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General Biology I

MCELLBI X15A

41580
Delivery Options Classroom
Gain an introduction to fundamental concepts in biology, including cell structure and function; prokaryotes; eukaryotes; metabolism; molecular and organismal genetics; classification; and animal development, form and function. Designed for biology majors and premedical and prehealth students, this course is also appropriate for returning students interested in a refresher biology class and professionals in other disciplines considering a career change to the biological sciences. This course is associated with General Biology Laboratory I MCELLBI X15.1A. Lectures and laboratory courses do not need to be taken concurrently.

Prerequisites:

One year of high school chemistry is recommended.

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Sections

Section 080

Jun 24 to Aug 12

Type: Classroom

Location: Berkeley

Instructor:

  • Reno C. Reyes

Cost: $1,125.00

See section 080 Details

Type Lecture

Days

T, Th

Time

6:00PM to 10:00PM Pacific Time

Dates

Jun 24, 2025 to Aug 12, 2025

Location

Berkeley

Building

UC Berkeley Extension Golden Bear Center, 1995 University Ave.

Room

Classroom 211

Schedule and Location

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Instructional Hours

60.0

Location

Berkeley

Delivery Options

Classroom

Available for Credit

3 semester units

Section Notes

Enroll early to secure your spot in the class. Enrollment will not be accepted after the second class meeting.

Drop Deadline: Jun/26/2025 05:59 PM

 

Section Materials

  • Textbook

    (Mandatory)

    Campbell Biology by Urry et al.

    Pearson 12th edition ISBN 978-0135988046 (eText)

Section 082

Aug 25 to Dec 08

Type: Classroom

Location: Ohlone Community College, Fremont

Instructor:

  • Louisa Weng Chi Man

Cost: $1,182.00

See section 082 Details

Type Lecture

Days

M

Time

6:00PM to 10:00PM Pacific Time

Dates

Aug 25, 2025 to Dec 08, 2025

Location

Other

Building

Ohlone Community College, Fremont

Schedule and Location

View Details

Instructional Hours

60.0

Location

Other

Delivery Options

Classroom

Available for Credit

3 semester units

Section Notes

Enroll early to secure your spot in the class. Enrollment will not be accepted after the second class meeting.

Drop Deadline: Sep/08/2025 05:59 PM

No Class Meeting: Sep/1/2025

Ohlone Community College, Fremont, Room# 3307

 

Section Materials

  • Textbook

    (Mandatory)

    Campbell Biology by Urry et al.

    Pearson 12th edition ISBN 978-0135988046 (eText)

Section 083

Aug 27 to Dec 10

Type: Classroom

Location: San Francisco

Instructor:

  • Joseph Robinson

Cost: $1,182.00

See section 083 Details

Type Lecture

Days

W

Time

6:00PM to 10:00PM Pacific Time

Dates

Aug 27, 2025 to Dec 10, 2025

Location

San Francisco

Building

San Francisco Campus, 160 Spear St.

Room

Classroom 602

Schedule and Location

View Details

Instructional Hours

60.0

Location

San Francisco

Delivery Options

Classroom

Available for Credit

3 semester units

Section Notes

Enroll early to secure your spot in the class. Enrollment will not be accepted after the second class meeting.

Drop Deadline: Sep/03/2025 05:59 PM

No Class Meeting: Nov/26/2025

 

Section Materials

  • Textbook

    (Mandatory)

    Campbell Biology by Urry et al.

    Pearson 12th edition ISBN 978-0135988046 (eText)

Section 081

Sep 02 to Dec 16

Type: Classroom

Location: Berkeley

Instructor:

  • Reno C. Reyes

Cost: $1,182.00

See section 081 Details

Type Lecture

Days

T

Time

6:00PM to 10:00PM Pacific Time

Dates

Sep 02, 2025 to Dec 16, 2025

Location

Berkeley

Building

UC Berkeley Extension Golden Bear Center, 1995 University Ave.

Schedule and Location

View Details

Instructional Hours

60.0

Location

Berkeley

Delivery Options

Classroom

Available for Credit

3 semester units

Section Notes

Enroll early to secure your spot in the class. Enrollment will not be accepted after the second class meeting.

Drop Deadline: Sep/09/2025 05:59 PM

 

Section Materials

  • Textbook

    (Mandatory)

    Campbell Biology by Urry et al.

    Pearson 12th edition ISBN 978-0135988046 (eText)

Fall 2025 enrollment opens on June 16!

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To keep you and those around you safe, you must meet the UC COVID-19 vaccine requirements. We are following the same protocol as UC Berkeley. More details on how to do so will be sent to you shortly.

If you enroll in a class that will be held at Golden Bear Center or on the main campus, you will also need to participate in surveillance testing. If you are taking classes at our San Francisco campus or at a partner institution, you will need to comply with their public health policies. More information will be available in the coming weeks.

