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6.00 Credits
This course deals with quantitative methods for the study of animal social behaviors. Topics include spatial patterns, mating systems, and cooperation. The course includes both lab exercises and field trips. Two hours of lecture and eight hours of laboratory each week Prerequisites: BIEB 100 and BIEB 164. (BIEB 164 may be taken concurrently.) Attendance at the first lecture/lab is required. Nonattendance will result in the student’s being dropped from the courts roster.
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4.00 Credits
An integrated approach to animal behavior focusing on mechanisms of acoustic, visual, and olfactory communication. Course covers ethology and the genetics and neurobiology of behavior; orientation and navigation; and signal origins, properties, design, and evolution. Prerequisites: BILD 3 and Physics 1A or 2A.
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6.00 Credits
Laboratory exercises will introduce students to quantitative methods of visual, auditory, and olfactory signal analysis and to lab and field studies of animal signaling. Two hours of lecture and eight hours of laboratory each week. In addition to the formal lab hours, there will be at least nine hours in which students will be required to work in the class laboratory to complete experiments and prepare for presentations. Prerequisites: BIEB 100 and BIEB 166. (BIEB 166 may be taken concurrently.) Attendance at the first lecture/lab is required. Nonattendance will result in the student’s being dropped from the course roster.
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4.00 Credits
Course will teach the principles of terrestrial ecosystem ecology, and will use examples from recent research to help students understand how global environmental changes are altering processes from leaf-level ecophysiology to global cycling of carbon, water, and nutrients. Fieldwork may be required. Prerequisites: BILD 2 and BILD 3.
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4.00 Credits
(Cross-listed with ANTH/BIO 132; however, biology majors must take the course as Biology 176.) An interdisciplinary discussion of the human predicament, the biodiversity crisis, and the importance of biological and environmental conservation. Examines issues from biological, cultural, historical, economic, social, political, and ethical perspectives emphasizing new approaches and new techniques for safeguarding the future of humans and other biosphere inhabitants. Prerequisites: upper-division standing and BILD 3 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to cellular structure and function, to biological molecules, bioenergetics, to the genetics of both procaryotic and eucaryotic organisms, and to the elements of molecular biology. Three hours of lecture and one hour of recitation. Prerequisites: Chem 6A; Chem 6B may be taken concurrently.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the biochemistry and genetics of cells and organisms; illustrations are drawn from microbiology and human biology. Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion. This course is designed for nonbiology students and does not satisfy a lower-division requirement for any biology major. Note: Students may not receive credit for BILD 10 after receiving credit for BILD 1.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the organization and functions of the nervous system; topics include molecular, cellular, developmental, systems, and behavioral neurobiology. Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion. This course is designed for nonbiology students and does not satisfy a lower-division requirement for any biology major.
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4.00 Credits
Life has a very long history on earth and this course will chronicle patterns of biological diversity from its origin over three billion years ago to the present day. Topics covered will include methods for reconstructing the history of life on this planet, the origin and evolution of major groups of plants and animals, dinosaur paleobiology, past environmental changes and their effects on species and communities, and extinctions. We will also explore how insights from the past can be used to understand how present and future environmental changes will impact biological diversity. This course is designed for nonbiology majors.
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4.00 Credits
Course will focus on issues such as global warming, species extinction, and human impact on the oceans and forests. History and scientific projections will be examined in relation to these events. Possible solutions to these worldwide processes and a critical assessment of their causes and consequences will be covered. Prerequisites: none.
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