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Biological Sciences CoursesMany courses include field and/or laboratory components. For Precollege Students
| 002:004 Secondary Student Training Program |
3-4 s.h. |
| Special projects. Prerequisite: secondary school enrollment. |
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Primarily for Undergraduates
| 002:001 Introduction to Botany |
4 s.h. |
| Biology of plant life; emphasis on structure, function, reproduction, inheritance, diversity, evolution. GE: natural sciences. Prerequisite: one year of high school chemistry. |
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| 002:002 Introductory Animal Biology |
4 s.h. |
| Fundamental principles: cells and macromolecules, energy metabolism, organismic physiology, genetics, development, ecology, and evolution. GE: natural sciences. Prerequisite: one year of high school chemistry. Recommended: 004:007. |
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| 002:010 Principles of Biology I |
4 s.h. |
| Structure and function of cells; structure, function, reproduction of higher plants and vertebrate animals; first of two-semester course sequence. GE: natural sciences. Prerequisite: 004:011. |
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| 002:011 Principles of Biology II |
4 s.h. |
| Continuation of 002:010; genetics, development, immunology, ecology, evolution. GE: natural sciences. Prerequisites: 002:010 and 004:011. |
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Elementary Topics of General Interest These courses are not open to graduate students and do not provide credit toward a biology major.
| 002:021 Human Biology |
4 s.h. |
| Molecular and cellular basis of human life; integration of humans and the biosphere through photosynthesis, respiration; structure, function of human tissues, organs, organ systems; reproduction, genetics, impact of molecular biology and genetic engineering; lecture, laboratory. GE: natural sciences. |
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| 002:022 Ecology and Evolution |
3 s.h. |
| Evolution and diversity of living things, their patterns on Earth, their organization in ecological systems; dynamics of evolutionary processes. GE: natural sciences. |
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| 002:029 First-Year Seminar |
1 s.h. |
| Small discussion class taught by a faculty member; topics chosen by instructor; may include outside activities (e.g., films, lectures, performances, readings, visits to research facilities, field trips). Prerequisite: first- or second-semester standing. |
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| 002:040 Biology of the Brain |
3 s.h. |
| Experimental studies of brain structure and function; consciousness; self; nature of mental illness; genetic and environmental determinants of behavior; for nonscience majors. GE: natural science. |
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| 002:081 Human Genetics in the Twenty-First Century |
3 s.h. |
| Heredity in human families, populations; genetic basis of normal, abnormal traits; chromosome behavior; molecular basis of genetics; sex determination. GE: natural sciences. |
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| 002:087 Spring Flora |
3 s.h. |
| Recognition and identification of spring-flowering herbaceous plants, native woodland trees and shrubs, woody landscape plants; family characteristics, use of taxonomic key. |
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| 002:095 Plants and Human Affairs |
2-3 s.h. |
| How plants are useful to people: food, clothing, shelter, medicines, psychoactive agents; plants' social, economic, ecological significance. GE: natural sciences. |
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For Undergraduate and Graduate Students
| 002:100 Plant Diversity and Evolution |
4 s.h. |
| Major groups, including algae, bryophytes, ferns and fern allies, gymnosperms, primitive angiosperms; emphasis on evolutionary implications of structure, reproductive biology, ecological adaptations; extant representatives of each plant group, reference to paleobotanical evidence. Prerequisite: 002:001, or 002:010 and 002:011, or equivalents. |
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| 002:101 Teaching Internship in Biology |
2 s.h. |
| Training in teaching the laboratory component of a large General Education biology course; weekly session with instructor, shadowing and assisting a graduate teaching assistant in a lab section, leading laboratory exercises. Prerequisites: grade of B or higher in 002:010 and 002:011, junior or senior standing, and consent of instructor. |
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| 002:103 Biogeography |
2-3 s.h. |
| Patterns of plant and animal distribution and their interpretation; historical geography, including glaciation, plate tectonics; ecological geography, including physical factors such as climate, geology. Prerequisite: 002:001, or 002:010 and 002:011, or 044:003, or consent of instructor. Same as 044:103. |
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| 002:104 Introduction to Developmental Biology |
