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STATS X 402.1
This advanced statistics course emphasizes practical application of statistical analysis. The course covers the role of statistics in the fields of science, economics, nursing, business, and medical research.
Next Start Date: TBA
PHYSCI X 425
This course examines the physiology of animals at the molecular, cellular, system, and organism levels.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: March 31, 2025
HLT POL 804
This seminar teaches prospective physicians about pre-medical requirements and medical school applications including the MCAT exam, the AMCAS application, and different types of medical schools.
Next Start Date: TBA
CHEM XL 153C
This course is a continuation of the biochemistry series and is geared towards pre-medical and pre-health students. It covers metabolism at a cellular, organ, and organismal level.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 8, 2025
CHEM XL 153B
This course is a continuation of the biochemistry series and is geared towards pre-medical and pre-health students. It covers metabolism, DNA and RNA properties, transcription and protein synthesis and processing.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 9, 2025
CHEM XL 153A
This course provides an introduction to biochemistry and is geared towards pre-medical and pre-health students. This course is the first and introductory course in the biochemistry series.
Format: Live Online | In Person
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
NEUROSC XL 10
This course introduces the exciting field of neuroscience. Learn current research as it relates to the physiology of the brain and nervous system.
Next Start Date: TBA
MATH XL 32A
This course provides an introduction to differential calculus of several variables and vector field theory.
Next Start Date: TBA
MCD BIO X 405
This course explores the molecular and cellular biology of cancer and the current advances in therapy.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: April 2, 2025
LIFESCI XL 7A
This first course in the pre-medical life science sequence provides an introduction to cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology.
Format: Live Online | In Person
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
HLT POL X 450
This course covers core concepts in basic and applied genetics and their role in clinical medicine, public health, and genetic counseling, including diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease,
Next Start Date: TBA
CHEM 827
Introduction to claims & claims substantiation, cell & skin biology, the skin’s aging exposome and the Hallmarks of Aging, free radical species & antioxidants, and sunscreens.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: October 11, 2025
MCD BIO XL 138
This course presents the genetic, cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the development of animal embryology and related developmental defects and disease.
Next Start Date: TBA
MATH XL 31A
This course is the first of the Calculus series and covers differential calculus and applications and the introduction to integration. The course prepares students for Math XL 31B as well as Chemistry and Physics.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 10, 2025
E&S SCI 701
We've all seen dinosaur skeletons and other fossil organisms in museums, but don’t know much beyond their size. Come learn how paleontologists use their bones and other lines of evidence to uncover how these animals lived.
Next Start Date: TBA
PHYSCI X 415
This course explores the molecular and cellular mechanisms that mediate how hormones affect your metabolism, growth, and sexual development.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: March 31, 2025
PHYSCI X 452.6
This introductory online course unfolds the mysteries of the cell and the basic structure and function of various systems within the human body.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
PHYSCI X 412
This course takes advantage of emerging science to explore the physical structures, organization, and functions of the human nervous system.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
MATH 910
Probe the ramifications of the notions of closeness, separation, and convergence in point-set topology.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: January 7, 2025
PHYSCI X 401
Discover the biochemical and biophysical principles underlying the physiological processes of the human body while simultaneously applying these principles in the laboratory.
Next Start Date: TBA
MIMG X 401
This course introduces the immune system of our body and its molecular and cellular principles.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: April 2, 2025
CHEM XL 14A
This course provides an introduction to physical and general chemistry and is geared towards pre-medical and pre-health students. This course is the first course in the general and organic chemistry series.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
CHEM XL 14B
This course is the conclusion of general chemistry and introduces organic chemistry. This course is geared towards pre-medical and pre-health students and is the second course in the general and organic chemistry series.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: January 7, 2025
CHEM XL 14BL
This chemistry laboratory course accompanies Chemistry 14B and provides the general chemistry lab component necessary for pre-medical and pre-health students. This is the first lab course for the chemistry series.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
CHEM XL 14CL
This chemistry laboratory course accompanies Chemistry 14C and provides the organic chemistry lab component necessary for pre-medical and pre-health students. This is the second lab course for the organic chemistry series.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: January 8, 2025
LIFESCI XL 107
Advanced Mendelian genetics, recombination, biochemical genetics, mutation, DNA, genetic code, gene regulation, genes in populations.
