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  • BI 341: Ecology

    4.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. BI 221 or BI 222 or BI 251; MT 123; SC 120 - The student examines relationships of organisms to their environment and studies interrelations among organisms. Her extensive fieldwork and long-term research assist her in analyzing complex environments. Throughout the course, she develops her data analysis and communication skills. She analyzes, formulates, and critiques model environmental impact statements using her ecological tools.
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  • BI 361: Genetics

    3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. BI 251; one additional 200- or 300-level BI course - The student applies qualitative and quantitative analytic skills to understand how biological traits are determined in an individual, and how they are inherited from generation to generation. She explores the nature of genes as abstract pieces of information, as physical elements of the cell's chromosomes, and as chemical sequences of a DNA molecule. The class surveys the diversity of genetic systems among living things, with special attention to problems of human heredity.
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  • BI 361L: Genetics Laboratory

    1.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. BI 361 - In this course, which is required for majors in the biological sciences, the student applies theoretical concepts of heredity to solve problems in genetics that are demonstrated by living organisms in the laboratory. She applies analytic and problem-solving techniques from prerequisite courses to a series of integrated experiments that together demonstrate the fundamental principles of genetics in simple plant and animal systems.
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  • BI 374: External Assessment in Biology For Effective Citizenship Level

    0.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. Effective Citizenship Level 3 - This assessment takes the form of volunteer research for a community organization. The student works with a community organization to develop a project that will use her biology research skills and benefit the community. She analyzes the organization to develop criteria for an effective product, uses appropriate research skills, and reports her findings in a manner appropriate to the audience.
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  • BI 395: Biochemical Analysis( Also ch 395)

    2.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. BI/CH 228; CH 234 - The student develops computer, literature, and laboratory research skills in the field of biochemistry. She learns to use the Internet to search the biochemical literature, to seek research methodology, and to access databases for information about nucleic acid and protein sequences and to predict protein structure. The student reflects on science values and on the American Chemical Society professional code of conduct. In the laboratory, she conducts enzyme kinetic studies and plans and conducts a biochemical investigation based on published research.
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  • BI 397/497: Independent Study in Biology

    2.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. Advanced standing; biology major - The student selects a topic in biology related to her career goals and, under the direction of a Biology Department faculty member, investigates that topic in depth.
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  • BI 425: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY(also CH 425)

    4.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. BI 325 or BI 361 - In this course, the student integrates and applies knowledge from a breadth of fields in biology, chemistry, and physics to the analysis of molecular mechanisms and control of nucleic acids in living organisms. The course focuses on the theoretical and technical mechanisms of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA) function, including replication and gene expression. There is a strong emphasis on current laboratory techniques for manipulating the genome, and laboratory work is closely integrated with the lecture/discussion component.
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  • BI 441: ANIMAL BEHAVIOR(also PSY 441)

    4.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. BI 222 or BI 231 or BI 341 or BSC 255 or PSY 345 or PSY 350; Analysis Level 4 and Problem Solving Level 4 - The student investigates mechanisms underlying patterns of animal behavior and their ecological, physiological, and evolutionary basis. She identifies differences and commonalities between the fields of comparative psychology, behavioral ecology, and neurophysiology in their approach to examining animal behavior. She focuses on the selective value of various behaviors and uses behavioral models to describe and interpret behavior. She designs, conducts, and evaluates behavioral experiments. She works extensively with the primary literature of animal behavior.
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  • BI 443: Chronobiology

    3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. BI 231; BI 251; one 300-level BI course - The student concentrates on the temporal dimension of the rhythmic patterns observed throughout the living world. She is introduced to several theories detailing the biological basis of rhythmic patterns, and she explores and evaluates these theories. She analyzes selected research studies of human rhythmic patterns, their manipulations, and the interpretation of data that support these changes, incorporating insights gained from gene mutants that affect rhythmic events. She views videos that focus on gene chronomutants as well as conducting Internet searches on topics for presentation to her peers.
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  • BI 452: IMMUNOLOGY Prereq.BI 325 or BI 361

    3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    - The student examines the complex mechanisms, theories, and models regarding how the living system responds to what is foreign to itself and how at times it responds negatively to itself. Areas of study include antigen-antibody specificity and reactions, autoimmunity, and diagnostic testing. The student also analyzes medical case studies that deal with immunological health problems.
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