Molecular Biology and Genetics Curriculum

Course No Course Name Type Credits Requisites
ALIS 100 ACADEMIC AND LIFE SKILLS Common Core 1
CHEM 101 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I Required Area 4 Co-requisite or Prerequisite: DOS 171 or CPAP 100 or consent of the instructor
DOS 171 DIGITAL LITERACY Common Core 1
ETHC

Description

  • ETHC 101: ETHICS IN INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIETY
  • OR ETHC 102: LEGAL PHILOSOPHY
  • OR ETHC 103: HUMAN RIGHTS
  • OR ETHC 104: POLITICAL THEORY AND LAW
  • OR ETHC 105: ETHICS AND EVERYDAY LIFE
  • OR ETHC 107: SEXISM AND DISCRIMINATION
  • OR ETHC 108: WHY BE GOOD?
  • OR ETHC 109: ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
  • OR ETHC 111: THE ETHICS OF HAPPINESS
  • OR ETHC 112: BIOETHICS
  • OR ETHC 113: A QUEST FOR ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS
  • OR ETHC 114: ANIMAL ETHICS
Required Area 3
MATH 106 CALCULUS I Required Area 3
MBGE 101 GENERAL BIOLOGY I Required Area 3
TURK 100 TURKISH-SPEECH AND COMPOSITION Common Core 4
UNIV 101 INTRODUCTION TO KOÇ UNIVERSITY Common Core 1

Course No Course Name Type Credits Requisites
ACWR 101 BASIC ACADEMIC WRITING Common Core 3
CHEM 102 GENERAL CHEMISTRY II Required Area 4 Prerequisite: CHEM. 101 or consent of the instructor
COMP 125 PROGRAMMING WITH PYTHON Required Area 3
MATH 107 INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR ALGEBRA Required Area 3
MBGE 101L MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY Required Area 1.5 Prerequisite: MBGE 101 or consent of the instructor
MBGE 102 GENERAL BIOLOGY II Required Area 3 Prerequisite: MBGE 101

Course No Course Name Type Credits Requisites
CHEM 216 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Required Area 4 Prerequisites : CHEM 102 or consent of the instructor.
HUMS

Description

  • HUMS 102: ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATIONS
  • OR HUMS 104: SEA ROUTES: CIVILIZATIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
  • OR HUMS 105: FAITH AND POWER: EXPLORING THE WORLD MIDDLE AGES
  • OR HUMS 131: HISTORY, POWER AND PEOPLE
  • OR HUMS 137: CONTEMPORARY FOREIGN POLICY: TURKISH PERSPECTIVE
  • OR HUMS 109: THINGS: THE MATERIAL WORLDS OF HUMANITY
  • OR HUMS 113: THE CRUSADES
  • OR HUMS 114: HISTORY OF ISTANBUL: ANCIENT TO CONTEMPORARY
  • OR HUMS 115: MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGION
  • OR HUMS 116: CURIOSITY
  • OR HUMS 117: RATIONALITY & IRRATIONALITY
  • OR HUMS 120: TRUTH AND POLITICS
  • OR HUMS 121: MONARCHS AND MERCHANTS: ART, ARCHITECTURE & ARCHAEOLOGY OF T
  • OR HUMS 125: EMPIRES OF THE STEPPES: ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF EURASIAN EMP
  • OR HUMS 129: CRITICAL THINKING
  • OR HUMS 130: HISTORY OF SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY
  • OR HUMS 132: ILLUSION : WHEN APPEARANCES DECEIVE
  • OR HUMS 133: SPACE&TIME
  • OR HUMS 134: WHY DO WE WRITE? THE HISTORY OF WRITING
  • OR HUMS 135: LISTENING TO ISTANBUL: MUSIC IN CONTEXT
  • OR HUMS 136: PHILOSOPHICAL PARADOXES
Common Core 3
MBGE 205 GENETICS I Required Area 3 Prerequisite: MBGE. 102 or consent of the instructor and must be taken with MBGE 205L
MBGE 205L GENETICS LABORATORY Required Area 1.5 Prerequisite: MBGE 101L or consent of the instructor and must be taken with MBGE 205
MBGE 216 MICROBIOLOGY Required Area 3 Prerequisite: MBGE 102 or consent of the instructor
PHYS 123 CLASSICAL PHYSICS FOR HEALTH SCIENCES Required Area 4

