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4.00 Credits
An introductory survey of life at the cellular level. Beginning with an introduction to the evolution and complexity of life, including prokaryotes and viruses, the course examines the commonality of life at both the biochemical and cellular levels. One primary focus is energy transfer in living systems (fermentation, respiration, and photosynthesis), followed by attention to information transfer (genetics, nucleic acid replication, transcription, and translation). The course ends with discussions of more complex topics (genetic engineering, human genetics, and immunology). The laboratory portion provides an introduction to the methodologies and instrumentation found in the modern biology lab. Students are strongly encouraged to enroll concurrently in Chemistry 141. Prerequisites: eligibility for Q courses and high school biology and chemistry.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to organismal biology and ecology, primarily for those who intend to continue in biology; also open to interested students not majoring in science. Topics include population genetics, evolution, vertebrate embryology and anatomy, and animal phylogeny, taxonomy, and ecology. Biology 142 may be taken before Biology 141, if necessary. Students majoring in biology are strongly encouraged to enroll concurrently in Chemistry 142. Prerequisite: eligibility for Q courses.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides a background in: (1) the basic methods of data analysis for biologists, (2) applications of mathematics to the description of biological phenomena, and (3) the generation of testable hypotheses from models of biological processes. The goal of this course is to provide a general idea of the statistical methods commonly used in biology, the methods appropriate for various types of data, and an in-depth examination of how the methods work. Among topics covered are elementary probability and statistics, hypothesis testing, characteristics of frequency distributions, regression analysis, and some multivariate-based methods. Prerequisite: eligibility for Q courses.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to our dynamic Earth on its true timescale. Students examine physical processes operating on the Earth, and the ways the planet has changed since its formation. This includes longer time-scale processes like climate change and glaciation and the impacts of hazards such as volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and meteorites. Labs involve field trips to local sites of geologic interest. Prerequisite: eligibility for Q courses.
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4.00 Credits
An introductory look at the relationships between genetics, environment, and biochemistry. The course, intended for students with a strong interest in science and appropriate for biology majors, begins with an examination of heredity in both classical and modern molecular contexts. It then focuses on the relationships between genes and proteins, and the complex biochemical interactions that produce a phenotype. The course culminates in a discussion of how the environment interacts with multiple genes to influence complex traits (for example, schizophrenia) and the modern methods for identifying the genetic components of these traits. The laboratory provides students an opportunity to examine some of the principles in more detail and to become acquainted with some of the methodologies and instrumentation found in amodern biology laboratory. Prerequisites: eligibility for Q courses and high school biology and chemistry.
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4.00 Credits
This course, intended for biology majors and students with a strong interest in science, examines scientific issues related to biological diversity. In addition to studying characteristics of the major groups of organisms on Earth, students investigate the evolutionary causes and the ecological consequences of diversity. They examine patterns of biodiversity through time and develop an understanding of how the present loss of biodiversity compares in magnitude and rate to previous periods of extinction. Finally, students evaluate methods for preserving biodiversity based on principles of conservation biology. Throughout this course, they explore the use of statistical methods for evaluating scientific data. Prerequisites: strong background in high school biology and eligibility for Q courses.
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4.00 Credits
Some of the most interesting and aesthetically fascinating aspects of life are just out of human sight, but within our reach using simple stereoscopic microscopes. The underlying goal of this course is to use the microscope for making inductive observations about living things, asking questions, and generating deductive hypotheses. With class themes in functional biology as a guide, students use pre-prepared and self-prepared slides of microscopic organisms and parts of larger organisms to generate questions and hypotheses about "how things work."
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4.00 Credits
What is a genome? How do genomes differ between species and individuals within a species? How are genomes sequenced and how is computation used to understand genomes? These fundamental questions are explored through lectures and computer programming labs using PERL. A series of programming exercises examines several cryptographic systems in order to develop the programming skills needed to explore and understand the structure of genomic sequences. In final group projects, students develop computer programs to further explore a genomic topic of interest to each group. Prerequisite: the equivalent of AP biology or AP calculus, or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
The course takes a modern approach to the study of genetics in which classical ideas about genotype, phenotype, and inheritance are integrated into the modern molecular and genomic understanding of the processes involved in the generation of diversity. In addition to discussions of the molecular mechanisms of DNA replication, recombination, the generation and repair of mutations, and the relationship between genotype and phenotype, special consideration is given to understanding the processes involved in generating population-level variation in complex traits and how this understanding can help identify the myriad genetic and nongenetic factors influencing these traits. The laboratory consists of a semesterlong project involving the genetic manipulation of a model organism's genome to address one or more topics in the course. Prerequisite: one year of college biology.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the general principles of ecology and evolution that, with genetics, form the core of biological understanding. In addition to studying foundational ideas in both ecology and evolution, the class explores topics at the boundary between these two areas, including how genetic variation among individual organisms can influence ecological interactions, and how these interactions can influence fitness. Students use model building to inform a mechanistic understanding of processes. Offered every spring. Prerequisite: Successful completion of Biology 201.
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