Cell and Molecular Biology, BS (Boston)

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Introduction to College

One of:
- BIOL 1000 — Biology at Northeastern
- INSC 1000 — Science at Northeastern

Experiential Learning Introduction

EESC 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Cell and Molecular Biology Core Courses

All of:
- BIOL 1107 — Foundations of Biology
- BIOL 1108 — Lab for BIOL 1107
BIOL 2299 — Inquiries in Biological Sciences
All of:
- BIOL 2301 — Genetics and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 2302 — Lab for BIOL 2301
BIOL 2309 — Biology Project Lab
All of:
- BIOL 3611 — Biochemistry
- BIOL 3612 — Lab for BIOL 3611
BIOL 4707 — Cell and Molecular Biology
BIOL 5591 — Advanced Genomics

Intermediate/Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology Electives

From the catalog
Complete two of the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- BIOL 2329 — Bioethics
- BIOL 3411 — Current Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology
- All of:
  - BIOL 3421 — Microbiology
  - BIOL 3422 — Lab for BIOL 3421
- BIOL 3601 — Neural Systems and Behavior
- BIOL 3603 — Mammalian Systems Physiology
- BIOL 3605 — Developmental Neurobiology
- BIOL 5306 — Biological Clocks
- BIOL 5543 — Stem Cells and Regeneration
- BIOL 5549 — Inventions in Microbial Biotechnology
- BIOL 5573 — Medical Microbiology
- BIOL 5581 — Biological Imaging
- BIOL 5583 — Immunology
- BIOL 5585 — Evolution
- BIOL 5593 — Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging
- BIOL 5595 — Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
- BIOL 5597 — Immunotherapies of Cancer and Infectious Disease

Research

From the catalog
One of the two intermediate/advanced electives can be a research course:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- BIOL 4970 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
- BIOL 4971 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
- BIOL 4991 — Research
- BIOL 4994 — Internship

Biology Capstone

From the catalog
Complete one of the following to fulfill the capstone requirement:

One of:
- BIOL 4701 — Biology Capstone
- BIOL 4900 — Biology Research Capstone
- BIOL 4971 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 2

Mathematics

MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

Statistics

All of:
- ENVR 2500 — Biostatistics
- ENVR 2501 — Lab for ENVR 2500

Chemistry

From the catalog
A grade of D or better is required in CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162.

All of:
- CHEM 1161 — General Chemistry for Science Majors
- CHEM 1162 — Lab for CHEM 1161
- CHEM 1163 — Recitation for CHEM 1161
All of:
- CHEM 2311 — Organic Chemistry 1
- CHEM 2312 — Lab for CHEM 2311
All of:
- CHEM 2313 — Organic Chemistry 2
- CHEM 2314 — Lab for CHEM 2313

Physics 1

One of:
- All of:
  - PHYS 1145 — Physics for Life Sciences 1
  - PHYS 1146 — Lab for PHYS 1145

Physics 2

One of:
- All of:
  - PHYS 1147 — Physics for Life Sciences 2
  - PHYS 1148 — Lab for PHYS 1147

Intermediate or Advanced Science

From the catalog
Complete one course from the following:
BIOL 2301 to BIOL 5999
CHEM 2311 to CHEM 5999
EEMB 2290 to EEMB 5999
ENVR 2310 to ENVR 5999
MATH 2280 to MATH 5999
PHYS 2303 to PHYS 5999
PSYC 2290 to PSYC 5999

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- Any BIOL course numbered 2301–5999
- Any CHEM course numbered 2311–5999
- Any EEMB course numbered 2290–5999
- Any ENVR course numbered 2310–5999
- Any MATH course numbered 2280–5999
- Any PHYS course numbered 2303–5999
- Any PSYC course numbered 2290–5999

Writing Requirements

One of:
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
- ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
One of:
- ENGW 3307 — Advanced Writing in the Sciences
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3315 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under cell-and-molecular-biology-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.