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Graduate Course Offerings

On this page we provide a comprehensive list of the courses open to graduate students offered by the Biology department, both in the current semester and in the future. Course schedules can be found in the Registrar’s Schedule of Classes. Be sure to talk with your major adviser when planning your coursework, prior to registering.

To see what courses are available in order to fulfill the graduate seminar course requirements, please visit our Graduate-Level Seminar Courses page.

Register online through Connect Carolina. Kenlyn Merritt, Graduate Student Services Manager (202 Coker), can assist you with your registration.

Students can register for credit for courses offered at Duke and North Carolina State University (NCSU) by completing an Interinstitutional Approval Form. To review the Schedule of Classes at Duke University and North Carolina State University, please visit their websites.

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402: Infectious Disease in the Developing World
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202 & 205
405: Good Genes: Human Reproduction in the Social Context
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202 or BIOL 103; 104; 220
409L: Printmaking and Biology
1 credits | Prerequisites: Co-req with ARTS 409H; a 200-level course in BIOL/ Studio Art; permission of instructor | Does not count for the major; Counts as EE
421L: Microbiology Laboratory with Research
2 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 422 (pre- or co-requisite)

422: Microbiology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202 | Counts as organismal when 422 & 422L are completed
422L: Microbiology Lab
credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 422 (pre- or co-requisite)
425: Human Genetics
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202
426: Biology of Blood Diseases
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205

427: Human Diversity and Population Genetics
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201 and BIOL 202 (pre- or co-requisites)
430: Introduction to Biochemistry
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 101; CHEM 262 or CHEM 262H | Crosslisted with CHEM 430

431: Biological Physics
3 credits | Prerequisites: PHYS 118 & 119 | QBiol; Crosslisted with PHYS 405

434: Molecular Biology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202 and CHEM 261
436H: Honors Plant Genetics, Development, and Biotechnology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202 or BIOL 271
439: BIOL 439: Introduction to Signal Transduction
3 credits
440: BIOL 440 - Stem Cell Biology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202
441L: Vertebrate Embryology Lab
1 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 441 (pre- or co-requisite)
443: Developmental Biology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205 and CHEM 261
444: Molecular Basis of Disease
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205
445: Cancer Biology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205
447: Advanced Cell Biology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205 (C+ or higher); co-requisite BIOL 447L
447L: Advanced Cell Biology Lab
1 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205; co-requisite BIOL 447
448: Advanced Cell Biology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205 or BIOL 103; 104; 240
449: Introduction to Immunology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205
450: Introduction to Neurobiology
3 credits
451: Comparative Physiology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 101 and BIOL 101L; PHYS 114 or PHYS 118; PHYS 115 or PHYS 119 | Counts as organismal when 451 & 451L are completed
451L: Comparative Physiology Lab
1 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 451 (pre- or co-requisite)
452: Marine Microbial Symbioses
3 credits

453: Molecular Control of Metabolism and Metabolic Disease
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202; CHEM 261 or BIOL 103; 104; 220; 240
454: Evolutionary Genetics
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201 and BIOL 202 | QBiol
455: Behavioral Neuroscience
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205
456: 456 - Marine Phytoplankton
3 credits | Prerequisites: Crosslisted with EMES 444

457: Marine Biology
3 credits | Crosslisted as MASC 442

461: Fundamentals of Ecology
4 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201 | Crosslisted with ENEC 461
462: Marine Ecology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201 or BIOL 475 | Crosslisted with MASC 440
464: Global Change Ecology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201

465: Global Biodiversity and Macroecology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201 | QBiol
466: Environmental Microbiology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 103; 104 | Crosslisted with EMES 466

469: Behavioral Ecology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201
471: Evolutionary Mechanisms
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201 and BIOL 202; co-requisite BIOL 471L | Counts as organismal when 471 & 471L are completed
471L: Evolutionary Mechanisms
1 credits | Prerequisites: co-requisite BIOL 471
474: Evolution of Vertebrate Life
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201
474L: Evolution of Vertebrate Life Lab
1 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 474 (pre- or co-requisite)
475: Biology of Marine Animals
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 101; co-requisite BIOL 475L | Counts as organismal when 475 & 475L are completed
475L: Biology of Marine Animals Lab
1 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 101L; co-requisite BIOL 475
476: Avian Biology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 101; co-requisite BIOL 476L | Counts as organismal when 476 & 476L are completed
476L: Avian Biology Lab
1 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 101L; co-requisite BIOL 476
480: Discoveries in Prevention and Cure of Infectious Disease in London
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202 or BIOL 103; 104
495: Undergraduate Research in Biology
1-3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201 or BIOL 202; Permission of Instructor | Counts as a lab if taken for 6 hr. or 3hr + 692H; Counts as EE; Majors only

