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The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.
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Principles of evolution biology as they relate to animal behavior and behavioral ecology with broad coverage of animal groups. Special attention will be paid to the emerging discipline of behavioral ecology.
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The goal of the course, Biomotion, is to involve students in a multidisciplinary vision of biology, engineering design, and computer science by learning the principles of how animals move in their environment.
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This course addresses modern human biological variation from historical, comparative, evolutionary, biomedical, and cultural perspectives. It is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of comparative biology, evolutionary theory, and genetics.
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Reading and discussion of the literature on particular topics in the field of integrative biology. Term paper and oral presentation. Section topics will vary from semester to semester. Students should check with department secretary for each semester's offerings.
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A survey of marine mammal evolution, biology, behavior, ecology, and politics with a concentration on those species found in the North Pacific. Coverage would include: origin and evolution of cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, and sea otters; basic biology and anatomy of marine mammal groups, and North Pacific species in particular; ecological interactions and role in nearshore and pelagic marine communities; and interactions between humans and marine mammals.
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The geology, physics, chemistry, and biology of the world oceans. The application of oceanographic sciences to human problems will be explored through special topics such as energy from the sea, marine pollution, food from the sea, and climate change. Also listed as Geography C82 and Earth and Planetary Science C82.
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Leadership skills and abilities such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and resourcefulness are critical to academic, professional, and personal success. The need for enlightened leaders is evident in every aspect of health and science such as designing innovative health programs, obtaining funding, conducting cutting-edge research, developing and gaining support to implement policy solutions. This course provides an understanding of the principles of leadership and communications for students in the Biology Scholars Program. Students wil nurture those traits in themselves and apply those principles in situations specifically related to the health and science sectors. The course is taught in weekly lecture and discussion sessions with case studies and exercises. The specific objectives of this course are to identify leadership principles; understand one's own leadership style and goals; know what resourcefulness means and the strategies that can enhance it; develop skills in written and verbal communication, and develop skills in collaboration and effective team management.
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Students enrolled in Biology 1B can participate in special field research in addition to attending regular laboratory sections. Students work independently with minimal supervision. Students will learn how to develop a project, collect and record data, conduct and analyze experiments, write a report, and make an oral presentation. Project may require traveling to off-campus sites. Students are required to attend at least three department seminars and write a short critique of each.
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Freshmen will be introduced to the "culture" of the biological sciences, along with an in-depth orientation to the academic life and the culture of the university as they relate to majoring in biology. Students will learn concepts, skills, and information that they can use in their major course, and as future science professionals. Restricted to freshmen in the biology scholars program. Also listed as Plant and Microbial Biology C96 and Molecular and Cell Biology C96.
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For undergraduates interested in improving their ability to communicate their scientific knowledge by teaching ocean science in elementary schools or science centers/aquariums. The course will combine instruction in inquiry-based teaching methods and learning pedagogy with six weeks of supervised teaching experience in a local school classroom or the Lawrence Hall of Science with a partner. Thus, students will practice communicating scientific knowledge and receive mentoring on how to improve their presentations. Also listed as Geography C146 and Earth and Planetary Science C100.
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An integrated treatment of the biology and evolution of the major groups in the plant, algal, and fungal kingdoms. Also listed as Plant and Microbial Biology C102.
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Laboratory for C102. Also listed as Plant and Microbial Biology C102L.
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The relationship of the main plant groups and the plant communities of California to climate, soils, vegetation, geological and recent history, evolutionary biology, and conservation.
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A survey of California Floristics focusing on identification and taxonomy of the main plant genera and major plant families, as well as the use of keys to identify native and introduced ferns, conifers, and flowering plants of the state.
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This course explores the interactions of organisms with physical, chemical, and geological processes in the ocean. Overviews of basic physical, chemical, and geological principles and the major functional groups of marine organisms are followed by interdisciplinary discussions of open-ocean pelagic systems, the deep sea, coastal oceans, estuaries, and intertidal environments. Grade is based on short written assignments.
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The biological implications of marine physics and chemistry. History and properties of seawater. Geophysical fluids. Currents and circulations. Deep sea. Waves, tides, and bottom boundary layers. The coastal ocean; estuaries. Air/sea interaction. Mixing. Formation of water masses. Modeling biological and geochemical processes. Ocean and climate change.
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The laboratory will allow students to see and work with important functional groups of marine organisms and to learn and use standard oceanographic methods in experiments. Enrollment limit is 16 per laboratory section.
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An analysis of the structural diversity of multicellular plants, especially the higher forms, with emphasis on the developmental mechanisms responsible for this variation in form and the significance of this diversity in relation to the environments in which plants grow. Also listed as Plant and Microbial Biology C107.
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Laboratory designed to accompany C107, Principles of Plant Morphology. Also listed as Plant and Microbial Biology C107L.
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An introduction to concepts and analytical procedures in paleontology. This interdisciplinary course provides an overview of the information content of the fossil record. We will examine the nature of fossil species, populations, and communities; functional morphology, paleoecology, systematics, and macroevolution. Laboratories emphasize original problem solving and interpretation of paleontological materials and data as well as development of critical thinking and writing skills.
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An introduction to horticultural techniques utilizing the diverse collections of the University Botanical Garden.
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This course is aimed at students wishing to understand the general principles of how biological systems operate. Topics include feedback regulation; competition and cooperation; genetic switches and circuits; random processes; chaos; mechanisms for error correction; and the properties of networks. Examples are selected from many fields including medicine, physiology, ecology, biochemistry, cell biology, and genetics. Students will learn to conceptualize and quantify interactions within biological systems using simple mathematical models and computer programs. No previous experience in programming is required.
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Biological diversity and ethno-linguistic diversity sustain traditional botanical medicine systems of the world. Major topics covered in this course include cultural origins of medicinal plant knowledge on plant-derived pharmaceuticals and phytomedicines; field research methods in ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology; examples of how traditional botanical medicines provide safe, effective, affordable, and sustainable primary health care to tropical countries; human physiology, human diseases, and mechanisms of action of plant-derived drugs.
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