MCD BIO 100Introduction to Cell Biology
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Not open for credit to Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology majors or to students with credit for course 165A. Analysis of cell organization, structure, and function at molecular level. Cell membranes and organelles, membrane transport, cellular signaling, cytoskeleton and cell movement, intracellular trafficking, cell energetics.
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
Requisites: Life Sciences 3, 4, and 23L, or 7A, 7B, 7C, and 23L.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.45 · from text- · "LIFESCI 3" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 4" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 23L" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 23L" is not in this catalog version
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Life Sciences 3, 4, and 23L, or 7A, 7B, 7C, and 23L" — grouping is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
MCD BIO 100
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
- LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
- LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biology
3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 5 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
MCD BIO 100
- MCD BIO C174AAdvanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology: Molecular Evolution
- MCD BIO C174BAdvanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology: Molecular Biology of Cell Nucleus
- PHYSICS C187ABiological Physics I: Life at Rest
- MCD BIO C174DAdvanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology: Molecular Biology of Extracellular Matrix
- MCD BIO C222AAdvanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology: Molecular Evolution
- PHYSICS C187BBiological Physics II: Life in Motion
- MCD BIO C222BAdvanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology: Molecular Biology of Cell Nucleus
- MCD BIO C222DAdvanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology: Molecular Biology of Extracellular Matrix
- PHYSICS C287ABiological Physics I: Life at Rest
- PHYSICS C287BBiological Physics II: Life in Motion
10 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 12 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.