Four New Courses in Biology! (for Juniors & Seniors)

Links to information on all of these is at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/faculty/mowshowitz/changes.html

(1) For nonmajors – a great way to fulfill your science requirement – a new course for students who had some bio in high school and want to learn more, but don’t want to compete with premeds! Bio W1130, Genes & Development. For more info, go to URL above, or go to Courseworks, log in, and enter ‘Hazelrigg’ or ‘Genes & development’ in the ‘search courses’ box.

(2). For students interested in how Molecular Biology Developed -- A new Topics (1 pt) Course: W3995y(2) - Topics in Biology: Foundations of Molecular Biology. For more info, go to URL above or go to Courseworks, log in, and enter ‘foundations’ or ‘Hertzberg’ in the ‘search courses’ box.

(3). Systems Biology II: This course is a continuation of Systems Biol. I, but is open to students who have not taken the fall term. For more information go to URL above or go to Courseworks, log in, and enter ‘systems biology’ or ‘Pe’er’ in the ‘search courses’ box.

(4). Molecular Biology of Cancer, W3799. Readings in the Molecular Biology of Cancer. This course was not offered last year, but is being offered this year by a new instructor who is a major researcher in the field. Undergraduates should register for C3799; W4799 is for graduate students only. For more information go to URL above or go to Courseworks, log in, and enter ‘cancer’ or ‘Prives’ in the ‘search courses’ box.