Course No Course Name Type Credits Requisites
ACWR 106 ACADEMIC WRITING FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Common Core 3 Prerequisites: ACWR. 101
MBGE 203 INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY Required Area 3 Prerequisites: MBGE 102 or consent of instructor
MBGE 203L ANIMAL AND PLANT PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY Required Area 1.5 Prerequisite: MBGE 101L or consent of the instructor. Must be taken with MBGE 203
MBGE 206 GENETICS II Required Area 3 Prerequisite: MBGE. 205 or consent of the instructor
MBGE 210 FUNDAMENTALS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Required Area 3 Prerequisite: MBGE 102 or CHBI 300 or consent of the instructor.
PHYS 124 MODERN PHYSICS FOR HEALTH SCIENCES Required Area 4 Prerequisite: PHYS 123

Course No Course Name Type Credits Requisites
ASIU

Description

  • ASIU 100: LITERATURE AND THE SOCIAL WORLD
  • OR ASIU 101: FILM AND THE VISUAL
  • OR ASIU 102: IMAGINING THE OTHER
  • OR ASIU 104: ART AND INNOVATION
  • OR ASIU 105: WAR IN LITERATURE, ART AND CULTURE
  • OR ASIU 107: LANDMARKS OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE
  • OR ASIU 108: THE ETHICAL DILEMMA IN LITERATURE
  • OR ASIU 109: ART OF MUSIC AND MOVEMENT IN THE 20TH CENTURY
  • OR ASIU 110: ISLAMIC ART: PROBLEMS AND TRENDS
  • OR ASIU 111: FILM GENRE
  • OR ASIU 115: GREEK AND ROMAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE
  • OR ASIU 116: BODIES IN LITERATURE
  • OR ASIU 117: WOMEN AND GENDER IN LITERATURE
  • OR ASIU 118: DESIGN THINKING
  • OR ASIU 119: HISTORY, CULTURE AND SOCIETY OF TÜRKİYE THROUGH CINEMA
  • OR ASIU 120: HUMAN IMAGE THROUGH THE AGES
  • OR ASIU 121: SENSORY EXPERIENCE IN LITERATURE
  • OR ASIU 122: NEW MUSIC TRENDS : 20th CENTURY AND AFTER
  • OR ASIU 123: CITIES&URBAN EXPERIENCE IN FILM
  • OR ASIU 124: ART&MEDICINE: AN INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL MEDICAL AND HEALTH H
  • OR ASIU 126: VISUAL RHETORIC
  • OR ASIU 128: MUSIC&POLITICS
  • OR ASIU 129: NURTURING CREATIVITY
Common Core 3
MATH 211 STATISTICS FOR SCIENCES Required Area 3 Prerequisite: MATH. 106 or consent of the instructor
MBGE 300 BIOCHEMISTRY I Required Area 3
MBGE 304 CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Required Area 3 Prerequisite: MBGE. 210 or consent of the instructor
MBGE 304L CELL BIOLOGY LABORATORY Required Area 1.5 Prerequisite: MBGE 101L or consent of the instructor. Must be taken together with MBGE 304
SOSC

Description

  • INTL 101: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • OR PSYC 100: PSYCHOLOGY
  • OR SOCI 100: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
  • OR SOSC 101: CITY AND SOCIETY
  • OR SOSC 102: CULTURE AND SOCIETY
  • OR SOSC 104: HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND RELATIONSHIPS
  • OR SOSC 105: MIGRATION & GLOBALIZATION
  • OR SOSC 108: SOCIAL ORIGINS OF WEALTH, POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT
  • OR SOSC 109: SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • OR SOSC 110: STATE AND SOCIETY
  • OR SOSC 111: STUDIES IN POPULAR CULTURE
  • OR SOSC 112: MUSIC AND SOCIETY
  • OR SOSC 114: CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
  • OR SOSC 116: CHALLENGES FACING YOUNG DEMOCRACIES
  • OR SOSC 117: HAPPINESS
  • OR SOSC 118: ENCOUNTERS WITH GLOBALIZATION
  • OR SOSC 119: DATA AND SOCIETY
  • OR SOSC 120: CIVIL SOCIETY, PHILANTHROPY, AND THE NONPROFIT SECTOR
  • OR SOSC 130: FOOD, POLITICS & SOCIETY
Common Core 3

