Electives
In addition to the core MTM courses, students take advantage of a wide range of classes offered at both UC Berkeley and UCSF. The courses listed below have been previously approved as meeting the requirements of the program, but are by no means the only electives you can choose. Many other graduate (and undergraduate) courses provide essential training for translational medicine, and can be included in the MTM curriculum in consultation with faculty advisors.
There is no need to enroll in a large number of electives, as the core classes and capstone project will be your main focus throughout the year.
Note that not all courses are offered every year. Refer to the UC Berkeley Academic Guide and UCSF Course Catalog for class schedules.
Science and Engineering Electives
| Location | Course Code | Course Title | Units | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCSF | BPS 111 | Biopharmaceutics | 3.5 | F |
| UCSF | BPS 113 | Drug Delivery: From Biologics to Devices | 3 | Sp |
| UCSF | BPS 115 | Genetics and Pharmacogenetics | 2 | Sp |
| UCSF | BPS 134 | Research Design and Statistics in Drug Development | 3 | W |
| UCSF | BPS 135 | Principles of Pharmacogenomics | 3 | Sp |
| UCSF | Biostats 208 | Biostatistical Methods II | 3 | W |
| UCSF | BPS 272A | Advanced Drug Delivery: Controlled and Targeted Drug Delivery | 2 | W |
| UCSF | BioE 221 | Tissue Mechanobiology | 2 | F |
| UCSF | BioE 230C | Introduction to Molecular Imaging | 3 | Sp |
| UCSF | BioE 241 | Metabolism and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy | 3 | W |
| UCSF | BioE 245 | Machine Learning Algorithms for Medical Imaging | 3 | Sp |
| UCSF | BioE 247 | Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging System and Hardware | 3 | Sp |
| UCSF | Pharmacogenomics 245A | Basic Principles of Pharmaceutical Sciences | 5 | F |
| UCSF | Pharmacogenomics 245B | Basic Principles of Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2 | W |
| UCSF | Pharmacogenomics 245C | Principles of Pharmacogenomics | 2-3 | Sp |
| UCSF | Pharmaceutical Chemistry 204 | Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming | 2 | F |
| UCSF | Radiology 201 | Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging | 4 | F |
| UCSF | Radiology 202 | Physical Principles of CT, PET, and SPECT Imaging | 4 | F |
| UCSF | Radiology 211 | MR Pulse Sequences | 3 | W |
| UCSF | Radiology 260 | Imaging Processing and Analysis I | 2 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE C118† | Biological Performance of Materials | 4 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE C209 | Advanced Orthopedic Biomechanics | 4 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | BioE C211 | Cell and Tissue Mechanotransduction | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE C213 | Fluid Mechanics of Biological Systems | 3 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | BioE C214 | Advanced Tissue Mechanics | 3 | Sp |
| Berkeley | BioE C215 | Models of Cell Mechanics: Dynamics of the Cytoskeleton | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE C216 | Macromolecular Science in Biotechnology and Medicine | 4 | Sp |
| Berkeley | BioE C217 | Biomimetic Engineering – Engineering from Biology | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE 221 | Advanced BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology | 4 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE 221L | BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology Laboratory | 4 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | BioE C222 | Advanced Structural Aspects of Biomaterials | 4 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | BioE C223 | Polymer Engineering | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE 224 | Basic Principles of Drug Delivery | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE C237 | Advanced Designing for the Human Body | 4 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE 231 | Intro to Computational Biology | 4 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE 241 | Probabilistic Modeling in Computational Biology | 4 | Sp |
| Berkeley | BioE 248 | Bioenergy and Sustainable Chemical Synthesis: Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology Approaches | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE 249 | Computational Functional Genomics | 4 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE 251 | Micro/Nanofluidics for Bioengineering and Lab-On-A-Chip | 4 | Sp |
| Berkeley | BioE 252 | Clinical Need-Based Therapy Solutions | 2 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE C261 | Medical Imaging Signals and Systems | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | BioE C265 | Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging | 3 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | BioE C280 | Introduction to Nano-Science and Engineering | 3 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | BioE 282 | Model-Based Design of Clinical Therapies | 3 | Sp |
