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MCD BIO 196AResearch Apprenticeship I in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

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

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Course 196A is requisite to 196B. Designed for undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing inquiry-based and hypothesis-driven research experience in laboratory of departmental or preapproved faculty mentor. Guided research course to be taken in conjunction with course 180A, followed by continuation research course 196B. Technical aspects vary depending on specific laboratory; however, all students learn how to apply scientific method: propose hypothesis, identify experiments to address hypothesis, perform experiments, and analyze results. How to record information from experimental activities into laboratory notebooks and to write research proposals.

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Requisites: Life Sciences 3 and 4, or 7A, 7B, 7C, 23L, and 107, 3.0 premajor and/or major grade-point average, and at least one term of prior experience in same laboratory in which 196A research is to be conducted. Corequisite: course 180A.

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one of
  • all of
    • LIFESCI 3
    • LIFESCI 4
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    • LIFESCI 7A
    • LIFESCI 7B
    • LIFESCI 7C
    • LIFESCI 23L
    • LIFESCI 107
    • 3.0 premajor and/or major grade-point average
    • at least one term of prior experience in same laboratory in which 196A research is to be conducted
  • · "LIFESCI 3" is not in this catalog version
  • · "LIFESCI 4" is not in this catalog version
  • · "LIFESCI 23L" is not in this catalog version
  • · could not read "3.0 premajor and/or major grade-point average" (no course number found)
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  • · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Life Sciences 3 and 4, or 7A, 7B, 7C, 23L, and 107, 3.0 premajor and/or major grade-point average, and at least one term of prior experience in same laboratory in which 196A research is to be conducted" — grouping is a best reading

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MCD BIO 180A

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MCD BIO 196A

  • MCD BIO 180AScientific Analysis and Communication I
    • MCD BIO 196AResearch Apprenticeship I in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental 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 107Genetics
    • CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I
      • MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students1 more beneath
      • LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
    • LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biologyanother path to it
    • CHEM 14CStructure of Organic Molecules
      • CHEM 14BGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II5 more beneath
    • CHEM 20AChemical Structure
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus1 more beneath
    • CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
      • CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Change3 more beneath

5 direct requisites. Showing 19 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 196A

  • MCD BIO 180AScientific Analysis and Communication I
    • MCD BIO 180BScientific Analysis and Communication IIanother path to it
    • MCD BIO 196AResearch Apprenticeship I in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biologyanother path to it
    • MCD BIO 196BResearch Apprenticeship II in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biologyanother path to it
  • MCD BIO 180BScientific Analysis and Communication II
    • MCD BIO 196BResearch Apprenticeship II in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biologyanother path to it
  • MCD BIO 196BResearch Apprenticeship II in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
    • MCD BIO 180BScientific Analysis and Communication IIanother path to it

3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 8 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Fall 2026

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