MCD BIO C142Design Principles of Biological Circuits
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Formerly numbered 142.) Quantitative analysis of genetic circuits that control behavior of biological systems, including prokaryotic model organisms and multicellular developmental systems. Introduction of basic principles of systems biology through specific examples. Application of these principles in designing synthetic genetic circuits. Concurrently scheduled with course C202.
Letter grading.
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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
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Requisites: Life Sciences 7A, 7B, 7C, and 107, and Life Sciences 30A and 30B or Mathematics 3A, 3B, and 3C or Mathematics 31A and 31B, and Life Sciences 40 or Statistics 10 or 13.
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MCD BIO C142
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
- MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 1Precalculus
- STATS 10Introduction to Statistical Reasoning
- LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- STATS 13Introduction to Statistical Methods for Life and Health Sciences
- LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biology
- MATH 3COrdinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra for Life Sciences Students
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- LIFESCI 40Statistics of Biological Systems
- LIFESCI 107Genetics
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