81 courses with the subject BIOL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
BIOL 101The Basis of Life
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The uniqueness of life within the physical universe. The matter and energy of life, the genetic code, molecular biology, and the origin and evolution of life. An overview for students in the humanities and social sciences of those features which distinguish living organisms from non- living things. No background in the natural sciences is required. Distribution Area: Natural Sciences Course Catalog ID: 010916 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Designed for students in the social sciences and humanities. Those areas of genetics, ecology, and evolution that form a unified approach to the study of organisms and populations. Course Note: No background in the natural sciences is required. Distribution Area: Natural Sciences Course Catalog ID: 010918 421
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course uses human disease as a vehicle to study biology in a context that is relevant to students' lives. We will focus specifically on cancer, AIDS, and sickle-cell anemia. These diseases will be used to illustrate concepts in genetics and cell and molecular biology. The course will provide experience in scientific problem solving and in evaluation of scientific evidence, so that students develop an appreciation of how science works. Student will also examine ethical and social policy issues associated with these diseases. Distribution Area: Natural Sciences Course Catalog ID: 010982 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 2 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This Seminar Course is organized along a theme if inquiry-based learning for students and faculty. Each participant has a role in understanding topics that are prevalent in the scientific community along with developing new information that might form the basic science investments of the future. Students will be co-developers of this freshman seminar series that will be based primarily on inquiry-based science education. Desired outcomes will focus on students developing discovery skills, becoming self-driven learners, learning to work in groups and being successful at the university. This course will maximize students' potential for success in the university and the scientific community. Course Note: Grading will be based o n class participation (Wiki's, class interactions), written papers, and inquiry-based examinations. Enrollment Requirements: Department consent consent required for enrollment: Department 424
Credit(s): 4 Component(s): Lecture and Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: A study of the human organism, correlating structure and physiological mechanisms. Emphasis on skin, the special senses, and the skeletal, articular, muscular, nervous, and endocrine systems. Required of nursing and human performance and fitness majors. Distribution Area: Natural Sciences Enrollment Requirements: Nursing and Exercise & Health Science majors only Course Catalog ID: 011004 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The description of this course is the same as BIOL 210; this course consists of lecture sections only; there is no laboratory. Biology majors should take BIOL 210. No student may take this course after successful completion of BIOL 210. Course Note: Biology majors may not register for this course; they should, instead, register for BIOL210. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite: • BIOL 112 or 902B and • CHEM 103 or 115 and 117 or 903A. Pre- or corequisite: MATH 130 or placement into MATH 140. Course Catalog ID: 011024 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The description of this course is the same as BIOL 252; this course consists of lecture sections only; there is no laboratory. Course Note: No student may take this course after successful completion of BIOL 252. Biology majors should not take this course; instead, they should take BIOL 252. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite: • BIOL 112 or 902B and • CHEM 103 or CHEM 115 and CHEM 117 or 903A and • placement into MATH 115 or higher Course not open to biology majors Course Catalog ID: 011075 428
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The study of viruses, bacteria, algae, fungi, and protozoa, to include their characterization, classification, and relationship to humans and the environment. Lecture topics include microbial biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, taxonomy, pathogenic bacteriology, food and industrial microbiology, and ecology. Course Note: Students cannot earn credit for Biol 304 if they have already taken and earned credit for Biol 334. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: 429
BIOL 308Advanced Human Anatomy and Human Physiology II
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This is the second semester of a 2-semester advanced human anatomy and physiology course. The general goal of this 300-level series is to understand how the various organ systems work in the human body to sustain life. It is also the goal of this full-year course for students to appreciate how disruptions to homeostasis affect the whole organism, with a strong focus on the physiological underpinnings of disease. In this second semester, we will be discussing the anatomical and physiological integration of the organ systems to maintain homeostasis as well as some aspects of disease states. Course content will include endocrine and hormonal homeostatic control mechanisms, as well as cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, immune, reproductive systems. Course Note: Students cannot receive credit for this course and BIOL 208 or BIOL 390 or BIOL 391. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite: BIOL 307 Course Catalog ID: 040795 Course Offer Number: 1
