Molecular biology offers an innovative outlook by taking advantage of the Block Plan and offering courses in which students will be immersed in laboratory work, 批判性思维和写作能力. The 分子生物系 offers a range of courses that teach students how to understand organisms on a cellular and molecular level. 我们的学生通过解释实验来学习分子生物学中的批判性思维技能, 发展和检验假设, 和模式生物一起工作, cells, and molecules. Students majoring in molecular biology will be prepared to enter graduate programs in basic research or healthcare, and to apply the critical thinking and communication skills learned in the major to new situations, 不管他们的职业目标是什么.

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研讨会是分子生物学领域最重要的交流方式之一. 作为他们教育的重要组成部分, 鼓励理学硕士学生参加 分子生物学系列讲座. Senior MB majors are required to attend FOUR seminars as part of the Senior Capstone experience (as outlined in the MB Major’s Handbook). 

MB研讨会是由受邀嘉宾所作的科学报告. Often the guest speakers are experts in sub-disciplines of molecular biology that complement the expertise of CC’s MB faculty. 定期参加研讨会, 学生学习研究课题, questions, 以及选修课程和研究项目之外的技巧. Some of our seminar speakers also delve into societal and/or ethical issues that intersect with molecular biology. Students attending seminars regularly will also learn more about scientific communication and improve their own communication skills.  

Each seminar ends with a question and answer session where students are encouraged to engage in scholarly discussion with seminar speakers and with each other. 研讨会免费向公众开放.

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我们鼓励所有分子生物学专业的学生考虑参与研究. 研究经历在很多层面上极大地丰富了你的本科经历. 研究使你能够把你在课堂和教学实验室学到的东西付诸实践, 这也给了你一个机会来决定从事研究工作对你来说是不是一个好的选择. You will broaden your knowledge of experimental techniques and learn how to operate research-grade instrumentation. 

参与分子生物学研究的方法有很多: 

• 学生可以在暑期与mba教师一起做8-10周的有偿研究 学生合作研究经历.
• Students may do 与硕士教师一起研究 在学年的一个学期内获得课程学分(每学期1个学分).
• Students may also do 与硕士教师一起研究 during a semester in addition to their four blocks of courses as a credit-bearing experience (0.(每学期5个单元).
• Students who have participated in a research project (typically one summer or multiple blocks or semesters) may also write up their project and present it as a Senior Thesis 分子生物学.
• 还有额外的机会获得CC以外的研究经验, especially during the summers through summer undergraduate research programs at other institutions, 其中许多是由 国家自然科学基金本科生科研经历项目.

在读学生:有关研究的更多信息，请访问我们的 研究机会在分子生物学画布页. 在那里，你可以找到关于每个MB教师实验室的研究主题的信息, and information on how to enroll in research for course credit or how to apply for a summer research position at CC or elsewhere.

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分子生物学学位能做什么? 分子生物学专业的学生从CC毕业后做什么? 我们经常会遇到这样的问题.

A major 分子生物学 prepares students to think about and ask questions about life on molecular, cellular, genetic, 以及基因组水平. 分子生物学专业的学生通常都很好奇, creative, and industrious, 培养出色的解决问题的能力, 定量分析, communication, and leadership. 你可以用它做的事情是巨大的.

分子生物学专业的学生有许多不同的道路，其中包括:

• A career in academia: This typically involves completing a doctoral program 分子生物学 (or a related subdiscipline). The 分子生物学 major is aligned with the required/recommended courses for many graduate programs. 学术工作包括研究、教学和/或管理.
• 而有些学生则选择直接进入CC的研究生课程, 一些学生想通过做一份工作来获得更多的研究经验 科研技术人员 在学术实验室或工业中.
• A career in 从事生物技术或制药公司的研究工作: This typically involves graduate studies (Ph.D. or M.S.分子生物学(或相关分支学科).
• A career in 卫生专业: 这需要在医学院接受额外的培训, dental school, 兽医学校, 医师助理学校, nursing school, 或者另一个健康学位. The requirements for the 分子生物学 major have significant overlap with courses that are required/recommended for many of these programs. 
• A career in 遗传咨询.  
• A career in 科学教育 在小学、初中或高中阶段.
• A career in 科学写作或传播 ，这可能会受益于研究生学习(如传播学或新闻学硕士)。.
• A career in 咨询、专利法或商业 在生物技术或制药公司.

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