Biology (BIOL)

Code	Title	SH	Usually offered	NUpath	Prerequisites	Recent instructors
BIOL 1000	Biology at Northeastern	1	fall, spring	EX		Ayce Yesilaltay Desislava Raytcheva Diviya Ray Erica Frank Mary-Susan Potts-Santone Sarah Peacock
BIOL 1107	Foundations of Biology	4	fall			Ana Otero Melissa McElligott
BIOL 1108	Lab for BIOL 1107	1	fall			Melissa McElligott
BIOL 1111	General Biology 1	4	fall, spring, summer	ND		Aaron Roth Ana Otero Connie Phong Mark Grabiner Mary-Susan Potts-Santone Melinda Fowler
BIOL 1112	Lab for BIOL 1111	1	fall, spring, summer	AD	BIOL 1111 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)	Aaron Roth Ana Otero Charlene Betts-Ng Mark Grabiner Mary-Susan Potts-Santone
BIOL 1113	General Biology 2	4	fall, spring	ND	one of: BIOL 1101 (min D-) BIOL 1107 (min D-) BIOL 1111 (min D-) BIOL 1115 (min D-)	Ana Otero Mary-Susan Potts-Santone Melinda Fowler Sarah Kennedy
BIOL 1114	Lab for BIOL 1113	1	fall, spring		BIOL 1113 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)	Charlene Betts-Ng Mary-Susan Potts-Santone Sarah Kennedy
BIOL 1141	Microbes and Society	4	fall, spring	ND		Diana Belanger
BIOL 1143	Biology and Society	4	summer	ND		Aaron Roth Diana Belanger
BIOL 1147	The Human Organism	4	fall, spring	ND		Patricia Hampf
BIOL 1149	Biology of Human Reproduction	4	fall, spring	ND		Dori Woods
BIOL 1153	Human Genome Editing: Science and Ethics	4	fall, spring	ER, ND		Dori Woods
BIOL 1990	Elective	1–4
BIOL 2217	Integrated Anatomy and Physiology 1	4	fall, spring	ND		Ayce Yesilaltay Melinda Fowler Sarah Peacock
BIOL 2218	Lab for BIOL 2217	1	fall, spring			Ayce Yesilaltay Melinda Fowler Sarah Peacock
BIOL 2219	Integrated Anatomy and Physiology 2	4	fall, spring	ND	one of: BIOL 1117 (min D-) BIOL 2217 (min D-) BIOL 136M BIOL 234M	Ayce Yesilaltay Melinda Fowler Sarah Peacock
BIOL 2220	Lab for BIOL 2219	1	fall, spring	AD		Ayce Yesilaltay Melinda Fowler Sarah Peacock
BIOL 2221	Foundations of Microbiology	4	spring			Connie Phong Desislava Raytcheva
BIOL 2222	Lab for BIOL 2221	1	spring			Connie Phong Desislava Raytcheva
BIOL 2299	Inquiries in Biological Sciences	4	fall, spring	ND	one of: BIOL 1101 (min D-) BIOL 1107 (min D-) BIOL 1111 (min D-)	Ana Otero Ayce Yesilaltay Donald O'Malley Jamie Bunce Kirsten Fertuck Sarah Swope
BIOL 2301	Genetics and Molecular Biology	4	fall, spring, summer	ND	all of: one of: BIOL 1111 (min D-) BIOL 2299 (min D-) EEMB 1105 (min D-) EEMB 2400 (min D-) one of: CHEM 1151 (min D-) CHEM 233M CHEM 1161 (min D-) CHEM 1211 (min D-) CHEM 1217 (min D-)	Javier Apfeld Jonathon Bennett Julian Sosnik Mark Grabiner Matthias Schlichting Steven Vollmer Tobey Colston
BIOL 2302	Lab for BIOL 2301	1	fall, spring, summer	AD	BIOL 2301 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)	Connie Phong Jamie Henzy Jared Young Matthias Schlichting Tobey Colston Yinghao He
BIOL 2307	Research Exploration in Biology	4			BIOL 2299 (min C-)	Lindsay Mehrmanesh
BIOL 2309	Biology Project Lab	4	fall, spring, summer	AD, EI, WI	BIOL 2301 (min D-)	Desislava Raytcheva Erica Frank Johanna Farkas Lindsay Mehrmanesh Madeline Balman Matthias Schlichting Meredith Sweeney Silvia Libro
BIOL 2327	Human Parasitology	4	spring		one of: BIOL 1101 (min D-) BIOL 1107 (min D-) BIOL 1111 (min D-) BIOL 1115 (min D-)	Mary-Susan Potts-Santone