BIOL 310Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab
Credit(s): 1 Component(s): Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Study of the fundamental concepts of human anatomy and physiology in an interactive laboratory experience. Hands-on experiments, computerized data acquisition system, and computer simulations are used to explore the neural, muscular and sensory systems. Students measure and analyze data using a computerized data acquisition system. Course Note: Students cannot receive credit for this course and BIOL 208 or BIOL 390 or BIOL 391. Enrollment Requirements: Course Catalog ID: 040798 432
Credit(s): 1 Component(s): Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not Repeatable Description: This lab accompanies the lecture course "Marine Biology & Ecology." It introduces students to the basic concepts of sampling and conducting experiments in marine environments. Students spend time working in different habitats to gain a broad familiarity with the diversity of marine environments and challenges in discovering how they function. The lab experiences focus on salt marshes as a critical habitat at the epicenter of many New England marine environmental issues. While initial investigations are guided heavily by the instructor, students are given latitude as the lab progresses to design methodologies that best suit different ecological questions and ecosystems, culminating in a final project of the students' own design. 433
Credit(s): 4 Component(s): Lecture and Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course analyzes the development of multicellular animals and plants, by examining major developmental processes: growth, gene expression, cell interaction, morphogenesis, and pattern regulation. The description of this course is the same as BIOL 312; BIOL 313 has fewer lab hours. Course Note: Students wishing to take this course with additional lab hours for more credits should enroll in BIOL 312. (No student may take this course after successful completion of BIOL 312.) Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 and • CHEM 103 or CHEM 115 and CHEM 117 or CHEM 903A Course Catalog ID: 011098 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 1 Component(s): Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Students carry out hands-on experimentation and observation to further explore concepts addressed in the Developmental Biology lecture course. Processes such as fertilization, embryonic development, patterning, morphogenesis, differential gene expression, and regeneration are studied. As in the field of developmental biology, a variety of animals are used to study these processes, including flatworms, birds, sea urchins, amphibians, and fish. Enrollment Requirements: 435
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The description of this course is the same as BIOL 316; this course consists of lecture sections only; there is no laboratory. Course Note: (No student may take this course after successful completion of BIOL 316.) 436
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The description of this course is the same as BIOL 317; this course consists of lecture sections only; there is no laboratory. Course Note: (No student may take this course after successful completion of BIOL 317.) Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 Non-biology majors may seek permission of instructor Course Catalog ID: 011116 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The description of this course is the same as BIOL 321; this course consists of lecture sections only; there is no laboratory. Course Note: (No student may take this course after successful completion of BIOL 321.) Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 and • CHEM 104 or CHEM 116 and CHEM 118 or 904A and • MATH 115 Course Catalog ID: 011120 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The description of this course is the same as BIOL 328; this course consists of lecture sections only; there is no laboratory. Course Note: (No student may take this course after successful completion of BIOL 328.) Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 and • BIOL 290 Course Catalog ID: 011124 Course Offer Number: 1
BIOL 335Genomics: Microbes, Human Biome and Other Metagenomes
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The life sciences have been transformed by enormous amounts of molecular sequence data from complete genomic sequences and entire microbial community sequences (metagenomes) hand-in-hand with the ability to make sense of this vast information using new computational advances and database capabilities. This course surveys the field of genomics using microorganisms as examples. Students receive an overview of bacterial and yeast genomes; and genome-wide approaches to fundamental problems in microbial physiology and disease. Specific topics include bacterial, yeast, and viral genome structure, genome evolution, genomic variation, and other issues in comparative and functional genomics. Metagenomics topics focus on the human microbiome, environmental communities, and global biogeochemical cycles in oceans and soils. The course is literature-based, with lectures and exercises giving students an introduction to topics. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 and • CHEM 104 or CHEM 116 and CHEM 118 or 904A and • MATH 130 or placement into MATH 140 Course Catalog ID: 037149 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course will focus on the foundational principles of ecosystems ecology. We will 442
