2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ARTS 274 - Contemporary Directions
This course will explore the subjects, issues and themes that are important to artists working today. As a Diversity & Inclusion (D & I) designated course, content will center on artists from underrepresented groups and the impact their work has on the cannon of visual art and culture. Students will research a roster of contemporary artists and featured artists will address a variety of topics, including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, age, religion, class, and ability/accessibility. Emphasis will be placed on the positionality of artists and audiences, structures of power within cultural institutions, and intersectionality as a compounding form of discrimination. Students will be expected to actively participate in discussions, complete all readings, short writing assignments, and projects. Two long-term projects will be assigned in which each student selects a contemporary artist to research and create a body of art work in response. Course projects will investigate the lived experience of diverse artists and how identity is and is not reflected in aesthetic images and objects.
May be repeatable for credit.
Prerequisites: Any studio art course
Course Designation/Attribute: DI, POP
Anticipated Terms Offered: periodically
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ARTS 280 - Advanced Studio in Painting and Drawing
This course addresses current or timely topics in the area of Studio Arts. Topics can vary from semester to semester. May be repeatable for credit.
Students will be charged a V & PA lab fee upon registering for this course.
Spring 2023 Semester Topic:Observational Abstraction
Hone in on the ordinary and capture what you see, discover a world of abstraction. This course is meant to change the way you perceive and interpret the spaces and things around you. Through the process of making and critique this class will help further develop your observational drawing and painting skills. By focusing on the non-traditional perspective of objects and spaces, students will create a series of works that is both representational and abstract.
May be repeatable for credit with new topic.
Prerequisites: Any ARTS Drawing or Painting Course
Anticipated Terms Offered: periodically
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ARTS 296 - Special Topics: Gallery Culture and Practice
Gallery Culture and Practice
This is an enhanced internship experience for students interested in the curation and presentation of four art exhibitions in the Schitlkamp Gallery and several shows in the Art Lab in the Traina Center for the Arts. Students will work on all aspects of planning and preparing for shows and related programming in the main gallery space, as well as curating and organizing shows of their own design in the Art Lab and possibly other spaces on campus. The internship/course will also involve visiting outside exhibitions and discussing how the context of displaying art and artifacts can affect how they are perceived. How is art chosen to be displayed, who chooses, how and where is the art presented and how does this determine discourse about it? This course will continue throughout the year and students are encouraged to enroll both semesters, though this is not a requirement.
Course Designation/Attribute: POP
Anticipated Terms Offered: periodically
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AS 210 - Disability in East Asia and Beyond
This interdisciplinary course explores what it means to be disabled in both theory and practice, especially in East Asian contexts. We begin by closely examining the concept of “disability” and its various connotations and end with recent, more radical ways of thinking about disability. The course is framed by feminist approaches to definitions and applications of disability theory, drawing further on literary and technological approaches to representation of minority subjects.
Prerequisites: VE Placement or IDND 018
Course Designation/Attribute: VE; DI
Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually
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AS 299 - Directed Study
Undergraduates, typically juniors and seniors, construct an independent study course on a topic approved and directed by a faculty member. Offered for variable credit. May be repeatable for credit.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
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ASL 1010 - American Sign Language I
An introduction to American Sign Language (ASL), including grammar, basic vocabulary, manual alphabets/numbers, and visual gestural communication. ASL written code will also be covered.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
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ASL 1020 - Beginning American Sign Language II
A continuation of American Sign Language (ASL) I, including grammar, basic vocabulary, manual alphabets/numbers and visual gestural communication. ASL written code will also be covered.
Prerequisites: ASL 1010 - American Sign Language I
Course Designation/Attribute: LP (summer only)
Anticipated Terms Offered: varied
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ASL 1030 - Beginning American Sign Language III
A continuation of ASL II, this course will focus on further development of visual-spatial orientation and manipulation skills, sign vocabulary and complex sentence structures. Students will continue to work on strategies for opening, sustaining and closing general conversations on a range of topics. They will also further develop the ability to question, narrate and give increasingly detailed descriptions of activities, interactions, plans and directions. Prerequisite: Beginning American Sign Language II.
Prerequisites: ASL 1020
Anticipated Terms Offered: varied
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ASL 1040 - American Sign Language IV
A continuation of ASL III, focusing on further development of visual-spatial orientation and manipulation skills, sign vocabulary and conversational skills. Students will continue to work on strategies for opening, sustaining and closing general conversation on a range of topics. They will also further develop the ability to question, narrate and give increasingly detailed description of activities, interactions, plans and directions.
Prerequisites: ASL 1030 - Beginning American Sign Language III
Anticipated Terms Offered: varied
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ASTR 001 - Exploring the Universe
Concepts, methods, and observations in astronomy, especially designed for students with little background in the sciences. The course proceeds outward from the earth and its companion planets in the solar system to the stars and the processes that explain their brilliance in the night sky, and then onward to the galaxies and the structure of the universe as a whole. Along the way, ideas from physics, chemistry, biology, and geology are discussed. During the final weeks of the semester, we explore what and how scientists have learned about the history of the universe, the development of life on earth, and the likelihood of life elsewhere in the universe. One- to two-hour evening observation sessions are a required part of the course, connecting the ideas discussed in the classroom and the textbook to the real world directly visible in the skies around us. Not available to students who have taken Astronomy 002.
