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The Biology Department offers a B.S. degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology. This degree will increase the breath of undergraduate training and afford current Hopkins majors a greater range of educational possibilities and career options. The B.S. program is designed to provide a more rigorous preparation for advanced study in the Biomedical Sciences. The program is tailored not only to students planning to enter Ph.D. programs or obtain employment in the biotechnology industry, but also for premedical students. The B.S. program in Molecular and Cellular Biology is administered by the faculty of the Biology department and is open to all Hopkins undergraduates. Requirements The four-year B.S. program in Molecular and Cellular Biology requires additional specialized coursework with respect to the B.A. program and a two semester (6 credits) laboratory research experience. Students completing these requirements will be awarded a B.S. degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology only, not double B.A. in Biology/B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology degrees. The major emphasis of the B.S. degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology is the participation of the students in an original research project. A B.S. degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology requires, in addition to the present requirements for the B.A. degree in Biology, two upper level courses from the list in Appendix I and six credits of research supervised by a faculty member in Biology, Biophysics or basic science departments in the School of Medicine currently involved in graduate Ph. D. programs. The supervised research will include participation in group meetings and writing a summary of accomplished work at the end of the year. Supervised research is initiated by an agreement between the student and the faculty member with whom she/he wishes to work. This agreement specifies the obligations of the student in terms of amount and scheduling of time dedicated to laboratory work, as well as a commitment from the mentor in terms of supervision, readings, guidance in pursuing the project, etc. For help in finding a research supervisor, students would discuss their interests with their advisor or other faculty. Information on the research interests of the faculty is also available at the web sites of each participating department. Students would then contact researchers with whom they might like to work and discuss possible research opportunities. Students are urged to make these arrangements well before the end of the semester prior to the beginning of the work. If the research supervisor is not a full-time member in the Biology Department, students must find a sponsor among the full-time Biology faculty. The sponsor must decide whether the work is relevant to the Molecular and Cellular Biology major and must agree to serve as the sponsor. When registering for research, students must submit an Undergraduate Research/Independent Study/Internship Supplemental Registration Form that has been signed by the faculty sponsor. Forms and other information can be obtained from the Registrar. In addition to six credits of supervised research, 020.503-504, 020.513-514, 020.572 (intersession) or 020.597 (summer), and the University's core requirements, the course requirements for the B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology degree are as follows:
APPENDIX I. Courses fulfilling the advanced course requirements for the B.S. program (revised 04/08) Biology 020.304 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 550.310 Probability and Statistics for the Physical and Information Sciences Biomedical Engineering 580.321 Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics Biophysics 250.326 Biological Macromolecules: Structures and Function Chemistry 030.301 Physical Chemistry I Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 540.402 Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology of Mammalian Systems Computer Science 600.403 Computational Genomics: Sequence Modeling Earth and Planetary Sciences 270.308 Population and Community Ecology Geography and Environmental Engineering 570.303 The Environment and Your Health Neurosciences 080.304 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Physics 171.310 Biological Physics Psychological and Brain Sciences 200.312 Imaging the Human Mind Public Health 280.350 Fundamentals of Epidemiology
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