3 s.h. |
| Fundamental mechanisms in differentiation, organogenesis, morphogenesis; and pattern formation; mechanistic approach at molecular, cellular, tissue levels of organizations. Prerequisites: grades of C- or higher in 002:011 and 002:128; and 004:012. |
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| 002:108 Vertebrate Zoology |
4 s.h. |
| Vertebrate diversity, success in relation to evolutionary history, and adaptive radiation of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals; physiological, morphological, behavioral, life history adaptations; vertebrate zoogeography, systematics, patterns of reproduction, social systems. Prerequisites: 002:010 and 002:011, or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:110 Plant Physiology |
3-4 s.h. |
| Nutrients, metabolism, growth and development of higher plants; emphasis on photosynthesis, hormone actions, photomorphogenesis. Prerequisites: 002:010 and 002:011, or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:113 Ecological Plant Anatomy |
4 s.h. |
| Fundamental tissue systems of vascular plants, emphasis on seed plants; development, differentiation of each cell type, arrangement in primary and secondary plant body; focus on relationships between structure, function. Prerequisite: 002:001, or 002:010 and 002:011, or equivalents. |
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| 002:114 Cell Biology |
3 s.h. |
| Structures of cells and organelles in relation to their functions at molecular, cellular levels; emphasis on higher eukaryotic cells. Prerequisites: 002:010 and 002:011, and 004:012 or equivalent. |
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| 002:117 Plant Developmental Biology |
3 s.h. |
| Developmental processes throughout life cycle of vascular plants; current knowledge of mechanisms, control; emphasis on molecular, genetic approaches to development, including transposon tagging, transformation. Prerequisite: 002:128. |
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| 002:123 Plant Biochemistry |
3 s.h. |
| Proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, their chemical structures and participation in plant metabolism; emphasis on processes unique to plants, including photosynthesis, photorespiration, nitrogen fixation. Prerequisites: 002:010, 002:011, and 004:121; or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:124 Animal Physiology |
3 s.h. |
| Principles of cellular and systems physiology; emphasis on experimental and quantitative aspects. Prerequisites: 002:010, 002:011, and 029:011 or 029:081 or consent of instructor. Pre- or corequisite: 029:012 or 029:082. |
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| 002:127 Eukaryotic Molecular Biology |
3 s.h. |
| Structure of eukaryotic genes and genomes, regulation of gene expression at transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels, RNA splicing and procession, catalytic and micro RNAs, genomics and functional genomics. Prerequisite: 002:128. |
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| 002:128 Fundamental Genetics |
3-4 s.h. |
| Nature, function of genetic material: classical, molecular, developmental aspects. Prerequisites: 002:010, 004:012, and grade of C- or higher in 002:011. Pre- or corequisite: 004:121. |
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| 002:131 Evolution |
4 s.h. |
| Nature, evidence, analysis, implications, molecular/genetic basis; historical record, phylogeny, speciation, adaptation, investigative methods. Prerequisites: grade of C- or higher in 002:128, and 22M:016 or 22M:025 or 22M:031 or 22S:030 or 22S:101. |
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| 002:133 Cell Biology Laboratory |
3 s.h. |
| Conceptual understanding and technical skills in fluorescence microscopy and digital imaging, mammalian cell culture, tissue fractionation, centrifugation, electrophoresis, and expression of recombinant proteins. Prerequisites: 002:010 and 002:011. Pre- or corequisite: a 100-level course in biological sciences, biochemistry, or microbiology. |
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| 002:134 Ecology |
4 s.h. |
| Adaptations of organisms to their physical and biological environments; organism-environment interactions; population biology; interactions between species; ecology of communities, ecosystems; human impact on ecosystems. Prerequisites: 002:010 and 002:011, and 22M:016 or 22M:025 or 22M:031. Same as 159:134. |
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| 002:135 Developmental Biology Lab |
3 s.h. |
| Experimental manipulation of embryos to examine mechanisms of early development, including gametogenesis and fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, pattern formation and organogenesis; in vivo imaging of development, methods to visualize gene expression and independent research; model organisms including sea urchin, fish, frog, chick, mouse. Prerequisite: 002:104 or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:136 Conservation Biology |
4 s.h. |
