This is a list of elective courses that are currently offered or have been offered within the last 3 years. For a complete list of approved electives, please see the OSBP Student Handbook.
Electives Track Resource Sheet
*Indicates Quantitative Electives
Animal Science (ANIMSCI)
Macronutrient Metabolism
Course Number: ANIMSCI 7761
4 credits
Biochemistry (BIOCHEM)
Advanced Biochemistry: Enzymes
Course Number: BIOCHEM 6762
1.5 credits
Advanced Biochemistry: Membranes and Lipids
Course Number: BIOCHEM 6763
1.5 credits
Advanced Biochemistry: Physical Biochemistry*
Course Number: BIOCHEM 6765.02
3 credits
Advanced Biochemistry: Protein Engineering
Course Number: BIOCHEM 7770.01
1.5 or 3 credits
Special Topics in Biophysical Chemistry
Course Number: BIOCHEM 7775
1.5 credits
Advanced Biochemistry: Nucleic Acids
Course Number: BIOCHEM 7766.01
1.5 credits
Advanced Biochemistry: Biomolecular NMR
Course Number: BIOCHEM 7800.01
1.5 credits
Advanced Topics in Biochemistry
Course Number: BIOCHEM 8990
1 or 1.5 credits
Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology (BIOPHRM)
Molecular Basis of Oxidative Stress
Course Number: BIOPHRM 5050
2 credits
Epigenetics
Course Number: BIOPHRM 5555
3 credits
Gene Expression: Post-Transcriptional Control
Course Number: BIOPHRM 7807 (Cross-listed with MOLGEN 7807)
3 credits
Selected Topics in Molecular Medicine
Course Number: BIOPHRM 7823
2 credits
Biomedical Informatics (BMI)
Introduction to Bioinformatics*
Course Number: BMI 5730
3 credits
Methods in Biomedical Informatics*
Course Number: BMI 5750
3 credits
Proteomics Data Analysis
Course Number: BMI 7530
3 credits
Metabolomics, Principles and Practice
Course Number: BMI 7600
3 credits
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BSGP)
Introductions to Data Science for Biological Sciences*
Course Number: BSGP 7030
2 credits
Cancer Biology and Genetics (CBG)
Cellular and Molecular Immunology
Course Number: CBG 7010 (Cross-listed with MICRBIO 7010)
3 credits
Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis of Viruses
Course Number: CBG 7741 (Cross-listed with MOLGEN 7741)
5 credits
Biochemical Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis
Course Number: CBG 8270
2 credits
Chemistry (CHEM)
Analytical Data Treatment - Statistical and Numerical Analysis*
Course Number: CHEM 6120
1.5 credits
Fundamentals of Coordination Chemistry
Course Number: CHEM 6310
1.5 credits
Basic Organic Reaction Mechanism
Course Number: CHEM 6410
1.5 credits
Stereochemistry and Conformational Analysis
Course Number: CHEM 6420
1.5 credits
Introduction to Organic Synthesis
Course Number: CHEM 6430
1.5 credits
Introduction to Physical Organic Chemistry
Course Number: CHEM 6440
1.5 credits
Thermodynamics
Course Number: CHEM 6520
1.5 credits
Kinetics
Course Number: CHEM 6530
1.5 credits
Analytical Spectrometry
Course Number: CHEM 7140
3 credits
Mass Spectrometry
Course Number: CHEM 7150
3 credits
NMR Spectroscopy
Course Number: CHEM 7160
3 credits
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Course Number: CHEM 7360
1.5 credits
Advanced Organic Reaction Mechanisms
Course Number: CHEM 7460
1.5 credits
Computational Chemistry
Course Number: CHEM 7470
1.5 credits
Chemical Dynamics
Course Number: CHEM 7540
3 credits
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
Molecular Informatics
Course Number: CBE 5734
3 credits
Design and Analysis of Experiments*
Course Number: CBE 5779
3 credits
Food Science & Technology (FDSCTE)
Food and Nutritional Toxicology
Course Number: FDSCTE 7620
2 credits
Food Carbohydrates and Proteins
Course Number: FDSCTE 7640
3 credits
Food Flavors and Lipids
Course Number: FDSCTE 7650
2 credits
Human Nutrition (HUMNNUTR)
Advanced Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases
Course Number: HUMNNUTR 7630
3 credits
Materials Science and Engineering (MATSCEN)
Practical Transmission Electron Microscopy Lab
Course Number: MATSCEN 6741
2 credits
Microbiology (MICRBIO)
Bioinformatics and Genomics*
Course Number: MICROBIO 5161
3 credits
Microbial Physiology and Biochemistry
Course Number: MICROBIO 6020
3 credits
Advanced Microbial Genetics
Course Number: MICROBIO 6080
3 credits
Cellular and Molecular Immunology
Course Number: MICROBIO 7010 (Cross-listed with CBG 7010)
3 credits
Advanced Topics in Molecular Microbiology
Course Number: MICROBIO 7060
2 credits
Molecular Pathogenesis
Course Number: MICROBIO 7724 (Cross-listed with BSGP 7240)
3 credits
The RNA World
Course Number: MICROBIO 8050
2 credits
Microbiome Informatics*
Course Number: MICROBIO 8161
3 credits
Microbial Infection and Immunity (MEDMCIM)
Cellular and Molecular Immunology
Course Number: MEDMCIM 7010
3 credits
Molecular Genetics (MOLGEN)
Cancer Genetics
Course Number: MOLGEN 5300
3 credits
Analysis and Interpretation of Biological Data*
Course Number: MOLGEN 5650
3 credits
Systems of Genetic Analysis
Course Number: MOLGEN 5700
3 credits
Advances in Cell Biology
Course Number: MOLGEN 5705
2 credits
Developmental Genetics
Course Number: MOLGEN 5715
2 credits
Plant Biochemistry
Course Number: MOLGEN 5735
3 credits
Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis of Viruses
Course Number: MOLGEN 7741 (Cross-listed with CBG7741)
5 credits
Neurological Surgery (NEURSGY)
Biology of the Tumor Microenvironment
Course Number: NEURSGY 8250
2 credits
Neuroscience (NEUROSC)
Neurobiology of Disease
Course Number: NEUROSC 7050
3 credits
Pharmaceutical Sciences (PHR)
High Throughput Screening for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
Course Number: PHR 7120
1 credit
Applied Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
Course Number: PHR 7584
3 credits
Physics (PHYSICS)
Topics in Biophysics*
Course Number: PHYSICS 6809
4 credits
Topics in Computational Physics*
Course Number: PHYSICS 6810
4 credits
Physiology and Cell Biology (PHYSIO)
Advanced Human Physiology I
Course Number: PHYSIO 6101
3 credits
Advanced Cardiac Metabolics
Course Number: PHYSIO 8102
3 credits
Plant Pathology (PLNTPTH)
Current Topics in Plant Pathology
Course Number: PLNTPTH 8300
1-2 credits
Statistics (STAT)
Intermediate Data Analysis I*
Course Number: STAT 5301
4 credits
Intermediate Data Analysis II*
Course Number: STAT 5302
3 credits