Elective Courses
BMS students must satisfy an elective requirement by taking one full-length elective course or two mini-course electives prior to end of second year, which may be chosen from a wide range of elective courses at UCSF in consultation with the graduate advisor and thesis advisor. As the course offerings frequently change, please check with the course organizers and departments for course dates and schedules.
Some popular electives include:
- Biochemistry 200A Principles of Genetics (fall)
- Biochemistry 201 Biological Regulatory Mechanisms (winter)
- BMS 211 Population Genetics and Molecular Evolution (winter, every other year)
- BMS 230 Molecular and Cellular Biology of Cancer (fall)
- Cell Biology 245 Cell Biology (fall)
- DSCB 257 (formerly BMS 220) Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (offered in winter 2012, and in fall thereafter, starting in fall 2012)
- Genetics 224 Advanced Human Genetics(fall, every other year)
- Micro 204 Molecular and Cellular Immunology (fall)
- Micro 209 Advanced Topics in Immunology (fall)
- NS201A, B Basic Concepts in Neuroscience (fall/winter)
- Quarterly advanced topics in Neuroscience courses
For more info on current electives please contact:
Tetrad: Danny Dam
Bioengineering: SarahJane Taylor
Bioinformatics and Chemistry & Chemical Biology: Julia Molla
Biophysics: Rebecca Brown
Developmental & Stem Cell Biology: Linda Tracy
Neuroscience: Pat Veitch
PSPG: Debbie Acoba