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4.00 Credits
4 Cr. Six hours of lecture/discussion/lab per week. This course focuses on the mechanisms and evolution of animal behavior, including neural, hormonal, and genetic substrates of behavior; foraging; antipredator defenses; mating systems and sexual selection; social behavior; communication; parental care; kin selection and recognition; and territoriality. Laboratory exercises will complement topics in lectures and emphasize the observation, description and quantifi cation of behavior in a variety of animal species. Offered fall semester every other year. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in 251.
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4.00 Credits
4 Cr. Three hours of lecture/two hours of lab per week. This is a basic course covering essential concepts of human physiology intended for students who have a general interest in human biology or the health-related professions. It includes fundamental concepts of molecular, cellular, and systems physiology to understand how the human body functions and maintains a steady state. The various topics include: elementary cell biology; skeletal movement and muscles; the nervous, endocrine and sensory systems; and body maintenance-blood/cardiovascular system, lymphatic system, respiratory system, digestive system, urinary system/ electrolyte balance, reproductive system. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in 250; 251 highly recommended.
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. This course will focus on the basic principles, mechanisms, and patterns of evolutionary biology including a historical survey of related ideas. Coursework will involve familiarization with current published literature that focuses on Darwinian evolution, contemporary ideas in evolution, macroevolution, and microevolution. Offered every other year. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in 251.
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. Neuroscience is the study of how the central nervous system regulates behavior and mental processing. It emphasizes the biological structures and functions of the brain and nervous system in health and disease. This course is an introduction to the mammalian nervous system. Topics include: basic mechanisms in cellular neurophysiology, electrophysiology and chemistry of nerve signals, mechanisms in integration, simple nervous pathways, physiological mechanisms determining refl ex action, emotions, locomotion, motor skills, thinking language, effects of drugs, internal secretions, and neural lesions on behavior. Prerequisites: four credits of BIOL (numbered 200 or higher); four credits CHEM. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher.
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. Three hours lecture per week. Investigation of the molecules and chemical reactions of life. Chemical principles are used to explore biology at the molecular level. Offered every spring. Prerequisites: grade of C or higher in 250; grade of C or higher in CHEM 340.
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2.00 Credits
2 Cr. One hour lecture/three hours lab per week. Presents methodology and instrumentation used to isolate and analyze biological molecules. Techniques include centrifugation, chromatography, electrophoresis, spectroscopy, and bacterial transformation. Prerequisite: 370 or concurrent.
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4.00 Credits
4 Cr. Four hours lecture per week. Investigation of the molecules and chemical reactions of life. Chemical principles are used to explore biology at the molecular level. Meets concurrently with BIOL 370 for three hours a week. The additional hour will emphasize biochemical and physiological basis of nutrition. Offered every spring. Prerequisites: C or higher in 296; C or higher in CHEM 140.
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4.00 Credits
4 Cr. Three hours lecture/three hours lab per week. This course is designed for biology majors and will include an overview of bacterial, viral, fungal, and protozoal structure and function as well as microbial physiology and ecology. Laboratory exercises will include isolation of microbes and current molecular techniques used in state-ofthe- art microbiology laboratory settings. Offered spring semester of odd numbered years. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in 251.
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. Three hours lecture per week. Computational methods for study of biological sequence in data comparative biology and evolution. Analysis of genome content and organization. Techniques for searching sequence databases, pairwise and multiple sequence alignment, phylogenetic methods, and methods for pattern recognition and functional inference from sequence date. Offered every other fall. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in 250; 251 highly recommended.
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. Three hours lecture/discussion per week. The major goal of the course is to write and present a research proposal by identifying a problem, completing a literature review of that topic, and designing an experiment. The student will also learn the methods and expectations for appropriate behavior in the conduct of scientifi c research: developing a question, conducting a literature search, developing a bibliography, understanding the fundamentals of safety in a research setting, ethical behavior, plagiarism, and writing and presenting a research proposal. Prerequisite: C or higher in 251. W
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