Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus · Courses
BIOL
71 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.
None Restriction: None Description: Introduces ecology, conservation, and evolutionary biology, emphasizing how ecological change caused by human activities impacts plant and animal populations, communities, and ecosystems and how living things interact with each other and the physical environment. Applies the scientific method to learn fundamental concepts, interpret scientific data, and explore problems in ecology and conservation. Cross-Listed: No
None Restriction: None Description: Introduces functions of the human body using disease as a mechanism. Explores the internal milieu of the body and how the different body systems affect this balance. Examines how the human body interacts with the environment. Cross-Listed: No
None Restriction: None Description: Demonstrates how genetics and molecular biology contribute to human health with emphasis on inherited diseases, genetic therapies, and individualized medicine. Introduces the therapeutic uses of stem cells, the genetics of cancer, and the utilization of vaccines in the treatment and prevention of human disease. Cross-Listed: No
BIOL 104 Restriction: None. Description: Introduces the human body using structure and function of cells, tissues, organs and organ systems examining how the human body works. Offers opportunities to explore function of the body (e.g., respiration, blood pressure, heart rate) in a healthy state and in disease states (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, etc.). Cross-Listed: No
BIOL 106 Restriction: None Description: Demonstrates our broad reliance on genetics through application of molecular and genetic tools to investigate aspects of disease, inheritance, microbial/viral infection, animal cloning, stem cell-based therapies, and antibiotic resistance. Cross-Listed: No
None Restriction: None Description: Describes the anatomical and physiological foundation of pain based on contemporary science. Examines the history of scientific theories and hypotheses about understanding the pain mechanism. Introduces students to the status of pain in various societies throughout the ages. Cross-Listed: No
BIOL 202 Description: Introduces the science of genetics, with an emphasis on the basic principles of Mendelian genetics, the genetics of populations, molecular genetics, and the genetics of development. For science majors. Previously Offered As: (Offered as BIOL 263 before 2015-16.)
BIOL 201 ; MATH 117 or MATH 216 Description: Introduces the standard approaches for hypothesis testing in biological research, including experimental design, data collection, and data analysis. Emphasizes the analysis and interpretation of ecological data sets. Computer instruction focuses on software programs commonly used for biological data analysis.
None Restriction: None Description: Explores the diversity, form, and function of vascular and nonvascular plants. Focuses on the evolutionary innovations that distinguish different taxonomic groups of plants. Topics include plant anatomy and physiology, growth and development, plant classification, plant ecology, and genetically modified foods. Discusses ways that plants are important to humans, ranging from food and lumber to sequestering carbon dioxide. An in-depth exploration of crop plants, including the science of biotechnology. Cross-Listed: No
none Restriction: none Description: The lecture-only course examines how to collect and analyze biological evidences found on clothing, bones, insects, plants, weapons, and other surfaces to help identify victims and support criminal investigations. Covers a variety of subjects intimately linked including forensic anatomy, odontology, anthropology, pathology, entomology, botany, and environmental contamination. Presents case studies for each set of biological materials like insects, plants, bones, and fluids. Features in-depth discussion and writing. Cross-Listed: No
BIOL 201 Description: Examines the evolution, form, and function of all major animal phyla, from sponges through chordates. Interactive lecture-laboratory sessions follow a phylogenetic approach to the animal kingdom and incorporate essentials of animal ecology, physiology, functional morphology, and behavior.
4cr BIOL lab course and 4cr CHEM lab course Description: Surveys indoor and outdoor environmental health hazards. Hazards are addressed from the standpoint of their source and nature, human health effects, measurement and control, and management.
BIOL 203 or BIOL 240 Description: An introduction to medical microbiology that focuses on the structure, biology, and genetics of microbes in relation to human disease and to bacteriology as well as bacterial, viral, fungal pathogens and the mechanisms of disease. Prepares student for advance study in microbiology and the health sciences. Standard methods and techniques are emphasized in laboratory.
BIOL 112 or BIOL 203 or instructor permission Description: An introduction to microbiology focusing on the fundamental principles of microbial structure, modes of reproduction, genetics, and physiology. Emphasizes the importance of microbes in ecological, industrial, immunological, and epidemiological processes. Standard microbiological methods and techniques are emphasized in laboratory.
As appropriate to course content Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 281 are offered primarily for lower-level undergraduate students.
None Description: Examines academic progress and explores research and career opportunities in biology. Develops skills for success in post-graduate education and career paths. Explores graduate opportunities and diverse careers in biology. Cross-Listed: GNSC 298
BIOL 203 or BIOL 241 Description: Examines how our genes play a role in disease and diet. Includes a fundamental background of genetics, as well as specific diseases that are caused by defective genes. Explores how nutrition interacts with the genome and its impact on health and disease.
MATH 117 or MATH 216 Description: Introduces epidemiologic principles, concepts, and methods used to study the distribution and determinants of diseases in populations. Includes public health and clinical applications. Covers the history of epidemiology, dynamics of disease transmission, measures of disease frequency and association, study designs, causation, and also considers ethics and public policy issues in epidemiology. Previously Offered As: (Offered as BIOL 460 before 2016-17.)
