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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits),May Term (3 credits). Emphasis on overriding concepts in understanding how the brain works and the experience of scientific inquiry. Experimental methods, functional anatomy, and neurologic disorders highlight what is know about the nervous system. Discussion, writing, class presentations, and laboratory exploration are included. For non-biology majors only. Three hours lecture, three hours lab. Offered as needed. NU and EV only.
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Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits). Study of science and technology rising to become major driving forces in modern life. Analysis of implications. Topics include the atomic bomb, the information age, biotechnology, modern scientific medicine, environmentalism, and geographic information systems. Student presentations. Four hours lecture and discussions. Offered in alternate years. NU and EV only.
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Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits), May Term (3 credits). Nonteleological account of life using concepts about genes, protein synthesis, reproduction, sex, and evolution. Three hours lecture. Offered as needed. NU only.
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Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits), May Term (3 credits). Exploration of various concepts selected from evolution, ecology, genetics, physiology, morphology, development, and behavior. Four hours lecture and laboratory.
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Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits). Biological phenomena observable in natural flora and fauna including ecology, behavior, life cycles, and evolution. Emphasis on understanding plants and animals observed in nature. Four hours lecture and discussion.
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Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits), May Term (3 credits). Environmentally oriented issues of current concern as they relate to fundamental generalizations about ecology. Sharpens the layman's critical powers of observation and analysis and provides tools for intelligent decision-making. Three hours lecture, three hours lab. Offered as needed.
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Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits), May Term (3 credits). Designed to present a general knowledge of the human body in health and disease. Topics include exercise physiology, nutrition, human heredity and genetic testing, mechanisms of disease, cancer, infectious and emerging illnesses, and gene therapy. The format will include lecture-discussion and laboratory experiments. Offered as needed.
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4.00 Credits
Spring (4 credits). An introduction to the marine environment. Emphasis will be on the geologic history, inhabitants, and ecology of marine ecosystems. Evolutionary history and adaptations of various groups of marine organisms will also be addressed. There will also be several optional field trips to coastal sites. Offered as needed. NU only.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits), May Term (3 credits). Basic concepts in microbiology are explored by studying organisms, both harmful and beneficial, in our surroundings. Viruses, fungi, and bacteria, including others, are studied in the laboratory. Students design and implement a long term research project during the semester. Offered as needed. NU only.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits), Spring (4 credits). Introduction to the study of life from molecules, cells, and genes, to functioning organisms in their environments. Laboratory work emphasizes quantitative data collection and analysis while introducing students to biochemical, genetic, physiological, and field techniques. Prerequisite for BIOL 131: CHEM 131 or permission. Prerequisite for BIOL 133: BIOL 131 or permission. NU and EV only.
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