Undergraduate Enrichment Courses

The courses listed here may not necessarily satisfy major requirements.

  • Courses graded P/NP do not satisfy major requirements.
  • Courses outside of Integrative Biology must be approved by your faculty advisor to satisfy major requirements.
  • Check the General Catalog for prerequisites or course restrictions.

This is not a comprehensive list. Individual departments are continually creating new courses, deleting, or revising courses.

Departments

 

Course Listings

Anthropology

  c100 Human Paleontology (also listed as IB c185)
  101 Human Variation in an Evolutionary Perspective
  c103 Introduction to Human Osteology (also listed as IB c142)
  105 Primate Evolution
  106 Primate Behavior
  111 Evolution of Human Behavior
  112 Special Topics in Biological Anthropology
  115 Introduction to Medical Anthropology
  119 Topics in Medical Anthropology

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Bioengineering

  c119 Orthopedic Biomechanics (also listed as ME c176)
  121/L Introduction to Micro and Nanobiotechnology:BioMEMS / Lab
  c125 Introduction to Robotics (also listed as EE c125)
  c141 Statistics for Bioinformatics
  c146 Topics in Computational Biology and Genomics (also listed as PMB c146, MCB c146)
  c153 Principles of Bioengineering
  164 Optics & Microscopy

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Chemistry

  112A/B Organic Chemistry
  120A/B Physical Chemistry
  130A/B Biophysical Chemistry

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Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) (formerly Geology)

  c100 Communicating Ocean Science (also listed as IB c100)
  103 Introduction to Marine Geochemistry
  117 Geomorphology
  c120 Analysis of Environmental Data (also listed as ERG c130)
  c129 Biometeorology (also listed as ESPM c129)
  c141 Paleoclimatology
  c146 Geological Oceanography (also listed as Geog c145)
  185 Marine Geobiology

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Education

  If you are interested in pursuing a teaching credential or considering a minor in education, check with the Graduate School of Education, 1501 Tolman, for more information.

  c193A/B Environmental Education (also listed as ESPM c193A/B)
  197 Field Studies in Public Schools and Related Activities
(this is not considered an enrichment course to satisfy your science units)

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Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)

  This program encompasses courses in Conservation and Resource Studies, Insect Biology, and Forestry.

  c103 Principles of Conservation Biology (also listed as IB c156)
  105A Conservation Biology
  105C Genetic Diversity and Conservation
  106 American Wildlife: Indentification & Conservation
  110 Primate Ecology
  111 Ecosystem Ecology
  113 Insect Ecology
  114 Wildlife Ecology
  115B Biology of Aquatic Insects
  116A Forest Ecology
  116C Tropical Forest Ecology
  119 Chemical Ecology
  c128 Environmental aqueous Geochemistry (also listed as Ceng. c116)
  c129 Biometerology (also listed as EPS c129)
  132 Spider Biology
  c138 Comparative Virology (also listed as MCB c114 and cPB 114)
  140 General Entomology
  144 Insect Physiology
  146/146L Medical/Veterinary Entomology
  c159 Human diet (also listed as NS c159)
  162 Bioethics
  167 Environmental Health and Development

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Geography

  c141 Paleoclimatology (also listed as EPS c141)
  c145 Geological Oceanography (also listed as EPS c146)
  148 Biogeography

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Geology

See list under Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)

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Health and Medical Sciences (HMS)

  c133 Death, Dying and Modern Medicine (also listed as History c191, and Interdisc. Stud. c133)
  150 Introduction to Aging Issues
  197 Field Study in Health and Medical Science

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History

  180 History of Biology
  c191 Death, dying and Modern Medicine (also listed as HMS c133, and Interdisc Stu. c133)

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Human Biodynamics (formerly Physical Education)

  This major has dissolved and the course offerings have merged with those of Integrative Biology for Fall 1997. HB courses will be assigned new course numbers under Integrative Biology.

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Integrative Biology (IB) - Please remember these courses may not satisfy major requirements.

  133 Anatomy Enrichment Program

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Interdepartmental Studies (IDS)

  110 Introduction to Computers
  114A/B Advances in Aging: Alzheimer's Disease
  130 Social/Political/Ethical Issues of Health and Medicine

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Molecular & Cell Biology

  Please check the General Catalog for MCB course offerings. Review any particular course with your faculty advisor for final approval.

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Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology

  103 Nutrient Function and Metabolism
  104 Human Food Practices
  114 Food Toxicology
  c112 Introduction to Pharmacology/Toxicology (also listed as PH c172)
  119 Food Microbiology
  150 Mechanisms of Metabolic Regulation
  c159 Human diet (also listed as ESPM c159)
  160 Human Nutrition
  161/L Medical Nutrition Therapy/lab

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Physical Education

  c129 Human Physiological Assessment (also listed as IB c129)
  165 Introduction to Biomechanical Analysis of Human Movement
  c407 Introduction to Scientific Diving (also listed as IB c407)

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Plant and Microbial Biology

  c102/L Diversity of Plants & Fungi (also listed as IB c101/L)
  c103 Bacterial Pathogenesis
  107/107L Principles of Plant Morphology
  110/110L Biology of Fungi
  c112 General Microbiology (same as MCB c112)
  113 California Mushroom
  c114 Introduction to Comparative Virology (same as MCB c114, ESPM c138)
  c116 Microbial Diversity (also listed as MCB c116)
  120/120L Biology of Algae
  c134 Chromosome Biology/Cytogenetics
  135/135L Physiology and Biochemistry of Plants
  c145 Genomics (also listed as MCB c145)
  c148 Microbial Genomics & Genetics (also listed as MCB c148)
  150/150L Plant Cell Biology
  160/160L Plant Molecular Genetics
  180 Environmental Plant Biology

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Psychology

  110 Introduction to Biological Psychology
  c113 Biological Clocks: Physiology and Behavior (same is IB 143A)
  115A Introduction to Comparative Psychology
  c115B Animal Behavior (same as IB c144)
  c115C Neuroethology (same as IB c147)
  117 Biopsychology and Problems of Human Dysfunctions
  119 Drugs and Behavior
  121 Animal Cognition
  c127 Cognitive Neuroscience
  140 Developmental Psychology
  146 Developmental & Biological Processes in Attachment

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Public Health

  115 Controversies in Biomedical Ethics
  142A/B Probability and Statistics in Biology and Public Health (only receive credit for major for A or B, not both)
  143 Introduction to Statistical Methods in Computational & Genomic Biology
  150A Introduction to Epidemiology
  150B Introduction to Environmental Health
  150C Introduction to Public Health Biology
  162A/L Public Health Microbiology/Lab
  171C Toxicology II
  172 Introduction to Pharmacology and Toxicology
  180 Topics in Human Sexuality
  183 History of Medicine, Public Health, & Allied Health Sciences

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Statistics

  131A Field Study in Public Health
  c141 Statistics for Bioinformatics (also listed as BioE c141)

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Last updated 1/31/06