Current Courses Offered

Syllabi are available from the links below.

The course catalog clearly identifies the different options as well as courses required of both majors and non-majors. Log on to HomerConnect to verify which requirements you have satisfied.

Biology (7-12) Majors

Fall 2013:

  • Pedagogy and Practice for the Science Teacher (EDUC 41010/51010)

Previously Offered:

  • Special Methods of Teaching Science (EDUC 31010  Fall)
  • Professional Semester in Education (EDUC 49810  Spring)

Biology / Biochemistry Majors

First-year/General Biology (always offered)

Courses related to research (always available by permission of instructor):

  • Independent Study (BIOL-20000, 300, 400, and 402)
  • Literature in Biology (BIOL-30100) 
  • Junior Research Projects (BIOL-30200 )
  • Research in Biology (BIOL-40000; BIOL-40200 
  • Honors Research in Biology (BIOL-40100/40200)
  • Biology Seminar (BIOL-41100, 41200)
  • Independent Study in Biology (BIOL-60000)
  • Independent Research in Biology (BIOL-60200)

Electives

Fall 2013:

  • BIOC 35300 Biochemistry I
     
  • BIOL 19701 Bird Brains and Mind Games
  • BIOL 20401 Special Topics:Biology of Oceanic Islands
  • BIOL 21400 Animal Physiology
  • BIOL 27100 General Ecology
  • BIOL 35400 Cell Biology 
  • BIOL 47300 Plant Physiology
  • BIOL 57800 Evolution

Spring 2013:

  • BIOC 35400 Biochemistry II
  • BIOC 41001 Experimental Biochemistry
  • BIOC 48100 Current Topics in Biochemistry
     
  • BIOL 21200 Conservation Biology
  • BIOL 22700 Genetics
  • BIOL 31500 Neurobiology
  • BIOL 32400 Wonderful Life: Genes, Evolution, and Biodiversity
  • BIOL 34500 Developmental Biology
  • BIOL 35000 Population Ecology --> NEW COURSE
  • BIOL 40500 Parasites and Vectors of Disease (typically offered in the Fall)
  • BIOL 45200 Microbiology

Previously Offered:

  • BIOC 33300 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PDF)
     
  • BIOL 20300 Invertebrate Zoology (Fall)
  • BIOL 20400 Special Topics:  Conservation Biology (Spring)
  • BIOL 20400 Special Topics: Rainforests, Reefs and Ruins (fall)
  • BIOL 21210 Costa Rica:  Ecological Restoration and Sustainable Development (Spring)
  • BIOL 22030 Honors Intermediate Seminar:  Alternative Futures (PDF Spring)
  • BIOL 22500 The Power of Plants: Roles of Plants in Agriculture and Medicine
  • BIOL 27800 Environmental Health and Medicine (Spring)
  • BIOL 28400 Field Ornithology (Fall)
  • BIOL 30400 Special Topics: Invasive Species (Spring) 
  • BIOL 30800 Animal Behavior (Spring)
  • BIOL 37100 Natural Resource Ecology (Spring) 
  • BIOL 37800 Environmental Toxicology (PDF Spring)
  • BIOL 38000 Tropical Ecology (Spring)
  • BIOL 40400 Selected Topics: Immunology (Fall)
  • BIOL 46100 Ecophysiology (Spring)
  • BIOL 47600 Endocrinology (Spring)
  • BIOL 47900 Aquatic Ecology (Spring)
  • BIOL 50500 Parasites and Vectors of Disease (Fall)

Non-Biology Majors:

General Education

Fall 2013:

  • BIOL 10210 Biology of Sex
  • BIOL 10700 Human Genetics
  • BIOL 11010 The History of Life on Earth (Fall, R. Kissel & Spring, R. Ross)
  • BIOL 11400 Examining the World through Evolutionary Biology 
  • BIOL 22020 Honors Intermediate Seminar:  Biology: Math, Music, and the Brain  ---->>>(PDF, NEW FALL 2012)

Spring 2013:

  • BIOL 10210 Biology of Sex (Spring)
  • BIOL 10400 Environmental Biology (Spring)
  • BIOL 10500 The Biology of Cancer PDF (Fall and Spring)
  • BIOL 10600 Plants, People and Food Production (Fall)
  • BIOL 11010 The History of Life on Earth (Fall & Spring)
  • BIOL 11100 Biotechnology: Promise and Problem (Spring)
  • BIOL 20500 Biology of Aging (Spring)
  • BIOL 22040 Honors Seminar:  Evolution of Evolution: Society and the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection (Spring)

Previously Offered:

  • BIOL 10310 New and Emerging Diseases (Fall and Spring)
  • BIOL 10900 Life in the Ocean (Fall)
  • BIOL 11300 Insects and People (Fall)
  • BIOL 11500 Essentials of Biology (Fall and Spring)
  • BIOL-11600 Biology of Birds (Fall)
  • BIOL 21300 Applied Microbiology (Fall)  
  • BIOL 22010 Honors Seminar:  Biotechnology (Spring)
  • BIOL 22020-1 Honors Seminar:  Genes, Embryos, and Technology of Reproduction (Fall)
  • BIOL 22030 Honors Seminar:  Alternative Futures (PDF Spring)
  • BIOL-22045 Honors Seminar:  Playing with God (Fall)
  • ICSM 10500-04  First Year Seminar: Living with the Land (Fall)

Service Courses (Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Environmental Studies/Science)

Fall 2013:

  • BIOL 12000 Fundamentals of Biology (Spring)

Spring 2013:

Previously Offered:

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