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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, Physics 1C and 4BL, or 6C or 6CH. Physicochemical analysis of physiology of cells and organelles, with emphasis on membranes, thermodynamics of solute and water movement, light absorption, and subcellular energy transduction. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Five-week intensive course. Lecture, five hours; laboratory, 15 hours. Requisites: Chemistry 14A, 14B, and 14BL, or 20A, 20B, 20L, and 30AL, Life Sciences 1, 3. Lectures include physical, chemical, and biological factors affecting abundance and distribution of organisms in marine environment. Laboratory includes experimental studies of local marine organisms, with emphasis on primary and secondary production and nutrient flux. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Five-week intensive course. Lecture, five hours; laboratory, 15 hours. Requisites: Chemistry 14A, 14B, and 14BL, or 20A, 20B, 20L, and 30AL, Life Sciences 1, 3. Introduction to general biology of marine algae, including basics of structure reproduction, life histories, systematics, and introduction to physiology and ecology of marine algae. Techniques in culture and laboratory investigation and utilization of algae. Given off campus at marine science center. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, one hour; discussion, two hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Broad introduction to biodiversity, community structure, and dynamics and ecosystem function of range of tropical forest habitats. Discussion of such themes as biogeography, forest structure, plant growth forms, animal communities, herbivory, forest dynamics, and disturbance regimes. P/NP or letter grading.
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8.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; fieldwork, five hours. Requisites: course 100, Life Sciences 1. Two weeks of off-campus research projects followed by two-week lecture course and offered only as part of Field Biology Quarter. Introduction to biodiversity, community structure, and dynamics and ecosystem function in tropical forest habitat. Letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory or field trip, four hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Recommended: course 100. Introduction to structure, biodiversity, and dynamics of California ecosystems, with focus on Southern California, and impact of human activities on these systems. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 162. Introduction to aspects of plant biology. Topics include plant body, reproduction, plant diversity, gene expression, and basic plant function. Letter grading.
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6.00 Credits
Lecture, four hours; laboratory, four hours. Requisites: Life Sciences 1, 2, 3. Basic aspects of plant function, including photochemical, biochemical, and physiological aspects of photosynthesis. Carbon and nitrogen metabolism and its regulation; organellar interactions and compartmentation. Water relations, ion transport, flowering, hormone action, and plant responses to stress. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Five-week intensive course. Lecture, five hours; laboratory and fieldwork, 15 hours. Requisites: Chemistry 14A, 14B, and 14BL, or 20A, 20B, 20L, and 30AL, Life Sciences 1, 3. Highly recommended: course 111. Survey of higher vertebrates living in marine habitats, including estuarine amphibians, marine reptiles, seabirds, and marine mammals. Laboratory emphasizes observational and experimental approaches to study of morphology, systematics, ecology, and behavior of local marine birds and mammals. Given off campus at marine science center. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Five-week intensive course. Lecture, five hours; laboratory, 15 hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Recommended: Mathematics 3A, 3B, 3C. Selected aspects of natural history, ecology, and behavior of diverse assemblage of local marine fishes. Fieldwork strongly emphasized. Given off campus at marine science center. P/NP or letter grading.
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