Thematic Areas in Biology
CELL and MOLECULAR (includes Development)
Course # | Title | Prerequisite(s) |
301 | Biotechnology Lab: Genes and Genetic Engineering (lab) | BIOL 215 |
308 | Molecular Biology: Genes and Genetic Engineering (x-list Biochem) | BIOL 215 or BIOL 307 |
324 | Introduction to Stem Cell Biology | BIOL 325 or 326 or 362 |
325 | Cell Biology | BIOL 215 |
327 | Functional Genomics | BIOL 214 and 326 |
328 | Plant Genomics and Proteomics (on hiatus) | BIOL 215 |
334 | Structural Biology of Proteins, Enzymes and Nucleic Acids (x-list Biochem) | N/A |
342 | Parasitology | BIOL 214, 215, 216, and 326 |
343 | Microbiology | BIOL 215 |
344 | Microbiology Laboratory | Pre or co-req BIOL 344 |
362 | Principles of Developmental Biology | BIOL 216 OR EBME 201 and 202 |
363 | Experimental Developmental Biology (lab course on hiatus) | BIOL 362 |
365 | Evo-Devo: Evolution of Body Plans | BIOL 225 or BIOL 251 or BIOL 362 |
EVOLUTION/ECOLOGY
Course # | Title | Prerequisite(s) |
225 | Evolution | N/A |
306 | Mathematical Analysis of Biological Models | BIOL 300 or MATH 224 or MATH 228 |
307 | Evolutionary Biology of the Invertebrates | BIOL 215 or BIOL 307 |
310 | Field Studies in Evolutionary Biology (lab) | BIOL 214 |
315 | Quantitative Biology Laboratory | BIOL 215 |
336 | Aquatic Biology | BIOL 214 |
345 | Mammalian Diversity and Evolution | BIOL 214 |
351 | Principles of Ecology | BIOL 214 |
351L | Principles of Ecology Laboratory | Pre or co-req BIOL 351 |
352 | Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (lab) | BIOL 214, MATH 125/121 and MATH 126/122 |
353 | Ecophysiology of Global Change (lab) | BIOL 214, BIOL 216 |
364 | Research Methods in Evolutionary Biology | BIOL 214 |
365 | Evo-Devo: Evolution of Body Plans | BIOL 225 or BIOL 251 or BIOL 362 |
368 | Topics in Evolutionary Biology | BIOL 225 |
384 | Reading/Writing Like an Ecologist | BIOL 214 |
397 | Molecular Phylogenetics | BIOL 214 and (BIOL 225 or BIOL 364) |
GLOBAL HEALTH
Course # | Title | Prerequisite(s) |
316 | Fundamental Immunology | BIOL 215 and BIOL 215L |
333 | The Human Microbiome | BIOL 214 and 216 |
342 | Parasitology | BIOL 214, 215, 216, and 326 |
343 | Microbiology | BIOL 215 |
344 | Microbiology Laboratory | Pre or co-req: BIOL 343 |
352 | Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases | BIOL 214, MATH 121/125 and MATH 122/126 |
353 | Ecophysiology of Global Change | BIOL 214 and 216 |
NEUROSCIENCE
Course # | Title | Prerequisite(s) |
302 | Human Learning and the Brain | |
322 | Sensory Biology | BIOL 216 |
373 | Introduction to Neurobiology (lab) | |
374 | Neurobiology of Behavior | |
376 | Neurobiology Laboratory (on hiatus) | BIOL 216 |
377 | Biorobotics Team Research (Capstone and lab) | Instructor permission |
378 | Computational Neuroscience | Recommended prep: MATH 223 and MATH 224 |
385 | Seminar on Biological Processes in Learning and Cognition (Capstone, on hiatus) | BIOL 302 |
ORGANISMAL
Course # | Title | Prerequisite(s) |
223 | Vertebrate Biology (lab) | |
302 | Human Learning and the Brain | |
305 | Herpetology Laboratory | BIOL 214 |
318 | Introductory Entomology (lab) | BIOL 214, 215, and 216 |
322 | Sensory Biology | BIOL 216 |
333 | The Human Microbiome | BIOL 214 and BIOL 216 |
336 | Aquatic Biology | BIOL 214 |
338 | Ichthyology (lab) | BIOL 216 |
339 | Aquatic Biology Laboratory | Pre or co-req: BIOL 336 |
340 | Human Physiology | BIOL 346 and BIOL 215 and BIOL 216 |
345 | Mammalian Diversity and Evolution | BIOL 214 |
346 | Human Anatomy | BIOL 216 |
357 | Backyard Behavior (Capstone) | BIOL 305 or 318 or 358 or 373 or 374 |
358 | Animal Behavior (lab) | BIOL 214, 215, and 216 |
362 | Principles of Developmental Biology | BIOL 216 or EMBE 201 and 202 |
QUANTITATIVE/BIOINFORMATICS
Course # | Title | Prerequisite(s) |
300 | Dynamics of Biological Systems I (lab) | |
301 | Biotechnology Laboratory | BIOL 215 |
304 | Fitting Models to Data:Maximum Likelihood Methods and Model Selection (lab) | MATH 121/125 and MATH 122/126 |
306 | Mathematical Analysis of Biological Models | BIOL 300 or MATH 224 or MATH 228 |
311 A-D | Survey of Bioinformatics | BIOL 214 and 215 |
315 | Quantitative Biology Laboratory | BIOL 214 |
319 | Biological Stochastic Processes (on hiatus) | MATH 224 or MATH 223 and BIOL 300 or 306 and MATH 201 or 307 |
321 | Design and Analysis of Biological Experiments (lab) | BIOL 216 |
327 | Functional Genomics (lab) | BIOL 214 and BIOL 326 |
352 | Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (lab) | BIOL 214 |
378 | Computational Neuroscience | Recommended prep: MATH 223 and MATH 224 or BIOL 300 or BIOL 306 |
397 | Molecular Phylogenetics (lab) | BIOL 214 and (BIOL 225 or BIOL 364) |