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3.00 Credits
This course offers students an opportunity to study unique biological communities and to experience living in a foreign culture. Specific content and location varies. May be repeated a maximum of two times under different subtitles. Prereq: Will be set by instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the physiography, geology, soils, hydrology, climate (paleo and recent), vegetation (paleo and recent), floras (including floralistic relationships), archaeobotany, and agriculture of Kentucky. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours per week. Prereq: One year of introductory Biology or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the selective forces influencing animal behavior, such as foraging, predator avoidance, mate choice, parental care, and social interaction. Specific phenomena to be explored include the evolution of optimal foraging and search images, extravagant male characteristics, female preferences, conflicts between the sexes, infanticide, parent-offspring conflict, dominance hierarchies, optimal group size, altruism, and eusociality. The study of these behaviors integrates ideas and approaches from ecology, genetics, physiology, and psychology. Students will be encouraged to read outside material, to think carefully, logically, and critically about ideas, and to ask questions and defend their views in class. Prereq: A year of introductory biology (BIO 150/152).
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
An independent research project in an area of biology under the direction of a faculty mentor. The research may be conducted in the School of Biological Sciences or in other biological units on campus. A research contract signed by the student and the faculty research mentor must be approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biology. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits, but a maximum of only 6 credits may be used the satisfy the requirements of a BS or BA in Biology. Prereq: BIO 150, 151, 152, and 153. Completion of at least one of the Biology core courses (Cell Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Ecology) is strongly recommended.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Selected topics in biology of special interest to teachers such as biological research experiences related to pharmacological assays, collecting behavioral data, compilation and statistically analysis of data. When the course is offered, a specific title with specific credits, the number of hours in lecture-discussion and laboratory, will be given. Lecture/discussion, two-four hours; laboratory, zero-four hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits. Prereq: By consent of instructor only.
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3.00 Credits
A laboratory course for students of genetics and cell biology to provide practical experience in contemporary experimental analysis. Prereq: BIO 315 and BIO 304, or equivalent (may be taken concurrently).
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the identifying characteristics and evolutionary relationships among groups of vascular plants, concentrating on important families in the temperate flora of eastern North America. Students will gain experience in species identification and in the use of important tools and references of field botany. Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours; plus two Saturday field trips. Prereq: BIO 150, 151, 152 and 153; or one course in introductory botany; or consent of instructor. (Same as NRC 420G.)
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1.00 Credits
This seminar develops effective analysis, presentation, and discussion skills required of Biology majors by exploring various life science topics of interest to faculty and students. Satisfies seminar requirements for Biology majors and can be repeated for a maximum of 2 credits under a different subtitle. Prereq: Senior standing in Biology recommended. BIO 150-153 or equivalent. Additional prereq(s) may be identified by instructor when topic is selected.
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3.00 Credits
Basic principles of plant physiology; the physiological processes of green plants and the effect of the environment on these processes. Prereq: BIO 150, 151, 152, 153 (or equivalent); CHE 230/231 (or equivalent); BIO 315 (or equivalent) or consent of instructor.
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2.00 Credits
An introduction to laboratory and field experimentation and computer simulation in ecology. Exercises and demonstrations will be performed to familiarize students with (1) particular populations and ecosystems, (2) some important research problems in ecology, and (3) current research techniques for dealing with them. One or two Saturday field trips will be required. Laboratory, four hours. Prereq or coreq: BIO 325 or equivalent and consent of instructor.
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