Molecular Medicine
The minor in Molecular Medicine introduces students to "big picture" concepts in molecular medicine, and how to apply these concepts to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of disease, as well as to aging and disease processes interrelated with human aging.
Students will have opportunities to engage in real bench research in active laboratories, giving them foundational skills that make them competitive for postgraduate study in the biomedical or health sciences. Ultimately, students will graduate well-prepared for entry-level biomedical research positions, and with post-graduate study for more advanced careers in biomedical research, medicine, academics, industry, or consulting.
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Courses
The minor includes a total of 17 credit hours, including the courses listed below:
- BIOC 235 (3 hours): Introduction to Molecular Medicine
- Either BIOC 339 (3 hours): Introduction to Biochemistry or AGBI 410 (3 hours): Introductory Biochemistry
- BIOC 445 (3 hours): Molecular Mechanisms of Age-Associated Diseases*
- BIOC 452 (3 hours): Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Disorders*
- BIOC 407 (2 hours): Methods to Diagnose Diseases*
- BIOC 497 (3 hours): Research
* One of these courses may be substituted with IMMB 301 (3 hours): Basic Medical Microbiology or IMMB 302 (3 hours): Principles of Immunology.