Advanced Elective Requirements

BMB majors are required to earn a minimum of 8 credits of Advanced Electives. Advanced elective options include most (but not all) science and math courses numbered 300 and above, including Independent Research/Study credits earned conducting research in a lab (e.g. BIOCHEM 396, BIOCHEM 499Y, etc.). Five College courses can be taken for advanced elective credits. Contact the Chief Undergrad Advisor to have Five College courses approved.

Courses that CANNOT be used to satisfy the Advanced Elective Requirement:

• Courses required for the core Biochemistry curriculum, such as BIOCHEM 430H, BIOCHEM 471, BIOCHEM 423, etc.
• Non-majors courses, such as BIOCHEM 320 Elementary Biochemistry, BIOCHEM 321 Elementary Biochemistry Lab, and CHEM 423 Biochemistry for Chemists                                                                                          
• Integrated Experience (IE) courses, such as BIOCHEM 394RI and NATSCI 494I
• Courses that satisfy the General Genetics requirement, such as ANIMLSCI 311 and BIOL 311
• Practicum courses (X98x)

Partial List of Acceptable Advanced Elective Courses for BMB Majors

It is the student’s responsibility to check on the prerequisites for each course. If the course is not on this, list it is the student’s responsibility to contact the Chief Undergraduate Advisor to confirm that a course is approved as an advanced elective in BMB.

Not all courses on this list are offered every semester, and many of these courses do not open to non-majors until several weeks after registration begins. Students are encouraged to email instructors to inquire about space in their courses, so long as they remain polite in their emails and exercise patience as response times can be slow during registration.

Animal Science (ANIMLSCI)

• ANIMLSCI  365  Fundamentals in Veterinary and Biomedical Laboratory Techniques
• ANIMLSCI  385  Biotechnology Laboratory
• ANIMLSCI  421  Fundamentals of Reproduction
• ANIMLSCI  472  Infection and Immunity
• ANIMLSCI  521  Physiology of Reproduction
• ANIMLSCI  572  Molecular Immunology

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BIOCHEM)

• BIOCHEM  657  Drug Design

Biology (BIOLOGY)

• BIOLOGY  335  Topics in Plant Biology
• BIOLOGY  372  Introductory Neurobiology
• BIOLOGY  379H  Genomics and Bioinformatics
• BIOLOGY  383H  Gene and Genome Analysis
• BIOLOGY  388  Neurobiology and Physiology Lab
• BIOLOGY  397MH  Cellular & Molecular Biology Lab
• BIOLOGY  421  Plant Ecology
• BIOLOGY  424  Marine Biology
• BIOLOGY  475  Plant Cell Biology
• BIOLOGY  477H  Bioimaging
• BIOLOGY  484  Cancer Genetics
• BIOLOGY  510  Plant Physiology
• BIOLOGY  514  Population Genetics
• BIOLOGY  521  Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
• BIOLOGY  523  Histology
• BIOLOGY  544  Ornithology
• BIOLOGY  548  Mammalogy
• BIOLOGY  550  Animal Behavior
• BIOLOGY  551  Animal Communication
• BIOLOGY  559  Cellular & Molecular Biology II
• BIOLOGY  564  Human Physiology
• BIOLOGY  567  Experimental Comparative Physiology
• BIOLOGY  572  Advanced Neurobiology
• BIOLOGY  580  Developmental Biology
• BIOLOGY  582  DNA to Diversity: Evolution and Development of Animal Form
• BIOLOGY  583  Advanced Genetics

Chemistry (CHEM)

• CHEM  315  Quant Analysis
• CHEM  341  Inorganic Chemistry
• CHEM  342  Inorganic Chemistry Lab
• CHEM  477  Phys Chem Lab
• CHEM  513  Instrumental Analysis
• CHEM  514  Instrumental Analysis Lab
• CHEM  546  Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
• CHEM  551  Advanced Organic Chemistry
• CHEM  552  Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds
• CHEM  581  Chemical Biology                       
• CHEM  584  Adv Phys Chem
• CHEM  585  Adv Phys Chem
• CHEM  627  Biomolecular Structure
• CHEM  631  Bioanalytical Chemistry
• CHEM  658  Frontiers in Biotechnology

Chemical Engineering (CHEM-ENG)

• CHEM-ENG  330  Fluid Mechanics
• CHEM-ENG  571  Physical and Chemical Processing of Materials
• CHEM-ENG  572  Physical and Chemical Processing of Materials Laboratory
• CHEM-ENG  575  Tissue Engineering
• CHEM-ENG  592B  Introduction to Biochemical Engineering

Computer Science (CMPSCI)

• CMPSCI  311  Intro To Algorithms

Environmental Science (ENVIRSCI)

