MCD BIO 199BDirected Research in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Limited to juniors/seniors. Department majors may enroll with sponsorship from department faculty members or preapproved outside faculty members. Other junior/senior life sciences majors may enroll only for research projects in laboratories with department faculty sponsors. Supervised individual research under guidance of faculty mentor. Culminating research project designed to broaden and deepen students? knowledge of some phase of molecular, cell, and developmental biology. Must be taken for at least two terms and for total of at least 8 units. Individual contract required. Letter grading. Students may elect to enroll in additional research through courses 199C and 199D (letter grading). Report on progress must be presented to department each term 199A through 199D course is taken.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: minimum 3.0 grade-point average in major. Requisites: course 199A, Life Sciences 3 and 4, or 7A, 7B, 7C, 23L, and 107.
BruinTree reads · Preparation
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- · no course reference could be read from this requisite
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
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "course 199A, Life Sciences 3 and 4, or 7A, 7B, 7C, 23L, and 107" — 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 199B
- MCD BIO 199ADirected Research in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
- LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
- LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biology
- LIFESCI 107Genetics
- CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- CHEM 14CStructure of Organic Molecules
- CHEM 20AChemical Structure
- CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
5 direct requisites. Showing 21 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. 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 199B
- MCD BIO 145Appreciation and Critical Review of Biomedical Research
- MCD BIO 193Journal Club Seminars: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
- MCD BIO 194AResearch Group Seminars: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
- MCD BIO 199CDirected Research in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
- MCD BIO 199DDirected Research in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
4 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 8 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.