See link for Spring 2013 Course Offering Newsletter (pgs 3-6)
New course offering list will be posted at the end of Spring 2013 for Summer 2013 and Fall 2013.
See link for Spring 2013 Course Offering Newsletter (pgs 3-6)
New course offering list will be posted at the end of Spring 2013 for Summer 2013 and Fall 2013.
Historical and modern uses of plants economically important in various cultures.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: BSC 2011C or C.I.
Astudy of development, structure and function of the principal organs and tissue of vascular plants. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(3,3)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C and BSC 2011C, or C.I.
Fee: $15.00
A survey of the plant kingdom utilizing comparative morphology, structure and functions to demonstrate relationships among extant and extinct forms. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 5(3,6)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C and BSC 2011C, or C.I.
Fee: $40.00
A Study of mechanisms used by plants to cope with the environment. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: PCB 3023 or C.I.
The laboratory to accompany BOT4503. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 1(0,3)
Prerequisites: BOT4503
Fee: $15.00
Systematic classification and identification of vascular plants, with emphasis on the flora of peninsular Florida. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 5(3,6)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C and BSC 2011C, or C.I.
Fee: $45.00
A study of various biological factors which affect the health and survival of man in modern society. Designed for non-majors. Fall, Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Biological factors that affect dependence on the environ ment; the role of human population preserving ecological integrity. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: Permission of Honors.
The laboratory to accompany BSC 1005. Fall, Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 1(0,2)
Prerequisites: BSC 1005
Fee: $15.00
Biological implications of the interaction among human society, population, and technology in relation to the environment and natural systems. Designed for non-majors. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: Biology and Environment
Biological implications of the interaction among human society, population, and technology in relation to the environment and natural systems. Field trips required. Designed for Honors non-majors. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(1,4)
Prerequisites: Permission of Honors
The laboratory to accompany BSC 1050. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 1(0,2)
Prerequisites: BSC 1050
Fee: $15.00
Open only to students whose major requires this specific course. Cellular and chemical basis of life, genetics, and the theory of evolution. Emphasis on problem solving, analysis, synthesis of information, and applying data effectively. Fall, Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(3,2)
Prerequisites: High school biology or C.I.
Fee: $15.00
Priority given to students whose major requires this course. Basic principles and unifying concepts of modern biology. Introduction to quantitative experimentation using intensive, open-ended labs. Fall, Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(3,3)
Prerequisites: Permission of Honors.
Fee: $24.00
Open only to students whose major requires this specific course. Continuation of BSC 2010C. Organismal anatomy and physiology as it relates to biodiversity, ecology and evolution. Emphasis on problem solving, analysis, synthesis of information, and applying data effectively. Fall, Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(3,3)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C or C.I.
Fee: $20.00
BSC 2011C for honors students; enhanced by considerable field work, a CD-ROM text, relevant video programs and readings written by authorities in the field. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(2,6)
Prerequisites: Permission of Honors and BSC 2010H or C.I.
The biological, ecological, physical and chemical aspects of the worldÕs oceans. Even Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(3,3)
Prerequisites: PCB 3044 and STA2023
Fee: $45.00
Individual and small group instruction in current laboratory techniques beyond the scope of typical Biology laboratories. May be repeated for credit, up to a maximum of 4 credits total. Graded S/U. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 1-4(0,3-12)
Prerequisites: PCB 3044, CHM 2210, or C.I.
Preparation of undergraduate students to more effectively learn biological concepts by facilitating learning in variety of university biology labs. May be repeated for credit. Graded S/U. Fall, Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 2(0,2)
Prerequisites: PCB 3063, Biology major with 80 semester hours and 3.0 gpa.
Research and conservation in New World tropics, including a field trip to Belize. Tropical biodiversity and forest ecology, integrating conservation strategies in research and communication. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(0,3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or C.I.
Study of geographic variation in nature, ranging from past to present and from genes to ecosystems. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(4,0)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or C.I.
Fee: $15.00
Conservation, propagation and exhibition of wild animals in captivity. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: Successful completion of PCB 3044 and PCB 3063 and C.I.
Structure and function of eukaryotic cells including bioenergetics, protein structure and function, chromosome structure, DNA repair and recombination, membrane structure and transport, intracellular vesicle trafficking, cell signaling, apoptosis and cell cycle control and organization and functions of the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix. Fall, Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C, CHM 2210, and PCB 3063, or C.I.
Critical thinking, technical skills, and integration of biochemical, molecular, and microscopic experimental approaches to understanding cell structure and function. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 2(0,8)
Prerequisites: PCB 3023
Elements of ecosystems, biogeochemical cycling, environmental factor interactions, population dynamics, and community development. Fall.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C, BSC 2011C, and CHM 2045C, or C.I.
Field and laboratory investigations of natural ecosystems, with emphasis on current methodology in ecology. Fall.
Credits: COS-BIOL 1(0,3)
Prerequisites: PCB 3044 or C.I.
Fee: $15.00
Basic principles of heredity as applied to prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Fall, Spring.
