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MCD BIO 145Appreciation and Critical Review of Biomedical Research

Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Designed to offer students perspectives on how to appreciate independent research they are conducting in faculty mentor’s laboratory, and allow them to gain wider understanding of molecular, cell, and developmental biology. Through free-form Socratic learning method, class participation and interaction with classmates is encouraged, while students gain understanding of process and value of peer evaluation, and improved verbal and written presentation skills.

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

Corequisite: one course from 198B, 198C, 199B, 199C.

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  • MCD BIO 198B
  • MCD BIO 198C
  • MCD BIO 199B
  • MCD BIO 199C

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

MCD BIO 145

  • MCD BIO 198BHonors Research in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
    • MCD BIO 198AHonors Research in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
      • LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biologyanother path to it
      • LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecologyanother path to it
      • LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biologyanother path to it
    • LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
    • LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
      • LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biologyanother path to it
    • LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biology
      • LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecologyanother path to it
    • LIFESCI 107Geneticsanother path to it
  • MCD BIO 198CHonors Research in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
    • MCD BIO 198BHonors Research in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biologyanother path to it
    • LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biologyanother path to it
    • LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecologyanother path to it
    • LIFESCI 107Genetics
      • CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I3 more beneath
      • LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biologyanother path to it
      • CHEM 14CStructure of Organic Molecules1 more beneath
      • CHEM 20AChemical Structure1 more beneath
      • CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity1 more beneath
  • MCD BIO 199BDirected Research in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
    • MCD BIO 199ADirected Research in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
      • LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biologyanother path to it
      • LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecologyanother path to it
      • LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biologyanother path to it
    • LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biologyanother path to it
    • LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecologyanother path to it
    • LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biologyanother path to it
  • MCD BIO 199CDirected Research in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
    • MCD BIO 199BDirected Research in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biologyanother path to it
    • LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biologyanother path to it
    • LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecologyanother path to it

4 direct requisites. Showing 33 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.