This course is a study of the humoral and cell-mediated immune response. Topics include immunobiology, immunochemistry, hypersensitivity, autoimmune diseases, and theories of antibody formation. This is a lecture course for science majors on the physiological process common to most animals, and on the physiological adaptations and acclimation to environmental challenges especially with respect to temperature, moisture, and oxygen availability. This course examines the anatomy and physiology underlying human communication. Specific systems studied include respiration, phonation, articulation, audition and the nervous system.
Students explore how anatomical and physiological deficits relate to communicative pathology.
This course views aging from both the biological and the physiological perspectives. Theories on the biology of aging and cultural variations of aging will be explored. The concepts of continuity and change will be used to study the cellular and molecular events throughout the lifespan that lead to aging and disease. Causes, physiological and pathological changes, and factors that contribute to life prolongation and the strengthening of physiologic competence to improve the quality of life as individuals age will be addressed. Field trips to key environmental locations in the greater metropolitan Denver area and field trip reports are required.