Dear MCB G&D Emphasis Students,

The G&D division is currently seeking formal approval to replace the MCB 100B requirement with an approved course in Developmental Biology, Statistics, or Computational Biology and/or Genomics. However, until this proposal is formally approved, students must fill out a course substitution request form available from the MCB Undergraduate Advising Office in 2083 VLSB and obtain the required faculty advisor signature.

CURRENT LIST OF ALLOWABLE COURSE SUBSTITUTIONS FOR MCB 100B FOR G&D STUDENTS (August 2005):

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY COURSE
MCELLBI 131 Developmental Biology [3 units]

STATISTICS COURSES
PB HLTH 142A  Introduction to Probability and Statistics in Biology and Public Health [4 units]
PB HLTH 143 Introduction to Statistical Methods in Computational and Genomic Biology [4 units] *
STAT C141 Statistics for Bioinformatics [4 units] *

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY and GENOMICS COURSES
MCELLBI C145 Genomics, to be added Spring 2006 pending L&S approval [4 units]
MCELLBI C146 Topics in Computational Biology and Genomics [4 units] *
BIO ENG 131 Introduction to Computational Molecular and Cell Biology [4 units] *
BIO ENG 142 Programming and Algorithm Design for Computational Biology & Genomics Applications [4 units] *
BIO ENG 143 Computational Methods in Biology [4 units] *
BIO ENG 144 Introduction to Protein Informatics [4 units]
MATH 127 Mathematical and Computational Methods in Molecular Biology [4 units] *

* Courses that may have prerequisites that are not required for the MCB major. Please check to ensure that you meet the prerequisites before planning to take one of these courses.