Typical Course Sequence for a BSc degree in Cell and Molecular Biology

Year 1

Fall Semester

GENS 101	Grand Challenges	4
ENGL 101	Academic English I	3
MATH 111	Calculus I	4
CHEM 115	General Chemistry I	4
GENS 100	Academic Development & Success	1
Total Credit Hours:		16

Spring Semester

ENGL 102	Academic English II	3
BIOL 111	General Biology I	3
MATH 112	Calculus II	4
CHEM 211	Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry	4
Total Credit Hours:		14

Year 2

Fall Semester

CHEM 116	General Chemistry II	4
PHYS 121	University Physics I	4
BIOL 112	General Biology II	4
BIOL 211	General Genetics	4
Total Credit Hours:		16

Spring Semester

COSC 114	Introduction to Computing- Python	4
CHEM 241	Introduction to Analytical Chemistry	4
CHEM 311	Biochemistry I	4
	Biology Elective (3)	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

CHEM 241: Only offered in the Spring Term.

Year 3

Fall Semester

BIOL 301	Cell Biology	3
BIOL 312	Biochemistry II	3
BMED 341	Molecular Cell Biology	4
PHYS 122	University Physics II	4
	Biology Elective (3)	3
Total Credit Hours:		17

 

Spring Semester

BIOL 321	Applied Microbiology	4
BIOL 331	Physiology	3
BMED 342	Molecular Genetics, Technologies and Tools	4
MATH 252	Introduction to Applied Statistics	3
GENS 300	Career Preparation	1
Total Credit Hours:		15

MATH 252: Only offered in the Spring Term.

Summer Semester

BIOL 399

Internship

1

Year 4

Fall Semester

BIOL 335	Developmental Biology	3
BIOL 497	Senior Research Project I	3
BUSS 322	Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship	3
COSC 202	Data Science and Artificial Intelligence	3
BUSSXXX/HUMAXXX	Business-Humanities-Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Spring Semester

BIOL 411	Immunology	3
BIOL 431	Bioinformatics	3
BIOL 498	Senior Research Project II	3
GENS 400	Enhancing Employability and Job Readiness	1
HUMA 105 / 106	Emirates Society / Emirates Studies	3
BUSSXXX/HUMAXXX	Business-Humanities-Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		16

Total Credit Hours: 125

Total Credit Hours: 125