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1.50 Credits
Purvis-Roberts This course is designed to apply the fundamental ideas of chemistry to environmental concepts. Major topics include water, air, and land pollution, industrial ecology, and chemical techniques for environmental analysis and remediation. Prerequisite: Chemistry 116. Enrollment limited to 20. One-half course credit. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Benoit Morphology, ontogeny, and evolution of vertebrate organ systems, with emphasis on the evolutionary aspects of vertebrate development. The laboratory includes dissection of major vertebrate types and examination of basic histologic and embryologic materials. Prerequisites: Biology 43 and 44, or both semesters of the AISS sequence. Enrollment limited to 36. Laboratory fee $50. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Armstrong, Kwok This course provides an overview of the mechanisms of inheritance at the molecular, cellular, and population levels. Topics include the genetics of human disease, mapping genes, the analysis of genomes (genomics), and quantitative genetics. Prerequisites: Biology 43, Chemistry 14 and 15 (or 29), or both semesters of the AISS sequence, or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 36. Offered every semester.
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1.50 Credits
McFarlane A course focusing on the underpinnings of the modern synthetic theory of evolution. Topics will include historical development of evolutionary thinking; major events in the history of life; molecular mechanisms of evolution; speciation; systematics; biogeography; evolutionary ecology and evolutionary aspects of behavior. Prerequisites: Biology 43 and 44, or both semesters of the AISS sequence, or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 24. Offered every fall semester.
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1.50 Credits
McFarlane An exploration of the factors and interrelationships in influencing the distribution and abundance of organisms. Theoretical models and empirical data are applied to questions of biogeography, life histories, population regulation, community structure and resource management. Laboratory component will include an introduction to computer modeling in ecology, and the processing of quantitative data from field and laboratory investigations. Prerequisites: Biology 43 and 44, or both semesters of the AISS sequence. Enrollment limited to 18. Laboratory fee $50. Offered every fall semester.
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1.50 Credits
Coleman Lecture and discussions of primary literature covering systems neuroscience. Topics will include sensory systems and motor systems, learning and memory, sleep and wakefulness, and neural networks. Prerequisites: Biology 43 and 44, and Chemistry 14 and 15 (or 29), or both semesters of the AISS sequence. Biology 161 is highly recommended. Enrollment limited to 24. Offered every fall semester.
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1.50 Credits
Staff A study of the structure of matter and the principles of chemical reactions. Topics covered include atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding, thermodynamics, equilibria, electrochemistry, kinetics, descriptive inorganic and organic chemistry, and spectroscopy. (Chemistry 14 is a prerequisite for 15.) Laboratory fee $50 per semester. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Milton, Staff A two-part course offered by faculty of the Joint Science department and Western University of Health Sciences; the two courses may not be taken concurrently. Developmental and evolutionary principles of limb design and function; mechanical properties of bone, soft tissues, muscle, nerve; inter-relationships between structure, biomechanics, and function; open chain versus closed chain kinematics; mobility of limb girdles; mechanisms of injury and prevention. Laboratory involves dissection of human cadavers. Prerequisites: Biology 39 (or Dance 160po or Dance 163sc), Biology 43 or 44 (or equivalent), Physics 30 or 33 (or equivalent), and permission of instructor. The AISS sequence may be used for the introductory biology and physics courses. Enrollment limited to 15. Laboratory fee: $ 100. Offered every other year. Evolution and development of pronograde versus orthograde stance; development of pelvic diaphragm; mechanical properties of disks and vertebrae (creep); passive versus active stabilization and limb movement; back pain. Prerequisites: Biology 39 (or Dance 160po or Dance 163sc), Biology 43 or 44 (or equivalent), Physics 30L or 33L (or equivalent), and permission of instructor. The AISS sequence may be used for the introductory biology and physics courses. Enrollment limited to 15. Laboratory fee: $ 100. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Staff Lectures, discussions and laboratory exercises explore the current state of our understanding of how complex organisms arise from single cells. Topics will include growth, differentiation, and pattern formation in embryos at the organismal, cellular, and molecular levels, as well as the scientific basis of animal cloning and stem cell research. Prerequisites: Biology 43 and 44, Chemistry 14 and 15 (or 29), or both semesters of the AISS sequence, or permission of instructor. One previous upper-division biology course is strongly recommended. Enrollment limited to 18. Laboratory fee $50. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Guthrie Lectures, discussion and videos covering the biological approach to behavior. Topics include the physiological, neurological, genetic, evolutionary and ecological approaches to behavior, with an emphasis on behavioral ecology. Prerequisites: Biology 43 and 44, or both semesters of the AISS sequence, or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 50. Offered every year.
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