| Definition and measurement of biodiversity, causes of biodiversity loss; conservation biology of populations, habitats, and ecosystems; practical application of conservation principles, value of biodiversity; field projects to develop skill in assessing and measuring important characteristics of natural areas, and in creating and presenting management plans. Prerequisites: 002:010, 002:011, and 002:134; or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:138 Genetics and Biotechnology Lab |
3 s.h. |
| Expansion of genetic concepts introduced in 002:128; introduction to genetic/molecular techniques currently used in genetic analysis and biotechnology. Prerequisite: 002:128. |
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| 002:140 Systematics: Classifying Biodiversity |
2-3 s.h. |
| Nature of species, isolating mechanisms, hybridization; problems of convergence, homology; plant mating systems; types of information used in making taxonomic decisions. Prerequisite: 002:001, or 002:010 and 002:011, or equivalents. |
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| 002:143 Animal Behavior |
4 s.h. |
| Genetics, sensory physiology, migration, development of behavior, circadian rhythms, foraging strategies, aggression, sexual and parental behavior, group selection, social behavior. Prerequisites: 002:010 and 002:011. |
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| 002:145 Introduction to Neurobiology |
3 s.h. |
| Techniques of molecular biology, genomics, neuropharmacology, and functional brain imaging applied to understanding how the brain works. Prerequisites: 002:010 and 002:011. |
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| 002:148 Field Ecology |
4 s.h. |
| Correlation of vegetation, environmental factors; delineation of plant communities, populations; population dynamics, analysis of field data; methods for describing ecological phenomena in quantitative terms; statistics. Prerequisite: 002:134 or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:150 Endocrinology |
3 s.h. |
| Glands of internal secretion; emphasis on vertebrate systems; actions of hormones in regulating growth and metabolism, organ to molecular levels. Prerequisites: 002:010 and 002:011, or equivalents. Recommended: 004:121. |
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| 002:155 Cell Physiology |
4 s.h. |
| Functions common to all cells: metabolism and its control, cellular energetics, membranes and transport, excitation, signal transduction, synthesis of proteins in cells and organelles, expression of genetic information, cell cycle, movement, architecture; lecture, discussion. Prerequisites: 002:128, and 099:110 or 099:120, and 22M:016 or 22M:025 or 22M:031, and 029:011 or 029:081; or consent of instructor. Pre- or corequisite: 029:012 or 029:082. |
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| 002:160 Molecular Phylogenetics |
3 s.h. |
| Theory underlying phylogenetic analysis with application of these methods to molecular data sets; analysis of multigene data, organellar, and nuclear genome sequences to reconstruct the history of cells. Prerequisite: grade of C- or higher in 002:131 or graduate standing or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:162 Population Genetics and Molecular Evolution |
3 s.h. |
| Nucleotide sequences, genes, and mutation; rates and patterns of nucleotide substitution; selection at the molecular level and the neutral theory; population genetics theory; genome evolution. Prerequisite: grade of C- or higher in 002:131 or graduate standing or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:168 Genes and Development |
3 s.h. |
| Mechanisms by which genes control development of multicellular animals; methodology of scientific research applied to developmental genetics. Prerequisites: grade of B or higher in 002:128 or equivalent, and consent of instructor. Recommended: 002:104. |
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| 002:169 Introduction to Bioinformatics |
4 s.h. |
| Basics of genetics and molecular biology; overview of bioinformatics and genome science, including genome projects, functional genomics, phylogenetics, proteomics, microarrays, DNA polymorphisms, data-mining algorithms; experimental methods, analytical approaches. Prerequisite: 002:128 or 099:120 or graduate standing or consent of instructor. Same as 051:121, 055:121. |
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| 002:170 Bioinformatics |
3 s.h. |
| Overview of bioinformatics and genomics; requires working knowledge of basic concepts in genetics and molecular biology. Prerequisite: grade of B+ or higher in 002:128 or consent of instructor. Same as 127:170. |
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| 002:171 Molecular Genetics |
4 s.h. |
| Mechanism, regulation of RNA, DNA, protein biosynthesis, with emphasis on methods of genetic analysis; application of modern recombinant DNA techniques to basic problems. Prerequisite: 002:128 or 099:120 or first-year graduate standing. |
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| 002:180 Fundamental Neurobiology |
4 s.h. |
