Spring Semester Biology Courses

This listing shows the courses typically scheduled during the spring semester. It does not represent a guarantee that each course will be taught every spring. You may also find the Advise-O-Matic helpful in planning your schedule.

Listings for Fall 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 clicking on the course number. The symbol gives access to course web pages when available.

Number	Title	Credits	Instructor	Offered	Satisfies*
100-level courses are designed for non-majors and may not be used for credit towards the Biology major.
BIO 149	Human Biology	3	Shibata	II
BIO 150	Biotechnology and Society	3	van Dijk	II
Bio 211 and 212 are prerequisites for all upper-level courses. These two courses may be taken in either order.
BIO 212	General Biology: Organismal & Population	4	Burk	II, S
All 300-level courses and above are "upper-level".
BIO 317	Genetics	3	Brockhouse/Cho	I, II, S (OD)	Cell
BIO 318	Genetics Laboratory	1	Brockhouse	II	Lab
BIO 335	Zoology	4	Schalles	II	Lab, Org
BIO 341	General Botany	4	Vinton	II	Lab, Org
BIO 390	Environmental Science	3	Staff	II	Pop
BIO 401	Biometry	4	Cullum	II	Lab
BIO 419	Molecular Biology Laboratory	2	Austerberry	II	CW, Lab
BIO 449	Animal Physiology	3	Cullum/Fassbinder-Orth	I, II	Org
BIO 467	Developmental Biology	4	Reedy	II	Lab, Org
BIO 483	Vertebrate Natural History	3	Platz	II, S (OD)	Pop
BIO 484	Vertebrate Natural History Laboratory	1	Platz	II, S (OD)	Lab
BIO 487	Marine Ecology Laboratory	1	Schalles	II	CW, 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 532	Current Topics in Cellular and Molecular Biology	3	Austerberry & Reedy	II	CW, Cell
BIO 549	Environmental Physiology	3	Cullum	II	CW, Org
BIO 551	Current Topics in Microbiology	3	van Dijk	II	CW, Cell
BIO 559	Special Topics in Physiology	3	Cullum	II	CW, Org
BIO 567	Cellular And Developmental Neuroscience	3	Shibata	II	Cell
BIO 572	Animal Behavior Laboratory	2	Burk	II	CW, Lab
BIO 580	Current Topics in Ecology	3	Vinton		CW, Pop

*Key to Satisfies column:

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