Degree Options
For those students interested in specialized training in an area of biology, we offer eight degree options that are earned through completion of advanced electives. Students who complete the required biology electives for any option can have up to two noted on his or her transcript.
Biochemistry Option
Required Biology Electives:
03-740 Advanced Biochemistry
21-259 Calculus in Three Dimensions
or
21-260 Differential Equations
Any one of the following courses:
09-518 Bioorganic Chemistry: Nucleic Acids and Carbohydrates
09-519 Bioorganic Chemistry: Peptides, Proteins and Combinatorial Chemistry
09-521 Bioinorganic Chemistry
Recommended Biology Electives:
03-442 Molecular Biology
03-534 Biological Imaging and Fluorescence Spectroscopy
03-439 Introduction to Biophysics
03-871 Structural Biophysics
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Biophysics Option
Required Biology Electives:
03-740 Advanced Biochemistry
03-439 Introduction to Biophysics
21-259 Calculus in Three Dimensions
or
21-260 Differential Equations
Recommended Biology Electives:
03-315 Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neuroscience
03-534 Biological Imaging and Fluorescence Spectroscopy
03-871 Structural Biophysics
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Cell Biology Option
Required Biology Electives:
03-350 Developmental Biology
03-741 Advanced Cell Biology
Any one of the following courses:
03-362 Cellular Neuroscience
03-390 Molecular and Cellular Immunology
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Computational Biology
Required Biology Electives:
03-710 Computational Biology
15-210 Parallel and Sequential Data Structures and Algorithms
Any one of the following courses:
36-247 Statistics for Laboratory Sciences
21-260 Differential Equations
21-241 Matrix Algebra
Recommended Biology Electives:
03-512 Computational Methods for Biological Modeling
15-451 Algorithm Design and Analysis
09-560 Computational Chemistry
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Developmental Biology Option
Required Biology Electives:
03-350 Developmental Biology
03-442 Molecular Biology
03-751 Advanced Developmental Biology
Recommended Biology Electives:
03-325 Evolution
03-741 Advanced Cell Biology
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Genetics Option
Required Biology Electives:
03-326 Evolution of Regulatory Genomics
03-327 Phylogenetics
03-442 Molecular Biology
03-730 Advanced Genetics (minimum grade of B in 03-330 required)
Recommended Biology Electives:
03-391 Microbiology: Biophysics and Molecular Biology
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Molecular Biology Option
Required Biology Electives:
03-442 Molecular Biology
03-726 Evolution of Regulatory Genomics
03-727 Phylogenetics
09-518 Bioorganic Chemistry: Nucleic Acids
Recommended Biology Electives:
03-380 Virology
03-390 Molecular and Cellular Immunology
03-391 Microbiology: Biophysics and Molecular Biology
03-730 Advanced Genetics
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Neuroscience Option
(Details about Undergraduate Neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon)
Required Biology Electives (one must be completed at the 700 level):
03-362 Cellular Neuroscience
03-363 Systems Neuroscience
One of the following courses:
42-202 Physiology
03-315 Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neuroscience
03-350 Developmental Biology
03-534 Biological Imaging and Fluorescence Spectroscopy
03-364 Developmental Neuroscience
85-219 Biological Foundations of Behavior
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