A study of Mendelian genetics and the molecular biology of the gene. Basic principles of genetics, as they apply in plants and animals, are studied in the laboratory with special emphasis on Drosophilia.
Credit Hours: 4
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Prerequisites: BIO 121-124
This course expands on the concepts of heredity learned in Genetics (BIO 246), with emphasis placed on the genetics of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms. Classical genetic analysis,non-Mendelian inheritance, molecular mechanism of genetic change, and human genetics will be covered.
Credit Hours: 4
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Prerequisites: BIO 246 or permission of the instructor
This course fosters a personal, hands-on approach to understanding the natural world. It is designed to help the student become a better observer, communicator, and educator in the field of nature study. The laboratory provides opportunities to visit nature sites, conduct field studies, plan and implement educational projects, and learn from accomplished naturalists and educators. The course may include a service learning component.
Credit Hours: 4
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Prerequisites: Education 236 or permission of the instructor
A course relating ecological principles to studies in the laboratory and field. Topics include population dynamics, energy flow in ecosystems, and species interactions.
Credit Hours: 4
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Prerequisites: BIO 121/2 with C+ or better or permission of instructor
The course is designed to introduce one to the study of the interaction of chemicals with living organisms. Pharmacology encompasses the disciplines of organic chemistry, physiology, pathology, biochemistry, and molecular biology, and as such we will investigate drug action at several levels: whole body, organ, tissue, cell, and molecular. We will discuss the intricacies of the various classes of drugs, and discuss the factors that are used to assess the safety and efficacy of a drug.
Credit Hours: 3
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Prerequisites: BIO 231 - 232, BIO 334, C- or better
The course material covers two areas of medical importance: virology, some of the predominant disease-causing agents; and immunology, our body’s major defense mechanisms against disease. Topics to be covered include the history, biology, molecular structure, and evolutionary significance of the components of these two systems. The recent findings in the fields will be highlighted, as they pertain to our understanding of disease.
Credit Hours: 3
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Prerequisites: BIO 212
A study of the cell with emphasis on the molecular aspects of cell structure and function. Biochemical processes are emphasized.
Credit Hours: 4
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Prerequisites: BIO 121-124 and second semester sophomore status.
The course encompasses the basic biology and clinical aspects of cancer. Topics to be covered include the history of oncology, basic cancer biology, and current concepts relative to the cause, prevention, detection, and treatment of benign and malignant neoplasias.
Credit Hours: 3
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Prerequisites: BIO 334 or permission of the instructor
A contemporary perspective on cell function drawing upon recent findings in physiology, biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology. The course will highlight the cellular processes that occur outside the nucleus (in the plasma membrane, organelles and cytosol). Emphasis will be placed on learning quantitative approaches to solving problems in cell physiology.
Credit Hours: 3
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Prerequisites: BIO 334
This course is designed to correlate basic knowledge of normal physiology with dysfunction of body mechanisms. The student will gain a basic understanding of the processes of disease through study of causative mechanisms and the signs and symptoms which reflect disease.
Credit Hours: 4
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Prerequisites: BIO 231 or 232 with laboratory
Genomics and Proteomics is the detailed study of technologies and methodologies for evaluation of genomic and protein functions. These methods are used to interpret biological regulation of DNA sequences, the RNA’s that are copied from them, and the proteins that are synthesized from these RNA’s. The application of these technologies to problems in biology ranging from organism development to human diseases will be discussed.
Credit Hours: 3
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Prerequisites: BIO 121-123, 334
Lectures and laboratories will emphasize contemporary bioanalytical and biological research at the cell and molecular levels. BIO 491 will stress methods employed in studies of cell physiology. BIO 492 will emphasize DNA methods of gene recombination in prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. Theoretical and practical competence will be developed in all techniques.
Credit Hours: 8
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Prerequisites: BIO 334
To provide a modern view of developmental biology unifying the approaches of cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics. This course is designed for students who have had one year of introductory biology, and one semester of cell biology. The communication of biological concepts, ideas, and experimentation, in verbal and written form, is an integral component of this course. The laboratory emphasizes molecular aspects of development.
Credit Hours: 4
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Prerequisites: BIO 334, C+ or better
This course deals with plant physiology at an organismal level and with the physiological ecology or interactions of plants with their environment. The unique features of plant photosynthesis, water relations and metabolic processes will be studied in a variety of taxa and settings. Laboratory will include field trips to local areas of interest and experiments in the laboratory.
Credit Hours: 4
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Prerequisites: BIO 334, C- or better or permission of the instructor
The role of molecular regulatory mechanisms as they pertain to the structure and function of genes in eukaryotic systems, the evolution of genomes and molecular techniques are emphasized.
Credit Hours: 3
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Prerequisites: BIO 334, C- or better or permission of the instructor.
This course provides students with an introduction to limnology, emphasizing the physical, chemical and biological function of north temperate lakes and streams. Lecture topics include the physics and chemistry of continental waters, the major biotic communities, interactions among these communities, and interactions between humans and the aquatic environment. Laboratory exercises and field trips provide a practical introduction to the methods of aquatic sciences.
Credit Hours: 4
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Prerequisites: BIO 312, C- or better or permission of the instructor
This special topics course provides students with opportunities to study current topics in the biological sciences. Biology is a rapidly changing field and thus many current issues are unable to be fully addressed in traditional course offerings. This includes topics in environmental science, bioinformatics and other evolving fields. Students may repeat the course two additional times as the topic changes.
Prerequisites: permission of the instructor
Training and professional experience in the environment. Interns do 60 hours of service training, maintain log record and write a personal career evaluation based on the intern experience.
Credit Hours: 3
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Prerequisites: Permission of the chairperson, 3.0 GPA in the major
Off-campus health science work and professional experiences sponsored by an appropriate professional organization, company or private practitioner. Internships are generally unpaid and involve student commitments of 60 hours of service to the sponsoring organization and 10 class hours of didactic instruction.
Credit Hours: 3
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Prerequisites: Permission of the chairperson, 3.0 GPA in the major
Credit Hours: 3
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Prerequisites: (1) Upper class status - junior or senior. (2) A 3.0 GPA in the major. (3) The acceptance of his/her proposed work by a department faculty member. (4) Completed work on the project by the end of one semester - written report.
