CHEM M157Food: Molecules, Microbes, Environment
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Food Studies M157.) Study of science of food. Study of food units physical, biological, environmental, social, and behavioral sciences. Use of scientific concepts to explain properties of food. Covers range of topics that focus on science of cooking, critical role of microbes in transformation of foods, genetic and environmental concerns related to acquisition of food, and impact of different dietary systems on metabolism and physiology. Comprises four major interrelated topics: molecules of food and their sources, science of cooking, acquisition of food, eating.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 153A. Recommended requisites: Life Sciences 7A, 7B.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CHEM M157
- CHEM 153ABiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
- LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
3 direct requisites. Showing 8 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.