CH ENGR 45Biomolecular Engineering Fundamentals
Chemical Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Intended for those students who have not taken Life Sciences 2, 3, and Chemistry 153A. Fundamentals of modern biomolecular engineering. Topics include structure and function of biomolecules, central dogma of molecular biology, cellular information and energy processing, and experimental methods, with strong emphasis on applications in medicine, industry, and bioenergy.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Recommended requisites: Chemistry 20A, 20L, 30A, 30L.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CH ENGR 45
- CHEM 20AChemical Structure
- CHEM 20LGeneral Chemistry Laboratory
- CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
- CHEM 14BGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 24 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
CH ENGR 45
- CH ENGR C124Cell Material Interactions
- CH ENGR CM145Molecular Biotechnology for Engineers
- CH ENGR C126Viruses and Biotechnology
- CH ENGR C226Viruses and Biotechnology
- BIOENGR CM145Molecular Biotechnology for Engineers
- CH ENGR CM155Systems Biology: Intracellular Network Identification and Analysis
- CH ENGR C224Cell Material Interactions
- C&S BIO M155Systems Biology: Intracellular Network Identification and Analysis
6 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 8 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.