Spring 2012
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C and CHM 2046, or C.I.
Basic principles of heredity as applied to prokaryotes and eukaryotes with honors content. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C and CHM 2046, or C.I., and consent of Honors
Introduction to laboratory techniques of genetics. Fall, Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 1(0,3)
Prerequisites: PCB 3063 or C.I.
Fee: $28.00
Basic principles of immune reactions, antigen antibody interactions, cell mediated immunity, tumor immunology, and immuno therapy. Fall.
Credits: COM-M&M 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C
Introduction to laboratory techniques in immunology. Fall, Spring.
Credits: COM-M&M 1(0,3)
Prerequisites: PCB 3233
Fee: $45.00
Plant and animal components of freshwater environments. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(3,4)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C and BSC 2011C, or C.I.
Fee: $20.00
Ecology, limnology, and conservation of rivers with special emphasis on Florida water systems. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(2,4)
Prerequisites: BSC 2011C or C.I.
The diversity of life in our oceans. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C, CHM 2045C, and CHM 2046
Geography, ecology, and environmental problems encountered in various tropical ecosystems with particular emphasis towards terrestrial systems in tropical rainforests. Occasional.
Credits: COS_BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: PCB 3044 with a grade of C or better or C.I.
Intensive, one week field course at an institute of marine science. Diving/snorkeling will be used extensively to study organisms on pristine coral reefs. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 2(1,1)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C and BSC 2011C or C.I.
An introduction to aquatic ecology of Florida with emphasis on ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C and BSC 2011C, or C.I.
Advanced topics in Genetics, including extra-nuclear inheritance, epigenesis, gene and chromosome mutation, genetics of development and behavior, and advanced genetic analytical techniques. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: PCB 3063
Demographic and genetic structure of populations and their relationship to speciation, adaptation, and macroevolutionary processes in plants and animals. Fall, Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(4,0)
Prerequisites: A grade of "C" (2.0) or better in PCB 3044 and PCB 3063 or C.I.
Reading, problem solving and discussion on current topics in evolutionary biology. Fall, Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 1(0,2)
Prerequisites: PCB 4683
Fee: $10.00
Functions of body processes occurring in animals, with emphasis on vertebrate physiology. Fall and Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(4,0)
Prerequisites: PCB 3023 or C.I.
Ecosystems of Florida will be discussed to include geography, geology, climate, energetics, nutrient cycling, community structure and conservation. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 5(3,2)
Prerequisites: PCB 3044, PCB 3044L or equivalent, and graduate status or senior standing or C.I.
Fee: $15.00
Survey of experimental methods used in the study of marine communities in central and southern Florida, combining field manipulation and readings from primary literature. Odd Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(2,6)
Prerequisites: BSC 4312C, graduate status or senior standing, or C.I.
Fee: $45.00
A survey of how simulation models are applied to ecological questions of both a theoretical and managerial nature. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: PCB 3044, MAC 2311 (or equivalent), and graduate status or senior standing or C.I.
Fee: $15.00
Human Genetics provides a theoretical framework for understanding the biology of the human species. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(3,2)
Prerequisites: PCB 3063, graduate status or senior standing, or C.I.
Fee: $15.00
Fundamentals of population genetics and application to evolutionary theory. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: Genetics and Population Biology or graduate standing in Biology.
The vertebrate animals, relationships of organs and systems, and their phylogenetic significance. Fall/Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 5(3,6)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C and BSC 2011C, or C.I.
Fee: $35.00
Anatomy, ecology, taxonomy, behavior, evolution, and parasitological relations of the radiates, bilateria, acoelous, pseudocoelous, schizocoelous, and enterocoelous invertebrates. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(3,3)
Prerequisites: BSC 2010C, BSC 2011C, PCB 3044 or C.I.
Fee: $15.00
Evolution and ecology, based on the paleontological and ecological literature. The laboratory places heavy emphasis on classification/identification and field work. Occasional.
Credits: COS_BIOL 4(2,6)
Prerequisites: PCB 3044, PCB 3063 or C.I.
Fee: $65.00
Study of the current ideas in animal behavior, including the mechanism of behavior and evolutionary explanations. Odd Fall.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: PCB 3044
Concepts of developmental processes. Emphasis on mechanisms underlying vertebrate development. Spring.
Credits: COS-BIOL 5(3,4)
Prerequisites: PCB 3063 and PCB 3023 or PCB 3522 or C.I.
Fee: $25.00
Introduction to the biology of the fishes, their classification, evolution, and life histories. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(2,6)
Prerequisites: ZOO 4310C, and graduate status or senior standing or C.I.
Fee: $25.00
Introduction to the biology of mammals, their classification, evolution, and life histories. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 4(2,6)
Prerequisites: 6 hours of zoology, and graduate status or senior standing, or C.I.
Fee: $15.00
Introduction to the field of Behavioral Ecology, which studies evolution of animal behavior in the wild. Occasional.
Credits: COS-BIOL 3(3,0)
Prerequisites: graduate status or senior standing, and C.I.