BIOL 201 , BIOL 220 Description: A study of the measures for abatement or control of arthropods, rodents, birds, and other disease vectors of public importance; selection, chemistry, formulation, and safe application of insecticides, rodenticides, and fumigants; pesticiding equipment; application of biological and other measures of control.
BIOL 203 or BIOL 211 Description: The lecture-only course introduces the identification and assessment of biological evidence in criminal matters using DNA. Presents routinely used broad-based protocols for DNA typing, sample collection, and techniques applied in quality assurance during DNA profiling. Covers important questions about the use of DNA by criminal justice system.
BIOL 323Introduction to Toxicology and Risk Assessment3
BIOL 104 or BIOL 203 ; CHEM 101 or CHEM 111 or CHEM 113 ; CHEM 102 or CHEM 112 or CHEM 114 Description: A study of uptake, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of environmental chemicals; mechanisms of their toxicity; and their effects on major organ systems. Knowledge of these topics is applied to risk assessment procedures.
BIOL 203 Description: Studies cellular, molecular, and genetic control of embryonic and post-embryonic development. Introduces the principles of cell differentiation, stem cell behavior, and how cell fate decisions are coupled to the morphogenesis of tissues/organs. Emphasizes how the loss of developmental signaling pathways lead to the onset of human disease.
BIOL 201 Description: An investigation of the comparative structure and function of the vertebrate body emphasizing the diverse solutions to the problem of design for survival and the evolutionary mechanisms that provide those solutions. Meets twice per week for 2.5 hours. Each meeting includes both lecture and laboratory experiences.
BIOL 202 ; not open to students that have completed fewer than 30 credits
Corequisite
None Restriction: None Description: Explores integrated physiological adaptations of animals to changing biological demands and environmental conditions. Includes examination of mechanisms at molecular, cellular, systems and organismal level. Investigates case studies of physiological function and adaptation relevant to veterinary science, wildlife and aquatic biology and conservation. May require weekend or evening off-campus field trips.
none Restriction: none Description: Explores relationships between living things and their environment at population, community, and ecosystem scales. Includes global change and the influence of human activities on ecological interactions and processes.
BIOL 241 Description: Studies the principles, cellular and molecular interactions of innate and adaptive immune mechanisms. Emphasizes the relationship between basic immunology and clinical immunologic diseases. Applies major modern techniques used in immunology.
( BIOL 201 OR BIOL 103 ) AND (BIOL 202 OR BIOL 104 )
Corequisite
none Restriction: none Description: Focuses on accepted practices in field of conservation. Demonstrates conservation in practice via field instruction of ecological methodology and presentations by professionals. Weekend field trips may be included. Cross-Listed: No
BIOL 210 or BIOL 362 Dual Listed: BIOL 604 Description: Focuses on applying an understanding of ecosystem disturbance, sound ecological principles, and plant’s requirements to develop or assess forest restoration plans. Utilizes a combination of formal lecture, student led discussions of the current literature, and field experiences to provide students a broad understanding of forest restoration with an emphasis on regionally important examples. Requires participation in field trip(s).
BIOL 405The Biology of the Cell - Critical Thinking2
BIOL 203 ; CHEM 231 Description: Introduces the cellular and modular mechanism by which individual cells grow, receive, and respond to internal and external signals and move. Discusses the latest advances in the discipline; students are expected to use current literature on their own as a means of building critical-thinking skills. Emphasizes individual and group activities.
BIOL 203 or 263 or CHEM 355 Description: Involves the study of biological phenomena in molecular terms. Focuses on recombinant DNA principles as they relate to prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Emphasizes the modern methods used in recombinant DNA technology.
BIOL 203 or BIOL 313 Description: A broad-based learning experience in multiple areas of Biological Forensics with special emphasis in unique nucleic acid and protein signature(s) patterns associated with the forensic biological evidence. Applies the theory and practice of presumptive and confirmatory testing methods on materials of forensic interest. Features in-depth discussion that integrates advanced characterization of biological evidences as it relates to criminal investigation and interpretation of the criminal justice system.
BIOL 103 or BIOL 201 Description: Introduces the biology of insects, including identification and classification. Enables collecting of live insects from different habitats and observation of behavior and ecological roles during outdoor laboratory activities. Emphasizes characteristics unique to insects, such as pollination, metamorphosis, sociality, host plant specificity, and population control.
BIOL 103 or BIOL 201 Description: Introduces the scientific study of amphibians, reptiles, turtles, and crocodilians, including the taxonomy, phylogenetic relationships, evolutionary history and fossil record, structure and development, natural history, and conservation of each group. Provides field-based exercises and/or field trips as part of the laboratory, which may also include specimen examination and identification, guest speakers, and discussions of both classic and recent scientific literature in herpetology.
