Program Courses

For more complete information consult the Graduate Catalog.

Courses: Cell and Molecular Biology (CEMB)

590V Special Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology 

(1-6) (Fa, Sp, Su) Consideration of new areas in Cell and Molecular Biology not yet treated adequately in textbooks or in other courses. This course may be repeated, provided subject matter is different for a maximum of 6 hours of credit. Prerequisite: instructor consent.

5911 Seminar in Cell and Molecular Biology 

(Fa, Sp) Discussion of current topics in Cell and Molecular Biology. All graduate students in the Cell and Molecular Biology degree program must enroll every fall and spring semester in this course or a approved alternate seminar course (alternatives listed below). Prerequisite: graduate standing or senior standing with instructor's consent. 

600V Master's Thesis

(1-6) (Fa, Sp, Su) Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent.

700V Doctoral Dissertation

(1-6) (Fa, Sp, Su) Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent.

CEMB Approved Courses

NOTE: Up to 6 of the 24 required credit hours can be taken from other courses. All coursework must be approved by the student's Graduate Advising Committee.  The chair of the committee must submit the Course Exception Form  regarding courses taken that are not CEMB approved courses

  • AGST 5031 SAS Programming for Agricultural Sciences
  • AGST 5023 Principles of Experimentation*
  • AGST 5014/5010L Experimental Design and Laboratory
  • ANSC/POSC 5123 Advanced Animal Genetics
  • ANSC/POSC 5743L Advanced Analytical Methods in Animal Sciences Laboratory
  • ANSC 6833 Reproduction in Domestic Animals
  • BIOL 4303 Plant Physiology
  • BIOL 4424 Mycology
  • BIOL 4443 Molecular Virology
  • BIOL 5703* Mechanisms of Pathogenesis
  • BIOL 5713* Basic Immunology
  • BIOL 5734 Protistology
  • BIOL 5003* Laboratory in Prokaryote Biology
  • BIOL 5122** Food Microbiology
  • BIOL 5121L** Food Microbiology Lab
  • BIOL 5143* Advanced Methods in Microscopy
  • BIOL 5153 Practical Programming for Biologists
  • BIOL 5213* Biological Regulation and Subcellular Communication
  • BIOL 5233* Genomics and Bioinformatics
  • BIOL 5254* Comparative Physiology
  • BIOL 5263* Cellular Physiology
  • BIOL 5273* Endocrinology
  • BIOL 5313* Molecular Cell Biology
  • BIOL 5323* Comparative Neurobiology
  • BIOL 5534 Biochemical Genetics
  • BIOL/POSC 5343 Advanced Immunology
  • BIOL/POSC 5352L Immunology in the Laboratory 
  • BIOL 5404* Comparative Botany
  • BIOL 5524* Developmental Biology with Laboratory
  • BIOL 5543* Developmental Biology
  • BIOL 5553 Astrobiology
  • BIOL 5563* Cancer Biology
  • BIOL 5643* Eukaryote Phylogeny
  • BIOL 5753* General Virology
  • BIOL 5793/4793* Introduction to Neurobiology 
  • BIOL 5873* Microbial Molecular Genetics and Informatics
  • BMEG 5413 Tissue Engineering
  • BMEG 5313 Advanced Biomaterials and Biocompatibility
  • BMEG 5423 Regenerative Medicine
  • CHEG 5513 Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals
  • CHEM 5233 Chemical Separations
  • CHEM 5473 Chemical Kinetics
  • CHEM 5513 Biochemical Evolution
  • CHEM 5573 Statistical Thermodynamics
  • CHEM 5813 Biochemistry I
  • CHEM 5843 Biochemistry II
  • CHEM 6823 Physical Biochemistry
  • CHEM 6863 Enzymes
  • CHEM 6873 Molecular Biochemistry
  • CHEM 6883 Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
  • CSES 4103 Plant Breeding
  • CSES 5023 Physiology of Herbicide and Plant Interaction
  • CSES 5233 Plant Genetic Engineering
  • CSES 5214 Analytical Research Techniques in Agronomy
  • CSES 5264 Microbial Ecology
  • CSES 5543 Plant Genomics
  • ENTO 5133 Insect Molecular Genetics
  • ENTO 6113 Insect Physiology and Molecular Biology
  • EXSC 5523 Muscle Metabolism 
  • EXSC 6313 Muscle Physiology
  • FDSC 6323 Nutraceuticals and Functional Food
  • FDSC 6333 Food Protein Chemistry and Functionality
  • FDSC 6403 Epidemiologic Principles in Food Safety and Public Health
  • FDSC 6443 Metabolism of Xenobiotics
  • HHPR 6483 Grant Writing
  • HORT 5043 Advanced Plant Breeding
  • HORT 6033 Molecular Plant Breeding
  • HORT 602V Special Topics in Horticulture
  • PLPA 5333/4333* Biotechnology in Agriculture
  • PLPA 5603 Plant Pathogenic Fungi
  • PLPA 6203 Plant Virology
  • PLPA 6503 Plant Bacteriology
  • POSC 5313 Domestic Animal Bacteriology
  • POSC 5873 Molecular Analysis of Foodborne Pathogens
  • POSC/ANSC 5923 Brain and Behavior
  • POSC/ANSC 5932 Cardiovascular Physiology of Domestic Animals
  • POSC/ANSC 5942 Endocrine Physiology of Domestic Animals
  • POSC/ANSC 5952 Respiratory Physiology of Domestic Animals
  • POSC/ANSC 5962 Gastrointestinal/Digestive Physiology of Domestic Animals
  • POSC/ANSC 5972 Renal Physiology of Domestic Animals
  • PSYC 6133 Advanced Behavioral Neuroscience
  • PTSC 6203/6200L Laboratory Instrumentation in Plant Science and Laboratory
  • STAT 5001L Statistics Methods Laboratory
  • STAT 5003 Statistical Methods

*- Some courses are dual listed Senior (4000) and Graduate (5000) level. These must be taken at the 5000 level. Students who completed these courses at the 4000 level during their undergraduate career maynot take them again at the 5000 level for CEMB graduate credit. 
**-these courses have both undergraduate and graduate sections. Students who took the undergraduate section may not repeat them or count them for CEMB graduate credit.

CEMB Approved Seminar Courses

  • CEMB 5911 Graduate Seminar
  • BIOL 5001 Seminar in Biology: Professional Development or Cell Sooiee
  • BMEG 5801/5811 Graduate Seminar
  • CHEM 6011 Biochemistry Seminar
  • POSC 5901 Graduate Seminar

Cross-Listed Courses

These courses are cross-listed between different departments. Only one entry occurs in the listing of approved courses. Cross-listed courses count toward the required hours in the program.

Primary Listing: Cross Listed as:
ANSC 5123 POSC 5123
ANSC 5743L POSC 5743L
FDSC 5122** BIOL 5122**
BIOL 5343 POSC 5343
BIOL 5352L POSC 5352L
ENTO 6113 BIOL 6113
POSC 5923 ANSC 5923
POSC 5932 ANSC 5932
POSC 5942 ANSC 5942
POSC 5952 ANSC 5952
POSC5962 ANSC 5962
POSC 5972 ANSC 5972