Course Designation/Attribute: SP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every fall
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ASTR 002 - The Planets and Space Exploration
Covers much of the same material as ASTR 001 , but with more emphasis on the solar system and past and future projects for its exploration. Topics include the sun, comets and asteroids, planetary and satellite surfaces, and planetary interiors and atmospheres. The principles of rocket flight and the motion of objects in the solar system are treated qualitatively and with simple algebra. Weekly evening observation sessions - required as part of the work of the course - connect the wide-ranging lecture and textbook topics to the real world visible in the skies. Additional appropriate observations may also be assigned from time to time. Not available to students who have taken ASTR 001 .
Course Designation/Attribute: SP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every spring
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BAN 5501 - Database Management and SQL for Analytics
This course serves as an introduction and overview of the database management body of knowledge (DMBOK) from a managerial perspective. The learning objectives will be to acquire a comprehensive understanding of the basic concepts of database design and usage, as well as develop practical skills for utilizing databases to their fullest extent. Correct database design will be emphasized both as a theoretical foundation and a practical necessity.
The following topics are the focus of the course:
• High-level, general database concepts and design
• Design, create and manipulate an individual relational database including the utilization of SQL as a fundamental tool
• Interpret and apply client database needs
• Discuss and apply best practices of User Interface Design to database applications
• Identify and discuss new developments and trends in databases including the use of data warehouses, data lakes and hubs, and X analytics.
Previously Titled “MIS 5501 Database Management Systems”
Prerequisites: BAN 4500 (can be taken concurrently)
*This prerequisite does not apply to MSAA students.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered annually
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BAN 5573 - Visual Analytics and Business Intelligence
By leveraging enterprise information assets, business intelligence tools and technologies can help businesses become more efficient and effective in their operations. Business Intelligence utilizes technology, expertise, knowledge, statistics, and creative thinking to identify problems and provide solutions to them. The focus of this class is to learn about enterprise approaches to business intelligence through case studies, decision support systems (DSS), development methodologies, and enabling technologies. This course will provide students with the experience to conduct an analytic project from gathering the data to interpretation in the business intelligence technologies such as Tableau, KNIME, frontline solver, LINGO, and others.
The analytics content is divided into three parts: descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. The first four to five weeks will be spent learning descriptive analytics and will be performed in Tableau. The next four to five weeks will be spent learning predictive analytics methods using KNIME software. The remaining weeks will be utilized to learn linear programming and other prescriptive analytics methods using Excel Frontline Software, and LINGO. This course also involves a project in the form of a creative component. The details are given later in the syllabus.
By the end of the course students will develop an understanding of the role of computer-based information systems in direct support of managerial decision making.
Previously Titled “MIS 5573 Business Intelligence”
Prerequisites: BAN 4500
Corequisites: BAN 5501
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered annually
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BAN 5600 - Advanced Big Data Computing and Programming
The astounding growth of data in all aspects of life in the form of emails, weblogs, tweets, sensors, videos, and text has necessitated the use of Big Data and advanced analytics techniques to support large-scale data analytics. The goal of this course is to enable students to design and build Big Data applications through highly scalable systems capable of collecting, processing, storing, and analyzing large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
By extending the Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM) to build Big Data applications using distributed and parallel computing architecture, this course brings together key Big Data tools on Hadoop Ecosystem (such as Pig, Hive, Flume, Sqoop, and Spark). Students will learn how to efficiently manage and analyze data with three main characteristics: high volume, high velocity, and high variety.
Topics include the Hadoop Ecosystem platforms such as Hortonworks Sandbox, Amazon AWS, and Databricks; and advanced analytics techniques such as Visualization, Natural Language Processing, and streaming analytics.
Previously Titled “MIS 5600 Data Structures and Big Data Computing”
Prerequisites: BAN 4550 OR MSIT 3090 & BAN 5501
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered annually
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BCMB 228 - Molecular Genetics
Explores recent discoveries in the molecular genetics of prokaryotes and eukaryotes, with emphasis on new findings related to catalytic activities of RNA. Topics include: protein synthesis, RNA transcription, gene regulation, RNA splicing, catalytic RNA and origins of living systems. Intended primarily for seniors and graduate students.
Prerequisites: BCMB 271 or BIOL 118 or permission of instructor.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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BCMB 237 - Chemistry and Biology of Medicine
Modern Medicines, ranging from anti-HIV treatments to cholesterol-lowering drugs, have become completely interwoven into society. This course explores a wide range of diseases and medicines with emphasis on how drugs interact with biological systems at the molecular-level to comat infections and diseases. In addition to looking at currently available medicines, much of the course material uses recent journal articles to show examples of modern scientific research during the process of developing new drugs and related scientific kowledge. This course is intended for juniors, seniors, and graduate students with strong backgrounds in both organic chemistry and biochemistry. (Prerequisites for undergraduates are CHEM 131 and BCMB 271, with a B- minimum in each.) Substantial class participation will be expected, and evaluations include exams, written papers, and oral presentations
Prerequisites: CHEM 131 and BCMB 271
Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring
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BCMB 244 - Bioanalytical Chemistry
The primary objective of this course is to introduce both theoretical and practical aspects of several current techniques, including metabolomics/synthetic biology, mass spectrometry, gas and liquid chromatography, protein chemistry, proteomics, enzyme kinetics, spectroscopy and other selected topics, in the biological systems. The laboratory component of the course will be devoted to carrying out a research project on metabolomics and transcriptomics using chromatography/mass spectrometry, enzyme activity assays, and gene expression analyses.
