BMSC 5102 Essentials of Cell Biology

1 SCH. Essentials of Cell Biology is an online, one credit hour course that will build the student’s fundamental knowledge about cell biology. Students will review origins of the cell as the unit of life, its organization into functional compartments, and differentiate between unicellular and multicellular organisms. The course will allow students to identify, describe and distinguish cellular organelle structures. They will be able to compare and contrast organelle characteristics and function. They will also be able to explain basic principles of cellular regulation, and communication within the cell, between cells and with the surrounding environment. Students will discover how cells signal at cellular, organ, tissue and organism levels, and describe pathways through which cells turnover their components. Finally, cell death mechanisms will be introduced in context of homeostasis and cancer. Essentials of Cell Biology is intended to build core knowledge about Cell Biology that will provide a springboard for students to go on to more specialized, in depth study of Cell Biology in advanced graduate level courses and programs.
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