Biology Department | Major,
Minors
Lower Division Courses |
Upper Division Courses
Winter, spring. Emphasis on pathogenic organisms and human immune responses. This is a laboratory course designed for students not majoring in biology. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory weekly. (NATURAL SCIENCE LAB)
Spring. Anatomy and physiology of the human body; cell structure and function; tissues; skeletal, muscular, circulatory, and nervous systems. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory weekly. This course is designed for students not majoring in biology. (NATURAL SCIENCE LAB)
Study of ecological principles and application of biological concepts to environmental problems and issues. Topics include: interactions of organisms with their environment; impacts of human activities on the biosphere; energy flow, resources, climate, and nutrient cycles; species, population-, community-, and ecosystem-level processes and organization; physiological, behavioral and life history adaptations of organisms to their environments; species interactions, population growth, and extinction. Lectures, discussion, laboratory, and field activities. (NATURAL SCIENCE LAB)
Winter. A study of ethnobotany and the uses that people have made of plants. Topics include the uses of plants in various cultures for foods, fibers, shelter, beverages, medicines, rituals, and other ends. Emphasis will be placed on basic botanical principles (e.g. taxonomy, anatomy, evolution, chemistry), and the human needs (physiological, behavioral, cultural) that plants satisfy. (NON-LAB NATURAL SCIENCE)
Fall, winter, spring. Fundamental concepts in the biology of inheritance and gene expression. Emphasis on scientific problem-solving, including collection, analysis, and interpretation of genetic data. Focus on frontier areas of genetics including human genetics, genetic engineering, and genome biology. Readings, lectures, discussions, lab activities, and computer simulations. (NATURAL SCIENCE LAB)
Spring. Natural history, flora, fauna, and ecological relationships of the local area. Three lectures and one four-hour laboratory weekly. This course is designed for students not majoring in biology. (NATURAL SCIENCE LAB)
(Same as ENG 205.1) Winter. Not offered 2004-2005. Analysis of texts that both concern biology and literature and challenge existing literary/biological paradigms. Requires a reading and travel journal and a final comprehensive written project that reflect the ways in which the winter Sawtooth experience informs the assigned texts and vice versa. Assigned texts include works by Oliver Sacks, Peter Hoeg, Diane Ackerman, Loren Eiseley, John Horgan, and others. (HUMANITIES)
Spring. Prereq.: BIO 131. The biology of individual plant and animal organisms: development, functional morphology, anatomy, and physiology. (NATURAL SCIENCE LAB)
Fall. Prereq.: BIO 131 or 220; prereq. or coreq.: MAT 112. The biology of populations and communities: population genetics, evolution, ecology, and animal behavior. Three lectures and one four-hour laboratory weekly. (NATURAL SCIENCE LAB)
Prereq.: BIO 105 or BIO 220. Advanced studies of the human body including the cardiovascular, nervous, respiratory, digestive, and urinogenital systems. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory weekly.
Fall, spring. Prereq.: BIO 131 and CHE 141. Introduction to the components of cells and processes that occur in living cells. Topics include cell structure and function, genetic events, regulation of gene expression, and the chemical pathways of metabolism. Readings, lectures, discussions, and laboratory activities. Three lectures and one three-hour lab weekly. (NATURAL SCIENCE LAB)
Fall, winter, spring. Prereq.: completion of two courses among BIO 220, 221, or 230. A survey of major taxonomic groups of organisms with an emphasis on biological classification, phylogeny reconstruction, biological diversity, and comparative morphology. Readings, lectures, discussions, and lab activities. Six hours per week for six weeks. (NATURAL SCIENCE LAB)