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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Five-week intensive course. Lecture, five hours; laboratory, 15 hours. Requisites: Chemistry 14B and 14BL, or 20B and 30AL, Life Sciences 1, 3. Recommended: Mathematics 3C or 32A, Physics 1C and 4BL, or 6C or 6CH. Introduction to physiological adaptations of marine vertebrates to major physicochemical variables in world oceans and to major marine habitats. Given off campus at marine science center. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Life Sciences 1, 2. Key physiological processes, with emphasis on photosynthesis, carbon and nutrient uptake, mineralization, and toxin production of key components of marine phytoplankton, such as cyanobacteria, diatoms, dinoflagellates, and coccolithophores. Letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Exploration in detail of Darwinian natural selection, with emphasis on evidence and implications for modern problems people and societies face, including antibiotic resistance, insect resistance to pesticides, and coevolution of pollinators with crop plants. Nature of science in context of questions about ongoing real-time Darwinian processes. Letter grading.
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6.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, six hours. Requisites: Chemistry 14D, or 30B and 30BL, Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 4, Mathematics 3C or 32A, Physics 1C and 4BL, or 6C or 6CH. Not open for credit to students with credit for Physiological Science 166. Designed for Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution majors. Introduction to physiology (function) of animals' organs and organ systems, with emphasis on environmental interactions and ecological adaptations. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: Life Sciences 1. Fitness dynamics of reproduction when females and males are in conflict over reproductive decisions, with focus on animals with human examples as appropriate. Emphasis on natural selection thinking, sexual selection, and origins of sexual conflict, including Fisherian sex allocation, evolution of manipulation through deceptive communication, and theory of Darwinian sexual conflict. Letter grading.
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2.00 Credits
Seminar, two hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Debates and discussions on current ethical considerations relevant to fields of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Letter grading.
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2.00 Credits
Seminar, two hours. Investigations and discussions of current socially important issues involving substantial biological considerations, either or both as background for policy and as consequences of policy. May be repeated once for credit with instructor change. Letter grading.
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6.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, six hours. Requisites: Life Sciences 1, 3. Introduction to principles, biology, and evolution of infectiousness, symbiosis, and parasitism, emphasizing protozoan and helminth parasites, including those of man. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 4. Investigation, discussion, and study of current important issues involving substantial biological considerations in ecology and evolutionary biology. Contact Undergraduate Advising Office for current topics. P/NP or letter grading.
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2.00 Credits
Seminar, two hours. Departmentally sponsored experimental or temporary courses, such as those taught by visiting faculty members. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
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