This 1-credit course fulfills one component of the General Education Integrative Experience requirement for Biology majors. The course is designed to help students appreciate what their academic training has been, and where it is leading them professionally. Students will learn about career options for life scientists and develop strategies and skills to position themselves to be successful. In order to satisfy the Integrative Experience requirement, BA-Biol and BS-Biol majors must also take one of the approved 3- or 4-credit Biology courses listed on their Academic Requirements Report.

An advanced course for students who have already taken an introductory course in evolution and who are willing to make an active contribution to classroom discourse. We will discuss both evolutionary mechanisms and evolutionary history. Topics include evolutionary genetics, speciation and species concepts, the origin of life, the tempo of evolution, extinction, the evolution of behavior, evolutionary history of selected groups, research methods in evolution. Prerequisite: BIOL 280 or equivalent course.

Lectures cover the physiology of animals on a system by system basis (e.g. circulatory system, digestive system, etc.) with an emphasis on the vertebrates. Comparisons between animals within each system and adaptations to "extreme" environments are emphasized. Weekly problem sets provide practice in physiological reasoning for each system covered.

Prerequisites: BIOLOGY 100 & 101 with a grade of 'C' or better in both courses.

This course covers current topics and advanced concepts and techniques in genetics and their use in answering fundamental questions in biology. Theoretical background and experimental approaches will be emphasized. Topics will include, but are not limited to, gene and genome structure and function, tools and approaches of genetic analysis, recombination and mapping, and developmental and quantitative genetics.

Required for majors. Emphasis on an oral and written interpretation of current journal articles in selected fields of biochemistry. Fulfills first part of Junior Year Writing requirement (second part is BIOCHEM 526).

Required for majors. Emphasis on an oral and written interpretation of current journal articles in selected fields of biochemistry. Fulfills first part of Junior Year Writing requirement (second part is BIOCHEM 526).

Required for majors. Emphasis on an oral and written interpretation of current journal articles in selected fields of biochemistry. Fulfills first part of Junior Year Writing requirement (second part is BIOCHEM 526).

In this seminar, we will read and critically evaluate current theory and research on close relationships, and especially romantic relationships. Readings will include many journal articles and book chapters. Assignments will include leading discussions, writing reaction papers, and preparing a grant proposal for an original research idea relevant to close relationships.

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The hierarchical linear model provides a conceptual framework and a flexible set of analytic tools to study a variety of educational, social and developmental processes. One set of applications focuses on data in which persons are clustered within social contexts such as couples, families, classrooms, schools, or neighborhoods. A second set of applications concerns individual growth or change over time.