Format: Live Online | In Person
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
LIFESCI XL 7B
This second course in the pre-medical life science sequence provides an introduction to principles of evolution, Mendelian inheritance, and population genetics.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
PATH X 405
A typical histology course studied across medical, dental and allied health schools, it offers a perspective of basic tissues and organs of the body.
Next Start Date: TBA
PATH X 406
A typical course taught across medical, dental, and allied health universities across the world, students in this course examine histological structure and cellular specializations of organs and organ systems of the body.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: March 31, 2025
MATH XL 31B
This course is the second of the Calculus series and covers transcendental functions, methods, applications of integration, sequences and series. The course prepares students for Calculus-based Chemistry and Physics.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 7, 2025
BIOLGY X 453.2
What is wildlife biology, and how do we study it? What is "good" science? Offered in conjunction with the Los Angeles Zoo, this course will introduce students to studying the biology of wild animals at the LA Zoo.
Next Start Date: TBA
MATH X 402.1
This online course covers the different applications of differential and integral calculus to characteristic problems in the public and private economic sectors. Students learn practical applications of calculus.
Next Start Date: TBA
MCD BIO XL 100
Analyze the organization, structure, and function at the molecular level of cell membranes and signaling, membrane transport, intracellular trafficking and cell energetics.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: January 7, 2025
HLT POL X 452.2
This course teaches the essentials of clinical medicine including patient care, human organ systems, common disorders, and medical terminology. Great for pre-medical or pre-health students exploring clinical medicine.
Next Start Date: TBA
EPS SCI XL 1
This introductory Earth Science course covers elements of Earth Science, Earth materials; nature and interpretation of geologic evidence; study of geologic processes, and historical aspects of geology.
Next Start Date: TBA
PHYSCI XL 13
This course is a structural survey of the human body that provides both a theoretical and practical look at anatomy.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
PHYSCI XL 3
Inquire into life as we know it by understanding the organization of human body, from molecular to cellular to tissues and organs and how they are integrated to make life happen.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 7, 2025
LIFESCI XL 7L
Introductory life sciences laboratory to conduct wet-laboratory and cutting-edge bioinformatics laboratory experiments.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: January 7, 2025
PATH X 401
This course covers the basic principles of molecular diagnostics and the applications of the emerging technologies in personalized medicine.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
PHYSCI X 459.10
An introductory course that provides an overview of the mechanisms and consequences of disease based on physiological dysfunction in the major organ systems.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
HLT POL X 456
This course highlights key principles of pediatric medicine and its subspecialties, including relevant public health issues in maternal and child health. This is a great course for pre-health students.
Next Start Date: TBA
M PHARM X 401
This course is an introduction to the mechanisms underlying the action of various classes of drugs and their receptor targets in the body.
Format: Online | Live Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
BIOL CH X 401
In this course, an introduction to protein and nucleic acid structures is delivered through various lectures, as well as exploring the relationship between protein structures and common human pathologies.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 9, 2025
STATS XL 13
This introductory course for pre-health and pre-medical students covers the presentation and interpretation of data, descriptive statistics, and introduction to correlation, regression, and basic statistical inference.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 9, 2025
STATS XL 10
This introductory course covers statistical understanding including strengths and limitations of basic experimental designs, graphical and numerical summaries of data, inference, and regression as descriptive tool.
Format: Live Online | In Person
Next Start Date: January 7, 2025
STATS X 402
This introductory statistics course emphasizes practical application of statistical analysis. The introduction covers the role of statistics in the fields of science, economics, nursing, business, and medical research.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
MIMG XL 101
Historical foundations of microbiology; introduction to bacterial structure, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, and ecology.