Prerequisites: BCMB 271 and BCMB 272
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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BCMB 264 - Biophysical Chemistry
Emphasizes the physical chemistry of biological macromolecules- including proteins and nucleic acids. Covers the basic laws of thermodynamics, molecular thermodynamics (including aspects of modeling macromolecular structure, molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations), statistical thermodynamics, physical equilibria including ligand binding, kinetics quantum mechanics and spectroscopy, and solution behavior of macromolecules. The laboratory in sillico and experimantal projects
Prerequisites: BCMB 271 and MATH 120 or MATH 124
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every spring
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BCMB 266 - Biomolecular NMR
Covers theory and application of multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonanace (NMR) spectroscopy for the study of structure and dynamics of biomolecules in solution.
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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BCMB 271 - Biochemistry I
A comprehensive survey of biochemistry and molecular biology, including protein structure, enzyme kinetics, membrane structure, DNA structure, replication, transcription and translation. The laboratory introduces basic techniques including buffer preparation, protein isolation and identification, purification of enzymes, enzyme kinetics, gel electrophoresis, column chromatography and DNA isolation and characterization.
Prerequisites: CHEM 131 and BIOL 101 or BIOL 103 and BIOL 102 or permission.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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BCMB 272 - Biochemistry II
A comprehensive survey of the carbohydrates, energy metabolism and metabolic biochemical pathways. Topics include glycolysis, TCA cycle, oxidative and photosynthetic phosphorylation, catabolism and anabolism. The discussion section reviews articles from the literature on recombinant DNA, inter - and intracellular signal transduction, enzymology, and other current topics.
Prerequisites: CHEM 132 or CHEM 134 and BCMB 271 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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BCMB 275 - Protein Chemistry
An in-depth discussion on protein structure and function. Techniques routinely used to determine protein structure, function, and the underlying principles of enzyme catalysis will be examined. Topics include protein structure hierarchy, physicochemical properties that govern protein folding, enzyme cofactors, protein synthesis and degradation, recombinant protein expression systems, protein purification methods, enzyme assays and protein quantification, posttranslational modifications, isotopic and fluorescent protein labeling strategies, mass spectrometry with proteins and peptides, protein-protein/DNA/RNA interactions, X-ray crystallography, 2D and 3D NMR spectroscopy with proteins, and protein structure visualization.
Prerequisites: BCMB 271 or permission of instructor.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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BCMB 276 - Chemical Biology - Techniques and Applications in Research
An in-depth discussion of tools and techniques of chemical biology and its applications in research, with a focus on cancer research. After discussion of the chemical tools, we shall study current research utilizing these tools to address biological problems. Some techniques that will be covered are chemical and biological library synthesis, library screening methods, quantitative techniques such as Fluorescence polarization, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Isothermal Calorimetry. Biological research problems such as kinase inhibition, modulation of protein protein interactions, targeted protein degradation in live cells and live cell imaging using biorthoganal reporters will be discussed.
Prerequisites: BCMB 271 and senior or instructor permission
Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually
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BCMB 277 - Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms
An in-depth discussion on enzyme catalysis. Topics to be discussed include mechanisms of rate enhancement, techniques used to study enzymes, a survey of the six EC classes of enzyme and common chemical mechanistic themes, a survey of enzymes utilizing cofactors and post-translationally produced cofactors, channeling substrates and intermediates through multifunctional and multienzyme complexes, directed evolution, catalytic antibodies, ribozymes, enzymes from various organisms (e.g. cryophiles, mesophiles, and thermophiles), and the application of enzymes used in biomaterial science. This course can fulfill the BCMB/CHEM capstone requirement.
Prerequisites: BCMB 271 and Instructor approval
Course Designation/Attribute: Capstone
Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-annually
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BCMB 279 - Computers in Biochemistry
The course will provide a hands-on experience using computers to analyze chemical and biochemical systems. Students will be introduced to the use of relevant Web-based and commercial/academic software packages. The exact topics to be covered may vary from year to year as new software packages become available. Topics will include retrieval and analysis of DNA and protein sequence information from national databases; use of sequence information to identify homologous nucleic acids or proteins and predict protein secondary and tertiary structures; simulations of protein dynamics and ligand binding; and structure-based protein ligand design.