• ENVIRSCI  315  Principles of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• ENVIRSCI  319  Environmental Geochemistry
• ENVIRSCI  364  Environmental Soil Science
• ENVIRSCI  445  Sustainability and Problem-Solving in Environmental Science
• ENVIRSCI  515  Microbiology of the Soil
• ENVIRSCI  575  Environmental Soil Chemistry
• ENVIRSCI  564H Environmental Soil Science         

Food Science (FOOD-SCI)

• FOOD-SCI  466  Nutritional Microbiology
• FOOD-SCI  541  Food Chemistry
• FOOD-SCI  542  Food Chemistry
• FOOD-SCI  544  Food Chemistry Lab
• FOOD-SCI  561  Food Processing
• FOOD-SCI  566  Food Microbiology Lab
• FOOD-SCI  567  Food Microbiology
• FOOD-SCI  575  Elements of Food Process Engineering
• FOOD-SCI  581  Analysis Food Products

Geography (GEOGRAPH)

• GEOGRAPH  342  Environmental Geography and Sustainability
• GEOGRAPH  426  Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation

Geosciences (GEO-SCI)

• GEO-SCI  571  General Geophysics

Geology (GEOLOGY)

• GEOLOGY  311  Earth's Materials and their Environments
• GEOLOGY  319  Environmental Geochemistry

Kinesiology (KIN)

• KIN  430  Biomechanics
• KIN  470  Exercise Physiology
• KIN  535  Muscle Mechanics & Modeling 

Mathematics (MATH)

• MATH  331 Ordinary Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers
• MATH  411  Introduction to Abstract Algebra I
• MATH  412  Introduction to Abstract Algebra II
• MATH  421  Complex Variables
• MATH  455  Introduction to Discrete Structures
• MATH  456  Mathematical Modeling
• MATH  461  Geometry I
• MATH  471  Theory Of Numbers
• MATH  523H  Int Mod Analysis I
• MATH  534H  Introduction to Partial Differential Equations
• MATH  545  Lin Alg Appl Math
• MATH  551  Int Scientific Computing
• MATH  552  Applied Scientific Computing
• MATH  563H  Differential Geometry
• MATH  612  Algebra II
• MATH  621  Complex Analysis
• MATH  624  Real Analysis II

Microbiology (MICROBIO)

• MICROBIO  310  General Microbiology
• MICROBIO  311  Foundations in Mircobiology
• MICROBIO  312  Microbiology Laboratory
• MICROBIO  320  Infectious Disease and Defense
• MICROBIO  330  Microbial Genetics
• MICROBIO  385  BIOTECHniques Lab
• MICROBIO  450  Outbreak: Emerging Infectious Disease and Society
• MICROBIO  480  Microbial Physiology & Diversity
• MICROBIO  562  Environmental Biotechnology
• MICROBIO  565  Molecular Genetic Lab SEA-GENES
• MICROBIO  570  Animal Virology

Natural Resource Conservation (NRC)

• NRC  360  Evolution and Conservation

Nutrition (NUTRITN)

• NUTRITN  352  Nutrition in the Life Cycle
• NUTRITN  430  Nutrition and Metabolism
• NUTRITN  580  Medical Nutrition Therapy

Physics (PHYSICS)

• PHYSICS  421  Classical Mechanics
• PHYSICS  424  Quantum Mechanics I
• PHYSICS  556  Nuclei & Elementary Particles
• PHYSICS  568  Cosmology & General Relativity

Psychology (PSYCH)

• PSYCH  315  Cognitive Psych
• PSYCH  330/330H  Introduction to Neuroscience/Honors
• PSYCH  335/335H  Behavioral Neuroendocrinology/Honors
• PSYCH  391BR  S-Brain & Cognitive Developmnt
• PSYCH  391GE  S-Behavioral Genetics and Epigenetics
• PSYCH  391NR  S-Adv Topics in Neuroscience
• PSYCH  391NU  S-Neuroplasticity
• PSYCH  391VM  S-Cognitive Neuroscience of High-Level Vision and Memory
• PSYCH  430  Laboratory in Neuroscience

*Not all Psych courses numbered 300-level and above are accepted as advanced electives in BMB. Only those Psych courses listed above are accepted toward the BMB major.

Public Health (PUBHLTH)

• PUBHLTH  413  Epidemiologic Data Management and Analysis
• PUBHLTH  418  Chronic Disease Epidemiology
• PUBHLTH  433  Ecotoxicology and Public Health

Stockbridge School (STOCKSCH)

• STOCKSCH  326  Insect Biology
• STOCKSCH  505  General Plant Pathology
• STOCKSCH  515  Micbiol of the Soil
• STOCKSCH  525  Mycology
• STOCKSCH  530  Plant Nutrition
• STOCKSCH  575  Environmental Soil Chemistry
• STOCKSCH  585  Inorganic Contaminants in Soil, Water, and Sediment