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MCB COURSE LIST
Terms shown below note terms in which courses were last offered. Departments sometimes
change what terms courses are offered without notifiying MCB.
Please check the Registrar's website - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~reg/ - to determine when electives are
being offered. Most up-to-date information will be found using the term timeline (Registrar’s website)
which is updated each term.
KEY: Bioc-Biochemistry Biol-Biological Sciences Gene-Genetics Micr-Microbiology & Immunology
Year One Students: Find Core Course information at end of this list
Second Year Students: Teaching Assignment course number
Biol 169 - Teaching Assignment
Journal Clubs:
Biol 125
Historical Term for course
Cosc 189
Engg 199
Bioc 259
Bioc 260
Bioc 261
Biol 261
Bioc 262
Biol 263
Chem 263
Cosc 294
Micr 264
Micr 265
Gene 267
Biol 268
Biol 269
Biol 270
Gene 271
Unsg 300
Winter, Spring
Fall
Fall, Winter, Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring
Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring
> Winter, Spring
Winter, Spring
Fall, Winter, Spring
Spring term
The Nature and Practice of Science *
* approved as one-time, one-term journal club for MCB students
Topics in Applied Computer Science
Advanced in Biotechnology
Actin Cytoskeleton
Structural Biology (enroll in Chem 264)
Cancer Biology
Building a Career in Science (Students Years 4 and up)
Lipid Biology in Health and Diseases (Cell Biology)
Cell Cycle
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Topics in Computational Immunology (counts as journal club for MCB)
Immunology
Molecular Pathogenesis
Developmental Genetics
Genes and Gene Products
Plant Molecular Genetics
Computational Biology
Chromatin Structure and Function
Communicating Science (counts as one-time, one-term journal club for MCB)
Courses approved for credit towards program requirements
Bioc 118
Spring '15
Advanced Topic in Genetics and Molecular Genetics
(identical to GENE 118)
Bioc 122
Winter '15
Metabolism (same as BIOC 112 - permission of instructor)
Bioc 132
Spring '16
Inorganic Biochemistry (Identical to Chem 132)
Bioc 150
Spring '15
Neuroscience I: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Biol 128
Biol 129
Biol 166
Biol 171
Biol 173
Winter '15
Spring '15
Winter '15
Spring '15
Fall '14
Statistics and Experimental Design I
Statistics and Experimental Design II
Molecular Basis of Cancer
Current Topics in Cell Biology
Cell Signaling
Biol 176
Biol 180
Spring '15
Winter '15
Advanced Genetics
Microscopy Principles and Application
Chem 131
Chem 161
Fall '15
Topics in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Topics in Biophysical Chemistry
(all versions of this course number are approved)
Cosc 169
Winter '15
Cosc 175
Cosc 186
Cosc 189
Fall '14
Spring '15
Winter '15
Computational Methods in Protein, Drug and Vaccine
Design (formerly COSC 188)
Introduction to Bioinformatics (formerly COSC 143)
Computational Structural Biology
Topics in Computational Immunology
Engs 163
Engs 167
Winter '15
Fall '14
Protein Engineering
Medical Imaging (alternate years)
Gene 118
Spring 15
Gene 142
Gene 145
Gene 146
Gene 147
Gene 148
Winter '15
Spring '15
Spring '15
Spring '16
Winter '15
Advanced Topic in Genetics and Molecular Genetics
(Identical to Bioc 118)
Genetics and Physiology of Behavior
Human Genetics (Identical to Micr 145)
Molecular and Computational Genomics
Animal Development and Human Disease
Biological Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics
Micr 142
Micr 144
Micr 146
Micr 148
Micr 149
Micr 167
Winter '15
Fall '14
Spring '16
Fall '15
Spring '15
Winter '15
Advanced Cellular and Molecular Immunology
Cellular and Molecular Basis of Immunity
Immunotherapy
Advanced Molecular Pathogenesis
Microbial Physiology and Metabolism
Biology of Fungi and Parasites that Cause Disease
Pemm 103
Pemm 113
Pemm 116
Pemm 123
Pemm 125
Pemm 126
Pemm 211
Pemm 271
Pemm 275
Fall '14
Fall '14
(as requested)
Winter '15
Spring (arrange)
Spring '15
Fall '15
Spring '15
Spring '15
Biostatistics
Advanced Endocrine Physiology
Advanced Cardiovascular Physiology
Graduate Toxicology
Neurobiology for the Rest of Us (arrange)
Cancer Biology
Neurobiology of Disease
Advanced Biomedical Sciences
Vascular Biology
QBS 120
QBS 121
QBS 130
QBS 131
Fall '14
Winter '15
Winter '15
Spring '15
Foundations of Biostatistics I: Statistical Inference
Foundations of Biostatistics II: Regression
Foundations of Epidemiology I: Theory and Methods
Foundations of Epidemiology II: Molecular Epidemiology
Ethics Courses
Year One students required to complete one ethics course during first year
Biol 110
Fall
Scientific Integrity and Research Ethics
Pemm 124
Winter '15
Ethical Conduct in Research (two-term course)
(ethics facilitator sessions required)
Required for First Year Students:
Core Courses by term:
Bioc 101
Fall
Molecular Information in Biological Systems
** enroll in Bioc 101 and Gene 102 for Fall term.
Gene 102
Fall
Molecular Information in Biological Systems
** enroll in Bioc 101 and Gene 102 for Fall term.
Biol 103
Winter
The Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Responses
** enroll in Biol 103 and Micro 104 for Winter term
Micr 104
Winter
The Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Responses
** enroll in Biol 103 and Micro 104 for Winter term
Bioc 106
Bioc 111
Spring 1st section Questions at the Frontier of Cell Dynamics
** enroll in either Gene 109 or Bioc 106 for first section
Spring 1st section Principles of Animal Development, Human Disease Stem
Cells and Regeneration
** enroll in either Bioc 106 or Gene 109 for first section
Spring 2nd section Cystic Fibrosis: From Bedside to Bench, and Back Again
** all enroll in MICR 105 for 2nd section
Spring 3rd section Genetics: Then and Now
** enroll in Gene 107 or Micr 108 for 3rd section
Spring
Gene 110
Spring
Gene 109
Micr 105
Gene 107
RIP Colloquium
Biol 271
Fall, Winter, Spring Research In Progress (RIP) Colloquium
** students enroll in BIOL 271 for Spring term only to receive grade for
attendance during all three terms.