Credit(s): 4 Component(s): Lecture and Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Considers physiological principles and problems in a phylogenetic perspective. An integrated view of physiological solutions from the cellular to organismal level is used to discuss adaptations to environments and constraints on life history. Major topics to be considered include temperature responses, biological clocks, allometry, respiration, circulation, energetics, locomotion, and salt and water balance. Course Note: Note: Students who do not wish to take the laboratory portion of this course should register for BIOL 339. (No student may take this course after successful completion of BIOL 339.) Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 and • CHEM 104 or CHEM 116 and CHEM 118 or 904A and • MATH 115 Course Catalog ID: 011134 Course Offer Number: 1 443
Credit(s): 4 Component(s): Lecture and Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course considers physiological and other adaptations that account for the survival and success of insect life. The laboratory deals primarily with the diversity of insects. Brief consideration is also given to the relationship of insects to humans. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 and • BIOL 290 Course Catalog ID: 011135 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The description of this course is the same as BIOL 337; this course consists of lecture sections only; there is no laboratory. Course Note: (No student may take this course after successful completion of BIOL 337.) Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • CHEM 104 or CHEM 116 and CHEM 118 or 904A and • MATH 115 Course Catalog ID: 011136 Course Offer Number: 1 444
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: A course in population and community ecology. Topics include theory and case studies of population dynamics, competition, predation, niche concepts, life history strategies, behavioral interactions, energetics and productivity, community structure and organization, and biogeography. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 and • BIOL 290 Course Catalog ID: 011139 445
Credit(s): 2 Component(s): Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Field trips to local terrestrial and marine communities, laboratory studies of population dynamics and interactions between species, and analytical approaches to ecological data. Course Note: Some field trips may be scheduled on Saturdays. (Course offered in even- numbered years, fall term.) Enrollment Requirements: Pre- or corequisite: BIOL 342 Course Catalog ID: 011140 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Ornithology is the study of birds. This course will explore the complex biology of birds, evolution, functional morphology, physiology, ecology and behavior. Field, museum and laboratory activities emphasize particular aspects of morphology, ecology and behavior, as well as taxonomy and identification alongside native Massachusetts species. The goal for this course is to build a foundation of knowledge about birds in a way that will stimulate you to keep learning about them for the rest of your life through lecture, laboratory and field time. The course will focus primarily on the behavior, ecology and evolution of birds and the development of field skills. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 and • BIOL 290 446
Credit(s): 1 Component(s): Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Ornithology is the study of birds. The goal of this Lab is to provide students with an immersive and active learning experience to reinforce concepts discussed in lecture. Students will participate first-hand in scientific techniques used in the field. Additionally, you will learn how to identify local species, basic anatomy, characteristics of birds and ecological interactions. Course Note: See lab syllabus for further information. Enrollment Requirements: Pre- or corequisite: BIOL 344 Course Catalog ID: 011143 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 1 Component(s): Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The course explores observational and experimental analyses of the behavior of a variety of species. Laboratory studies, computer exercises, and field trips are included. Enrollment Requirements: Pre- or corequisite: BIOL 348 Course Catalog ID: 039498 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Evolution as the unifying concept of biology. Topics include population genetics, adaptive strategies, sex and breeding systems, speciation and population differentiation, fossil histories, evolution of man. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 and • BIOL 290 Non-biology majors may seek permission of instructor Course Catalog ID: 011148 Course Offer Number: 1
BIOL 354The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The ecology and evolution of infectious diseases encompasses interactions among hosts, pathogens and parasites, and their environments. Disease emergence, including zoonotic diseases spread from wildlife to humans, is increasing with ecological change. Thus, prediction and prevention of disease outbreaks depend on understanding not only human and veterinary medicine, but also the ecological and evolutionary framework. Students will be given an overview of the variety and ubiquity of disease systems, and introduced to conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of disease causation, transmission, emergence, management, and host-parasite coevolution. Because the field is highly interdisciplinary, we will study basic principles of comparative and ecological immunology, parasitology, microbial ecology, epidemiology and spatial modeling, genetics and genomics, and current methodological approaches to disease ecology research in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial systems. This course includes a strong writing component, as well as team projects and student-led discussions of primary literature. Students involved in disease-related research may choose to utilize assignments to advance their research goals. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: 449
