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4.00 Credits
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory. A study of the distribution, abundance, and diversity of organisms in nature. The laboratory component will teach basic laboratory skills while enhancing students' ability to conduct fi eld sampling, observational studies, and experiments. This is the fi rst course in a four-course sequence intended for biology and other science majors. This core sequence serves as a foundation and prerequisite for further study in biology.
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4.00 Credits
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory. A study of the distribution, abundance, and diversity of organisms in nature. The laboratory component will teach basic laboratory skills while enhancing students' ability to conduct fi eld sampling, observational studies, and experiments. This is the first course in a four-course sequence intended for biology and other science majors. This core sequence serves as a foundation and prerequisite for further study in biology.
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4.00 Credits
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory. A study of life at the molecular and cellular level. Topics include the chemistry of life, metabolism, cell structure, cell membranes, cell communication, the basis of multicellularity, and a survey of unicellular organisms. The laboratory component will teach basic laboratory skills while enhancing students¿ ability to plan experiments. This is the second course in a four-course sequence intended for biology and other science majors. This core sequence serves as a foundation and prerequisite for further study in biology.
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2.00 Credits
Two hours seminar. Designed for students new to the Biology major, this is a seminar course that will discuss various professional skills needed to succeed in the major. Topics may include: introduction to scientifi c literature, discussions of career options, and expectations for biology majors.
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4.00 Credits
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory. Prerequisites: BIOL 131 or BIOL 232 or 4 hours of biology. An interdisciplinary exploration into the vital role plants and plant products play in human society. Throughout recorded history, humans have depended on plants as sources of foods, beverages, herbs and spices, medicinal and recreational drugs, wood and textiles, and other products. This course explores plant structure, growth, and nutrition; the diversity and evolutionary relationships of organisms traditionally studied by botanists; techniques for growing and producing plant products; plant breeding and genetic modifi cation; and conservation of plant-based resources. Emphasis on the origins, history, morphology and chemistry of plants of economic importance.
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4.00 Credits
Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. Prerequisites: BIOL 103 or BIOL 131. Introduces classifi cation, nomenclature, structure, function, development and evolution of the nonphotosynthetic protistans and the major animal phyla.
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4.00 Credits
Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. Prerequisite: 4 hours of biology. A lecture and field/laboratory course focusing on identification and classification of trees, shrubs, and wildflowers of eastern North America. Emphasis on the use of dichotomous keys to identify native and naturalized plant species, distinguishing characteristics of major temperate plant families, and common ecological communities and habitats of Virginia. This course is suitable for both biology majors and non-majors.
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4.00 Credits
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory. Prerequisites: BIOL 231, or a "B" or betterin BIOL 105. Examines Mendelian genetics, chromosomal structure and distribution, genetic interactions, sex and inheritance, probability and statistics, linkage, allelism and immunity, molecular genetics and gene populations. Students cannot earn credit for both BIOL 221 and BIOL 341.
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4.00 Credits
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory. Prerequisite: CHEM 102 and either BIOL 105 or BIOL 132:231. Introduction to the cell, the fundamental unit of biological organization of the fi ve kingdoms of organisms. Structure and function of the cell described, analyzed and integrated. Emphasis on the basic physiochemical phenomena important in understanding structural organization and metabolic cellular processes. Students cannot earn credit for both BIOL 222 and BIOL 345.
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4.00 Credits
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory. Prerequisite: BIOL 132. An introduction to the basic principles of genetics, microevolution, molecular biological techniques, and developmental biology. Topics include classical Mendelian genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetic analysis, bioinformatics and genomics, microevolution, phylogenetics analysis, and plant and animal development. Laboratory experiments and projects apply course concepts and scientific methodology to biological research questions. This is the third course in a four-course sequence intended for biology and other science majors. This core sequence serves as a foundation and prerequisite for further study in biology.
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