Summer Session Biology Courses
This listing shows the courses that may be scheduled during summer session. It does not represent a guarantee that each course will be taught every summer. You may also find the Advise-O-Matic helpful in planning your schedule.
Listings for Fall and Spring 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. | ||||||||
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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 | |||
| BIO 212 | | General Biology: Organismal & Population | 4 | Burk | II, 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 385 | | Ecology, Geography and Health of Lakes | 4 | Schalles | PS (AY) | CW, Lab, Pop | ||
| BIO 417 | Molecular Biology | 3 | Austerberry | I, S (OD) | Cell | |||
| BIO 425 | Development of Biological Thought | 3 | Brockhouse | PS | ||||
| BIO 435 | Field Biology in the Southeastern United States | 4 | Schalles | PS (AY) | Lab, Pop | |||
| BIO 440 | | Field Biology of the Desert Southwest | 4 | Platz | PS | CW, Lab, Pop | ||
| BIO 481 | | Terrestrial Ecology | 4 | Vinton | I, S (OD) | CW, Lab, Pop | ||
| BIO 483 | Vertebrate Natural History | 3 | Platz | II, S (OD) | Pop | |||
| BIO 484 | Vertebrate Natural History Laboratory | 1 | Platz | II, S (OD) | 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 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
