| source Georgetown (X) |
level |
department Biology (X) |
Credits: 4
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 3
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 3/ 4 with the community-based learning opportunity
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 3
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 3
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
This course will help students to understand evolutionary biology as a simple idea and as a unifying concept for all of biology. The principles of evolutionary biology and the scientific argument for evolution as the source of diversity of life forms will be discussed. The course begins with an overview of the origins of evolutionary theory. We will then proceed through a series of discussions on the processes involved in the creation and maintenance of diversity, including human diversity. The course will consider societal impacts of evolution throughout the semester. Each class period will include lecture, discussion and computer simulations of evolution.
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
This course is for nonscience students (and is not open to biology majors or minors). The main course objectives are to learn about forests, how scientists study them from an ecological standpoint, and how to manage forests; and to increase scientific literacy. The course has four main parts: (1) background information on forests and forest studies; (2) case studies of local forests; (3) discussion and analysis of current topics including endangered and threatened species, fires, global change, and logging; and (4) observations on and recognition of selected forest organisms. The lecture-discussion format is accompanied by photographs and short hikes in local forests. Limited to 12 students.
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
This seminar will introduce new Biology majors to the program. Biology Department faculty will describe research opportunities and describe their courses. Students will be provided with expert guidance on enhancing study skills and time management. Upper-class students will work with break-out groups to spot difficulties and to help develop strategies for preparing for examinations and, ultimately, for finals. The diversity of careers available to biologists will be presented. Programs operated by the Biology Club and the Pre-Medical Society will be explored. Methods for data analysis and scientific writing will be reviewed. The course is pass/fail and based on attendance and participation. Fall.
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
This first semester of an integrated two semester course focuses upon central concepts in cell biology, biological chemistry, genetics, and development. The relevance of these concepts to specialized cell function is presented with emphasis on the roles of gene expression and signal transduction in the physiology of mammalian systems, particularly the immune, reproductive, endocrine, and nervous systems. This course is a requirement for Foundations in Biology II which is offered in the Spring term. Foundations in Biology I and II are prerequisites for all higher level biology courses. Three 70 minute lectures, one three-hour laboratory, and a weekly recitation (optional). Fall.
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
The second semester of Introductory Biology emphasizes evolution, the diversity of life on Earth, and ecology. In the course, you will become acquainted with the process of evolution through natural selection, the astonishing diversity of living organisms that has evolved through this process, and the complex ecological interactions that occur among species. Laboratory experiments, demonstrations, on-line exercises, and field studies complement the lectures. Three 70 minute lectures, one three-hour laboratory, and a weekly recitation (optional). Prerequisite: BIOL-103. Spring.
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
This course discusses the structure and function of cells in molecular terms. The primary focus of the course will be: (1) protein conformation, dynamics, and function; (2) generation and storage of metabolic energy; and (3) molecular aspects of selected physiological processes. The course includes three lecture hours and one four-hour laboratory. Prerequisites: BIOL-103, -104 and CHEM-001, -002, -115. Spring.
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
This course presents an introduction to both classical and molecular genetics. Topics to be covered include features and patterns of inheritance in bacteria, fungi, plants, animals, and humans; gene and chromosome mutations; structure and function of chromatin; DNA replication; gene expression and regulation; recombinant DNA technology; and non-Mendelian genetics. The laboratory is designed to illustrate topics covered in the lecture and to introduce students to problem solving and experimental design. Three lecture hours and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 3
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 4
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
This course covers the fundamentals of neurobiology, the study of the cellular basis of nervous system function. It is intended as the gateway course for a Neurobiology major for sophomore Biology students. The course will examine the cellular composition of the nervous system, the characteristics and functions of neurons, and the ways that signals are relayed within the nervous system. The cellular and molecular basis of sensory and motor systems, plasticity, development and learning will be analyzed. The process and impact of nervous system evolution also will be considered
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 4
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
This course will explore function and regulation of all of the major systems of the mammalian body, most of it related to humans. For many systems, structure and function are intimately related and these relationships will be detailed especially in the nervous, muscular, circulatory, pulmonary, excretory and digestive systems. How these systems serve to maintain homeostasis will be a unifying theme throughout the course. The laboratory is primarily based upon computer simulations, as we lack an animal facility in this building, though two laboratories will involve measurements of human physiology and one will study rodent metabolism. In these, data will be taken to computer and important considerations for such data acquisition will be addressed. Biology Core is required and Biochemistry is highly recommended. 4 credits; 3 if taken without the lab. Fall.
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
A study of the microscopic anatomy of cells, tissues, and selected organs. The relationships between structure and function will be emphasized. Three lecture hours and one three-hour laboratory. Fall.
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 3
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
This course will focus on basic concepts in evolutionary theory and ethology and field studies in animal behavior. Topics include parental investment in their young, sexual selection and mate choice, somatic effort (foraging strategies, defense from predation), cooperation and conflict, social organization, kin selection, and ethological methods. By the end of the course, students will understand the basics of evolutionary approaches to the study of behavior. They will understand how ethological data are collected and analyzed. Prerequisites: PSYC-001 and BIOL-103 and -104. Spring. (not offered 2005-2006)
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
The study of evolution unifies all aspects of biology. This is possible because evolution seeks to explain the diversity of life as an array of processes that produce biological change, variation and diversity. This broad introduction to evolutionary biology will bring to life the forces that cause evolutionary change from populations to species over time scales of hours to epochs. Emphasis will be placed on understanding processes that create patterns in biological systems including the genetic basis of evolution, Darwinian selection, random change, molecular evolution, speciation and phylogenetics. The course includes a weekly recitation section to discuss classic literature and a phylogeny construction laboratory exercise. Prerequisites: BIOL-103, BIOL-104, and BIOL-152. Spring.
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 4
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 1-4
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 1 to 4
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 1-8 (variable, max)
Score: 7.411539 Details | Listing | Web page