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: An introduction to basic concepts of how data are used in the biological sciences. The course will emphasize how different branches of biology handle data creation, curation, manipulation, visualization, and some basic analyses. The course will help prepare students to carry out data-intensive research or other work in biology or other scientific disciplines. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • any two from BIOL 210 /212 , BIOL 252 /254 , BIOL 290 or • any two from ENVSCI 210 , ENVSCI 226 , ENVSCI 261 , ENVSCI 267L Course Catalog ID: 041812 Course Offer Number: 1
BIOL 356Introduction to Data Science for Biology Lab
Credit(s): 1 Component(s): Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This laboratory course is associated with the lecture course, Introduction to Data Science for Biology, teaching students how to implement conceptual material from the lecture course. Enrollment Requirements: Corequisite: BIOL 355 450
Credit(s): 3.00 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Description: Comparative and Ecological Immunology is an advanced undergraduate-level course that explores the philosophy of immunology, the evolution of immune systems, and the integration of ecological and evolutionary concepts important for biomedicine. By comparing different systems from viruses, bacteria, plants, nematodes, insects, and vertebrates, students will gain perspective on the development and function of immune systems. The course will cover the emerging concepts of biological individuality (self and the microbiome) and models of immune development and response. Intended to complement, but not to replace, a course in human immunology, students will learn about trade-offs with immune function, and how immunological responses of individuals scale up to the population and ecosystem levels by exerting influence on pathogen transmission. In particular, comparative sickness behaviors, social distancing, and pathogen avoidance behaviors will be one focal topic. Traditional components of immunological study will be contextualized within model systems forming the core of the course (taxonomic and anatomical comparative immunology) and include mucosal immunity, neuroimmunology, innate immune priming, and adaptive immunity. Enrollment Requirements: Pre-requisites: Two of the following courses: BIOL 210 or BIOL 252 , and BIOL 290 ; and CHEM 103 [Inactive] or CHEM 115 Semester(s) typically offered: Spring Course Catalog ID: 042304 Course Offer Number: 1
BIOL 358Microbiome and Disease Ecology Research Lab
Credit(s): 2 Component(s): Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The Microbiome and Disease Ecology Lab is a course-based research experience. 451
Credit(s): 4 Component(s): Lecture and Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Computer simulation of biological phenomena is an important and growing part of biological research. In this course, students will design, build, and test software simulations of biological phenomena of their choosing. In an interactive, cooperative, and synergistic setting, students will learn about biological simulation through readings and discussions, as well as their collaborative project work. We will begin with training in the simulation software, so no previous programming experience is required. As they work on their projects, students will gain a deeper understanding of the biological phenomena that they have chosen to simulate in addition to learning about the scientific process, hypothesis testing, and the power and limitations of computer simulations. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 and 453
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (included P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course investigates the conservation of nature at the population, species, and ecosystem levels. Students discover nature provides many services for humans such as purification of water, carbon sequestration, pollination, and foods, all necessary for human health and survival. Lectures, student investigations of the primary literature, and discussions lead to the factors such as over-harvesting, habitat loss, and climate breakdown are causing the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem disfunction. Students learn about the people engaged in conservation work and the broad-scale efforts underway to protect, restore, and rewild nature. In this applied interdisciplinary course students contribute their own biodiversity observations to the global biodiversity knowledge network and draw on social sciences to understand conservation policy and actions. Enrollment Requirements: Pre-requisite = BIOL 252 and BIOL 254 (lecture and lab), BIOL 290 consent required for enrollment: Instructor Semester(s) typically offered: Fall Course Catalog ID: 042590 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 1 Component(s): Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This laboratory course, to be taken concurrently with BIOL 335 , Genomics, provides a hands-on, inquiry-based, laboratory experience for undergraduate science majors. A bacterial model, Enterococcus, will be used to explore the diversity of the bacterium and some of its genes; and to test hypotheses about disease virulence and horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. Students will isolate metagenomic DNA and bacteria from the environment and learn basic microbiological methods (bacterial culture, aseptic technique, gram staining) and molecular biology methods (DNA purification/quantitation, PCR, gel electrophoresis, DNA sequencing). In the final portion of the course, students will use bioinformatics tools to analyze their data and submit a final research paper. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 455
