Offered once per year in alternate terms. I Offers practical experience in the modeling of simple biological systems, including the applications of linear, trigonometric, and exponential functions in biology and the use of differential and integral calculus, simple differential equations, and the Eulerian approach to simulation. Emphasizes practical computational use of such tools in biological problems. Offered in alternate years. Emphasizes the development and construction of working models and the interpretation of results.
Students develop their own model of a real-world biological process.
Offered in alternate years. Covers molecular and genetic control of morphogenesis and cellular differentiation. Focuses on differential gene function and the interaction between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Examines historical evidence for and principal mechanisms of organic evolution, the origin of life and new groups of organisms in the past and present, and the genetic basis for evolution. Discusses current research in evolutionary biology and ecology.