|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
0.00 - 5.00 Credits
Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 6 hours; 5 credits. Prerequisite: BIOL 331. A lecture/field course in experimental design and the use of quantitative ecological techniques in addressing scientific questions in marine ecology. The course includes lectures on techniques, field exercises where techniques are employed, computer-based data analysis, and written reports of research project results. A week-long research trip to a marine laboratory is required.
-
3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: BIOL 291 or equivalent. The goal of this course is to introduce and evaluate both classical and emerging paradigms in community ecology. This will be achieved by examining those processes (biotic and abiotic) that structure ecological communities, and by developing skills in statistical analyses and modeling to objectively weigh the evidence presented in support of these paradigms.
-
3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: BIOL 293; recommended courses: PHYS 111N, 112N. The principles of fluid and solid mechanics will be applied to a variety of plant and animal systems to understand how organisms deal with the immediate physical world and its accompanying constraints. A diverse range of topics will be covered, including aerial flight in insects, wind resistance in trees, jet propulsion in squid, flow within blood vessels, forces on intertidal organisms, viscoelasticity in biological materials, and energy storage during terrestrial movement.
-
0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 4 hours; 4 credits. Prerequisites: BIOL 291 and senior standing. Course covers the general theoretical concepts in plant ecology with statistical methods. The structure, development, processes, and history of plant communities are studied. Laboratories involve extensive fieldwork. A weekend field trip is required.
-
0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 4 hours; 4 credits. Prerequisites: BIOL 293 and 303. A basic course which treats parasitism as one of several biological interactions. The principles discussed are structural and physiological adaptations to parasitism, host specificity, immunity, parasitic life cycles, and evolution of parasitism. Representative species are examined in the laboratory.
-
3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: BIOL 115N, 116N, 292 and 303. An introduction to the processes and procedures used to reconstruct the evolutionary history of living organisms using chromosomes, proteins, and nucleic acids. Topics include project planning and sampling, molecular techniques, and analytical and tree-building programs used to infer phylogeny. Assignments include readings followed by participation in group discussions and an oral presentation followed by a written paper on the analyses of a molecular data set.
-
3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: BIOL 303. An introduction to the principles of population genetics and addresses topics such as inheritance, genetic variation, fitness, natural selection, mutation, genetic drift, gene expression, and single- and multi-locus models of different types of selection. Human disease is addressed. Students will write a mock-grant proposal.
-
3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: BIOL 115N, 116N, 293 and 303 for BIOL 457 only. For 557, students are expected to have had courses in cell biology and genetics prior to enrollment in the course. A basic course covering the history of virology, viral taxonomy, genetics, and the molecular biology and host responses to the major mammalian virus groups. Examples or recent impacts of viruses on human health such as influenza pandemics will also be covered.
-
0.00 - 5.00 Credits
Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 6 hours; 5 credits. Prerequisites: BIOL 115N, 116N, and 292. The evolution of form in chordates, with an emphasis on the vertebrates. Changes in the function and adaptive significance of structures through time are considered. The detailed anatomy of representative species is introduced and compared in the laboratory.
-
3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: BIOL 115N, 116N, 293 and 303. This course will introduce genomics as a scientific approach that combines molecular biology, high-throughput methodologies, bioinformatics and computing to reveal the secrets hidden within a genome. Topics will include how whole genomes are studied, including large scale sequencing, RNA expression profiling, proteomics and bioinformatics.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2024 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|