Courses

Lect. Studies the principles of biology and their implications. Central theme is humans and the environment, emphasizing ecology, natural resource conservation, and the interrelatedness of a growing human population. Recommended for nonscience majors. Meets Maps requirement for natural science: non-lab. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

Lect. Continues EBIO 1030, focusing on the function of the human body, and maintenance of dynamic equilibrium in the internal environment in the face of a continually changing external environment. Discusses factors influencing these homeostatic conditions and how and why they change. Recommended for nonscience majors. Prereq., EBIO 1030. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

One two-hour lab per week. Provides experiments and exercises relating to concepts presented in EBIO 1030 and 1040. Biology: a Human Approach 1 and 2. This course uses animals and/or animal tissues. Recommended for nonscience majors. When taken with EBIO 1030, meets Maps requirement for natural science: lab. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

Lect. Provides a concentrated introduction to molecular, cellular, genetic, and evolutionary biology. Emphasizes fundamental principles, concepts, facts, and questions. Intended for science majors. Credit not granted for this course and EPOB 2060,2660 or KAPH 2060. Meets Maps requirement for natural science. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

Provides a concentrated introduction to organisms, homeostasis, development, behavior, and ecology. Emphasizes fundamental principles, concepts, facts,and questions. Intended for science majors. Prereq., EBIO 1210 or equivalent. Credit not granted for this course and EPOB 2050 or 2650. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum:natural science.

One 3-hour lab per week. Consists of experiments and exercises to provide an extension of basic concepts and scientific approaches presented in General Biology 1. Intended for science majors. Prereq. or coreq.,EBIO 1210. Credit not granted for this course and EPOB 2060, 2660 or KAPH 2060. Meets Maps requirement for natural science. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

One 3-hour lab per week. Consists of experiments and exercises to provide an extension of basic concepts and scientific approaches presented in General Biology 2. Intended for science majors. Prereq. or coreq., EBIO 1220 or equivalent. Credit not granted for this course and EPOB 2050 or 2650. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

Covers special topics in biology for freshmen or nonmajors. Introduces scientific methods and principles in biology, as well as issues of current interest in biology. Does not count toward the major in EBIO.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

Introduces students to academic writing and the associated discipline-specific conventions, styles, and qualities that are part of this type of writing. Classes lead students to think rhetorically, to understand the process of composing written text, to employ a variety of writing strategies, to conduct research, and to interpret, critique, summarize, and paraphrase scholarly texts. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: written communication.

Lect. Describes how the natural environment is currently stressed by a variety of human actions. Examines the nature of these environmental problems and their impact on living organisms, both human and nonhuman species.

Lect. and lab. Introduces principles of ecology, emphasizing patterns and processes at various levels of biological organization. Scope global, but examples often from local environment. Laboratory emphasizes techniques of field biology. Uses animals and/or animal tissues. Prereqs., EBIO 1030, 1040, and 1050, or EBIO 1210, 1220, 1230, and 1240. Credit not granted for this course and EPOB 2050 or EPOB 2650 or EPOB 3020 or EBIO 2640.

Lect. and rec. Covers principles of genetics and developmental biology at levels of molecules, cellular organelles, individuals, and populations; asexual and sexual life cycles; and heredity. Recitations allow discussion of genetics problems and implications of genetic principles, and provide demonstrations and simulations of genetic processes. Intended for sophomore majors in EBIO. Prereqs., EBIO 1210,1220, 1230, and 1240, or EPOB 2050 and 2060. Credit not granted for this course and EBIO 2670.

Acquaints students with the plants that are both essential and desirable to human survival, well-being, and quality of life. Topics include plants and world cultures, food plants, commercial products (beverages, extracts, herbs, and spices, etc.), cosmetics, textiles, wood products, medicinal plants, psychoactive plants, poisonous plants, plants used in horticulture and landscape architecture, wood products, musical instruments, etc.

Lect., lab, and rec. Introduces principles of ecology, emphasizing patterns and processes at various levelsof biological organization. Scope global, but examples often from local environment. Lab emphasizes techniques of field biology. Uses animals and/or animal tissues. Prereqs., EBIO 1210, 1220, 1230,and 1240; or 1030, 1040, and 1050. Credit not granted for this course and EPOB 2050 or 2650 or 3020 or EBIO 2040.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

Provides an opportunity to assist in teaching of specific laboratory section in EBIO under direct faculty supervision. Students must make arrangements with the faculty member responsible for the course in which they plan to assist. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours. Formerly EPOB 3010.

Applies principles of population ecology, population genetics, biogeography, animal behavior, and paleobiology to the maintenance of biodiversity and natural systems. The resulting theory is then applied to conservation policy and management techniques.Prereq., EBIO 2040 or 2640. Same as ENVS 3040.

Lect. and lab. Emphasizes the fundamental evolutionary concepts that provide explanations for the diversification of life on Earth. Specific topics include the evidence for evolution, adaptation by natural selection, speciation, systematics, molecular and genome evolution, and macroevolutionary patterns and processes. Recitations allow students to explore specific topics in more depth and smaller groups. Prereq., EBIO 1210 and 1220 or equivalent. Credit not granted for this course and EBIO 3680 or EPOB 2080 or 2680.

Presents principles of ecology that relate to the niche, population growth, metapopulations, population interactions (within and between trophic levels), community structure and development, landscape ecology and species diversity. Prereq.,EBIO 2040 or 2640 or equivalent.

Lect. and field trips. Focuses on the biology of arctic and alpine environments, limiting physical factors (such as geomorphology and climatic history), and human interaction with cold-stressed environments, especially the arctic. Prereqs., EBIO 1210 and 1220, or EPOB 2050 and 2060.

Examines alpine ecosystems and treeline relative to global change. Weekend (one-day) field trips into the Rocky Mountains, visits to Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and to CU herbarium/plant lab for experiential learning connected to EBIO 3170. Coreq., EBIO 3170. Formerly EPOB 3175. Pass/fail only.

Lect. Involves study of ecological principles and problems at the biosphere level. Presents a worldwide approach to populations, biotic resources, ecologic interactions, land use, deforestation, desertification, species extinctions, pollution, environmental quality, global change, and environmental ethics. Prereqs., EBIO 1210 and 1220 or equivalent. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

Lect. Examines the biology and ecology of marine ecosystems, emphasizing those occurring in tropical regions such as coral reefs. Studies how these ecosystems are changing and the future impact of human stress on the marine environment. Prereqs., EBIO 1210, 1220, 1230, and 1240, or EPOB 2050 and 2060. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Lect. and lab. Topics include basic concepts and history, methods of study, ethical issues, neurobiology, behavior, the development of behavior, predator-prey relationships, communication, aggression and dominance, mating systems, cognitive ethology, and parental care. When possible, life-history strategies, the evolution of behavior, and behavioral ecology are stressed. Uses animals and animal tissues. Prereqs., EBIO 1210, 1220, 1230, and 1240, or EPOB 2050 and 2060. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.