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Related Life Science Courses

Approved courses from the following departments may be used to meet this requirement. Click a department to see a list of courses that can meet this requirement and to find out when the courses are offered.

Committee on Life Sciences
Human Evolutionary Biology
Mathematics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Neurobiology
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology


From The Committee on Life Sciences

  • Life and Physical Sciences A. Foundational Chemistry and Biology (*if taken in Fall 2008 or later. LPS A will not count if taken after LS 1a)
  • Life Sciences 1a. An Integrated Introduction to the Life Sciences: Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology
  • Life Sciences 1b. An Integrated Introduction to the Life Sciences: Genetics, Genomics, and Evolution
  • Life Sciences 2. Evolutionary Human Physiology and Anatomy
  • Life Sciences 60 (formerly MCB 60). Ethics, Biotechnology, and the Future of Human Nature top

From Human Evolutionary Biology

  • HEB 1310 (formerly Anthropology 1310), Hormones and Behavior
  • HEB 1312, Human Sexuality: Research and Presentation Seminar
  • HEB 1316, Human Origins and Evolution - no longer offered
  • HEB 1325, Evolution of Technology
  • HEB 1330 (formerly Anthropology 1330), Primate Social Behavior
  • HEB 1331, Comparison and Adaptation in Primate Evolutionary Biology
  • HEB 1345, Human Structure - no longer offered
  • HEB 1350, Evolutionary Human Physiology - no longer offered
  • HEB 1351, Reproductive Ecology
  • HEB 1360, Human Evolution - no longer offered
  • HEB 1368, Evolution of Human Sex Differences - no longer offered
  • HEB 1371, Paternity, Fidelity and Parenting
  • HEB 1375 (formerly Anthropology 1375), Testosterone and Human Behavior
  • HEB 1380 (formerly Anthropology 1380), The Behavioral Biology of Women
  • HEB 1383, Why Be Nice? The Biological Basis of Cooperation
  • HEB 1405, The Biology of Aging
  • HEB 1415 (formerly Anthropology 1415), Primate Evolutionary Ecology: Research Seminar - no longer offered
  • HEB 1420 (formerly Anthropology 1420), Human Evolutionary Anatomy
  • HEB 1450, Human Evolutionary Genetics
  • HEB 1455, Primate Genetics
  • HEB 1463, Molecular Evolution of Primates
  • HEB 1490, Primate Evolution
  • HEB 1565, Theories of Violence: Gender and Sexuality top

From Mathematics

  • Mathematics 19a (formerly Mathematics 19), Modeling and Differential Equations for the Life Sciences
  • Mathematics 21a, Multivariable Calculus
  • Mathematics 21b, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations top

From Molecular and Cellular Biology:

  • MCB 52 (formerly Biological Sciences 52), Molecular Biology
  • MCB 54 (formerly Biological Sciences 54), Cell Biology
  • MCB 105, Systems Neuroscience
  • MCB 115, Cellular Basis of Neuronal Function
  • MCB 117, Experimental Neuroscience - no longer offered
  • MCB 129, Molecular Genetics of Neural Development and Behavior
  • MCB 131, Computational Neuroscience
  • MCB 141, Molecular and Developmental Neurobiology
  • MCB 142, Major Advances in Classical and Molecular Genetics
  • MCB 145 (formerly *Neurobiology 95hfb), Neurobiology of Perception and Decision-Making
  • MCB 146 (formerly *Neurobiology 95c), Experience-Based Brain Development: Causes and Consequences
  • MCB 150, Developmental Genetics and Genomics
  • MCB 151, From the Gene to the Phenotype
  • MCB 173, Optical Imaging in the Biological Sciences
  • MCB 185, Molecular Pathophysiology and Pharmacology of Human Disease
  • MCB 186, Circadian Biology: From Cellular Oscillators to Sleep Regulation  top

From Neurobiology:

  • Neuro 95a, Can We Learn About How We Learn? Neurogenetics in Learning and Memory - no longer offered
  • Neuro 95hfc, Experience-Based Brain Development: Causes and Consequences - no longer offered
  • Neuro 95hfd (formerly *Biology 95hfd), Problem Solving in Neuroscience: An Interactive Case-Based Online Network (ICON)
  • Neuro 95hfe, Synaptic Plasticity: How the Brain Learns, Remembers and Adjusts to Its Environment
  • Neuro 95hff, From Baseball to Beethoven: Cerebellar Integration, Motor Learning and Behavior
  • Neuro 95hfg, More than Glue: Glial Cells in Health and Neurological Disease
  • Neuro 95hfh, Bird Song and Human Language: Learning from the Birds
  • Neuro 95hfi (formerly *Biology 95hfi), Eye Can't Hear You: Blindness and Deafness in Society - no longer offered
  • Neuro 95hfj (formerly *Biology 95hfj), The Sleeping Brain
  • Neuro 95hfk (formerly *Biology 95hfk), Mechanisms of Neurological Disease
  • Neuro 95hfm, Neuroanatomically Correct
  • Neuro 95hfn, Vision: How it Functions and Why It Fails
  • Neuro 95l, Neuropharmacology: Principles and Future Prospects
  • Neuro 101, Auditory Neurobiology of Language and Music - no longer offered
  • Neuro 130 (formerly Psychology 1205), Interventions for the Brain: From Neurobiology to Ethics top

From Organismic and Evolutionary Biology:

  • OEB 53 (formerly Biological Sciences 53), Evolutionary Biology
  • OEB 55 (formerly Biological Sciences 55), Ecology
  • OEB 57 (formerly Biological Sciences 57), Animal Behavior
  • OEB 125, Molecular Ecology and Evolution
  • OEB 145, Genes and Behaviors
  • OEB 174r, Topics in Behavioral Ecology
  • OEB 205, Neurobiology of Motor Control
  • OEB 223, Topics in Neurogenetics top

From Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology:

  • SCRB 10, Human Development and Regenerative Biology
  • SCRB 180, Repair and Regeneration in the Mammalian Brain top