Fall Semester

Biology 110  Lab (Biology: Basic Concepts and Biodiversity)

A study of the evolution of the major groups of organisms including the fundamental concepts of biology.

 

 

BI SC 003 – ENVIRONMENTAL

 

BI SC 003 (GN) Environmental Science. Kinds of environments; past and present uses and abuses of natural resources; disposal of human wastes; prospects for the future

 

Bio 120A (Plants, Places, and People)

 

Useful and dangerous plants; historical (archaeological), cultural (ethnological), and economic (anthropocentric) aspects, including structural and chemical characteristics of botanical importance.

 

 

BIOTC 460 (Advances and Applications of Plant Biotechnology)

 

Molecular Genetics of Transgenic Plants (3) Understanding the biology and inheritance of genetic traits through the use of genetically modified plants, progress on developments of transgenic crops, their advantages, problems and regulatory issues.

 

 

BIOL 251

 

BIOL 251 Peer Leadership in Biology (1) Leadership training in guiding others to learn, communicate, and apply biological principles.

 

 

BIOL 496

 

BIOL 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.

 

 

 

Spring Semester

Bio 230W (Biology: Molecules and Cells)

 

A study of cellular phenomena including molecular genetics and metabolic interactions.

 

 

Bio 240W  Lab (Biology: Function and Development of Organisms)

 

A study of development and physiological processes at the organismic level.

 

 

BIOTC 459 (Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology)

 

Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology. Principles and techniques for the in vitro culture, propagation, and genetic manipulations of plant cells.

 

 

EPC 600 THESIS RESEARCH

 

EPC 600

 

 

 

BIOL 441

 

Plant Physiology- Classical and current concepts in plant constituents, mineral nutrition, water relations, respiration, photosynthesis, photoperiodism, plant hormones, growth, and development.