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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BSCI105 or permission of department. Also offered as WMST326. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BSCI342 or WMST326. Formerly ZOOL326. The biology of the reproductive system with emphasis on mammals and, in particular, on human reproduction. Hormone actions, sperm production, ovulation, sexual differentiation, sexual behavior, contraception, pregnancy, lactation, maternal behavior, and menopause.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Formerly MICB388. Presentation and discussion of special subjects in the field of cell biology and molecular genetics. A maximum of three credit hours of BSCI 348 may be applied to major.
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3.00 Credits
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week. Prerequisites: BSCI105 and BSCI106 and BSCI222. Formerly ZOOL360. Study of animal behavior with emphasis on its evolution and function. Topics include genetic basis of behavior, communication, aggression, foraging, cooperation, mate selection, and relevance for conservation.
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4.00 Credits
Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week. Prerequisites: BSCI106 and (MATH140 or MATH220). Formerly ZOOL328N. Basic principles of population, community, and ecosystem ecology. Use of these principles to predict possible consequences of human-caused changes in the environment and to understand the level of uncertainty of those predictions.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BSCI106. Formerly PBIO455. An examination of the biology of higher plants in dune and marsh ecosystems.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BSCI106. Formerly ZOOL312. Ecology, evolutionary biology, and paleontology will be applied to the study of conservation, species invasions, and extinction.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BSCI224 or BSCI225 or BSCI227 or permission of department. Formerly ENTM313. How biological diversity affects the stability and economic viability of agriculture, urban landscapes, and other managed resources and what actions can be taken to reduce losses.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BSCI106. Formerly ZOOL328Q. Understanding evolutionary processes in a natural and human environment, including adaption; DNA sequence, protein, and genome evolution; evolution of developmental mechanisms; mechanisms of evolutionary change (mutation, natural selection, drift); epidemiology; coevolution and biological control; speciation; comparative methods; extinction and conservation; human evolution.
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3.00 Credits
Three lectures per week and at least one Saturday field trip. Prerequisite: a course in biological sciences or permission of department. Consideration of the major groups of organisms associated with the Chesapeake Bay and current issues that determine humans' present and future uses for the Chesapeake and its biota.
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2.00 Credits
One hour of lecture, two hours of laboratory, and eight hours of fieldwork per week. Pre- or corequisite: BSCI373. Formerly ZOOL382. A laboratory and field experience of the watershed and Chesapeake Bay biota. Laboratories will be used to identify the biota collected by students on Thursday and Saturday field trips to a wide variety of collecting sites available along the 200 mile length of the Chesapeake Bay.
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