| Neuronal function, plasticity, and development at the molecular and cellular levels. Prerequisite: 002:145 or grade of B or higher in 002:114 or consent of instructor. Recommended: 002:114 and 099:110, or equivalents. Same as 132:180. |
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| 002:181 Neurophysiology |
3-4 s.h. |
| Physiological properties of nerve cells, nervous systems; axonal conduction, synaptic transmission, sensory transduction, integrative processes, higher functions. Prerequisites: 002:180, 22M:025 or equivalent, and 029:012 or 029:082; or consent of instructor. Same as 132:181. |
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| 002:184 Developmental Neurobiology |
3 s.h. |
| Neural induction and nervous system patterning; neurogenesis, axon and dendrite outgrowth and targeting; synapse formation, specificity, refinement; mechanisms of neuronal cell death; myelination; neural stem cells; introduction to cellular, molecular, and genetic techniques in studies of neural development. Prerequisite: grade of B- or higher in 002:180, or graduate standing and consent of instructor. Same as 072:184, 132:184. |
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| 002:186 Neurobiology Laboratory |
3 s.h. |
| Principles and practice of neurobiology research, including microscopy and imaging, cellular and molecular neurobiology, and electrophysiology. Prerequisites: 002:180 and consent of instructor. |
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| 002:190 Topics in Evolution and Ecology |
2 s.h. |
| Prerequisite: grade of B- or higher in 002:131 or graduate standing or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:191 Topics in Molecular Genetics |
1-2 s.h. |
| Prerequisite: grade of C+ or higher in 002:128 or graduate standing or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:192 Basic Biology of Human Disease |
2 s.h. |
| Basic problems of infectious disease; selected viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens, with emphasis on fungal pathogenesis; DNA fingerprinting; epidemiological study of disease dynamics. Prerequisites: 002:128 and consent of instructor. |
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| 002:193 Cell Motility and Cytoskeleton |
1-3 s.h. |
| Prerequisite: consent of instructor. |
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| 002:194 Topics in Cell and Development |
1-2 s.h. |
| Prerequisite: consent of instructor. |
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| 002:195 Topics in Neurobiology |
1-2 s.h. |
| Topics vary. Prerequisite: 002:180 or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:196 Honors Investigations |
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| Experimental and theoretical research, readings in biological sciences. Prerequisite: honors standing or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:197 Topics in Plant Molecular Biology |
1-2 s.h. |
| Prerequisite: consent of instructor. |
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| 002:198 Honors Seminar in Biology |
2 s.h. |
| Prerequisite: honors standing or consent of instructor. |
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| 002:199 Introduction to Research |
3 s.h. |
| Prerequisite: consent of instructor. |
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Primarily for Graduate Students
| 002:200 Biology Colloquium |
0, 2 s.h. |
| Repeatable. Prerequisite: first-year biological sciences graduate standing. |
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| 002:207 Graduate Research Techniques |
1 s.h. |
| Prerequisite: consent of instructor. |
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| 002:215 Critical Readings in Biology |
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| Prerequisite: consent of instructor. |
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| 002:218 Microscopy for Biomedical Research |
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| Preparation and analysis of biomedical projects by light and electron microscopy. Prerequisites: 002:114 and consent of instructor. Same as 060:218, 061:218. |
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| 002:228 Fundamental Genetics--Graduate |
1 s.h. |
| Critical evaluation of classic genetics papers. Prerequisite: biological sciences graduate standing. Corequisite: 002:128. |
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| 002:234 Seminar: Writing in Natural Sciences |
2 s.h. |
| Writing and critiquing skills in the natural sciences. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. |
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| 002:280 Fundamental Neurobiology--Graduate |
4 s.h. |
| Overview of neuroscience; emphasis on cellular level. |
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| 002:301 Research: Biology |
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| Repeatable. |
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| 002:303 Independent Study in Biology |
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| Repeatable. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. @# 20E 20G 20L |
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