CPB Concentration Requirements

Please see the CPB website or Student Handbook for the most up-to-date information on concentration requirements.

REQUIREMENTS

SELECTIONS

Foundational courses
2 half courses

 

LS 1a(or LPS A) AND LS 1b

 

 

or

 

 

LS 50a AND LS 50b

 

Intermediate biology
2 half courses

MCB 60

AND

MCB 63, 65, 66, 68, or 80

General or Inorganic Chemistry
1 half course

 

PS10, PS11, Chem 40, or Chem 160

 

Physical Chemistry**
1 half course

 

MCB 65*, MCB 199, CHEM 60, or CHEM 161

 

Organic Chemistry
2 half courses

Chem 17 AND Chem 27 or

Chem 20 AND Chem 30

Mathematics**
2 half courses

From two out of three categories of linearalgebra and/or differential equations(MATH 19A, MATH 21B, APMTH 22A); statistics (STAT 100, STAT 102, STAT 110); and computer science (CS 50, CS 32, AM 10)

Physics**
1 half course in mechanics

 

PS 2, PS 12a, Physics 15a or 16, or Applied Physics 50a

 

Physics**
1 half course in electricity and magnetism

 

PS 3, PS 12b, Physics 15b, or Applied Physics 50b

 

Upper level natural sciences**
3 half courses

3 courses in the natural sciences, engineering, and/or math

(e.g., 100-level CHEM, MCB, or Physics)

Research
1 semester

At least one upper level project lab course chosen from: LS 100, CHEM 100, CPB 91, and CPB 99.
For more information on getting started in research, click here.  For a list of MCB faculty and their research interests, click here

Tutorial

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*MCB 65 cannot double-count as both an intermediate biology course and as a physical chemistry course
 
**Computational requirement: at least one concentration course must include substantial computational content like PS 12, PHYSICS 15, APMTH 10, APMTH 111, APMTH 115, APMTH 126,CS 50, CS 109, MCB 111, MCB 112, MCB 131, MCB 199, or a class approved by the concentration advisors.