Prerequisites: BCMB 271 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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BCMB 317 - Research
This is a variable unit graduate course for students engaged in research at the PhD level.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester, including summers
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BCMB 328 - Molecular Genetics
Explores recent discoveries in the molecular genetics of prokaryotes and eukaryotes, with emphasis on new findings related to catalytic activities of RNA. Topics include: protein synthesis, RNA transcription, gene regulation, RNA splicing, catalytic RNA and origins of living systems. Intended primarily for seniors and graduate students.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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BCMB 337 - Chemistry and Biology of Medicine
Modern medicines, ranging from anti-HIV treatments to cholesterol-lowering drugs, have become completely interwoven into society. This course will explore a wide range of diseases and medicines with emphasis on how drugs interact with biological systems at the molecular-level to combat infections and diseases. In addition to looking at currently available medicines, much of the course material uses recent journal articles to show examples of modern scientific reserach during the process of developing new drugs and related scientific knowledge. This course is intended for juniros, seniors, and graduate students with strong backgrounds in both organic chemistry and biochemistry. (Prerequisite for undergraduates are CHEM 131 and BCMB 271, with a B- minimum in each.) Substantial class participation will be expected, and evaluations include exams, written papers, and oral presentations.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring
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BCMB 364 - Biophysical Chemistry
Emphasizes the physical chemistry of biological macromolecules including-proteins and nucleic acids. Covers the basic laws of thermodynamics, molecular thermodynamics (including aspects of modeling macromolecular structure, molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations), statistical thermodynamics, physical equilibria including ligand binding, kinetics quantum mechanics and spectroscopy, and solution behavior of macromolecules. The laboratory includes in silico and experimental projects.
Prerequisites: BCMB 371
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered Every Year
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BCMB 366 - Biomolecular NMR
Covers theory and application of multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonanace (NMR) spectroscopy for the study of structure and dynamics of biomolecules in solution.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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BCMB 371 - Biochemistry I
A comprehensive survey of biochemistry and molecular biology, including protein structure, enzyme kinetics, membrane structure, DNA structure, replication, transcription and translation. The laboratory introduces basic techniques including safe use of radioisotopes, isolation of proteins, purification of enzymes, enzyme kinetics, gel electrophoresis, column chromatography and DNA isolation and characterization.
Prerequisites: CHEM 101 /CHEM 102 ; BIOL 100 , BIOL 101 , or BIOL 103 , and BIOL 102 ; and CHEM 131 (or permission).
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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BCMB 372 - Biochemistry II
A comprehensive survey of the carbohydrates, energy metabolism and metabolic biochemical pathways. Topics include glycolysis, TCA cycle, oxidative and photosynthetic phosphorylation, catabolism and anabolism. The discussion section reviews articles from the literature on recombinant DNA, signal transduction and other current topics.
Prerequisites: CHEM 132 or CHEM 134 and BCMB 271 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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BCMB 375 - Protein Chemistry
Presents an in-depth view of protein structures and molecular properties, and discussions of how structure and properties are inextricably linked to biological function. Topics discussed include: chemical properties of polypeptides, biosynthesis of proteins, posttranslational modifications, evolutionary and genetics origins of protein sequences, physical interactions that determine the properties of proteins, the folded conformations of proteins, proteins in solution and in membranes, interaction of proteins with other molecules, enzyme catalysis and protein degradation. This course has a computational component which will provide students with hands-on learning experience.
Prerequisites: BCMB 271 or permission of instructor
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every other year
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BCMB 376 - Chemical Biology - techniques and applications in research
An in-depth discussion of tools and techniques of chemical biology and its applications in research, with a focus on cancer research. After discussion of the chemical tools, we shall study current research utilizing these tools to address biological problems. Some techniques that will be covered are chemical and biological library synthesis, library screening methods, quantitative techniques such as Fluorescence polarization, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Isothermal Calorimetry. Biological research problems such as kinase inhibition, modulation of protein protein interactions, targeted protein degradation in live cells and live cell imaging using biorthoganal reporters will be discussed.
Prerequisites: BCMB 271 /BCMB 371 or instructor permission
Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually
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BCMB 377 - Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms
An in-depth discussion on enzyme catalysis. Topics to be discussed include mechanisms of rate enhancement, techniques used to study enzymes, a survey of the six EC classes of enzyme and common chemical mechanistic themes, a survey of enzymes utilizing cofactors and post-translationally produced cofactors, channeling substrates and intermediates through multifunctional and multienzyme complexes, directed evolution, catalytic antibodies, ribozymes, enzymes from various organisms (e.g. cryophiles, mesophiles, and thermophiles), and the application of enzymes used in biomaterial science. This course can fulfill the BCMB/CHEM capstone requirement.
Prerequisites: BCMB 371 and Instructor approval
Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-annually
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BCMB 379 - Computers in Biochemistry
The course will provide a hands-on experience using computers in analyze chemical and biochemical systems. Students will be introduced to the use of relevant Web-based and commercial/academic software packages. The exact topics to be covered may vary from year to year as new software packages become available. Topics will include retrieval and analysis of DNA and protein sequence information from national databases; use of sequence information to identify homologous nucleic acids or proteins and predict protein secondary and tertiary structures; simulations of protein dynamics and ligand binding; and structure-based protein ligand design.
Prerequisites: BCMB 271
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered Periodically
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BCMB 394 - Dissertation Writing
This is a variable unit, graduate course for students engaged in writing a Ph.D. Dissertation.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
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BCMB 399 - Directed Study
Graduate students construct an independent study course on a topic approved and directed by a faculty member. Offered for variable credit. May be repeatable for credit.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
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BCMB 2000 - Biochemistry I
A survey course on biochemistry and molecular biology including protein structure, enzyme kinetics, membrane structure, DNA structure, replication, transcription and translation. The laboratory introduces basic techniques including buffer preparation, protein isolation and identification, purification of enzymes, enzyme kinetics, gel electrophoresis, column chromatography, and DNA isolation and characterization.
