Course Goal

Our goal is to spark engaging and informative dialogue among UCSD students and professors about innovative biological topics. Students taking BISP 170 will have the opportunity to dialogue with professors about current research in a small classroom setting.

Attend the Course

Any student with upper-division standing is encouraged to enroll in BISP 170 during Spring Quarter to gain 2 units of upper-division biology elective credit. You can even take this course more than once!

If you are a BioScholar who doesn’t have time to enroll in the full course, you are still welcome to attend individual class sessions to earn one academic credit for BioScholars!

Past Themes

• Spring 2023: Personalized Medicine
• Spring 2022: Circadian Rhythem
• Spring 2021: The Virology and Spread of SARS-CoV-2
• Spring 2020: Climate Change and Sustainability: A Biological Perspective
• Spring 2019: Nutrition in Health and Disease
• Spring 2018: Drugs and Addiction
• Spring 2017: The Biology of Cancer
• Spring 2016: Medical Controversies