718, Ethics & Issues in Microbiology
PBIO/GEN 753, Cytogenetics
PBIO/MICR 766, Plant-Microbe Interactions
PBIO/GEN/MICR 772, Evolutionary Genetics of Plants
ZOOL/GEN 723, Quantitative Genetics

Effective: March, 2006