Prerequisites: BIOL 1010 Intro to Biology I,
BIOL 1020 Intro to Biology II,
CHEM 1010 - Introduction to Chemistry I ,
CHEM 1020 - Introduction to Chemistry II ,
and CHEM 1310 Organic Chemistry I
Anticipated Terms Offered: spring
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BIOL 050 - Human Growth and Development
From fertilization until the first semester at college, our bodies are continuously growing and developing. This Science Perspective course will introduce students to the biological mechanisms that guide physical, cognitive and emotional development through the stages of the embryo, fetus, childhood, puberty and beyond.
Course Designation/Attribute: SP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall annually
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BIOL 084 - Biodiversity
Students will explore the diversity of life on earth and the mechanisms by which this diversity is generated. The implications of loss of biodiversity will be considered, as well as the causes of biodiversity decline. Conservation issues will be addressed. Fulfills the Science Perspective. Not for biology majors. Offered every year. Students lab fee no longer charged effective spring 2023.
Course Designation/Attribute: SP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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BIOL 102 - Introduction to Biology II
The goals of this two-semester course are: (1) to provide an understanding of the unifying themes in modern biology, (2) to introduce the diversity of life at all levels of organization, and (3) to illustrate the methods and modes of scientific inquiry currently used in the biological sciences. During the fall semester (BIOL 101) the focus is on fundamental principles of evolution and genetics, whereas in the spring (BIOL 102) the diversity of life, from cells to organisms, is explored. The two courses do not have to be taken in sequence but both are pre-requisites for all advanced courses in biology. BIOL 101 and BIOL 102 each have two sections. Section 1 of each course is a general survey of biological concepts. Section 2 covers the same general concepts, but focuses on a topic of societal importance, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid crisis, or climate change and agriculture (specific foci change from year to year).Students lab fee no longer charged effective Spring 2023.
Course Designation/Attribute: SP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered in spring every year
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BIOL 105 - Evolution
An introduction to the mechanisms and patterns of evolutionary change. Although this course will briefly survey the major evolutionary events that have occurred since life first evolved, the emphasis will be on mechanisms of evolutionary change (e.g. mutation, natural selection, genetic drift and gene flow) and resultant patterns (e.g. phylogenetic pattern, coevolution, stasis, adaptive radiation).
Prerequisites: BIOL 101
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester
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BIOL 106 - Introductory Biostatistics
An introduction to mathematical and statistical methods that are most useful to biologists, this course provides skills that are useful in organizing and summarizing data, graphic methods of data presentation, and testing hypotheses based on experimental results. Key mathematical methods for describing biological phenomena are included, along with basic techniques for identifying differences among groups and relationships among variables. This course may be used by biology majors to fulfill part of their mathematics requirement. Alternatively, it may be counted among the required 10 biology courses for the major.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 and BIOL 102 , and one semester of calculus (MATH 120 , MATH 124 , or BIOL 121 ).
Course Designation/Attribute: FA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year.
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BIOL 109 - Microbiology
Introduces the fundamental principles and methods of microbiology with applications to the biomedical and environmental sciences. In the laboratory, students will isolate, cultivate, and characterize an unknown microorganism, and then identify the organism using modern molecular methods.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 & BIOL 102 ; or permission of instructor.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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BIOL 110 - Introduction To Botanical Diversity
Biodiversity and structure of plants, protists and fungi are examined in a phylogenetic context. The evolution of photosynthetic mechanisms, transport systems and nutritional modes are considered, as are the ecological and economic significance of plants and other organisms traditionally studied by botanists. Fulfills the Biological Diversity requirement for the Major or Minor.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 or BIOL 103 , and BIOL 102 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year.
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BIOL 111 - Comparative and Human Anatomy
During the Vertebrate and Human Comparative Anatomy Course, students will be introduced to vertebrate anatomy. The lecture component will focus on the development and evolution of anatomy, examine the diversity of structures possessed by vertebrates, how these structures are used and function, and how they relate to one another. The laboratory component will give the students a hands-on experience with anatomy. The labs will focus on dissection of the shark and cat, with material from a diversity of vertebrates available for comparison and evolutionary context. The course assumes that students are familiar with general biology, and knowledge of evolution is recommended, although not required.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
Course Designation/Attribute: SP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every Spring
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BIOL 114 - Marine Biology
Introduces the diversity and ecology of life in the oceans. Studies of basic physical oceanography and marine ecology precede studies of marine ecosystems such as salt marshes, kelp forests, rocky shores plankton and deep seas. Also included are the relationships of marine biology to the welfare of mankind. Fulfills the Biological Diversity requirement for the Major or Minor.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 and BIOL 102 , or permission.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every fall
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BIOL 117 - Epidemiology
Epidemiology investigates the distribution and causes of disease in the population. It is therefore a cornerstone of public health, revealing risk factors for disease as well as how disease may be prevented. Topics to be covered will include: the dynamics of disease transmission, natural history of disease, validity of diagnostic tests, preventative & therapeutic measures, risk estimation, genetic and environmental contribution to disease, as well as ethical issues. The course is designed to be the first exposure to this discipline and is appropriate for interested students in any major, minor or concentration who have already taken Introductory Biology 101 and 102.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring Annually
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BIOL 118 - Genetics
Investigates the nature of genes and genomes in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. A combination of approaches from classical Mendelian and modern Molecular Genetics are explored in order to examine the inheritance of both nuclear and extranuclear genes, how genes are expressed and regulated, mutation and DNA repair, and the nature of chromosome-level mutation. Also includes an integrated laboratory that highlights many aspects of the lectures and involves a bioinformatic annotation project using a novel genome.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 and BIOL 102 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year.