| Berkeley | CS 280 | Computer Vision | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | CS 294-84 | Interactive Device Design | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | EE 225B | Digital Image Processing | 3 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | ENGIN 273 | Deep Tech Commercialization Strategies | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | Info C262 | Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces | 4 | F |
| Berkeley | INFO 206 | Introduction to Programming and Computation | ||
| Berkeley | INFO 271B | Quantitative Research Methods for Information Systems and Management | 3 | |
| Berkeley | MCELLBI 259M | Research Review in Immunology and Pathogenesis: Innate Immunity and Innate Control of Adaptive Immun | 2 | F |
| Berkeley | MEC ENG C215 | Advanced Structural Aspects of Biomaterials | 4 | Sp |
| Berkeley | MEC ENG 235 | Design of Microprocessor-Based Mechanical Systems | 4 | Sp |
| Berkeley | MEC ENG 290L | Introduction to Nano-Biology | 3 | F, Sp |
Clinical Needs and Strategies Electives
| Location | Course Code | Course Title | Units | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCSF | BioE 280 | What, Why, and How of Medical Devices by Clinicians | 1 | Sp |
| UCSF/Stanford | BioE 297 | UCSF-Stanford CERSI course in Drug Discovery (MTM UCSF 297) | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | Neuroscience C217D | Biological and Public Health Aspects of Alzheimer’s Disease | 3 | Sp |
| Berkeley | Public Health 200J | Health Policy and Management Breadth Course | 2 | F |
| Berkeley | Public Health 204G | Research Health Disparities | 2 | F |
| Berkeley | Public Health 220 | Health Policy Decision-Making | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | Public Health 221B | Understanding and Overcoming Health Care Disparities | 2 | F |
| Berkeley | Public Health 222A | Health Care Technology Policy | 2 | F |
| Berkeley | Public Health 236 | U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Drug Development, and Public Health | 2 | Sp |
| Berkeley | Public Health 252C | Intervention Trial Design | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | Public Health 260A | Principles of Infectious Diseases | 4 | F |
| Berkeley | Public Health 260B | Principles of Infectious Diseases | 4 | Sp |
Business/Entrepreneurship Electives
| Location | Course Code | Course Title | Units | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCSF | Biochem 241 | Startup 101 | 3 | W, Sp |
| UCSF | Global Health 202F | Strategic Information in Global Health | 2 | W |
| UCSF | MED 232 | Global Health: Scaling Health Technology Innovations in Low Resource Settings | 3 | W |
| Berkeley | Environmental Design 298 | Environmental Design Group Studies | 1-4 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | ENGIN 274 | Commercializing Science and Technology Breakthroughs | 3 | Sp |
| Berkeley | IEOR 220 | Economics and Dynamics of Production | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | INFO 214 | User Experience Research | 3 | Sp |
| Berkeley | LAW 276.61 | Biotechnology Law | 2 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | MBA 209F | Fundamentals of Business | 3 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | MBA 215 | Business Strategies for Emerging Markets | 2-3 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | MBA 222.1F | Financial Information Analysis | 3 | Sp |
| Berkeley | MBA 246 | Project Management | 1-2 | F |
| Berkeley | MBA 252 | Negotiations and Conflict Resolution | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | MBA 263 | Marketing Analytics | 3 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | MBA 268B | International Markets | F | 2 |
| Berkeley | MBA 275 | Managing the Legal Environment of Business | 2-3 | F |
| Berkeley | MBA 283 | A Richard Newton Lecture Series | 1 | Sp |
| Berkeley | MBA 290P | Project Management Case Studies | 1 | |
| Berkeley | MBA 290N | Managing the New Product Development Process | 3 | F |
| Berkeley | MBA 295A | Entrepreneurship | 2 | Sp |
| Berkeley | MBA 295T | Special Topics (Lean Transfer or Startup Disco are approved courses) | F | 2 |
| Berkeley | MBA 295V | New Venture Finance | 2-3 | Sp |
| Berkeley | MBA 296 | Commercializing Biotech and Pharma | 1 | Sp |
| Berkeley | MBA 297C | Innovation in Healthcare | 2 | F, Sp |
| Berkeley | Public Health W212 | Foundations of Global Health | 2 | |
| Berkeley | Public Health 200J | Health Policy and Management Breadth Course | 2 | F |
| Berkeley | Public Health 223C | Strategic Management and the Health Sector | 3 | Sp |
| Berkeley | Public Health 227A | Health Care Finance | 2 | Sp |
| Berkeley | Public Health 243C | Information Systems in Public Health | 2 | Sp |
Additional notes:
- In quarter units, 1.5 UCSF quarter units = 1 semester unit.
- Students should plan to apply to no more than one undergraduate-level class to their degree checks. At Berkeley, undergraduate courses are 100-level. UCSF does not have undergraduate courses.