CHEM M157

Food: Molecules, Microbes, Environment

Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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(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.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 153A. Recommended requisites: Life Sciences 7A, 7B.

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CHEM 153A

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Requires

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
- CHEM 14DOrganic Reactions and Pharmaceuticals
  - CHEM 14CStructure of Organic Molecules1 more beneath
- CHEM 30BOrganic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy
  - CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity1 more beneath

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