Course No Course Name Type Credits Requisites
ELECTIVE General Elective 3
HIST 300 HISTORY OF MODERN TÜRKİYE Common Core 4 Prerequisite:ACWR 101
MBGE 303 BIOCHEMISTRY II Required Area 3 Prerequisite: MBGE 300 or CHBI 300 or consent of the instructor and must be taken with MBGE 303L
MBGE 303L BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY Required Area 1.5 Prerequisite: MBGE 201L or consent of the instructor and must be taken with MBGE 303
MBGE 305 CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY Required Area 3 Prerequisite: MBGE. 304 or consent of the instructor
MBGE 411 GENOME ANALYSIS & BIOINFORMATICS Required Area 3 Prerequisite :MBGE 101 or MBGE 205 or CHBI 300

Course No Course Name Type Credits Requisites
AREA

Description

  • MBGE Area Electives
    • CHEM 423: OPTICAL IMAGING METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
    • OR CHBI 406: BIOINFORMATICS
    • OR CHBI 410: INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY
    • OR CHBI 416: BIOTECHNOLOGY
    • OR CHBI 417: DRUG DESIGN
    • OR CHBI 418: BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
    • OR CHBI 424: MOLECULAR CHRONOBIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 306: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS LABORATORY
    • OR MBGE 446: FUNDAMENTALS OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 403: TOPICS IN BIOENERGETICS
    • OR MBGE 404: IMMUNOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 405: POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE REGULATION
    • OR MBGE 407: PARASITOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 408: PROTEOMICS AND PROTEIN CHEMISTRY
    • OR MBGE 409: SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
    • OR MBGE 410: ADVANCED STUDIES IN CELLULAR SIGNALING
    • OR MBGE 412: THE BIOLOGY OF CANCER
    • OR MBGE 415: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
    • OR MBGE 419: CELL CYCLE
    • OR MBGE 418: ADVANCED DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 420: PRINCIPLES OF NEUROSCIENCE
    • OR MBGE 423: CELL AND MOLECULER BIOLOGY OF THE CYTOSKELETON
    • OR MBGE 430: CANCER THERAPEUTICS
    • OR MBGE 432: STEM CELL BIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 433: MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS
    • OR MBGE 434: FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS
    • OR MBGE 440: ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS
    • OR MBGE 442: COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM BIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 443: POPULATION AND EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS
    • OR MBGE 445: MOLECULAR REGULATION of CELL METABOLISM
    • OR MBGE 450: SELECTED TOPICS IN RESEARCH
    • OR MBGE 450: SELECTED TOPICS IN RESEARCH
    • OR MBGE 459: SELECTED TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
    • OR MBGE 491: HONORS PROJECT I
    • OR MBGE 550: SELECTED TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
    • OR MBGE 398: TEACHING MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
    • OR CHBI 430: SYSTEM BIOLOGY
    • OR CHBI 432: DRUG DELIVERY
    • OR MBGE 413: PLANT BIOLOGY
 Area Elective 3
AREA

