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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Designed to provide biology students with supervised practical experiences in applied settings. Prerequisite: Permission.
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1.00 Credits
Provides instruction and practical experience in planning laboratory or field research in biology. Topics include the scientific method, forming a research question, conducting a literature review, scientific writing style and citations, avoiding plagiarism, and a writing research proposal. Prerequisites: Sixteen semester-hours of biology coursework and STAT 520.
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1.00 Credits
Provides instruction and practical experience in conducting research, analyzing data and writing a report on results in journal manuscript format. Topics include parts of a research paper, data analysis and oral presentation of research results. Prerequisite: BIOL490.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Examines a selected topic in the biological sciences. Topics vary and range from practical application of a specific set of field methods, such as recording, processing, and cataloging of animal sounds to exploration of a specific conceptual area, theory, or controversial topic within the biological sciences. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: College-level biology and permission of instructor.
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1.00 Credits
This Internet course acquaints students with major sources in biological information literature and provides guidance and practice in their efficient utilization. Includes uses of indices, abstracts, online databases, websites, and other sources to identify specific information resources in biology. Consideration is given to how information is organized and stored for retrieval. Prerequisites: General biology and general chemistry (2 semesters each).
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3.00 Credits
This nonmajors biology course considers the biological basis of human heredity, by examining the principles of classical, molecular, and population genetics and their application to current issues in human heredity, including inheritance disorders, sex determination, carcinogenesis and health, genetic engineering, genetic counseling, reproductive technologies, evolution, and bioethics. Prerequisites: College algebra; open to graduate education majors only.
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3.00 Credits
The course integrates tropical ecology with current resource use practices, economics, and history of the Mayan culture in Belize. The course provides a broad-based overview of tropical ecosystems through "hands-on" experience and workshops dealing with such diverse subjects as climate, biodiversity, ethnology, and human influences on the environment. Prerequisites: BIOL306 and permission of instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Introduces ornithology, focusing on the basic morphology, physiology, ecology, and behavior of birds. Places particular emphasis on bird vocalizations, territoriality, life history data, and the structure of bird communities. Prerequisites: BIOL320/321 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
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2.00 Credits
Focuses on the identification of birds in the field by both visual and auditory characteristics. Weekly field trips allow students to become familiar with the majority of resident and migratory birds of Northeastern Illinois. Prerequisite: BIOL522 or permission of instructor.
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2.00 Credits
This course examines the development of the field of biotechnology and the principles of recombinant DNA technology as they apply to studies of animals, plants, medicine, forensics, and the Human Genome Project. Prerequisites: BIOL430/431 or equivalent and either BIOL340 or BIOL370/371 or CHEM544/545. Corequisite: BIOL531.
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