MIMG 103ALResearch Immersion Laboratory in Virology
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Course 103AL is requisite to 103BL. Limited to Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics and Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology majors. Research-oriented laboratory experience designed to promote discovery of novel bacterial viruses (phages). Working in teams, students conduct research projects that incorporate techniques in microbiology, virology, and molecular biology and involve use of bioinformatics tools and computational analysis software. Emphasis on reading and understanding scientific literature as well as improving critical thinking skills such as ability to evaluate hypotheses or experimentally address scientific questions. Critical aspects of research process, including record keeping, ethics, laboratory safety and citizenry, mechanics of scientific writing, and project responsibilities and ownership.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 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
Requisites: course 101, Life Sciences 3, 4, and 23L, or 7A, 7B, and 23L.
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
- · "LIFESCI 23L" is not in this catalog version
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "course 101, Life Sciences 3, 4, and 23L, or 7A, 7B, and 23L" — grouping is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
MIMG 103AL
- MIMG 101Introductory Microbiology
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
- LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 6 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
MIMG 103AL
- MIMG 103BLAdvanced Research Analysis in Virology
- MIMG 123Advanced Annotation and Comparative Genomics
2 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.