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Approved Electives

BIOCHEMISTRY (BIOCHEM) 

  • BIOCHEM 5613 (3) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I (AU & SP)
  • BIOCHEM 5614 (3) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II (AU & SP)
  • BIOCHEM 5615 (3) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology III (SP)
  • BIOCHEM 6762 (1.5) Advanced Biochemistry: Enzymes (cross-listed in MolBio) (SP Session 1)
  • BIOCHEM 6763 (1.5) Advanced Biochemistry: Membranes and Lipids (cross-listed in) (SP Session 2)
  • BIOCHEM 6765.02 (3) Advanced Biochemistry: Physical Biochemistry (SP)
  • BIOCHEM 7766.01 (1.5) Advanced Biochemistry: Nucleic Acids (SP Session 2)
  • BIOCHEM 7770.01 (2) Advanced Biochemistry: Protein Engineering (SP Session 1 every other year)
  • BIOCHEM 7800.01(1.5) Advanced Biochemistry: Biomolecular NMR (SP Session 2) 

BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY (BIOPHRM) 

  • BIOPHRM 5050 (3) Molecular Basis of Oxidative Stress (SP)
  • BIOPHRM 5300 (2) Molecular Pharmacology (AU & SP Session 1)
  • BIOPHRM 5400 (2) Chemotherapeutic Drugs for Cancer and Infectious Disease (AU & SP Session 1)
  • BIOPHRM 5500 (2) Cardiovascular Pharmacology (AU & SP Session 1)
  • BIOPHRM 5555 (3) Epigenetics (SP)
  • BIOPHRM 5824 (3) Pharmacology of the Nervous System (AU & SP Session 1)
  • BIOPHRM 7807 (3) Gene Expression: Post-Transcriptional Control (cross-listed in MOLGEN and VBS) (SP)
  • BIOPHRM 7823 (2) Selected Topics in Molecular Medicine (AU) 

BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS (BMI) 

  • BMI 5730 (3) Introduction to Bioinformatics (AU & SP)
  • BMI 5740 (3) Introduction to Research Informatics (SP)
  • BMI 5750 (3) Methods in Biomedical Informatics (SU)
  • BMI 5780 (3) Programming in Biomedical Informatics (AU)
  • BMI 7235 (3) Machine Learning for Bioinformatics (SP)
  • BMI 7530 (3) Proteomics Data Analysis (SP)
  • BMI 8050.01 (3) Special Topics in Biomedical Informatics: Data Science
  • BMI 8130 (3) Analysis and Applications of Genome-Scale Data 

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (BSGP) 

  • BSGP 7030 (2) Introduction to Data Sciences for Biological Sciences (SU 6  wk Session 2) 

CANCER BIOLOGY AND GENETICS (CBG) 

  • CBG 5700 (3) Introduction to Personalized Therapeutics and Pharmacogenomics (SP)
  • CBG 7741 (5) Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis of Viruses (cross-listed in VETBIOS) (AU)
  • CBG 8270 (2) Biochemical Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis (AU) 

CHEMISTRY (CHEM) 

  • CHEM 7470 (1.5) Computational Chemistry (SP Session 1) 

ENTOMOLOGY (ENTMLGY)

  • ENTMLGY 6310 (3) Insect Physiology and Molecular Biology (AU Odd Years)
  • ENTMLGY 6320 (1) Experimental Insect Physiology and Molecular Biology (AU Odd Years)

HORTICULTURE AND CROP SCIENCE (HCS) 

  • HCS 7003.02 (3) Agricultural Genomics (SP odd Session 2)
  • HCS 7004 Genome Analytics (SP)
  • HCS 7100 (2) Data Visualization in R (AU)
  • HCS 8825 (3) Advanced Plant Breeding (AU) 

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (MATSCEN) 

  • MATSCEN 6741 (2) Practical Transmission Electron Microscopy Lab (AU & SP) 

MICROBIAL INFECTION AND IMMUNITY (MEDMCIM) 

  • MEDMCIM 7010 (3) Cellular and Molecular Immunology (AU) 
  • MEDMCIM 7400 (1) Current Topics in Virus-Host Interactions (AU) 
  • MEDMCIM 8010 (3) Selected Topics in Advanced Immunology (SP) 

MICROBIOLOGY (MICRBIO) 

