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4.00 Credits
Introduction to immunology, with attention to the genetics and molecular and cell biology of antibody production; T-cell mediated immune responses; and innate immunity. Topics include the nature of antigens, hypersensitivities, transplantation, cytokines, autoimmunity, cancer, response to infection, and vaccines.
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4.00 Credits
Introductory course covering a broad range of topics in modern evolutionary thought and practice, including ecological context of evolutionary change, interpretation of the fossil record, patterns of extinctions, speciations and biogeographic distributions, genetic variation and population structure, natural selection and adaptations, reconstruction of evolutionary history and phylogeny, molecular evolution, evolutionary novelties and the evolution of developmental systems, and human evolution and social issues.
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4.00 Credits
In this age of information, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the barrage of reports about familiar and exotic diseases, promising advertisements for dubious treatments, and contradictory opinions on the ethics and efficacy of new health technologies. To help students critically evaluate this material, this course examines how the human body and select diseases operate and how our efforts to control or cure our bodies work (or fail). The course also examines how treatments are tested, how news about health is reported, and how human activities influence the incidence and spread of diseases.
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4.00 Credits
Presents basic ecological principles and concepts, including ecological relationships within ecosystems, energy flow, biogeochemical cycles, limiting factors, community ecology, population ecology, niche, climax, and major ecological habitats. These topics are related to current environmental problems such as habitat destruction, climate change, biological invasions, loss of biodiversity, and overpopulation. Several field trips are scheduled during the regular class periods.
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4.00 Credits
The ability to organize and analyze ecological data is an essential research tool. Geographic information systems (GIS) are computerized systems for the capture, storage, management, analysis, and display of geographically referenced data and their attributes. In this course, mastering the basic principles and applications of GIS, including coordinate systems, data transformations, spatial analysis, and accuracy assessment, is emphasized. Laboratory exercises use ecological data and examples to provide extensive hands-on experience with ArcGIS, a professional GIS software package.
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4.00 Credits
The course is geared toward beginning health professional students. It focuses on how the human body works. Anatomy is also discussed, since the various physiological mechanisms are possible only because of its close interrelationship. Students are introduced to both clinical and research methodologies and are able to apply this knowledge in a laboratory setting.
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4.00 Credits
An upper-level elective course for students majoring in biology and those seeking to fulfill requirements for entrance into advanced degree programs. Students culture bacteria from soil and fermented food products. Bacteria are isolated from these sources and identified using a variety of microbiological techniques. These include staining and using the microscope; culturing bacterial isolates under different growth conditions; subjecting the bacterial isolates to a range of biochemical differential tests; and DNA sequence analysis of a gene from the isolates. Data obtained from microbiological techniques and comparison of DNA sequences with computer databases are used to identify the unknown bacterial isolates. In addition, the course includes such applied microbiology as microbial analysis of water and antimicrobial sensitivity testing. This course provides an investigative approach to learning many of the standard techniques of a microbiology lab.
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4.00 Credits
An issues-oriented course in biology emphasizing the current understanding of fundamental contemporary matters in life and environmental sciences. Covers topics such as evolution, biodiversity, genetic engineering, the human genome, bioterrorism, climate, pollution, and diseases. Examines the interrelationship within living systems and their environments.
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4.00 Credits
This upper-level course, or a comparable one, is required of all students planning to graduate with honors in biology. It uses the fundamental and broad topic of signaling in biological systems to introduce students to reading and analyzing papers from the primary literature. These papers cover a wide range of different biological model systems. The course also covers topics such as scientific ethics, writing fellowship proposals and papers, giving presentations, and aspects of lab safety. It equips students with the skills needed for independent research.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Field or laboratory research with a sponsor at an organization or institution in the metropolitan area other than the Department of Biology. Students with the necessary background in course work and who, in the opinion of the sponsor, possess intellectual independence and ability may register for an internship in some field of biology. The student must approach an individual at the organization or institution to obtain sponsorship and agreement to provide counsel and any necessary space and facilities for the research project. The director of undergraduate studies maintains a file of suitable opportunities and is available to help students identify organizations of interest. The student must submit a lab or research notebook and a final paper.
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