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3.00 Credits
Same as BI 316A except for the laboratory requirement. Prerequisites: BI 127A, BI 115A, CH 111A, CH 112A. Three hours per week. Not open to Sports Medicine majors.
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4.00 Credits
A study of the properties, structures, and function of three major macromolecules: proteins, carbohydrates and lipids; a comprehensive survey of carbohydrate metabolism, with emphasis on the integration and control of metabolic pathways. Laboratory investigations supplement the lecture material and provide an introduction to current methods and techniques in cellular biochemistry. Prerequisites: BI 127A, BI 115A, CH 111A, CH 112A, and CH 221A. Three hours and one laboratory period per week.
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4.00 Credits
DNA makes RNA makes protein. This course will cover the processes that revolutionized the study of biology and medicine. The scientific discoveries that shaped the biotechnology industry will be covered as we learn the cutting edge techniques currently used in academic laboratories, industry and medicine. Topics covered will include RNAi therapeutics, immunodetection and analysis of polymorphisms in forensic applications. The laboratory will be project based. Prerequisites: BI 127A, BI 218A. Three hours and one laboratory period per week.
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3.00 Credits
Same as BI 337A except for the laboratory requirement. Prerequisites: BI 127A, BI 115A, CH 111A, CH 112A and CH 221A. Not open to BI/AT/HS/SM majors. Three hours per week.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the molecular mechanisms for cell growth, reproduction, differentiation, motility and homeostasis. These topics will be studied in the context of both adult tissue and embryonic stages of development. Specific topics include the cytoskeleton and cell motility in gametes and during embryonic stage of gastrulation, signal transduction during fertilization and pattern formation during embryogenesis, cell differentiation during organogenesis, cell communication, membrane transport, protein secretion and the cell cycle in cancer cells. In the laboratory students will be introduced to a variety of model systems of embryonic development and will perform independent research projects. Given in alternate years. Prerequisites: BI 127A, BI 115A, BI 218A, BI 219A. Three hours and one laboratory period per week.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the evolution, systematics, anatomy, physiology, and behavior of freshwater, marine and anadromous fishes from temperate to tropical environments. The course also examines the diversity of fish interactions in aquatic communities: predator/prey relationships, host/symbiont interactions, and the various roles of fishes as herbivores. Study of inter and intra-specific predatorprey relationships among fish populations in aquatic communities integrates principles of ecology. Prerequisites: BI 127A, BI 128A, CH 111A, CH 112A. Three hours per week. MBMSC
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4.00 Credits
A study of the geologic, physical, chemical and biological processes associated with inland waters, estuaries and oceans. Given in alternate years. Prerequisites: BI 127A, BI 128A, CH 111A, CH 112A. Three hours and one laboratory period per week.
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4.00 Credits
A study of the physical and biological aspects of the marine environment. The emphasis will be upon biology, including a survey of marine organisms, adaptations, habitats, physiology and behavior of selected forms, marine productivity, and overall ecological relationships. Given in alternate years. Prerequisites: BI 127A, BI 128A, CH 111A, CH 112A. Three hours and one laboratory period per week.
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4.00 Credits
A study of the intersections between ecology, environmental science and environmental management. This is a hands-on course with an applied emphasis centered on current issues, techniques and practical integration of multidisciplinary components of environmental management in New England. Topics will include wetland mitigation procedures, development of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), assessing the impacts of damming on the Merrimack River, use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in environmental management and applications of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) database. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Three hours and one laboratory period per week.
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3.00 Credits
Each course offered in the Field Studies Program is an intensive experiential learning opportunity involving a lecture/classroom component and field work in various remote, pristine, environmentally significant locations around the world. Different ecosystems are studied and compared, and every course focuses on the natural history of the particular location both from an integrated biological perspective [zoology, botany, ecology, biogeography, microbiology and evolution], as well as consideration of the human and cultural aspects of the region. Students develop an awareness and appreciation for both biological and cultural diversity and complexity. There is an additional fee for travel. Open to majors and non-majors. [Students may enroll in more than one field studies course, using a different course number for each.] Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Satisfy the mathematics and science distribution requirement. One field studies course is generally offered every other year and students can expect that the particular region selected for ecological study will vary. Previously offered courses in the Field Studies Program are have included: Tropical Biology/Rain Forest and Marine Ecology: Belize, Central America Temperate Biology/Marine Natural History: Shoals Marine Laboratory, Appledore Island, ME Tropical Forest and River Ecology: Amazon River Basin, Brazil, South America Tropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Wetlands: Tanzania, East Africa Ecology Down Under: Terrestrial and Marine Systems of Tropical Australia
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