  • MICRBIO 5122 (3) Immunology (AU)
  • MICRBIO 5129 (3) Cellular and Molecular Biology of Pathogenic Eukaryotes (AU)
  • MICRBIO 5147 (3) Eukaryotic Pathogens (AU)
  • MICRBIO 5149 (3) Introductory Virology (SP)
  • MICRBIO 5161 (3) Introduction to Computational Genomics (AU)
  • MICRBIO 6010 (2) Principles of Microbiology (AU)
  • MICRBIO 6020 (3) Microbial Physiology and Biochemistry (AU)
  • MICRBIO 6080 (3) Advanced Microbial Genetics (SP) 

MOLECULAR GENETICS (MOLGEN) 

  • MOLGEN 5300 (3) Cancer Genetics (AU & SP)
  • MOLGEN 5601 (4) Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics Lab (Permission of Program Director required) (SP)
  • MOLGEN 5623 (2) Genetics and Genomics (SP)
  • MOLGEN 5645 (2) Quantitative, Population, and Evolutionary Genetics (AU)
  • MOLGEN 5650 (3) Analysis and Interpretation of Biological Data (AU)
  • MOLGEN 5700 (3) Systems of Genetic Analysis (AU)
  • MOLGEN 7807 (3) Gene Expression: Post-Transcriptional Control (cross-listed in BIOPHRM and VETBIOS) (SP) 

NEUROLOGY (NEURO)

  • NEURO 7000 (2) Translational Neuroimmunology (AU)

NEUROSCIENCE (NEUROSC) 

  • NEUROSC 5790H (3) Developmental Neuroscience (SP)
  • NEUROSC 7001 (4) Foundations of Neuroscience I (AU)
  • NEUROSC 7050 (3) Neurobiology of Disease (SP)
  • NEUROSC 7325 (3) Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases (AU Session 2)
  • NEUROSC 7350 (2) Glial Biology (SP)
  • NEUROSC 7435 (3) Genetics of Neurological Diseases (AU Session 1)
  • NEUROSC 7500 (2) Neuroimmunology (AU)
  • NEUROSC 7715 (3) Principles of Neural Circuit Design and Function (SP Session 2)
  • NEUROSC 7900 (2) Developmental Neurobiology (SP every other year) 

PATHOLOGY (PATHOL) 

  • PATHOL 6640 (4) Fundamentals of Oncology (SP)
  • PATHOL 7847 (2) Cellular Mechanisms and Pathogenesis of Inflammation 

PEDIATRICS (PEDS) 

  • PEDS 5077 (0.5) Introduction into Gene and Cell Therapy (SP)
  • PEDS 5088 (1) All about AAV – Biology, Design and Execution of Translational AAV Gene Therapy Projects (AU) 

PHARMACY (PHR) 

  • PHR 7351 (2) Special Topics in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy 

PHYSIOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY (PHYSIO) 

  • PHYSIO 6101 (3) Advanced Human Physiology I (AU)
  • PHYSIO 6102 (3) Advanced Human Physiology II (SP)
  • PHYSIO 8101 (3) Advanced Cardiac Physiology (SP)
  • PHYSIO 8102 (3) Advanced Cardiac Metabolics (SP) 

PLANT PATHOLOGY (PLNTPTH) 

  • PLNTPTH 7003.01 (2) Agricultural Genomics (SP odd years Session 1) 

PUBLIC HEALTH BIOSTATISTICS (PUBHBIO) 

  • PUBHBIO 5280 (3) Introduction to Genomic Data Analysis (AU) 

PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (PUBHEHS) 

  • PUBHEHS 6330 (3) Environmental Epigenetics (SP) 

RADIATION ONCOLOGY (RADONC) 

  • RADONC 8250 (2) Biology of the Tumor Microenvironment (AU) 

STATISTICS (STAT) 

  • STAT 5301 (4) Intermediate Data Analysis I (AU & SP)
  • STAT 5302 (3) Intermediate Data Analysis II (SP)
  • STAT 5730 (2) Introduction to R for Data Science (SP) 

VETERINARY BIOSCIENCES (VETBIOS) 

  • VETBIOS 7741 (5) Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis of Viruses (cross-listed in CBG) (AU) 

Rev:  June 17, 2025

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