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1.00 Credits
Group 1,, lab 1 course Includes laboratory. Examines the structure and function of individual neurons and glial cells, the formation of integrative circuits and the comparative organization and evolution of animal nervous systems of increasing complexity from nerve nets to humans. Prerequisite: BIO 135 and 215 or permission of instructor.
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0.50 - 1.00 Credits
0.5-1 course Selected topics in biology are offered. Prerequisite: one year of biology or permission of instructor.
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0.50 Credits
0.5 course Deals with the principles and problems of teaching biology. Not applicable to the major or the minor. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Group 1,, lab 1 course Includes laboratory. This course presents advanced concepts of gene regulation and signal transduction in a variety of organisms, and includes topics in the molecular genetics of cancer, development, neurobiology, or virology. Prerequisite: BIO 315. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
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1.00 Credits
Group 1, 1 course Normally includes laboratory. An examination of the role of evolution as the central organizing concept in biology and role of population genetics as the core of evolutionary theory. Prerequisite: BIO 135, 145 and 215, or permission of instructor.
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0.50 Credits
0.5 course Students read, present and discuss research papers from a variety of areas in biology. Prerequisite: a major in biology and senior status. May not be taken pass/fail.
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0.50 - 1.00 Credits
0.5-1 course Directed independent study. Prerequisite: two years of biology and permission of department. Usually taken for one-half credit. Maximum 1 credit total.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Group 4, 1 course Designed as the gateway to Black Studies, this course is an interdisciplinary exploration of the collective experience of blacks in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States. The course seeks to provide students an intellectual framework for engagement in a process of self-discovery and for achieving a more global understanding of the unique ways in which Africans and peoples of African descent have constituted our world. The course, which introduces important theoretical approaches and builds critical and analytical skills, provides an overview of the historical, socioeconomic and cultural dynamics of black life.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Group 3, 1 course This course explores the literary expressions of Africans and peoples of African descent as they are found in the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States. Works by such writers as Achebe, Ngugi, Kincaid, Walcott, Guillen, Morejon, Reed and Morrison may be included.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Group 2,1 course An exploration of the historical foundations and the development of black life in Africa and its later diffusion in the Black Diaspora. Its purview will range from pre-colonial dynamics to the more contemporary manifestations of global black history in North America, Europe, the Caribbean, Central America, Latin America and Melanesia. Topics may include: African cultures before European contact, the slave trade and its impact on Africa and the Atlantic economy, the middle passage, internal migration in Africa and case studies of the creation of diasporic communities and cultures.
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