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BIOL 119 - Herpetology
During the herpetology course, students will be introduced to the diversity and biology of amphibians and “reptiles”. The lecture component will have a global and diverse focus, covering topics of phylogenetics, the origin and evolution of amphibians and reptiles, the global diversity of these taxa, and their biogeography, biology, ecology and conservation. In the laboratory component, students will learn to identify amphibians and reptiles, the anatomy of these taxa, and some field techniques that are useful for studying them. The course assumes that students are familiar with basic evolutionary theory and general biology. Fullfills the Organismal Diversity requirement for the Major or Minor.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varied
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BIOL 120 - Quantitative Methods for the Biological Sciences
The field of Biology has been revolutionized with advances in technology and the advent of big data. Ranging from genomic datasets that include DNA sequences with billions of base pairs, to ecological datasets that include terabytes of information on climate change, species diversity and conservation efforts, large datasets have become common place in the biological sciences. Due to this explosion in the acquisition of high-quality data, biologists are now expected to expand their toolbox to include applying new computational algorithms, mathematical models, and statistics. This course will expose students to the basic tools of Computational Biology while exploring important topics in modern biology such as Biodiversity, Climate Change, or Health and Human Disease. Each iteration of the course will use a specific dataset to investigate one or more of these areas of Biology.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 (can be taken as a co-requisite)
Course Designation/Attribute: SP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall annually
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BIOL 121 - Mathematical Principles in Biology
The focus of this course is on the interface between mathematics and the life sciences. Students will be trained in the basic concepts and techniques of calculus, but in the context of Biology. The importance of calculus in Biology, Chemistry and Physics will be demonstrated through examples from the life sciences such as genetics, biomechanics, medicine, epidemiology, ecology and evolution. This will expose students to the highly quantitative nature of modern Biology, while providing them with a solid foundation in the techniques and theory of calculus.
Note: This course does not serve as a prerequisite to MATH 121.
Prerequisites: Appropriate score on the mathematics placement test or passing grade in MATH 119 ; BIOL 101
Corequisites: BIOL 101
Course Designation/Attribute: FA
Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring Annually
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BIOL 124 - Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems
With new high throughput experimental techniques leading to large data sets of increased quality, mathematical and computational modeling approaches have become an integral part of modern biology. This course aims to provide students interested in the interface between biology and mathematics with an integrated multidisciplinary foundation. Topics will incorporate areas of biology such as genomics, molecular biology, ecology, development, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology. The mathematical approaches we will use to study these areas will include discrete and continuous dynamical models, probability models and parameter estimation algorithms. Formally MBB 120.
Prerequisites: MBB 110 or MATH 120 or MATH 124 and BIOL 101
Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring
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BIOL 137 - Cell Biology
The cell as a functional unit is discussed from the molecular level to the whole cell. Included are introductions to the biochemistry and metabolic roles of some of the molecules and macromolecules that are found in cells. Also discussed are the evolution, structure and function of the various subcellular organelles and the cytoskeleton. Emphasis is placed on understanding the molecular mechanisms behind cell physiology and the experimental methods used to determine those mechanisms.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 and BIOL 102 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year.
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BIOL 143 - Neuroscience
Biology 143 introduces students to the biology of nervous systems and their relationship to behavior and disease. Mammalian nervous systems are emphasized, but from a comparative standpoint. The course covers topics ranging from neuronal structure and function, synaptic communication, and intra- and intercellular signaling systems, to the development and regeneration of nervous systems, the processing of sensory information, and complex functions such as learning, memory, cognition, and emotion.
Prerequisites: BIOL 111 , BIOL 118 , or BIOL 137
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year.
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BIOL 144 - Bioethics: stem cells, embryos and reproduction
One of the critical challenges in modern science is our ability to shape human development. This has brought embryology into the public domain. Based on our current scientific understanding of the development of the embryo we now have the ability to plan the sex of our children, test for the presence of certain genes and abort those embryos that do not meet certain genetic criteria and clone human cell nuclei to produce stem cells identical to patients who might need them. The questions we now face are: Even if we can do these things, should we do them? Under what conditions should such procedures be allowed or forbidden? Do we wish to support the research that will make such procedures possible? Using a primarily discussion-based format we will explore the science surrounding these recent technological advances in embryological sciences and address some of the key associated societal and ethical concerns.
Course Designation/Attribute: VP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall
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BIOL 201 - Ecology of Atlantic Shores
This course explores the ecology of marine organisms found in diverse Atlantic habitats, ranging from the rocky intertidal of New England to the coral reefs of Bermuda. The course includes lectures, field research, and a one-week trip to the Bermuda Biological Station for Research during semester break. Students must pay a fee (approximately $2500) for the cost of lodging, meals and airfare to Bermuda.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 and BIOL 102 ; or permission. BIOL 114 or BIOL 216 recommended.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other fall.