514H: Honors Evolution and Development
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201, BIOL 202 and BIOL 205
523: Sex Differences in Human Disease
3 credits
525: Computational Analyses and Resources in Genomics
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202; COMP 110 or COMP 116; STOR 155; co-requisite BIOL 525L | Counts as QBiol lab when 525 & 525L are completed
525L: Computational Analyses and Resources in Genomics Lab
1 credits | Prerequisites: co-requisite BIOL 525
528: Systems Biology of Genetic Regulation
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202; COMP 110, COMP 116 or BIOL 226 and BIOL 226L; co-requisite BIOL 528L | QBiol
528L: Systems Biology of Genetic Regulation Lab
1 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202; COMP 110, COMP 116 or BIOL 226 and BIOL 226L; co-requisite BIOL 528 | QBiol
534: Mathematical Modeling in the Life Sciences
3 credits | Prerequisites: MATH 383 | QBiol; Crosslisted with MATH 564

537: Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202
542: Light Microscopy for Bio Sciences
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205 | QBiol
542: Light Microscopy for the Biological Sciences
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205 or BIOL 103; 104; 240
543: BIOL 543: Cardiovascular Biology
3 credits
543H: BIOL 543H: Honors Cardiovascular Biology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205
544: Exploring Brain, Gut, and Immunity
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205 or BIOL 103; 104; 220 or 240

544: BIOL 544 - Laboratory in Diseases of the Cytoskeleton
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205; CHEM 430
546: Biology of Aging
3 credits
547: Synaptic Plasticity: Analysis of Primary Literature
3 credits
553: Mathematical Biology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201; BIOL 202; MATH 231; MATH 232 or STOR 155; co-requisite BIOL 553L | QBiol; Crosslisted with MATH 553
553L: Mathematical Biology Lab
1 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201; BIOL 202; MATH 231; MATH 232 or STOR 155; co-requisite BIOL 553 | Crosslisted with MATH 553L
555: Paleobotany
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202; >200-level BIOL; co-requisite BIOL 555L
555L: Paleobotany
1 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202; >200-level BIOL; co-requisite BIOL 555 | Counts as EE
562: Statistical Analysis in Environmental Science
4 credits | Prerequisites: STOR 155 | QBiol

563: Statistical Analysis in Ecology and Evolution
4 credits | Prerequisites: MATH 231; STOR 151 | Counts as QBiol with lab; Crosslisted as ENEC 563
568: Disease Ecology and Evolution
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 201; MATH 231
602: Professional Development Skills for Ecologists and Biologists
3 credits | Crosslisted as ENEC 602

621: Principles of Genetic Analysis I
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 202; Permission of Instructor | Crosslisted with GNET 621
625: Seminar in Genetics
2 credits | Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor | Crosslisted with GNET 625
632: Advanced Molecular Biology II
3 credits | Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor | Crosslisted with GNET 632
639: The Genome Editing Revolution
2 credits | Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor
643: Molecular Mechanisms of the Cytoskeleton
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205; CHEM 430
649: Seminar in Cell Biology
2 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 205
657: Biological Oceanography
4 credits | Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor | Does not count as a lab. Crosslisted as MASC 504.

659: Experimental Evolution and the Nature of Biodiversity
2 credits | Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor
669: Seminar in Ecology
2 credits | Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor | Crosslisted with ENEC 669
680: Advanced Seminar in Biology
1 credits | Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor
690: Advanced Special Topics in Biology: Pathogenic Bacterial Genetics
3 credits | Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor

692H: Senior Honors Thesis in Biology
3 credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 395; Permission of Instructor | Seniors and majors only
704: Seminar in Biophysics
2 credits | Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor
801: BIOL 801: Seminar in Biological Sciences
1-2 credits | Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor
810: Seminar in College Science Teaching
2 credits | Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor
842: BIOL 842: The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease
3 credits
858: Seminar in Comparative Physiology
credits | Prerequisites: BIOL 451
891: Graduate Seminar in Biology
2 credits | Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor
994: Doctoral Dissertation
3 credits

555: Bioalgorithms
3 credits | Prerequisites: COMP 401 & 410; MATH 231, 553 or BIOL 525 | QBiol

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