Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology. Academic Program Description

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the structure, function, and regulation of cells as individual units and as components of larger systems. Includes instruction in cell chemistry, cellular dynamics, cellular replication and reproduction, cell anatomy, membrane function, organelles, cell adhesion and extracellular matrices, cell dynamics and motility, meiosis and mytosis, signal transduction, regulation, recognition and defense mechanisms, the cell cycle, cell metabolism and respiration, gene expression, and studies of cell types and characteristics.

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• Biological Science Teachers
• Epidemiologists
• Medical Scientists
• Natural Sciences Managers

Colleges Offering this Curriculum

• Catholic University of America
• Dartmouth College
• Duke University
• East Carolina University
• Georgetown University
• Harvard University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• Montana State University-Bozeman
• New York University
• Oregon Health & Science University
• Rutgers University-New Brunswick/Piscataway
• Saint Cloud State University
• The College of Saint Rose
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Tufts University
• University of Alabama at Birmingham
• University of Arizona
• University of California-Davis
• University of California-Irvine
• University of California-San Francisco
• University of Chicago
• University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
• University of Connecticut
• University of Georgia
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Maryland-Baltimore County
• University of Miami
• University of Minnesota-Duluth
• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
• University of Pittsburgh-Main Campus
• University of Utah
• University of Virginia-Main Campus
• Western Washington University
• Yale University
• Yeshiva University