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BIOL 206 - Advanced Biostatistics
During Advanced Biostatistics, students will build on the basic statistical skills they gained in Introductory Biostatistics and learn to apply more advanced techniques to real data. Students will also learn to read biostatistical literature, which will build their ability to learn other statistical techniques on their own. Students will learn a variety of techniques that are frequently used by Biology Faculty at Clark University, and so will enhance the skills students have to effectively do research in the department. Students will learn to do these statistics in the statistical computing language R, which has become the standard in the sciences for conducting complex statistical analysis. Students will get the opportunity to analyze data generated in Clark Biology laboratories to reinforce their learning and get valuable hands-on experience doing statistics.
Prerequisites: BIOL 106 or permission of the instructor
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other fall
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BIOL 207 - Conservation Biology
Conservation Biology focuses on the biological underpinnings of efforts to preserve biodiversity in the face of increasing impacts of human activities. This seminar builds upon student background in evolution and genetics, developing skills for assessment of the fundamental biological information needed to develop policy that can lead to the protection of threatened and endangered species/populations/ evolutionarily significant units.
Prerequisites: BIOL 105 ; BIOL 118 ; or instructor permission.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Usually offered every spring.
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BIOL 209 - The Genome Project
The Genome Project offers students a unique opportunity to directly apply the bioinformatics and comparative genomics skills acquired during Introduction to Bioinformatics (MBB 101) in the analysis of a novel genome. Each year, students will work collaboratively in small research teams to piece together the entire DNA blueprint of an organism with no existing reference genome. Students will evaluate and apply genome assembly, gene prediction, functional annotation, and variant discovery algorithms to better understand the genome structure, and functional biology of sequenced organisms. Analysis will be conducted within a LINUX environment through the Clark University Supercomputing Cluster.
Prerequisites: BIOL 123 (or MBB 101)
Course Designation/Attribute: POP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring
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BIOL 212 - Microbiomes
The course will explore current research on microbiomes found in a variety of habitats: human and plant associated, marine, and soil. Through a mixture of lectures and discussions, students will learn about core ecological concepts relevant to microbiomes and microbiology. Throughout the course, students will read primary scientific literature and gain practical skills in how to understand and interpret research articles. Students will learn about current sequencing and molecular techniques (including 16S rDNA sequencing, metagenomics, and metatranscriptomics) used to study microbiomes. Each student will give a final presentation on a microbiome research article of their choice.
Prerequisites: BIOL 109
Anticipated Terms Offered: offered every other year
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BIOL 216 - Ecology
Provides an overview of ecology as a scientific discipline. The primary emphasis is on efforts to explain and predict the distribution and abundance of organisms, how ecological communities are composed and why they vary in time and space.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101 or BIOL 102 AND Statistics (BIOL 106 , ECON 160 , PSYC 105 GEOG 110 , SOC 202 , PSCI 107 or MATH 123 )
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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BIOL 218 - Genetics and Disease
This course focuses on the genetic basis of human disease. Many important disorders are primarily of genetic origin, whereas others reflect the complex interplay between our genes and the environment. The Human Genome Project has provided a wide range of new tools that allow us to understand the genetic underpinnings of both kinds of disease. The course uses a mixed format, with both lecture and discussion of primary literature; students will also pick a human disorder/disease and present a literature review of it in the form of an essay and a poster presentation.
Prerequisites: BIOL 118 ; JRS and SRS only
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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BIOL 219 - Physiological Ecology of Marine Algae
This course will introduce upper-division undergraduate and graduate students to algal diversity and the physiological ecology of marine algae. The course includes lectures, readings, discussions, and laboratory research. Topics of discussion include evolution, biochemistry, molecular biology, and physiology of photosynthetic cells. In the laboratory, students will learn various techniques including measurements of photosynthesis, determination of enzyme activity and methods used to examine gene expression. The topics and techniques covered in the course are readily applied to the physiology of a broad range of organisms.
Prerequisites: BIOL 110 , BIOL 118 or BIOL 137 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other spring.
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BIOL 221 - Developmental Biology
Considers the fundamentals of development from the molecular level up to the organismal. Emphasis is placed on the major animal model systems.
Prerequisites: BIOL 111 or BIOL 137
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every spring.
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BIOL 223 - Topics in Marine Biology
This course provides an opportunity for advanced undergraduate and graduate students to explore in depth selected topics in marine biology. This writing intensive course uses discussions of the primary literature to explore topics in genomics, microbial ecology, oceanography and marine biology.
Prerequisites: BIOL 114
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other spring
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BIOL 230 - The Human Genome
This course will provide a foundation for the basic concepts in human genomics. Topics covered will include: genome structure and function, human evolution and paleogenomics, human migration, natural selection in human populations, genetic disease, microbiomics, epigenetics, and personalized medicine and ethics. The format of the course will be a combination of group projects, discussion of primary literature, and lecture.
Prerequisites: BIOL 105 , BIOL 118
Anticipated Terms Offered: Varied
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BIOL 233 - Animal Locomotion
Students will learn about how animals move and how their locomotion is affected by their environment. They will learn how the musculoskeletal system works to allow animals to move, and the biophysics of locomotion. Animal Locomotion takes an inquiry-based approach to studying the subject. The course will integrate short lectures, demonstrations, reading and discussion of primary literature, and hands-on analysis of locomotion. During the course, students will undertake original research projects in small groups to learn about animal locomotion and publicly present their findings. Students will work with high-speed videos to learn to quantify different aspects of locomotion to test hypotheses that they come up with.
