All students majoring in CBN need to take one 300- or 400- level bioscience, 3 or more credit course to fulfill the R11 elective requirement. This elective can be chosen from a list of preapproved courses offered by CBN or other department.
Please note that Advanced CBN courses can be used to satisfy the R11 elective requirement only AFTER the 3 Advanced CBN course requirement (R10) has been met.
Students who wish to take an elective that is not on this list must contact the Undergraduate Director Prof. D’Arcangelo (
Acceptable CBN Courses:
01:146:322 Human Histology, 4 cr (also R12)
01:146:328 Human Parasitology, 3 cr
01:146:340 Virology, 3 cr
01:146:356 Systems Physiology, 3 cr
01:146:445 Advanced Neurobiology I, 3 cr (R10)
01:146:447 Advanced Neurobiology II, 3 cr (R10)
01:146:456 Advanced Physiology, 3 cr
01:146:464 Topics in Cell Biology and Neuroscience, 3 cr
01:146:470 Advanced Cell Biology I, 3 cr (R10)
01:146:472 Advanced Developmental Biology, 3 cr (R10)
01:146:474 Immunology, 3 cr (R10)
01:146:476 Honors Immunology, 3 cr (R10)
01:146:480 Advanced Cell Biology II, 3 cr (R10)
Acceptable Genetics Courses:
01:447:302 Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics, 3 cr
01:447:352 Genome Evolution, 3 cr
01:447:354 Implication New Genetics, 3 cr
01:447:356 Evolutionary Medicine, 3 cr
01:447:370 Developmental Genetics 3 cr
01:447:390 General Microbiology, 4 cr (also R12)
01:447:392 Pathogenic Microbiology, 3cr
01:447:460 Genetics of Compulsive Behavior, 3cr
01:447:470 Evolutionary Developmental Biology, 3cr
01:447:484 Behavioral & Neural Genetics, 3cr
Acceptable MBB Courses:
01:694:408 Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, 3 cr
01:694:411 Molecular Pathways, 3 cr
01:694:412 Proteomics and Functional Genomics, 3 cr
01:694:413 Chromatin and Epigenomics, 3 cr
01:694:492 Gene Regulation in Cancer and Development, 3 cr
Acceptable Non-Division of Life Sciences Courses:
11:067:300 Integrative Physiology, 4 cr (credit not given for this and 01:146:356)
11:067:430 Animal Microtechniques and Tissue Culture, 4 cr (also R12)
11:067:450 Endocrinology, 3 cr
11:126:481 Molecular Genetics, 3 cr
11:680:390 General Microbiology, 4 cr (credit not given for this and 01:447:390, also R12)
11:680:494 Applied Microbiology, 4 cr (credit not given for this and 11:126:394, 01:447:394, also R12)