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4.00 Credits
BIOL 1100 and BIOL 2100. This course is designed to give students hands-on experience with methods and techniques used in the practice of wildlife biology. Lecture will be supplemented by a lab, in which students will do field work using a variety of approaches including: census, behavioral observations, capture and tracking. NOTE: The lab for this course will meet outside and students may encounter inclement weather. Faculty: D. HERNANDEZ 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Natural Sciences & Mathematics Division Biology Department
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4.00 Credits
BIOL 1100 with a minimum grade of C or better. A field course and introduction to the science of birds, designed primarily for BIOL, ENVL, and MARS majors. Students develop skills in identification and observation; study the behavior of local birds in the wild; and investigate the evolution, behavior, ecology, and biogeography of birds. Offered with lab in alternate years. Faculty: J. CONNOR, D. HERNANDEZ 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Natural Sciences & Mathematics Division Biology Department
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2.00 Credits
BIOL 1100; ENVL 2200; BIOL 2100 or a similar college-level ecology course. Students will review the primary literature on population regulation in mammals, mostly rodents, starting with some classic works and moving to the current literature. Students will be asked to present a seminar on relevant topic. Faculty: M. GELLER 2.000 Credit hours 2.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Natural Sciences & Mathematics Division Biology Department
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4.00 Credits
BIOL 1100. The evolution of vertebrate structures and their functional significance. Strong emphasis on lab work. Offered each Fall term. Faculty: R. WOOD 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Natural Sciences & Mathematics Division Biology Department
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4.00 Credits
BIOL 1100 and 1200 with a minimum grade of C or better, and BIOL 2110. Problems and concepts in the development of animals and plants. Topics include: gamete formation, fertilization, and embryo development; cell differentiation; pattern formation; regeneration; metamorphosis; growth control and malignancy, and aging. Class participants will discuss current research in these areas as well as gain a historical perspective on the development of the theories and principles underlying current research endeavors. Laboratory exercises include work with animal embryos, both animal and plant, regeneration and metamorphosis, teratology and cell communication. Offered alternate spring terms. Faculty: D. BURLEIGH 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours 3.000 Lab hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture/ Lab_ Natural Sciences & Mathematics Division Biology Department
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4.00 Credits
BIOL 1100 and BIOL 1200 with a minimum grade of C or better. BIOL 2110, CHEM 2110, CHEM 2120. Not open to students with credit for BIOL 2170. The general biology of microorganisms. Includes the structures of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, energy transformations, nutrition, biosynthesis, growth, and microbial genetics. Various aspects of applied microbiology such as antimicrobial agents, microbial interactions, microbial ecology, and industrial microbiology will also be discussed. The laboratory includes basic techniques for handling, isolating, characterizing, and counting microorganisms. Intended for BIOL and BCMB majors. Offered each fall term. Faculty: K. YORK 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours 3.000 Lab hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Natural Sciences & Mathematics Division Biology Department
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4.00 Credits
BIOL 1100 and BIOL 1200 with a minimum grade of C or better. BIOL 2110 and CHEM 2110, CHEM 2120. The physical and chemical functioning of plants. Plant-water relations, photosynthesis and translocation, plant mineral nutrition, and the control of plant growth and developmental processes. Laboratory includes exercises in modern techniques of plant tissue culture growth, development and molecular biology. This course meets the plant requirement for BIOL major. Offered each spring term. Faculty: P. STRAUB, R. HUTCHINSON 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture/Lab_ Natural Sciences & Mathematics Division Biology Department
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4.00 Credits
BIOL 1100 and BIOL 1200 with a minimum grade of C or better. CHEM 2110, CHEM 2120. Designed for those wishing to have a more detailed understanding in cell and molecular biology than is afforded by the core course, Cells and Molecules. Includes cell ultrastructure, function and morphology of organelles, enzyme function and regulation, cell movement, differentiation, protein synthesis, gene structure, function and control, transcription, and replication. For relevant laboratory work, consider BIOL 3100, Cell Biology Laboratory Methods. Offered each fall term. Faculty: R. HUTCHISON, D. BURLEIGH 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Natural Sciences & Mathematics Division Biology Department
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4.00 Credits
BIOL 1100, 1105, 1200, 1205 with a minimum grade of C. Open to juniors and seniors only. A survey of the fossil evidence for human evolution, from the origins of the earliest hominins to the emergence of modern humans. In examining humans from a biological perspective, students will study techniques for reconstructing behavior, ecology, and phylogeny of extinct species. Faculty: M. LAGUE 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Natural Sciences & Mathematics Division Biology Department
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4.00 Credits
BIOL 1100 with a minimum grade of C or better or GEOL 2101. Not open to freshmen. (Same as GEOL 3241.) Paleobiology deals with the use of fossils in the interpretation of geologic time, ancient environmental reconstruction, and the evolutionary history of life. The course will cover the nature of fossils, the use of fossils for relative age dating, the origin and history of life, extinction and its causes, fossils as environmental indicators, the use of fossils in phylogenetic reconstruction, paleoecology, biogeography, functional morphology, etc. Examples will be drawn from all aspects of the fossil record. Weekly laboratories include microscope analysis, macrofossil analysis and field trips. Faculty: M. LEWIS 4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours 3.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Natural Sciences & Mathematics Division Biology Department
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