The University of Iowa Biosciences Program

Electives

	A key feature of the Biosciences Program study plan is its flexibility. Hence a student can tailor their choice of electives based on their interests. Policies & Procedures Fall Electives Spring Electives Recommended study plans are available for students interested in a specific department or program.
Jaime Sabel, Biosciences Program 2004 - 2005, Cornell Lab, Genetics PhD Program

A key feature of the Biosciences Program study plan is its flexibility. Hence a student can tailor their choice of electives based on their interests.

Policies & Procedures
Fall Electives
Spring Electives

Recommended study plans are available for students interested in a specific department or program.

Jaime Sabel, Biosciences Program 2004 - 2005, Cornell Lab, Genetics PhD Program

Policies & Procedures

The specific department or program that is chosen by the student for thesis training will determine the student’s curriculum for subsequent years (see: Graduate Training Guidelines by Department/Program).

The expectation is that all required course work will be completed by the second year. There are no teaching responsibilities for Biosciences Program students during the first year, but most students will obtain teaching experience in subsequent years.

Approved Electives - Fall Semester

Electives that appear on this list will be accepted by all departments and programs, unless otherwise noted at Study Plans by Primary Area of Interest
Additional courses are accepted by individual departments and programs
Additional courses can be added to the list by student petition
Some courses require certain prerequisites and/or permission of the instructor
Some course offerings may change

Enter course numbers here to view detailed information regarding the electives below:

Course #	Title	Course Length Semester or Module
002:131	Evolution	Semester
002:155	Cell Physiology	Semester
002:171	Molecular Genetics	Semester
004:211	Chemical Catalysis in Biology (even yrs)	Semester
061:147	Survey of Immunology	Semester
061:267	Graduate Introduction to Animal Viruses	Semester
061:270	Graduate Microbial Genetics	Semester
061:271	Graduate Microbial Genetics Lab	Semester
061:279	Bacterial Diversity (odd yrs)	Semester
061:288	Graduate Microbial Biotech	Semester
072:153	Human Physiology	Semester
077:103	Radiation Biology	Semester
099:243	Introduction to Biophysical Chemistry	Module I
099:245	Protein Stability, Folding, and Dynamics	Module II
099:247	Binding and Macromolecular Interactions	Module III
127:150	Genetic Analysis of Biological Systems	Semester
132:180	Fundamental Neuroscience	Semester
132:240	Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience	Semester
142:210	Advanced Prokaryotic Molecular Biology	Semester
142:220	Protein Processing	Module I
142:221	Subcellular Motility	Module II
142:222	Organelle Biogenesis	Module III
156:201	Fundamentals of Gene Expression	Module I
156:202	Fundamentals of Protein Regulation	Module II
156:203	Fundamentals of Dynamic Cell Process	Module III
156:204	Biostatistics for Biomedical Research	Module III

Approved Electives - Spring Semester

Electives that appear on this list will be accepted by all departments and programs, unless otherwise noted at Study Plans by Primary Area of Interest
Additional courses are accepted by individual departments and programs
Additional courses can be added to the list by student petition
Some courses require certain prerequisites and/or permission of the instructor
Some course offerings may change

Enter course numbers here to view detailed information regarding the electives below:

Course #	Title	Course Length Semester or Module
002:131	Evolution	Semester
002:168	Genes and Development	Semester
002:193	Topics in Cell Motility	Semester
002:233	Seminar Ecology	Semester
004:205	Bioinorganic Chemistry	Semester
004:228	Mechanisms of Organic Reactions	Semester
060:101	Gross Anatomy w/lab (= 2 courses)	Semester
060:234	Medical Neuroscience (same as 132:234)	Semester
061:201	Immunology I	Semester
061:259	Grad Pathogenic Bacteriology	Semester
061:260	Grad Microbial Physiology	Semester
061:268	Mol Biol Animal Viruses	Semester
069:270	Pathogenesis of Maj Human Diseases	Semester
071:135	Principles of Pharmacology	Semester
071:209	Receptors & Signal Transduction	Semester
077:222	Free Radicals in Biology & Medicine (odd yrs)	Semester
077:288	Mol & Cell Biology of Cancer (odd yrs)	Semester
099:226	Ensymekinetics & Bioorganic Mechanisms	Semester
099:226	Enzyme Kinetics & Bioorganic Mechanisms	Module V
099:246	Structure and Mechanism of Membrane Proteins	Module VI
099:248	NMR of Biological Macromolecules	Modue VII
127:191	Human Molecular Genetics (odd yrs)	Semester
132:181	Neurophysiology (odd yrs)	Semester
132:246	Dev Neurobiology (even yrs)	Semester
142:215	Transcription and multi-functional regulation by RNA	Module V
142:216	Chromatin structure and Disease	Module VI
142:217	Epigenetics, Cancer and Genetic Manipulations in Mice	Module VII
142:225	Growth Factor Receptor Signaling	Module V
142:226	Cell Cycle Control	Module VI
142:227	Cell Fate Decisions	Module VII
156:205	Practical Bioinformatics	Module IV

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