Format: Live Online | In Person
Next Start Date: January 7, 2025
MIMG XL 102
This course explores the viral world and its diversity along with its role in epidemic diseases and cancer.
Next Start Date: TBA
NURSING X 400
This course covers principles of medical terminologies through word roots, abbreviations, and related anatomy and body systems. Students develop medical vocabulary applicable to all specialties of medicine.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
MIMG XL 100L
Designed for non-majors, this course emphasizes experimental techniques to cultivate and characterize bacteria.
Next Start Date: TBA
MCD BIO XL 144
This course presents the fundamentals of modern molecular biology from the perspectives of known mechanisms as well as theoretical perspectives used in laboratories.
Next Start Date: TBA
PHYSCI X 435
Learn the molecular, cellular, and circuitry mechanisms that underlie the functioning of the mammalian nervous system, especially the human brain.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
BIOLGY X 480.31
This course introduces methods and techniques of studying animal behavior. Topics include techniques of organizing and collecting data and accurately assessing and describing behavior. This course takes place at the LA Zoo.
Next Start Date: TBA
CHEM XL 14D
This course is the conclusion of the organic chemistry series. This course is geared towards pre-medical and pre-health students and is the fourth and final course in the general and organic chemistry series.
Format: Live Online | In Person
Next Start Date: January 9, 2025
ORL BIO X 401
This interactive course focuses on the interconnectivity between bone, immune biology, and certain pathological states.
Next Start Date: TBA
PHYSCI X 408
This course explores current clinical interventions for preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases by focusing on lifestyle modifications.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
NURSING X 456.1
This course introduces students to the major genetic syndromes that appear in childhood, from their molecular, physical, and behavioral underpinnings to their risk factors, epidemiology, and public health implications.
Next Start Date: TBA
PHYSICS XL 10
This course presents the cultural and historical perspectives of physical ideas while delving into planetary motion, Newton's laws, light, sound, heat, and quantum mechanics.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 11, 2025
PHYSICS XL 5C
This is the third course in the pre-medical physics sequence. It explores electrostatics in vacuum and in water, with applications to biological and biochemical systems.
Next Start Date: TBA
PHYSICS XL 5A
This is the first course in pre-medical physics sequence, which discusses the statics and dynamics of forces, motion and energy.
Format: Hybrid | Live Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
PHYSICS XL 5B
This is the second course in the pre-medical physics sequence, which provides an introduction to thermal properties of fluids, sound, light, waves and optics.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 7, 2025
LIFESCI XL 7C
This third course in the pre-medical life science sequence explains cells, organs, and the physiology of organ systems.
Format: Live Online | In Person
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
MATH XL 1
This foundational course covers topics in Precalculus and is designed to prepare students for college-level Calculus (Math XL 31A).
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 11, 2025
PHYSCI X 410
This course explores pulmonary physiology at the molecular, cellular, and system level to understand the respiratory system of the human body.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: January 6, 2025
CHEM 825
Beauty professionals from all genres and areas of expertise will find this course essential for understanding ingredient technologies and U.S. regulations – regardless of scientific background.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: May 17, 2025
CHEM 826
This 3-day multi-focus course offers insights into the epidermis and stratum corneum, epidermal aging, and common skin conditions, including acne, rosacea, hyperpigmented, sensitive, stressed and hormonal skin.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: February 1, 2025
CHEM XL 14C
This course is a continuation of organic chemistry in the organic chemistry series. This course is geared towards pre-medical and pre-health students and is the third course in the general and organic chemistry series.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: January 10, 2025
BIOLGY 703
Learn how our program can help you achieve your pre-nursing goals in this informative, interactive session with an opportunity for general advising.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 30, 2025
BIOLGY 702
Have your questions answered by a program counselor during our live Q&A session.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 16, 2025
BIOLGY 701
Learn how our program can help you achieve your pre-health goals in this informative, interactive session that includes an opportunity for general advising.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: January 29, 2025
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