Several new curricular initiatives have been added to professional development and advanced methods research courses to support the sustainability of BUILD PODER. NEW to BUILD PODER in Year 5 is the development of a minor in Biomedical Engineering.
| Course/Professor | Action | Impact |
| BIO 490/Malone and Adamian Title: Tutorial Studies | NEW COURSE, can be re-offered, paperwork in to make permanent | Offered Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, CRT-Framed K-12 project for seniors |
| HHD 185/Oh and Adamian Title:Public Health for Social Justice | NEW COURSE, permanent | Offered Spring 2018, general education, recruitment tool |
| PHYS497/Postma Title:Senior Project in Physics | NEW COURSE, can be re-offered | Offered Spring 2018, advanced methods |
| MSE 496AM/L/Li Title: Additive Manufacturing and Lab | NEW COURSE, permanent | Offered Spring 2018, advanced methods |
| CHS XXX/Ruiz Title:Race, Racism and Science | NEW COURSE, still in committees | Will be offered Spring 2019, broadening recruitment, critical perspectives |
| AAS497/Chen Title:Asian American and Health Service Learning | NEW COURSE, can be re-offered | Offered Spring 2017, introduce students to health equity topics |
| AAS 340/Chen Title: Asian American Contemporary Issues (focus: health) | NEW COURSE, topical, can be re-offered | Offered Spring 2018, introduce to health inequities in Asian American communities |
| BIO 347L/ Malone Title:Introduction to Cell and Stem Cell Research | NEWLY taught in summer, new offering | Offered Summer, 2017, 2018, extends BIO 247, recruiting and extending training |
| PYS 471AB/Fahmie Title: Advanced Inquiry in Clinical Interventions | New pedagogical technique | Improved Pedagogy based on BUILD research findings |
| BIO 442/Hong Title: Developmental Biology | Improved pedagogy | Due to better dissecting microscope (BUILD) |
| LA Valley College: BIO 185/ Byrd-Williams and Brockman Title: Public Health, Social Justice, and Biomedical Research | Continuing Course, can be re-offered | Offered, Spring, 2016, 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, broadening recruitment |

