Course Description
INTRO: CELL&MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, BIOL 005A
An intensive course designed to prepare for upper-division courses in cell and molecular biology. Covers biochemical, structural, metabolic, and genetic aspects of cells. Required for Biology majors; recommended for science majors desiring an introduction to biology.
Key Information
Credit: 4 quarter units /
2.67 semester units credit
UC Riverside, Biology
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
Unit Credit
UC Davis:
Unit Credit
UC Irvine:
Unit Credit
UC Los Angeles:
General Education: Life Sciences (non-lab)
UC Merced:
Course Equivalence: UCR BIOL 005A & BIOL 005LA is Equivalent to UCM BIO 002 with Lab
UC Riverside:
Course Equivalence: UCR BIO 005A
Major Requirement: required for all Life Sciences Majors
UC San Diego:
General Education: Revelle - Biology or 1 course for Natural Science; TMC: Biology GE requirement or 1 course toward lower division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major; Sixth - 1 course toward Analytic Methodologies; ERC - 1 Natural Science; Warren - May be counted for PofC depending on major/PofC; Muir: 1 course in a Natural Sciences theme in "Biological Sciences';"
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
General Education: This course will apply to Area C automatically upon completion
Major Requirement: May be adequate as a substitution for introductory biology requirement in certain majors after petition; consult with major department advisor for more information.
UC Santa Cruz:
General Education: SI
Prerequisites
BIOL 05LA (may be taken concurrently) or BIOL 020 (may be taken concurrently) with grades of 'C-' or better; CHEM 001A and CHEM 01LA with grades of 'C-' or better or CHEM 01HA and CHEM 1HLA with grades of 'C-' or better; consent of instructor is required for students repeating the course
Course Fees
Exams will be taken online through UCR's implementation of the Canvas Learning Management System (eLearn).