Using student generated data and research skills, the student identifies an unknown organism, and designs and implements an independent investigative learning experience. She studies the contributions of microbiology to basic science and its interface with current societal issues. The BI 300-304 courses are part of a series of rotating courses. More are being developed. Why do some poisonous animals look like harmless ones.
Evolutionary ecology looks at how the living and non-living world has shaped the ecology of species.
In this course the student studies current knowledge and research in the area of cell signalling and communication, and control of growth, division, and differentiation. She learns how to handle animal cells in culture, including examining her own chromosomes. In the laboratory work, the student engages in analysis and solution of biochemical problems related to her career goals. The student analyzes in depth the functioning and integration of related systems. This course deals primarily with the physiological bases of illness and the treatments used.