Description

  • MBGE Area Electives
    • CHEM 423: OPTICAL IMAGING METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
    • OR CHBI 406: BIOINFORMATICS
    • OR CHBI 410: INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY
    • OR CHBI 416: BIOTECHNOLOGY
    • OR CHBI 417: DRUG DESIGN
    • OR CHBI 418: BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
    • OR CHBI 424: MOLECULAR CHRONOBIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 306: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS LABORATORY
    • OR MBGE 446: FUNDAMENTALS OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 403: TOPICS IN BIOENERGETICS
    • OR MBGE 404: IMMUNOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 405: POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE REGULATION
    • OR MBGE 407: PARASITOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 408: PROTEOMICS AND PROTEIN CHEMISTRY
    • OR MBGE 409: SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
    • OR MBGE 410: ADVANCED STUDIES IN CELLULAR SIGNALING
    • OR MBGE 412: THE BIOLOGY OF CANCER
    • OR MBGE 415: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
    • OR MBGE 419: CELL CYCLE
    • OR MBGE 418: ADVANCED DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 420: PRINCIPLES OF NEUROSCIENCE
    • OR MBGE 423: CELL AND MOLECULER BIOLOGY OF THE CYTOSKELETON
    • OR MBGE 430: CANCER THERAPEUTICS
    • OR MBGE 432: STEM CELL BIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 433: MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS
    • OR MBGE 434: FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS
    • OR MBGE 440: ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS
    • OR MBGE 442: COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM BIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 443: POPULATION AND EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS
    • OR MBGE 445: MOLECULAR REGULATION of CELL METABOLISM
    • OR MBGE 450: SELECTED TOPICS IN RESEARCH
    • OR MBGE 450: SELECTED TOPICS IN RESEARCH
    • OR MBGE 459: SELECTED TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
    • OR MBGE 491: HONORS PROJECT I
    • OR MBGE 550: SELECTED TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
    • OR MBGE 398: TEACHING MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
    • OR CHBI 430: SYSTEM BIOLOGY
    • OR CHBI 432: DRUG DELIVERY
    • OR MBGE 413: PLANT BIOLOGY
 Area Elective 3
ECSA

Description

  • ECON 100: PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS
  • XOR ECON 101: INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS
  • AND ECON 102: INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS
  • OR ECON 110: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC BEHAVIOUR
  • OR ECSA 220: GLOBAL BUSINESS STRATEGY
Common Core 3
ELECTIVE General Elective 3
ELECTIVE General Elective 3
ELECTIVE General Elective 3

Course No Course Name Type Credits Requisites
AREA

Description

  • MBGE Area Electives
    • CHEM 423: OPTICAL IMAGING METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
    • OR CHBI 406: BIOINFORMATICS
    • OR CHBI 410: INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY
    • OR CHBI 416: BIOTECHNOLOGY
    • OR CHBI 417: DRUG DESIGN
    • OR CHBI 418: BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
    • OR CHBI 424: MOLECULAR CHRONOBIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 306: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS LABORATORY
    • OR MBGE 446: FUNDAMENTALS OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 403: TOPICS IN BIOENERGETICS
    • OR MBGE 404: IMMUNOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 405: POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE REGULATION
    • OR MBGE 407: PARASITOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 408: PROTEOMICS AND PROTEIN CHEMISTRY
    • OR MBGE 409: SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
    • OR MBGE 410: ADVANCED STUDIES IN CELLULAR SIGNALING
    • OR MBGE 412: THE BIOLOGY OF CANCER
    • OR MBGE 415: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
    • OR MBGE 419: CELL CYCLE
    • OR MBGE 418: ADVANCED DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 420: PRINCIPLES OF NEUROSCIENCE
    • OR MBGE 423: CELL AND MOLECULER BIOLOGY OF THE CYTOSKELETON
    • OR MBGE 430: CANCER THERAPEUTICS
    • OR MBGE 432: STEM CELL BIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 433: MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS
    • OR MBGE 434: FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS
    • OR MBGE 440: ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS
    • OR MBGE 442: COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM BIOLOGY
    • OR MBGE 443: POPULATION AND EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS
    • OR MBGE 445: MOLECULAR REGULATION of CELL METABOLISM
    • OR MBGE 450: SELECTED TOPICS IN RESEARCH
    • OR MBGE 450: SELECTED TOPICS IN RESEARCH
    • OR MBGE 459: SELECTED TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
    • OR MBGE 491: HONORS PROJECT I
    • OR MBGE 550: SELECTED TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
    • OR MBGE 398: TEACHING MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
    • OR CHBI 430: SYSTEM BIOLOGY
    • OR CHBI 432: DRUG DELIVERY
    • OR MBGE 413: PLANT BIOLOGY
 Area Elective 3
ELECTIVE General Elective 3
ELECTIVE General Elective 3
ELECTIVE General Elective 3
ELECTIVE General Elective 3