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4.00 Credits
Students will become familiar with major plant divisions, principles of plant classification including anatomy and morphology of plant groups, evolution of plant groups, and ecology of plants including distribution and environmental requirements. Assessment will be based upon submitted written reports, results from traditional tests and quizzes, and completion of a final written term paper. $35 Course Fee. Recommend taking BIO 111 or its equivalent prior to BIO 114.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a lower-division survey course of the wildlife species found in Montana. The course intends to introduce students to Montana wildlife, their habitats, field sign and other identification features, vulnerabilities, behavior, and rare and endangered species. (spring)
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3.00 Credits
Selected topics under faculty supervision. Prereq: c/i and c/vc. (fall/spring)
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4.00 Credits
Example animal and plant invasions, both local and around the world, will be used to examine the biological (including ecological and evolutionary) and social issues associated with the growing problem of invasive alien species. Through preparation for class discussion and position papers, students will acquire an in-depth understanding of how politics, economics, and ethics have intertwined to result in continuing environmental degradation by invasives. Through field and/or lab exercises students will acquire practical knowledge of assessment and control of invasive species, as well as the methods used to gather, validate, and interpret biological data in general. $25 Course Fee. Prereq: c/i. (spring/odd-numbered years)
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4.00 Credits
Upon completion of this course the student should be familiar with the basic concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics as applied in various areas of biology. The student should exhibit competence in describing data using measures of central tendency, measures of location, measures of dispersion, and various graphical techniques. The student should be able to compute confidence intervals and test hypotheses including derivation of sampling distributions (either theoretical, or derived via bootstrapping or randomization techniques) and the comparison of similar tests using statistical power. The student should be familiar with using calculators and computer software to conduct various statistical procedures including both parametric and nonparametric tests: t-test, sign test, Wilcoxon Rank-sum test, one-way ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis test, two-way ANOVA, Friedman k-sample Test, regression, correlation, Chi-square and Kolmogorov-Smirnov Tests. Prereq: MATH 131 grade C- or higher, or c/i. (fall)
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4.00 Credits
This experimentally-based course investigates a wide breadth of topics in current cell biology in detail. Much attention is given to the structure and function of cells and cellular macromolecules, biological membranes, cellular metabolism, molecular biology, enzymes, and the cell cycle. The laboratory portions of this course will use novel projects to introduce students to many techniques in current cell biology. Some of these include cell fractionation, protein localization, western blot analysis, centrifugation techniques, and enzyme activity assays. Lab included. $30 Course Fee. Prereq: BIO 111, or c/i. (spring)
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on the structure and biology of microorganisms including Archaea, bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoans, and viruses. A partial list of lecture topics includes microbial growth and nutrition, metabolism, microscopy, microbial diseases, and food microbiology. The laboratory investigates many aspects of microbiology including microbial diversity, ecology, water sampling, antibiotic susceptibility, enrichment cultures, as well as more exciting topics. Lab included. $35 Course Fee. Prereq: BIO 255. (spring)
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4.00 Credits
The impact of stochastic processes (environmental, catastrophic, genetic, and demographic) on small populations (i.e., threatened and endangered species) will be examined. Discussions cover habitat and population fragmentation, corridors, biodiversity and its measurement, endangered species policy and law, and case studies extinction; for the latter, ultimate and proximate causal factors of extinction will be discussed. Students without a background in high school biology may want to consider taking BIO 101 before enrolling in this course. $20 Course Fee. Prereq: equivalent of MATH 007 or higher and BIO 112, or c/i. (spring)
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4.00 Credits
Taxonomy, morphology, behavior, and ecology of representative families of insects. Collection required; students should consult with instructor prior to summer session. Lab included. $25 Course Fee. Prereq: BIO 112, or c/i. (fall/odd-numbered years)
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3.00 Credits
Directed research or study on an individual basis. Prereq: c/i and c/vc. (fall/spring)
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