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Approved Elective Courses

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