BIOL 2329	Bioethics	4	fall	ER	one of: BIOL 1107 (min D-) BIOL 1111 (min D-) BIOL 2299 (min D-)	Ana Otero
BIOL 2406	Computational Tools for Genome Analysis	4			BIOL 2301 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
BIOL 2407	Computational Project Lab	4		WI	BIOL 2406 (min D-)
BIOL 2990	Elective	1–4
BIOL 2991	Research in Biology	1–4
BIOL 3401	Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy	4	spring		one of: BIOL 1103 (min D-) BIOL 1113 (min D-) BIOL 2297 (min D-) BIOL 2299 (min D-) ENVR 2290 (min D-) EEMB 2290 (min D-)	Aaron Roth
BIOL 3405	Neurobiology	4	fall, spring, summer		one of: BIOL 1103 (min D-) BIOL 1113 (min D-) BIOL 2297 (min D-) BIOL 2299 (min D-) ENVR 2290 (min D-) EEMB 2290 (min D-) PSYC 3458 (min D-) PSYC 241M	Jamie Bunce Lesley Ricci
BIOL 3409	Current Topics in Biology	4	fall, spring		BIOL 2301 (min D)	Andreia Ionescu Calina Copos Dori Woods Johanna Farkas Jonathan Matthis
BIOL 3411	Current Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology	4	fall, spring		BIOL 2301 (min D-)	Jamie Henzy Timothy Duerr Tovah Day
BIOL 3413	Current Topics in Organismal and Population Biology	4	fall, spring		one of: BIOL 1113 (min D-) BIOL 1115 (min D-) BIOL 2299 (min D-) EEMB 2400 (min D-)	Aaron Roth Ana Otero Melinda Fowler Slava Epstein
BIOL 3415	Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience	4	fall, spring, summer		BIOL 2301 (min D-)	Lesley Ricci Matthias Schlichting
BIOL 3417	Bioethics of Human Genome Editing	4	summer		BIOL 2301 (min D-)	Dori Woods
BIOL 3419	Engaging with Genomics: Ethics Law and Policy	4			BIOL 2301 (min D-)	Jonathan Kahn
BIOL 3421	Microbiology	4	fall, spring	WI	BIOL 2301 (min D-)	Diviya Ray Lianyong Wang Nikolaos Soukos Yunrong Chai
BIOL 3422	Lab for BIOL 3421	1	fall, spring			Diviya Ray Yunrong Chai
BIOL 3423	Animal Models in Biomedical Research	4	summer		BIOL 2301 (min D-)	Dori Woods
BIOL 3425	Developmental Neuroplasticity and Technology	4			BIOL 2301 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
BIOL 3427	Microbial Evolution	4			BIOL 2301 (min D-)
BIOL 3451	Avian Biology	4			one of: BIOL 1113 (min D-) BIOL 2299 (min D-) EEMB 1101 (min D-)
BIOL 3601	Neural Systems and Behavior	4			one of: BIOL 3405 (min D-) PSYC 3458 (min D-) PSYC 241M	Gunther Zupanc
BIOL 3603	Mammalian Systems Physiology	4	fall, spring		BIOL 2301 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)	Dori Woods Jonathan Tilly
BIOL 3605	Developmental Neurobiology	4	fall		BIOL 2301 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)	Connie Phong James Monaghan
BIOL 3607	Current Trends in Reproductive Sciences	4			BIOL 2301 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)	Dori Woods
BIOL 3611	Biochemistry	4	fall, spring, summer		all of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) one of: CHEM 2313 (min D-) CHEM 2317 (min D-)	Jennifer Cassano Jonathon Bennett Julian Sosnik Kirsten Fertuck Veronica Donato Veronica Godoy-Carter
BIOL 3612	Lab for BIOL 3611	1	fall, spring, summer			Jennifer Cassano Julian Sosnik Kirsten Fertuck Veronica Godoy-Carter
BIOL 3990	Elective	1–4
BIOL 4701	Biology Capstone	4	fall, spring, summer	CE, WI	one of: ENGW 3307 (min C) ENGW 3315 (min C) ENGW 3302 (min C)	Aaron Roth Dori Woods Julian Sosnik Lindsay Mehrmanesh Melissa McElligott Steven Untersee Veronica Godoy-Carter
