Biology

Course ID: BIOL 1103. 3 hours.
Course Title: Basic Concepts in Biology
Course Description: Science as a process, evolution, energy transfer, genetic continuity, complementarity of structure and function, regulation and homeostasis, interdependence in nature. Topics include chemistry of life, cells, cellular energetics, heredity, molecular genetics, growth and development, evolutionary biology, principles of ecology.


Course ID: BIOL 1103H. 3 hours.
Course Title: Principles of Biology (Honors)
Course Description: Central themes of Biology: science as a process, evolution, energy transfer, genetic continuity, complementarity of structure and function, regulation and homeostasis, interdependence in nature. Topics include: chemistry of life, cells, cellular energetics, heredity, molecular genetics, growth and development, evolutionary biology, principles of ecology.


Course ID: BIOL 1104. 3 hours.
Course Title: Organismal Biology
Course Description: A general biology course focused on organisms, including diversity and phylogeny. The relationship of biological history to geological time, structure and function, interaction with the environment, global issues.
Oasis Title: ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY


Course ID: BIOL 1107-1107L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Course Title: Principles of Biology I
Course Description: Biological chemistry, cell structure and function, bioenergetics, mitosis and meiosis, genetics, gene expression and regulation, gene technology, population genetics, evolution.


Course ID: BIOL 1108-1108L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Course Title: Principles of Biology II
Course Description: Microbial diversity and physiology; plant and animal diversity, growth, reproduction and physiology; ecology.


Course ID: BIOL 1117L. 1 hour. 2 hours lab per week.
Course Title: Introductory Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory
Course Description: Introduction to cell and molecular biology experiments, including organic molecules, enzymes, photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, Mendelian genetics, DNA restriction analysis, PCR and DNA profiling, and muscle protein biochemistry.


Course ID: BIOL 1118L. 1 hour. 2 hours lab per week.
Course Title: Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratory II
Course Description: Introduction to biological diversity. Study of bacteria, archaea, protists, plants, fungi, and animals. Study of aquatic ecosystems and vertebrate physiology.


Course ID: PBIO(BIOL) 1210. 3 hours.
Course Title: Principles of Plant Biology
Course Description: Basic principles of biology with an emphasis on plants, including science as a process, cell biology, biochemistry, plant structure and function, energy metabolism, genetics, evolution, and ecology.


Course ID: PBIO(BIOL) 1220. 3 hours.
Course Title: Organismal Plant Biology
Course Description: Plant biology course focused on organisms, including evolution and diversity of plants, fungi, algae, and prokaryotes; environmental interactions; community ecology, symbiosis, and the relation of these organisms to human affairs.


Course ID: BIOL 1990. 1 hour.
Course Title: Orientation to Biology Degree Programs
Course Description: Introduces students to the Division of Biological Sciences, its departments and the requirements for the biology degree, careers in the biological sciences.


Course ID: ENTO(BIOL) 2010. 3 hours.
Course Title: Insects and the Environment
Course Description: Designed to acquaint students with our dependence on and interaction with insects in today's world.


Course ID: HONS(BIOL)(CHEM)(GEOL)(PHYS) 2070H. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Course Title: Honors Science
Course Description: Concepts of physics, chemistry, geology, and biology in an integrated fashion. The evolution of the universe from the primordial state to the present time, and considers human interaction with the environment.


Course ID: BIOL 2107H-2107L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Course Title: Principles of Biology I (Honors)
Course Description: Biological chemistry, metabolism, cell and membrane structure and function, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, cell cycle, meiosis, classical and molecular genetics, DNA technology, evolutionary theory, natural selection, population genetics, speciation.


Course ID: BIOL 2108H-2108L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Course Title: Principles of Biology II (Honors)
Course Description: Organismal biology. Bacteria, archeae, protista, plantae, fungi and animalia evolution, diversity, growth, reproduction, physiology and ecology.

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