Biology Courses [402-451]

[402-451] [454-700]

BIOG 402. Insect Biology. 4 crs. This lecture/laboratory course includes taxonomy, morphology, physiology, behavior, and ecological and evolutionary relationships in the class Insecta.

BIOG 403. Research Seminar in Parasitology. 2 crs. Reports and discussions on current trends and ongoing research in parasitological investigations.

BIOG 404. Parasitology. 4 crs. Considers the biology of protozoan and metazoan parasites of man and animals and the host-parasite relationship. Prereqs.: consent of instructor.

BIOG 405. Social Insects. 4 crs. This lecture and laboratory course considers taxonomy, morphology, ecology, evolutionary, and behavioral aspects of the social insect groups: ants, bees, termites, and wasps.

BIOG 406. Experimental Parasitology. 4 crs. Discussion and experimentation of biomedical and physiological relationships of parasites.

BIOG 407. Icthyology. 4 crs. The study of fish biology, including taxonomy, morphology, population dynamics and distribution of fishes, and a critical review of current ichtyological research. The laboratory consists of field experience, along with dissection of representative forms.

BIOG 408. Herpetology. 4 crs. This lecture-laboratory course concerns the study of amphibians and reptiles and focuses on the taxonomic, morphological, physiological, behavioral, ecological and evolutionary relationships.

BIOG 409. Animal Behavior. 4 crs. Environmental and quantitative approach to behavior illustrating basic principles, with emphasis on physiological bases, ecological correlates, and evolutionary aspects.

BIOG 410. Plant Systematics. 4 crs. Lecture-laboratory course involving the basic principles and concepts in the classification and nonmenclature of vascular plants.

BIOG 413. Developmental Biology. 4 crs. Discusses gametogenesis, fertilization, cleavage, differentiation and mechanisms controlling these processes. Laboratory includes study of living invertebrate specimens.

BIOG 415. Molecular Genetics. 4 crs. Lecture-laboratory course in which studies of plant and microbial genomes are conducted through nucleic acid analysis and applications of recombinant-DNA technology and environmental mutagenesis.

BIOG 416. Advanced Cytology. 4 crs. Analyzes ultrastructural cytology, with emphasis on current techniques in transmission and scanning electron microscopy and cytochemistry.

BIOG 421. Virology. 3 crs. Study of the structure, biochemistry, and biologic relations of viruses.

BIOG 422. Immunology. 3 crs. Covers humoral and cellular immunity against infections and non-self agents; cellular interactions and differentiations events associated with the immune response; and applications of immunology to biomedicine.

BIOG 425. Pathogenic Bacteriology. 4 crs. Lecture-laboratory course in which the pathways of etiological agents of disease, methods of identification and therapy, and control measures are considered.

BIOG 426. Food Microbiology. 4 crs. Lecture-laboratory course involving the microbiology and epidemiology of food-borne diseases and food poisoning and the microbiology of fermented foods. Methods of prevention and identification are considered.

BIOG 430. Biostatistics. 4 crs. Deals with measures of central tendency and dispersion; binominal, student, and chi-square distribution; and hypothesis testing related to biological problems.

BIOG 431. Quantitative Biology. 3 crs. An introduction to quantitative methods of measuring biological processes, evaluating and interpreting experimental data, and monitoring biological phenoma.

BIOG 432. Plant Ecology. 4 crs. A comprehensive study of plants in relation to the biotic and abiotic environment. The course includes lectures, laboratories, and field trips to investigate population and community ecology to emphasize an evolutionary perspective.

BIOG 424. Environmental Microbiology. 4 crs. An integrated approach to studying the role of microorganisms in environmental waste management. The microbiology of air, water, soil and sewers are addressed. Emphases are placed on the public health implications of microbes and their products in the environment, and the role of microbes in bioremediation of hazardous chemical wastes.

BIOG 441/442. Endocrinology. 3 crs. Treats the endocrine system systematically, beginning with a discussion of basic concepts, such as the properties of hormones, mechanism of action, hormone assay, and then such recognized endocrine glands as the hypothalamus and adrenal cortex. Emphasis is placed on vertebrate endocrine physiology, with some invertebrate comparisons.

BIOG 443. Animal Physiology. 4 crs. Functions of animals requirement for survival. This course covers homeostasis, circulation, osmoregulation, digestion, respiration, metabolism and reproduction.

BIOG 444. Introduction to Neurobiology. 4 crs. The function of nervous systems from a molecular and cellular prospective. Topics include cellular neurophysiology, synaptic transmission, processing of sensory information and motor control of movement.

BIOG 445. Biochemical Genetics I, II. 4 crs. Study of the chemical nature of the genetic materials, mutation, the genetic code, protein synthesis, enzyme subunit structure, genetic complementation, and gene action and development.

BIOG 446. Mycology. 4 crs. General study of the biology of fungi, with emphasis on their development, phylogency, and ecologic distribution.

BIOG 448. Techniques in Biochemistry. 4 crs. Introduces student to the theoretical bases and practical applications of experimental techniques in cellular biochemistry. Lecture-laboratory instruction on the following: pH, buffers and solutions (gravimetric and spectrophotometric methods); purification of enzymes and other proteins by chromatographic (MEC, IEC, etc.) and electrophoretic (PAGE, SDS-PAGE, IEF) methods; enzymet kinetics (Km, inhibition); isozymes (pl, Km, Mr, densitometry); estimation of relative molecular mass of proteins by denaturing and non-denaturing methods (retardation coefficients); quantitative (graphic and statistical) analysis of experimental data; BASIC computer programming.

BIOG 449. Population Genetics. 4 crs. Focuses on the genetic structure of population, factors affecting gene frequency, geno-type-environment interaction, and genetic relationship in natural artificial populations. Prereqs.: 050-200 and consent of instructor.

BIOG 451. Ultrastructure. 4 crs. Course in electron microscopy undertaking methods of preparation of biological specimens and a study of their fine structure. Prereq.: 050-310 or equivalent.