BIOL 4705	Neurobiology of Cognitive Decline	4	fall, spring		one of: BIOL 3405 (min D-) PSYC 3458 (min D-) PSYC 241M	Donald O'Malley
BIOL 4707	Cell and Molecular Biology	4	fall, spring, summer		one of: BIOL 2323 (min D-) BIOL 3611 (min D-)	Diviya Ray Erica Frank Erin Cram Meredith Sweeney
BIOL 4709	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	4	spring		one of: PSYC 3458 (min D-) PSYC 241M BIOL 3405 (min D-)	Jamie Bunce
BIOL 4900	Biology Research Capstone	1	spring	CE, WI	all of: one of: ENGW 3307 (min D-) ENGW 3315 (min D-) one of: BIOL 4991 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) BIOL 4994 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)	Gail Begley Meredith Sweeney
BIOL 4970	Junior/Senior Honors Project 1	4
BIOL 4971	Junior/Senior Honors Project 2	4		CE, EX, WI	all of: ENGW 3307 (min D-) one of: BIOL 4970 (min D-) BIOL 4991 (min D-) BIOL 4992 (min D-)
BIOL 4983	Current Topics in Biochemistry	4			BIOL 3611 (min D-)
BIOL 4990	Elective	1–4
BIOL 4991	Research	4		EX
BIOL 4994	Internship	4		EX
BIOL 5100	Biology Colloquium	1	fall, spring			Andreia Ionescu Calina Copos Emeka Okeke Emily Moore Lianyong Wang
BIOL 5301	Clinical Embryology	4			one of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) graduate program admission	Jonathan Tilly
BIOL 5306	Biological Clocks	4	spring	WI	one of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) graduate program admission	Matthias Schlichting
BIOL 5535	Expanding Frontiers: Vector-Borne Diseases	4	fall		one of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) graduate program admission	Constantin Nicolae Takacs
BIOL 5539	Advances in Genome Editing	4			one of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) graduate program admission	Tovah Day
BIOL 5541	Endocrinology	4			one of: BIOL 2319 (min D-) BIOL 2323 (min D-) BIOL 3405 (min D-) BIOL 3611 (min D-) BIOL 4707 (min D-) graduate program admission
BIOL 5543	Stem Cells and Regeneration	4	fall		one of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) graduate program admission	Emily Moore Fleury Augustin Nsole Biteghe James Monaghan Tahereh Javaheri Timothy Duerr
BIOL 5549	Inventions in Microbial Biotechnology	4	spring		one of: BIOL 3611 (min D-) BIOL 3611 (min D-) BIOL 3421 (min D-) BIOL 3421 (min D-)	Kim Lewis
BIOL 5573	Medical Microbiology	4	fall		one of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) graduate program admission	Nikolaos Soukos
BIOL 5581	Biological Imaging	4			one of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) graduate program admission
BIOL 5583	Immunology	4	fall, spring		one of: BIOL 2323 (min D-) BIOL 3611 (min D-) graduate program admission	Edward Geisinger Eric Grewal Pedro Saavedra Sherif Ibrahim
BIOL 5585	Evolution	4	spring		one of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) graduate program admission	Slava Epstein
BIOL 5587	Comparative Neurobiology	4		EI
BIOL 5591	Advanced Genomics	4	fall, spring		one of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) graduate program admission	Jamie Henzy Jerrah Holth Konstantin Khrapko
BIOL 5593	Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging	4	fall	WI	one of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) graduate program admission	Javier Apfeld