This course applies to the following programs:

Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions Program

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Required Courses

  • Health Careers Seminar I
  • Health Careers Seminar II: The Application Process
  • Health Careers Seminar II: Developing Your Personal Statement
  • Health Careers Seminar II: Interviewing Successfully

Basic Biology Electives

  • General Biology I
  • General Biology Laboratory I
  • General Biology II
  • General Biology Laboratory II
  • Introduction to Human Physiology

Upper-Division Biology Courses

  • Biochemistry
  • Human Physiology Laboratory
  • Mammalian Systemic Physiology
  • General Human Anatomy
  • Human Anatomy Laboratory
  • Medical Microbiology
  • Microbiology Laboratory
  • Introduction to Biostatistics
  • Biology of Aging
  • The Biology of Human Cancer
  • Cell Biology
  • Current Topics in the Biosciences
  • Developmental Biology
  • Endocrinology
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Genetics
  • Genomic Medicine
  • Hematology
  • Virtual Hematology Laboratory
  • Human Nutrition
  • Immunology
  • Neuroscience
  • Physiology of the Cardiac and Respiratory Systems
  • Principles of Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Cell Biology
  • Introduction to Parasitology
  • Pathophysiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Principles of Infectious Diseases and Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Stem Cell Biology, Research and Discovery
  • Principles of Toxicology
  • Virology
  • Medical Terminology

Chemistry Electives

  • Biochemistry
  • General Chemistry I
  • General Chemistry Laboratory I
  • General Chemistry II
  • General Chemistry Laboratory II
  • Organic Chemistry I
  • Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
  • Organic Chemistry II
  • Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
  • Quantitative Analysis: Applications in Clinical Chemistry

Physics Electives

  • Physics I
  • Physics Laboratory I
  • Physics II
  • Physics Laboratory II

Math Electives

  • Analytic Geometry and Calculus
  • Introduction to Biostatistics
  • Introduction to Statistics

Other Electives

  • Spanish for Medical Professionals
  • Principles of Epidemiology
  • Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care
  • Developmental Psychology Across the Lifespan
  • Abnormal Psychology

Test Preparation Courses

  • Post-Bacc MCAT Prep
  • Post-Bacc GRE Prep
  • Post-Bacc DAT Prep
  • Post-Bacc OAT Prep
  • Post-Bacc PCAT Prep
  • TPR DAT Prep
  • TPR MCAT Prep

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Pre-Nursing Preparatory Program

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Required Courses

  • Medical Microbiology
  • Microbiology Laboratory
  • Introduction to Human Physiology
  • Human Physiology Laboratory
  • General Human Anatomy
  • Human Anatomy Laboratory

Electives

  • Human Nutrition
  • Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine
  • Developmental Psychology Across the Lifespan
  • Health Care Advocacy and the Role of Cultural Diversity
  • Bioethics

Science Courses of Related Interest

  • General Biology I
  • General Biology Laboratory I
  • Introduction to Biostatistics
  • General Chemistry I
  • General Chemistry Laboratory I

General Education Courses of Related Interest

  • American Fiction
  • Contemporary Art: History and Theory
  • Spanish for Medical Professionals

Psychology and Sociology Courses of Related Interest

  • General Psychology
  • Psychology of Communication

Learn More About This Program

Notes

Departmental contact for academic questions: extension-science@berkeley.edu

Instructional Types

Live Online
Live Online courses provide an interactive learning experience with scheduled synchronous online sessions held via Zoom video conferencing (Pacific Time). Learn more about the Live Online format.
Online, Start Anytime
Continuous enrollment course begins when you enroll. You have a minimum of 90 days and a maximum of 180 days to complete the course.
Online, Fixed Date
Enroll in this course by its start date and complete it by its specified end date. There are no live sessions, but plenty of opportunities to collaborate with your classmates and instructor.
Classroom
Take classes in-person at one of our buildings or partner locations.

English Language Proficiency Requirements

All of our courses are taught in English. If English is not your first language, please use the following test scores as guides in order to be successful:

  • TOEFL: 90
  • IELTS Academic Format: 7
  • DAAD: C1
  • TEM-4 or TEM-8: Level 70
  • Duolingo: 125

Note: You do not need to submit test scores.

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Reno C. Reyes

Reno C, Reyes, Ph.D., earned his undergraduate degree in biological sciences at University of California, Davis, his masters of science degree in biology (emphasis in cell and molecular biology) at San Francisco State University and his doctor of philosophy degree in neurobiology at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).  At UAB, he worked on mice models to understand the role of Ca2+signaling on glutamate release from astroglia of the central nervous system, and whether this release is  involved in human diseases such as Huntington’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease. More recently at University of California, San Francisco he worked on mouse models to understand the role of oxidative stress in neuronal cell death with respect to stroke and Parkinson’s Disease, and the role of glutamatergic signaling in schizophrenia.

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Louisa Weng Chi Man

Weng Chi Man, Ph.D., earned her bachelor's and doctoral degrees in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she had a wonderful time studying lipid metabolism. After graduation, Weng Chi moved to California to pursue her postdoctoral training at Stanford University where she had the opportunity to apply her biochemistry knowledge in understanding female pelvic organ dysfunction. Weng Chi has been teaching biochemistry at the UC Berkeley extension since 2009. She enjoys interacting and sharing her experience with students. She strives to help students connect the principles that they learn in class with everyday examples.

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Joseph Robinson

Joseph Robinson Ph.D., earned his bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Computer Science at Gettysburg College and his doctorate in Molecular and Cellular Biology from UC Berkeley. He has worked extensively with the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, focusing on immune and stress responses during his undergraduate work and development and cell fate determination for his doctoral work. He enjoys teaching with the goal of showing the interconnectedness among the various fields of biology.

 

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Reno C. Reyes

Reno C, Reyes, Ph.D., earned his undergraduate degree in biological sciences at University of California, Davis, his masters of science degree in biology (emphasis in cell and molecular biology) at San Francisco State University and his doctor of philosophy degree in neurobiology at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).  At UAB, he worked on mice models to understand the role of Ca2+signaling on glutamate release from astroglia of the central nervous system, and whether this release is  involved in human diseases such as Huntington’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease. More recently at University of California, San Francisco he worked on mouse models to understand the role of oxidative stress in neuronal cell death with respect to stroke and Parkinson’s Disease, and the role of glutamatergic signaling in schizophrenia.

MCELLBI X15A - 081 - General Biology I

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