Does cell bio = molecular bio ?

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I've noticed that a lot of pharmacy schools require molecular biology as a pre-req. I've taken cell bio and was under the impression that I was taking a class called cell molecular biology. Went back and checked - the actual title of the class is cell biology, it's the title of the textbook that says cell molecular biology. So now I am wondering - is it the same thing ? There is no class at all at my school called molecular biology or principles of molecular biology or anything like that. There is a combined course called experiments in cell and molecular biology and it's a 4 unit class with a lab taught primarily for biology majors.(i'm chem/biochem).Plus it's more of a lab class - learning science lab techniques rather than lecture. So now I am kinda lost, I'll contact the schools but wanted to hear your opinion first.
 
probaly different at each school
at my school there is a seperate molecular bio and then a cell physio which i heard is also called cell bio..
 
Those are two different courses as far as I know. I was thinking about taking cell bio but a classmate that took it said that it would be pointless because it basically covered stuff from biochem like sugar structures and many topics from molecular bio. Since I had taken biochem and molecular I didn't take it. The point is there is a lot of overlap with the molecular bio and the courses you have taken. However, I am not sure if cell bio will foot the bill for your molecular bio prereq (I am guessing not). I am thinking that an actual molecular bio class will involve more in depth learning of the specific regions of the genome, transcription, translation, and replication processes as well as more details on DNA/RNA structures and functions.
 
labrat024 said:
Those are two different courses as far as I know. I was thinking about taking cell bio but a classmate that took it said that it would be pointless because it basically covered stuff from biochem like sugar structures and many topics from molecular bio. Since I had taken biochem and molecular I didn't take it. The point is there is a lot of overlap with the molecular bio and the courses you have taken. However, I am not sure if cell bio will foot the bill for your molecular bio prereq (I am guessing not). I am thinking that an actual molecular bio class will involve more in depth learning of the specific regions of the genome, transcription, translation, and replication processes as well as more details on DNA/RNA structures and functions.
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Alright, thanks. I've taken a year of biochem, so I'll guess I'll ask the schools if that's ok. The whole reason I was confused because our book said cell molecular biology.
 
cheburashka said:
Alright, thanks. I've taken a year of biochem, so I'll guess I'll ask the schools if that's ok. The whole reason I was confused because our book said cell molecular biology.
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I see the confusion too. It's kinda weird because my molecular bio book is titled Essential Genes. If I didn't know any better, I might have thought it was a genetics book. I guess technically it kinda is, just not for a course titled "genetics".
 
No, not at my previous school.

Cell biology = focused strictly on cell structure
Molecular biology = focused on things like the lac operon, introns/exons, and other stuff.

there's probably more differences, but all my classes blended together in the end anyway.
 
cell bio = everything about a eukaryotic cell (e.g. how organelles work, how cell stays together via actin, how transport takes place via MT, etc)

molecular bio = everything about DNA (e.g. the DNA replicates, how is virus coding different, promoters, repressors, PCR, etc)

biochem = everything about pathways (e.g. glycolysis, fatty acid oxidation, electron transport)

genetics = how genotype translates into phenotype (e.g. Medelian genetics, probabilities, pedigrees)

All are relatively distinct classes with their particular focus that only broadly overlaps.
 
Gosondth said:
cell bio = everything about a eukaryotic cell (e.g. how organelles work, how cell stays together via actin, how transport takes place via MT, etc)

molecular bio = everything about DNA (e.g. the DNA replicates, how is virus coding different, promoters, repressors, PCR, etc)

biochem = everything about pathways (e.g. glycolysis, fatty acid oxidation, electron transport)

genetics = how genotype translates into phenotype (e.g. Medelian genetics, probabilities, pedigrees)

All are relatively distinct classes with their particular focus that only broadly overlaps.
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It seems that biochem 2nd semester is everything you described for molecular bio in great detail, how DNA replicates, all the operons, promoters, repressors, PCR. Only the first semester deals with the pathways. I guess my question is if USC specifically will accept 2nd semester biochem as molec bio since I read some schools do, I guess I'll just have to call them up. But thanks anyway for you help.
 
cheburashka said:
It seems that biochem 2nd semester is everything you described for molecular bio in great detail, how DNA replicates, all the operons, promoters, repressors, PCR. Only the first semester deals with the pathways. I guess my question is if USC specifically will accept 2nd semester biochem as molec bio since I read some schools do, I guess I'll just have to call them up. But thanks anyway for you help.
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Not to my knowledge. I took Molecular Bio at CSUSB for this prereq and already had a year of Biochem at the time. If you want to see if it's allowable, USC has good articulation tables available and you can check to see which course at your school would qualify as Molecular.
 
At my school cell bio and molecular bio are different courses, but they do use the same text book.
 
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