Biology (Course 7)

Department of Biology

Bachelor of Science in Biology

General Institute Requirements (GIRs)

The General Institute Requirements include a Communication Requirement that is integrated into both the HASS Requirement and the requirements of each major; see details below.

Summary of Subject Requirements Subjects
Science Requirement 6
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) Requirement; at least two of these subjects must be designated as communication-intensive (CI-H) to fulfill the Communication Requirement. 8
Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement [can be satisfied from among 5.12 or 5.601/5.602, and 7.03 or 7.05 in the Departmental Program] 2
Laboratory Requirement (12 units) [can be satisfied by 7.002 and 7.003[J] in the Departmental Program] 1
Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree 17
Physical Education Requirement
Swimming requirement, plus four physical education courses for eight points.

Departmental Program

Choose at least two subjects in the major that are designated as communication-intensive (CI-M) to fulfill the Communication Requirement.
Required SubjectsUnits
7.002Fundamentals of Experimental Molecular Biology6
7.003[J]Applied Molecular Biology Laboratory (CI-M)12
7.03Genetics12
5.12Organic Chemistry I12
7.05General Biochemistry12
or 5.07[J] Introduction to Biological Chemistry
7.06Cell Biology12
5.601
& 5.602		Thermodynamics I
and Thermodynamics II and Kinetics 1		12
or 20.110[J] Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems
Biology Capstone Subject
7.19Communication in Experimental Biology (CI-M)12
Restricted Electives
Select three undergraduate-level 12-unit subjects from the list of restricted electives below. 236
Units in Major126
Unrestricted Electives90
Units in Major That Also Satisfy the GIRs(36)
Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree180

The units for any subject that counts as one of the 17 GIR subjects cannot also be counted as units required beyond the GIRs.
1

The department recommends the combination of 5.601 Thermodynamics I and 5.602 Thermodynamics II and Kinetics or 20.110[J] to fulfill this component of the program, but it will also accept 2.005 Thermal-Fluids Engineering I, 8.044 Statistical Physics I, or 10.213 Chemical and Biological Engineering Thermodynamics. 

2

Graduate-level subjects may not be used as restricted electives.

Restricted Electives

7.08[J]Fundamentals of Chemical Biology12
7.093
& 7.094		Modern Biostatistics
and Modern Computational Biology		12
7.20[J]Human Physiology12
7.21Microbial Physiology12
7.23[J]Immunology12
7.24Advanced Concepts in Immunology12
7.26Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease12
7.27Principles of Human Disease and Aging12
7.28Molecular Biology12
7.29[J]Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology12
7.30[J]Fundamentals of Ecology12
7.31Current Topics in Mammalian Biology: Medical Implications12
7.32Systems Biology12
7.33[J]Evolutionary Biology: Concepts, Models and Computation12
7.35Human Genetics and Genomics12
7.371Biological and Engineering Principles Underlying Novel Biotherapeutics12
7.45The Hallmarks of Cancer12
7.46Building with Cells12
7.49[J]Developmental Neurobiology12
9.17Systems Neuroscience Laboratory (CI-M) 112
9.26[J]Principles and Applications of Genetic Engineering for Biotechnology and Neuroscience12
6.C01
& 7.C01		Modeling with Machine Learning: from Algorithms to Applications
and Machine Learning in Molecular and Cellular Biology 2		12
1

Subject has prerequisites that are outside of the program.

2

Students must complete 6.C01 & 7.C01 simultaneously in order to receive credit.

Communication-Intensive Subjects in the Major

7.003[J]Applied Molecular Biology Laboratory (CI-M)12
7.19Communication in Experimental Biology (CI-M)12