Principles of Biology Laboratory

Major Requirements

• Biology
• Biochemistry
• Teacher Education

Minor Requirements

Fall 2009 Courses (PDF)

Spring 2010 Courses (PDF)

Tutors

Course Evaluations

Evaluations are mandatory prior to the end of the semester.  They remain confidential, but student input is highly valued and is important to maintain high quality instruction. 

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.  Go onto your Homer account (through the registrar's office) to check what requirements you have satisfied.

• Biology
• Biochemistry
• Education

Biology (7-12) Majors

• Pedagogy and Practice for the Science Teacher (EDUC 31000  Fall)
• Special Methods of Teaching Science (EDUC 31010  Fall)
• Professional Semester in Education (EDUC 49810  Spring)

Biology / Biochemistry Majors

First-year/General Biology

• Principles of Biology I (BIOL-12100 Fall)
• Principles of Biology II  (BIOL 12200 Spring)

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

• Independent Study (BIOL-200, 300, 400, and 402)
• Literature in Biology (BIOL-301)
• 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

NOTE:  2 ecology-focused courses that count as biology electives:

1) (ENVS-37100)  Natural Resources Ecology
2) (BIOL-27800)  Environmental Health and Medicine

• BIOC 21100 Essentials of Biochemistry (Fall 2009) PDF
• BIOC 35300 Biochemistry I (Fall 2009)
• BIOC 35400 Biochemistry II (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 20300 Invertebrate Zoology (Fall 2007)
• BIOL 20400 Special Topics:  Conservation Biology (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 20400 Special Topics: Rainforests, Reefs and Ruins (fall 2009) 
• BIOL 21210 Costa Rica:  Ecological Restoration and Sustainable Development (Spring)
• BIOL 21400 Animal Physiology (Fall 2009)
• BIOL 22030 Honors Intermediate Seminar:  Alternative Futures (Spring 2009) (PDF)
• BIOL 22500 The Power of Plants: Roles of Plants in Agriculture and Medicine (Fall 2008)
• BIOL 22700 Genetics (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 27100 General Ecology (Fall 2009)
• BIOL 27800 Environmental Health and Medicine (Spring 2008)
• BIOL 28400 Field Ornithology (Fall)
• BIOL 30400 Special Topics: Invasive Species (Fall 2009) 
• BIOL 30800 Animal Behavior (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 31500 Neurobiology (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 32400 Wonderful Life: Genes, Evolution, and Biodiversity  (Fall 2009)
• BIOL 34500 Developmental Biology (Spring 2008)
• BIOL 35400 Cell Biology (Fall 2009)
• BIOL 37100 Natural Resource Ecology (Spring) 
• BIOL 37800 Environmental Toxicology (Fall 2008)
• BIOL 38000 Tropical Ecology (Spring)
• BIOL 40400 Selected Topics: Immunology (Fall)
• BIOL 40500 & 50500 Parasites and Vectors of Disease (Fall 2008)
• BIOL 45200 Microbiology (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 46100 Ecophysiology (Spring 2008)
• BIOL 47300 Plant Physiology (Fall 2009)
• BIOL 47600 Endocrinology (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 47900 Aquatic Ecology (Spring)
• BIOC 48100 Current Topics in Biochemistry (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 57800 Evolution (Fall 2009)  -- MAT course

Non-Biology Majors:

General Education

• ICSM 10106 First Year Seminar: Saving Nature (Fall)
• ICSM 10107-02 First Year Seminar: Exploring a Global Challenge (Fall 2007)
• ICSM 10111-01 First Year Seminar: Living with the Land (Fall 2009)
• BIOL 10210 Biology of Sex (Fall 2009)
• BIOL 10310 New and Emerging Diseases (Spring AND FALL2009)
• BIOL 10400 Environmental Biology (Fall 2008 and Spring 2009)
• BIOL 10600 Plants, People and Food Production (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 10700 Human Genetics (Fall 2009)
• BIOL 10800 The Human Organism (Fall 2008)
• BIOL 10900 Life in the Ocean (Fall)
• BIOL 11010 The History of Life on Earth (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 11300 Insects and People (Fall 2008)
• BIOL 11400 Examining the World through Evolutionary Biology (Fall 2009)
• BIOL 11500 Essentials of Biology (Spring AND FALL 2009)
• BIOL 20500 Biology of Aging (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 21300 Applied Microbiology (Fall 2008)  
• BIOL 22010 Honors Seminar:  Biotechnology (Spring)
• BIOL 22020 Honors Seminar:  Genes, Embryos, and Technology of Reproduction (Fall)
• BIOL 22030 Honors Seminar:  Alternative Futures (Spring 2009) (PDF)

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

• BIOL 11900 Fundamentals of Biology (Fall 2009)
• BIOL 12000 Fundamentals of Biology (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 15100 Environmental Science I (Fall 2008)
• BIOL 20600 Primary Human Anatomy (Spring 2009)
• BIOL 27500 Field Biology (Fall 2009)