Fall Semester Biology Courses
This listing shows the courses typically scheduled during the fall semester. It does not represent a guarantee that each course will be taught every fall. You may also find the Advise-O-Matic helpful in planning your schedule.
Listings for Spring and Summer courses are also available, along with the complete course listing and the Course Search page, which allows you to find classes that meet certain criteria. A complete list of course descriptions is also available.
A description of each course, including prerequisites, may be found by
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| Number | Title | Credits | Instructor | Offered | Satisfies* | |||
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| 100-level courses are designed for non-majors and may not be used for credit towards the Biology major. | ||||||||
| BIO 141 | Charles Darwin: Life & Impact | 3 | Burk | I (AY) | ||||
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Bio 211 and 212 are prerequisites for all upper-level courses. These two courses may be taken in either order. |
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| BIO 211 | | General Biology: Molecular & Cellular | 4 | Reedy | I, S | |||
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All 300-level courses and above are "upper-level". |
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| BIO 317 | | Genetics | 3 | Brockhouse/Cho | I, II, S (OD) | Cell | ||
| BIO 333 | Vertebrate Comparative Anatomy | 4 | Platz | I, S (OD) | Lab, Org | |||
| BIO 351 | | Microbiology | 4 | van Dijk | I | Lab, Cell | ||
| BIO 362 | | Cell Structure and Function | 3 | Austerberry/Reedy | I | Cell | ||
| BIO 417 | Molecular Biology | 3 | Austerberry | I, S (OD) | Cell | |||
| BIO 420 | Cytogenetics | 4 | Brockhouse | I | Lab, Cell | |||
| BIO 432 | | Introduction to Immunology | 3 | Shibata | I | Cell | ||
| BIO 449 | | Animal Physiology | 3 | Cullum/Fassbinder-Orth | I, II | Org | ||
| BIO 450 | | Animal Physiology Laboratory | 1 | Cullum/Fassbinder-Orth | I | Lab | ||
| BIO 481 | | Terrestrial Ecology | 4 | Vinton | I, S (OD) | CW, Lab, Pop | ||
| BIO 485 | Marine and Freshwater Ecology | 3 | Schalles | I | Pop | |||
| BIO 486 | Freshwater Ecology Laboratory | 1 | Schalles | I | Lab | |||
| BIO 490 | Seminar in Undergraduate Biology Instruction | 1 | Staff | I | Lab† | |||
| BIO 493 | Directed Independent Readings | 3 | Staff | I, II, S | ||||
| BIO 495 | Directed Independent Study | 3 | Staff | I, II, S | ||||
| BIO 497 | Directed Independent Research | 3 | Staff | I, II, S | ||||
| BIO 517 | Current Topics in Genetics | 3 | Brockhouse/Cho | I | CW, Cell | |||
| BIO 523 | Environmental Toxicology | 3 | Schalles | I (AY) | Pop | |||
| BIO 539 | Ecology of Zoonotic Diseases | 3 | Fassbinder-Orth | I | CW, Pop | |||
| BIO 561 | Entomology | 4 | Burk | I (AY) | Lab, Pop | |||
| BIO 562 | Introduction to Neurobiology | 3 | Shibata | I | Cell or Org | |||
| BIO 563 | Introduction to Neurobiology Laboratory | 2 | Shibata | I | CW, Lab | |||
| BIO 571 | Animal Behavior | 3 | Burk | I, S | Org | |||
| BIO 581 | Evolution | 4 | Platz | I, S (OD) | Lab, Pop | |||
- CW - satisfies one of the college's Certified Writing requirements
- Lab - satisfies one of the Biology major's laboratory requirements
- Cell - counts as a molecular/cellular course for the Biology major's area of study requirement
- Org - counts as an organismal course
- Pop - counts as a population/ecology/evolution course
Note - Courses listing two areas of study can count as one or the other, not both.
Last modified: March 27, 2007
