Courses

Focuses on the collection, visualization and analysis of data that are relevant for advancing critical thinking, student-directed learning, and the development of quantitative analysis skills, with an emphasis on using R and examples from ecology and evolutionary biology.

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.

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. Approved for GT-SC1. 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 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.

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.

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. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 0-56 credits (Freshmen or Sophomore) only.

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. Similar to ENVS 2000. Credit not granted for this course and EPOB 2050 or EPOB 2650 or EPOB 3020 or EBIO 2640 or ENVS 2000.

Examines fundamental concepts of marine ecology, emphasizing organismal diversity, species interactions, dispersal, colonization, physiology and adaptations. Includes study of beach and coral formation, island organisms and their population dynamics. Students may also register for an optional 1 credit, one week, tropical island and coral reef trip that complements the lecture portion of the class but has an additional cost. Recommended prereq., EBIO 1220.

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.

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.

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.

Focuses on the ecology of mountain environments around the world, including climatic gradients, plant and animal diversity and distributions, habitat zonation, evolutionary processes, and various aspects of montane conservation from habitat change to climate change. Prereqs., EBIO 1210, 1220, and 2040.

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.