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GENERAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

ZOOLOGY 370
Course Description

Develop a broad understanding of how life works at the molecular level. Covers structure, chemistry, and functions of macromolecules, focusing primarily on how nucleic acids carry out their central roles in cells, rather than transmission genetics. Other topics include the governing principles by which life evolved, functions, and is organized; the experimental methods used to study these processes; and the historical context for our understanding of them. In other words: soup-to-nuts of nucleic acid biology and chemistry.

Prerequisites
Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.45

30.71% from Historical

Completion Rate
90.91%

6.06% from Historical

A Rate
54.55%

90.91% from Historical

Class Size
11

4.76% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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