BIOL 430Gene Editing Tools in Medicine and Biotechnology3
BIOL 203 Description: Explains concepts and techniques involved in modern biotechnology as it relates to genome engineering. Understands the principles and techniques governing the gene editing tools such as CRISPR in microbiology, agriculture, animal sciences, and human health. Emphasizes acquisition of the knowledge and skills necessary to undertake gene editing using CRISPR. Addresses issues concerning their ethical, legal, and social implications in the United States and the world.
none Restriction: none Dual Listed: BIOL 551 Description: Surveys evolution and evolutionary biology, including the history of evolutionary theory, natural selection, microevolutionary and macroevolutionary processes, and the phylogenetic history and classification of life on earth. Utilizes a combination of formal lecture, learning current methods in population-level and phylogenetic analysis, and presenting and leading peer discussions of important and current research in the field.
Not open to students who have fewer than 60 credits Description: Offers a comparative and integrative overview of how and why animals as diverse as insects and humans behave the way that they do, linking behaviors to the brain, genes, and hormones, as well as to the surrounding ecological and social environments. Demonstrates how researchers use scientific logic to study the underlying mechanisms and evolutionary bases of behavior, with emphasis on how evolutionary theory unifies the various subdisciplines within animal behavior.
BIOL 202 ; CHEM 112 Description: Studies the impact of chemical pollutants and other stresses on nonhuman biological systems from the subcellular to ecosystem levels. An ecological risk assessment is conducted in the field and laboratory settings.
BIOL 203 AND BIOL 451 OR Permission of the instructor
Corequisite
BIOL 451 Restriction: None Dual Listed: BIOL 660 Description: Examines principles of population genetics and applies them to conservation biology, wildlife and fisheries management, and recovery of endangered species. Analyzes genetic and ecological data using modern computational methods.
BIOL 203 Description: Examines how hormones, or cell signaling molecules, are produced in specific endocrine tissues and alter the physiology of the of respective target tissues.
BIOL 103 or BIOL 201 or GEOG 343 Description: Investigate the physical, chemical, and biological aspects of inland waters and their interrelationships. Laboratory activities focus on field techniques to collect and analyze data from riverine and lake ecosystems. (Saturday and Sunday labs may be required.) May Be: (Saturday or Sunday labs may be required.)
None Restriction: None Dual Listed: BIOL 566 Description: Topics include structure, classification, assay, and transmission of viruses; methods used in the study of viruses; viral replication, gene expression, and gene regulation; host-viral interactions and subviral pathogens.
BIOL 104 or BIOL 203 or BIOL 240 Description: Introduces the functions and mechanisms of biological clocks and rhythms in humans and animals, focusing primarily on circadian, or daily, rhythms. Examines how biological clocks keep time and influence behavior and physiology from the molecular level. Explains how circadian rhythms control sleep-wake and other important neurological functions to optimize biological fitness. Explores the consequences of disrupted circadian timing on physical and psychological health and performance.
BIOL 372 , BIOL 205 or GEOG 316 Description: Applies skills gained throughout ecology program to design and execute a field research project that addresses regional conservation problems. Synthesizes findings through appropriate application of statistics and mapping software. Communicates findings with peers and outside entities in oral and written form.
BIOL 201 OR BIOL 103 OR By permission of instructor
Corequisite
None Restriction: None Dual Listed: BIOL 574 Description: Survey seasonal herbaceous flora in the northeastern portion of North America (with emphasis on the herbaceous plants of Pennsylvania). Focuses on field identification of representative individuals by common names and botanical families, use of floral formulas to describe plant parts and reproductive strategies, and current research in the field.
BIOL 201 and a minimum of 30 credits Description: Reviews mammalian biology including systematics, evolution, distribution, anatomical and physiological adaptations, behaviors, habitats, and ecology. Discusses mammalian biology using taxonomic orders from around the world. Focuses on identification, natural history, and methods of study for mammals native to Pennsylvania. Participation in off-campus field activities required.
BIOL 202 Description: Studies parasitic protozoa, flatworms and roundworms. Emphasizes species parasitizing humans and includes their classification, structure, biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology, pathogenicity, ecology, and epidemiology.
BIOL 202 or BIOL 240 or any 300-level PSYC course Description: Presents the underlying mechanisms through which the nervous system mediates behavior, from the molecular to the organismal level. Emphasizes two major themes: (1) the roles of synapses and neuronal excitability in shaping the input/output functions of neurons and neuronal networks and (2) the role of neuronal development and neuronal experience upon resultant neuronal organization.
A 2.5 cumulative GPA and in major courses is required. Restriction: Prior approval through advisor, faculty member, department chairperson, dean, and Office of the Provost. Description: Students with interest in independent study of a topic not offered in the curriculum may propose a plan of study in conjunction with a faculty member. Work is supervised by a faculty member, but does not involve regular class or laboratory hours. Approved: Approval is based on academic appropriateness and availability of resources.
Biology major with at least 60cr, 2.5 cumulative GPA, and permission of the director of internships and the chairperson Description: Selected students have the opportunity, under department supervision, to gain off-campus practical experience in area of interest. Only 6cr may be applied toward major; total number of credits is decided in consultation involving student, his/her advisor, and director of internships.
Source: Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
