Course Descriptions
Description
BIOL4033: Cell Biology
Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: BIOL 1114, BIOL 2124 or BIOL 2134 plus four additional hours of biology and one course from BIOL 3034, BIOL 3054, BIOL 4023 or CHEM 3343; eight hours of chemistry.
The primary goal of this course is to introduce the basic cell structures and the molecular mechanisms whereby the cell functions through the directed application of energy and processing of information. Topics include methods of cell study, cellular organelles and their ultrastructures, membrane structure and function, cell differentiation, and reproduction.