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MIMG Departmental Requirements

(effective Fall 2008)

 
 

All major courses must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better with a minimum overall 2.00 GPA in the major.

MIMG students must fulfill all requirements for the major, completing at least 50 units:

  Units Number of
Courses
Foundation Courses 18 4
Focus Elective Courses 24 6
General Elective Courses 8 2–4
Unit Requirement = 50  

FOUNDATION  COURSES

ALL of the following courses are required:

    Units Quarter
Chem 153A Biochemistry 4 F, S, W, Sum
MIMG 101 Introductory Microbiology 4 F, S
MIMG 103L Lab Methods in Modern Micro. & Imm. 5 F, W, S
MIMG 185A Immunology 5 F
  Unit Sub-Total = 18  

FOCUS  ELECTIVES

SIX of the following courses are required:

    Units Quarter
Chem 153L Biochemistry Lab 4 F, W, S, Sum
MIMG 102 Virology 4 W
MIMG 106 Bacterial Pathogenesis 4 S
MIMG 107 Viral Pathogenesis 4 S
MIMG 121A Microbial Molecular Bio Lab 4 W
MIMG 132 Cell Biology of the Nucleus 4 S
MIMG CM156 Human Genetics 4 F’08, W’10
MIMG 159 Advanced Molecular Genetics 5 W {tentative}
MIMG 168 Molecular Parasitology 4 F
MIMG 198C Departmental Honors Indiv. Resrch. 4 F, W, S
MIMG 199B Directed Individual Research 4 F, W, S, Sum
  Unit Sub-Total = 24  

GENERAL  ELECTIVES

Another 8 UNITS, fulfilled by any combination of:

  • Courses in the Focus Electives list not already used to fulfill a requirement
  • Additional MIMG courses:
    Units Quarter
MIMG CM122 Mouse Molecular Genetics 2 S
MIMG CM133 Principles, Practices & Policies in Biotechnology 4 W
MIMG C174 Advanced Topics in Molecular Parasitology 2 S
MIMG 191H Honors Research Seminar  (Dept Hnrs students only) 2 W

 

MIMG Departmentally Approved List of Courses

In the following list, the quarter(s) that the classes are offered is noted; but, this is subject to change, and you should always consult the Schedule of Classes offsite link for the most up-to-date information.

Note:  ALL MCDB courses are restricted to MCDB students for the first pass.  Non-MCDB students can enroll on the second pass.

      Units Quarter
MCDB 100 Introduction to Cell Biology 5 Fall, Summer
  120L Intro to Plant Biology (Lab) 4 Winter
  138 Developmental Biology 5 Fall, Winter, Summer
  C139 Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology 6 Fall
  M140 Cell Biology: Cell Cycle 5 Spring
  C141 Molecular Basis of Plant Differentiation and Development 5 ? ? ?
  143 Developmental Bio: Genetic Control of Organogensis 5 Spring
  144 Molecular Biology 5 Winter, Spring
  165A Biology of the Cell 5 Fall
  168 Stem Cell Biology 5 Spring
  171 Principles of Neurobiology 4 ? ? ?
  172 Genomics and Bioinformatics 5 Fall
  M175A Neuroscience: From Molecules To Mind 5 Fall
  M175B Neuroscience: From Molecules To Mind 5 Winter
  M175C Neuroscience: From Molecules To Mind 5 Spring

†   MCDB 168 has two other MCDB courses as pre-requisites

 


NOTE:  You must have instructor consent to enroll in Biomed Engineering classes

      Units Quarter
Biomed Engnr C101 Intro to Biomedical Engineering 4 Fall
  CM103 Basic Human Bio for Biomed Engineers 4 Winter
  CM145 Molecular Biotechnology for Engineers 4 Fall
  CM180 Intro to Biomaterials 4 Winter
  C185 Intro to Tissue Engineering 4 Winter
  C187 Applied Tissue Engineering: Clincal & Industrial Perspective 4 Fall

 


      Units Quarter
Chem &
Biochem
103 Environmental Chemistry 4 Spring
  110A Physical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamics 4 Fall, Winter, Spring
  136 Organic Structural Methods 5 Spring
  C140 Bionanotechology 4 Winter
153B/153BH Biochem: DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis 4 F, W, S, Sum
153C/153CH Biochem: Biosynthetic & Energy Metabolism & Its Regulation 4 F, W, S, Sum
  153L Biochemical Methods I 4 F, W, S, Sum
  156 Physical Biochemistry 4 Fall, Spring
  CM160A Bioinformatics and Genomics 4 Fall
  C161A Plant Biochemistry 4 Spring
  171 Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry 4 Fall, Winter
  C172 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry 4 Spring
  C179 Biological Inorganic Chemistry 4 Spring
  C181 Polymer Chemistry 4 Spring

 


      Units Quarter
Biostat 100A Intro to Biostatistics 4 Spring, Summer
    (Undergrads are not permitted to enroll for 100A in Fall)
  110A Basic Biostatistics 4 Fall
EE Biol 121 Molecular Evolution 4 Spring
  135 Population Genetics 4 Spring
  137 Chemical Communication 4 Spring
  162 Plant Physiology 6 Winter
Env Hlt M166 Environmental Microbiology 4 Winter
Epidem 100 Intro to Epidemiology 4 Summer
Hum Gen C144 Genomic Technology 4 Fall
Life Sci. 100AH Advanced Research Training in Genes, Genetics, and Genomics 4 Fall
  187A Research Experience in Life Sci. 4 Winter

 

IMPORTANT  * *  IMPORTANT  * *  IMPORTANT  * *  IMPORTANT  * *  IMPORTANT

  • Not all electives are offered every year.  Consult the Schedule of Classes offsite link or the appropriate department.
  • Some electives are restricted to certain majors on the first pass.  If you want to get into, for example, MCDB 165A, you will have to wait until your second pass if you are not an MCDB major.

IMPORTANT  * *  IMPORTANT  * *  IMPORTANT  * *  IMPORTANT  * *  IMPORTANT


 

About the College’s Upper Division Unit Requirement:

As a UCLA student, you must fulfill requirements for the College of Letters and Science (e.g., General Education courses, Writing II, Foreign Language) as well as requirements for the MIMG department (e.g., those stated above).  One of the College of L&S requirements is the Upper Division Unit requirement.  This states that a student must complete 60 units of upper division credit which can be satisfied by taking those courses numbered 100 and above.  As a MIMG major, you are required to take (at least) 50 units of upper division credit.  This leaves a balance of 10 upper division units that you must take in order to satisfy the College of L&S requirement.  These 10 units can come from ANY upper division courses that you wish to take.  Please fell free to go outside of the sciences to make up these 10 units.  An upper division Musicology or History course can add a nice balance to the heavy science load that you will have in your Junior and Senior years.

 

Requirements pre-Fall 2008

 
 
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