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This is a highly interactive, literature-based course that focuses broadly on the basic biology of stem cells, organ regeneration, and regenerative therapies. Time is also allotted for students to play an active role in deciding which stem cell, regeneration, and therapeutic-related topics to discuss in class. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or 212 and • BIOL 252 or 254 Course Catalog ID: 041236 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course examines the molecular mechanisms that mediate the flow of genetic information in the cell, focusing on the broad areas of DNA replication, RNA transcription, and protein translation. The regulation of gene expression will be studies at multiple levels, including transcriptional, epigenetic, and post-transcriptional regulation. Specific topics will include DNA and chromosome packaging, histone modifications, DNA damage and repair, RNA processing, regulation by non-coding RNAs and post-translational processing. The methodologies used to investigate these phenomena will be emphasized, as will key experiments that have led to our current understanding of the field. Course Note: (No student may take this course after successful completion of BIOL 370.) Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 and • CHEM 115 and CHEM 117 and • CHEM 116 and CHEM 118 Course Catalog ID: 010935 Course Offer Number: 1 457
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: Viruses are everywhere and are the most abundant inhabitants of the biosphere. In this course, students learn what makes viruses biologically successful, how viruses adapt to dynamic environments, and how viruses respond to host defenses such as immunity and the microbiome. This course provides a foundation for virology with a focus on medically important viruses. Students explore the following concepts: virus classification, the infectious cycle, viral genomes and coding strategies, viral discovery, virus structure and function, host responses to infection, and virus transmission. The course emphasizes hands-on, experiential learning, including gaining experience in tools for viral discovery and epidemiological outbreak investigation. By taking this course, students advance their skills and understanding of virology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, emerging infectious disease, and global health. Enrollment Requirements: Pre-requisite: BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 Semester(s) typically offered: Fall Course Catalog ID: 042389 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course will examine selected molecular, cellular, and genetic mechanisms that lead to cancer formation. Specific topics that will be covered include the regulation of signal transduction pathways; genomic instability and gene mutation; oncogenes; tumor suppressor genes, and cancer diagnosis and treatment. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 458
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: The description of this course is the same as BIOL 378; this course consists of lecture sections only; there is no laboratory. Course Note: (No student may take this course after successful completion of BIOL 378.) 459
Credit(s): 1-4 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Repeatable - total credits: 999 / total completions: 99 Description: Detailed study of a specialized f semester. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 or permission of instructor Course Catalog ID: 011167 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 1 Component(s): Laboratory Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Repeatable - total credits: 99 ield of biolog y. Several topics may be offered each 460
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course provides students with an understanding of the function & regulation of the human body from the cellular to organ system level. The physiological integration of the organ systems to maintain homeostasis as well as some aspects of disease states will be discussed. Course content will include neural & hormonal homeostatic control mechanisms, as well as study of the musculoskeletal, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, immune, reproductive, and endocrine organ systems. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 and • CHEM 116 and CHEM 118 Course Catalog ID: 040026 Course Offer Number: 1
Credit(s): 3 Component(s): Lecture Grading Basis: Graded (includes P/F option) Repeatable for credit: Not repeatable Description: This course is designed to introduce students to methodologies and approaches in the biotechnology industry. The course focuses on the scientific principles and the applications of microbiology, cell biology, immunology, and molecular biology in the medical, pharmaceutical, chemical, and agricultural industries. Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: • BIOL 210 or BIOL 212 and • BIOL 252 or BIOL 254 Course Catalog ID: 011170 Course Offer Number: 1