Prerequisites: BIOL 101
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other spring
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BIOL 234 - Signal Transduction
An advanced course exploring the various molecular and biochemical pathways through which cells communicate with themselves and their environment. Topics include protein phosphorylation, G-proteins, phospholipid metabolism, the action of oncogenes and several ion signaling pathways. Class format includes both lectures and student presentations.
Prerequisites: BIOL 137 or BCMB 271 or permission of instructor.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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BIOL 236 - Biology of Cancer
According to the World Health Organization, cancer is the cause of one in eight deaths around the world, and kills an even greater proportion of Americans. Over the past thirty years, great strides have been made in understanding the biological and environmental causes of cancer; we have also made stunning progress in the treatment of some cancers. This class will address the cellular, genetic and biochemical basis of cancer, as well as delve into current modes of treatment. In addition to lectures and primary literature discussion, students will develop an essay and present a poster on a cancer-related topic, based on a review of primary literature.
Prerequisites: BIOL 118 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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BIOL 237 - Epigenetics
With the completion of the sequencing of the human genome, where does science go now? Many scientists have chosen to investigate our genome at the level “above genetics”, or Epigenetics. Epigenetic changes are not coded in the DNA sequence, yet they are heritable through mitotic or meiotic cell divisions. Although epigenetic phenomena have been noted for decades, seemingly disparate observations are only now coalescing into an emerging field of Biology. This seminar style course will investigate the molecular basis of epigenetics and allow students to present research articles and discuss the literature at the intersection of gene expression, chromosome structure, and chromatin dynamics.
Prerequisites: BIOL 118
Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring
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BIOL 238 - Seminar in Cell Biology
Discussion based on research papers from the current literature, will be focused on an area in cell biology selected by the participants on the first day. The weekly readings will be selected by both the students and the member. The scientific content, as well as the methodology will be discussed in detail.
Prerequisites: BIOL 118 OR BIOL 137
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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BIOL 239 - Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Biology 239 is an upper level seminar in evolutionary developmental biology, or “evo-devo”. Evo-devo is a major, emerging field that integrates organismal evolutionary biology with molecular embryology, genetics, and genomics. The goal of this course is to understand how changes in developmental processes have given rise to the incredible biological diversity seen in nature. We will primarily focus on the evolution of metazoan, or animal, development, but we will also discuss evolution of non-metazoan organismal development. This course emphasizes analysis and discussion of primary literature dealing with phenomena and questions that interest evolutionary developmental biologists, including (but not limited to): 1) How embryonic development arose and evolved in the transition to multicellularity, 2) The role evolution of developmental processes plays in the evolutionary modification of existing features and the origin of novel structures, 3) Phenotypic plasticity and the linkage between genotype and phenotype, and 4) Interactions between developmental processes and environmental influences.
Prerequisites: BIOL 105 and BIOL 118 ; or BIOL 221 ; or by instructor’s permission
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other fall.
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BIOL 240 - Comparative and Human Physiology
Introduces the principles underlying the physical and chemical processes that maintain animal life. Lectures cover the interdependent function of molecules, cells, organs and tissues as they relate to organismal performance. Human physiology is emphasized from a comparative standpoint.
Prerequisites: BIOL 137 or BCMB 271 or BIOL 111
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year.
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BIOL 242 - Animal Behavior
Examines the causes and evolution of the behavior of animals. The largest part of this course will focus on the adaptive value and evolution of behavioral patterns, but a general overview of behavioral development and causation will be provided to offer the necessary background for interpretation of the ultimate causes of behavior.
Prerequisites: BIOL 105 and permission of instructor.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year.
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BIOL 243 - Seminar in Evolution
Discussion of a topic in evolution selected by interested students the previous fall. Readings will be from original literature. The format will be a combination of lecture and discussion.
Prerequisites: BIOL 105 and BIOL 118 or BIOL 220 . Permission of instructor required.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered odd years.
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BIOL 254 - Molecular and Evolutionary Systematics
This course is designed for students who are interested in genetics, evolutionary biology, environmental biology, and bioinformatics. Topics to be discussed include evolution of genes and genomes, methods used to estimate evolutionary relationships using molecular data, and applications of molecular data to general problems in biology. The course will include lectures, student-led discussions, laboratory projects using computer-based applications and presentations.
Prerequisites: BIOL 105
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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BIOL 255 - Viruses: friends or foes?
Viruses are the ultimate parasites-they hijack the molecular machinery of their host to make more copies of themselves. There are viruses that infect nearly every type of life, from bacteria to beluga whales and even other viruses! Through lectures and in-class reading of current research articles, and in-class discussion this class will explore the amazing biology of viruses, their impact on society and our planet, and several controversial topics relevant to viruses: the growing anti-vaccination movement, research on the evolution of more virulent avian flu viruses, and virus-derived genome editing technologies (e.g. CRISPR). Students will also give a final project presentation on a particular virus of their choosing.
Prerequisites: BIOL 109
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every fall
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