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MCD BIO 165ABiology of Cells

Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Not open for credit to students with credit for course 100. Molecular basis of cellular structure and function, with focus on each individual cellular organelle, as well as interaction of cells with extracellular environment and with other cells. Material presented in context of experimental questions and answers to incorporate concept of scientific method and recent advances in cell biology research. Exposure in discussions to recent scientific articles that directly relate to information examined in lectures.

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Requisites: Chemistry 14D or 30B, Life Sciences 3, or 7A, 7B, and 7C.

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one of
  • all of
    • one of
      • CHEM 14D
      • CHEM 30B
    • LIFESCI 3
  • all of
    • LIFESCI 7A
    • LIFESCI 7B
    • LIFESCI 7C
  • · "LIFESCI 3" is not in this catalog version
  • · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Chemistry 14D or 30B, Life Sciences 3, or 7A, 7B, and 7C" — grouping is a best reading

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MCD BIO 165A

  • CHEM 14DOrganic Reactions and Pharmaceuticals
    • CHEM 14CStructure of Organic Molecules
      • CHEM 14BGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II7 more beneath
  • LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
  • CHEM 30BOrganic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy
    • CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
      • CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Change6 more beneath
  • 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

5 direct requisites. Showing 11 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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MCD BIO 165A

  • MCD BIO M140Cancer Cell Biology
    • PHYSICS C187ABiological Physics I: Life at Restanother path to it
    • PHYSICS C287ABiological Physics I: Life at Restanother path to it
  • MCD BIO 165BMolecular Biology of Cell Nucleus
    • MCD BIO 172Genomics and Bioinformatics
  • BIOL CH M140Cancer Cell Biology
  • MCD BIO 168Stem Cell Biology
  • MCD BIO C174AAdvanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology: Molecular Evolution
  • PHYSICS C187ABiological Physics I: Life at Rest
    • PHYSICS C187BBiological Physics II: Life in Motion
  • MCD BIO C174BAdvanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology: Molecular Biology of Cell Nucleus
  • MCD BIO C174DAdvanced 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
  • MCD BIO C222AAdvanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology: Molecular Evolution
  • 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

12 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 17 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Summer 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.