This course introduces life in the sea from ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Topics will include primary and secondary production, interrelations of marine organisms and their environment (e.g. rocky intertidal, estuaries, interstitial communities, coral reefs, deep-sea communities), adaptations of marine organisms, human impacts on marine life, biodiversity, conservation, and aquaculture.

This course introduces life in the sea from ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Topics will include primary and secondary production, interrelations of marine organisms and their environment (e.g. rocky intertidal, estuaries, interstitial communities, coral reefs, deep-sea communities), adaptations of marine organisms, human impacts on marine life, biodiversity, conservation, and aquaculture.

Satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement for Biology majors. Students write and revise short papers on subjects likely to be encountered by biologists. Class discussion of papers. Prerequisites: 3 biological science courses, for declared Biology majors only.

Second semester of a full year course for majors in the life sciences. Topics include plant and animal structure and physiology, evolution, and ecology. Prerequisite: BIOLOGY 100 with grade of C or better.

Satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement for Biology majors. Students write and revise short papers on subjects likely to be encountered by biologists. Class discussion of papers. Prerequisites: 3 biological science courses, for declared Biology majors only.

In this advanced course, we will present methods currently used in modern neurobiology research, these will include molecular and cellular to whole organisms approaches. We will cover how the applications of these techniques are used to answer important and outstanding questions in neurobiology using primary research articles. In a culminating group/team project, students will design experiments using the modern experimental techniques learned in the course to test a hypothesis or to expand understanding of a neurobiology process.

In this advanced course, we will present methods currently used in modern neurobiology research, these will include molecular and cellular to whole organisms approaches. We will cover how the applications of these techniques are used to answer important and outstanding questions in neurobiology using primary research articles. In a culminating group/team project, students will design experiments using the modern experimental techniques learned in the course to test a hypothesis or to expand understanding of a neurobiology process.

Neuroethology is the study of the neural basis of natural behavior. This lecture course will cover topics that include the neural mechanisms underlying predatory behavior and prey escape responses, specialized senses such as magnetoreception and electroreception, echolocation, animal communication, and animal navigation.