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)
- 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-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:
- BIOL 20600 Primary Human Anatomy (Spring)
Previously Offered:
- BIOL 11900 Fundamentals of Biology (Fall)
- BIOL 27500 Field Biology (Fall)
Intersession & ONLINE
- BIOL 10700 Human Genetics (Winter Session 2013)

