SOC GEN M71ABiotechnology and Society
Society and Genetics · 6 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
(Same as Clusters M71A.) Course M71A is enforced requisite to M71B, which is enforced requisite to M71CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Exploration of methods, applications, and implications of biotechnology and of ethical, social, and political implications as well as biological underpinnings.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
SOC GEN M71A
- SOC GEN M71BBiotechnology and Society
- SOC GEN M71CWBiotechnology and Society: Special Topics
- SOC GEN 105AWays of Knowing in Life and Human Sciences
- SOC GEN 174What's Wrong with Science?
- SOC GEN 191RCapstone Seminar: Human Biology and Society
2 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 5 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.