BIOL 5595	Cell and Molecular Neuroscience	4	fall, spring		one of: all of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) one of: PSYC 3458 (min D-) PSYC 241M BIOL 3405 (min D-) graduate program admission	Jennifer Ingemi
BIOL 5597	Immunotherapies of Cancer and Infectious Disease	4	spring		one of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) graduate program admission	Emeka Okeke Michail Sitkovsky
BIOL 5601	Multidisciplinary Approaches in Motor Control	4	spring		one of: all of: BIOL 2301 (min D-) one of: PSYC 3458 (min D-) PSYC 241M BIOL 3405 (min D-) graduate program admission	Dagmar Sternad
BIOL 5821	Cell and Gene Therapies	4	spring		one of: BIOL 4707 (min C-) one of: BIOL 5543 (min C-) BIOL 5543 (min C-) BIOL 5543 (min C-) one of: BIOL 5591 (min C-) BIOL 5591 (min C-) BIOL 5591 (min C-) one of: NNMD 5270 (min C-) NNMD 5270 (min C-) NNMD 5270 (min C-) PHSC 2330 (min C-) one of: PHSC 5300 (min C-) PHSC 5300 (min C-) PHSC 5300 (min C-) one of: PHSC 5500 (min C-) PHSC 5500 (min C-) PHSC 5500 (min C-)	Sahar Tavakoli
BIOL 5976	Directed Study	1–4
BIOL 6131	CRISPR: Gene Editing Fundamentals	2
BIOL 6216	Applied Bioinformatics	4
BIOL 6299	Molecular Cell Biology for Biotechnology	3				Aswin Sundarakrishnan Christopher Okonkwo Evangeline Cornwell Ilka Pinz Juiming Lin Neelam Sahni Preeti Karwal
BIOL 6300	Biochemistry	4	fall			Veronica Donato
BIOL 6301	Molecular Cell Biology	4	fall		BIOL 6300 (min C-)	Veronica Donato
BIOL 6303	Neurobiology and Behavior	4				Gunther Zupanc
BIOL 6381	Ethics in Biological Research	2	fall, spring			Christine Briggs David Form Jonathon Bennett Michael Wilczek
BIOL 6405	Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology	4				Yunrong Chai
BIOL 6407	Biochemistry for Molecular Biologists	4	fall			Veronica Godoy-Carter
BIOL 6962	Elective	1–4
BIOL 6966	Practicum	0
BIOL 6976	Directed Study	1–4
BIOL 7399	Research Problem Solving, Ethics, and Communication Skills	4	fall			James Monaghan
BIOL 7962	Elective	1–4
BIOL 7986	Research	0
BIOL 7990	Thesis	1–4
BIOL 7996	Thesis Continuation - Half-Time	0
BIOL 8420	Biological Lab Rotation 1	4	fall			Constantin Nicolae Takacs Edward Geisinger Emeka Okeke James Monaghan Lital Davidi Tovah Day
BIOL 8960	Exam Preparation—Doctoral	0
BIOL 8982	Readings	1–4
BIOL 8984	Research	1–4	fall, spring			Andreia Ionescu Edward Geisinger Emeka Okeke James Monaghan Javier Apfeld Pedro Saavedra Yunrong Chai
BIOL 8986	Research	0	fall, spring			Andreia Ionescu James Monaghan Javier Apfeld Kim Lewis Michail Sitkovsky
BIOL 9000	PhD Candidacy Achieved	0	fall			Ryan Koppes
BIOL 9984	Research	1–4	fall			Erin Cram Javier Apfeld Michail Sitkovsky
BIOL 9990	Dissertation Term 1	0	fall, spring		BIOL 9000 (min S)	Andreia Ionescu James Monaghan Michail Sitkovsky Ryan Koppes Tovah Day Yunrong Chai
BIOL 9991	Dissertation Term 2	0	fall, spring		BIOL 9990 (min S)	Dori Woods James Monaghan Kim Lewis Ryan Koppes Tovah Day Yunrong Chai
BIOL 9996	Dissertation Continuation	0	fall, spring		one of: BIOL 9991 (min S) Dissertation Check with a score of REQ	Edward Geisinger James Monaghan Kim Lewis Tovah Day Yunrong Chai

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