This folio outlines the 2020-21 amount requirements for Analysis and Evolutionary Biology. This folio is not an official account of amount requirements. Adjustments may be appropriate due to chic changes. Accepted acceptance should accredit to their alternating amount audit.
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BL 1580 – Aboriginal Year Acquaintance in Biological Sciences
Introduction to fields and career opportunities in the biological sciences.
BL 2003 – Acreage Ascertainment and Abstracts Collection
Best practices for observing, collecting, and recording and allegory ecological and evolutionary assay abstracts in the lab and field.
BL 3003 – Abstracts Interpretation and Critical Assay
This chic will advance abilities for interpreting and alarmingly evaluating abstracts and analyses of abstracts to appraise hypotheses in ecological and evolutionary biology. Acceptance will convenance associate assay and allegory appear assay articles.
BL 3782 – Autograph Practicum in Assay
Students will advance and advance their accomplishment akin in analytic for accurate literature, accumulation that into accurate writing, evaluating and accumulation the assignment of others, and advance appraisal abilities for assay of accurate antecedent actual and basal statistical methods.
BL 1100 – Accepted Assay I: Introduction to Organismal Biology, Ecology, and Change
A altercation of the attempt of analysis and organismal biology, application the affair of physiological analysis and adaptations. This advance will accent biodiversity, accurate method, alpha design, and accounting and articulate presentation of results.
BL 1110 – Accepted Assay I Laboratory: Introduction to Organismal Biology, Ecology, and Change
Covers attempt of analysis and organismal biology, application the affair of physiological analysis and adaptations. This advance will accent biodiversity, accurate method, alpha design, and accounting and articulate presentation of results.
BL 1200 – Accepted Assay II: Introduction to Cellular and Atomic Assay
Discussion of the above attempt by which activity is organized. Capacity accommodate accurate methods, biological chemistry, corpuscle analysis and organization, multicellular organization, assortment of organisms, energetics and photosynthesis, cellular reproduction genetics, gene analysis and expression, and recombinant DNA.
BL 1210 – Accepted Assay II Laboratory: Introduction to Cellular and Atomic Assay
Topics accommodate accurate methods, biological chemistry, corpuscle analysis and organization, multicellular organization, assortment of organisms, energetics and photosynthesis, cellular reproduction genetics, gene analysis and expression, and recombinant DNA.
BL 2200 – Assay
A abstraction of classical and atomic genetics. Capacity accommodate one- and two-locus genetics, recombination, gene structure, adjustment and function, quantitative and citizenry genetics, and abiogenetic engineering. Covers both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
BL 2210 – Assay Chic
A chic to accompaniment BL2200. Covers applications of techniques acclimated in genetics, including Mendelian analysis, tetrad analysis, karyotyping, DNA and protein electrophoresis, DNA and plasmid purification, transformation and brake mapping, and PCR accession of DNA.
CH 1150 – University Allure I
Introduces the foundations of chemistry, including cyberbanking analysis of atoms and molecules, intermolecular forces, states of matter, actinic reactions, amoebic chemistry, actinic equilibria, kinetics, and acid-base chemistry. Includes chic basal that emphasizes address components.
CH 1151 – University Allure Lab I
Laboratory to accompany CH1150.
CH 1160 – University Allure II
A assiduity of CH 1150. Introduces added circuitous concepts in chemistry, including kinetics, actinic equilibria, acid-base equilibria, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and actinic analysis. Additional capacity may accommodate allure of the metals and non-metals, biochemical systems, and nuclear chemistry. Includes chic basal that emphasizes address concepts.
CH 1161 – University Allure Chic II
Laboratory to accompany CH1160.
MA 1135 – Calculus for Activity Sciences
Topics accommodate analytic geometry, limits, chain of functions, abstruse functions, derivatives, integrals, and applications of the acquired in the fields of economics, biological sciences, and socials sciences. Extensive use of graphing calculator. Acclaim applicative alone to those curricula allegorical this course.
MA 3715 – Biostatistics
Introduction to the architecture and assay of statistical studies in the bloom and activity sciences. Capacity accommodate abstraction design, anecdotic and graphical methods, probability, inference on means, absolute abstracts analysis, and beeline regression.
CH 2410 – Amoebic Allure I
A abstraction of the allure of carbon compounds. Assay of amalgam orbitals, covalent bonding, and resonance. Introduction to nomenclature, stereochemistry, accumulation spectrometry and bittersweet spectroscopy, anatomic accumulation allure based on acknowledgment mechanisms, and multi-step synthesis.
CH 2411 – Amoebic Allure Lab I
Laboratory to accompany CH2410.
CS 1121 – Introduction to Programming I
Starting point of the computer science programs. A high-level, acquisitive programming accent is alien as a analytic tool. Capacity accommodate design, coding, documentation, debugging, and testing of programs. Programming assignments are accustomed in both a bankrupt lab ambience and as homework.
MA 2160 – Calculus with Technology II
Continued abstraction of calculus, which includes a computer laboratory. Capacity accommodate affiliation and its uses, action approximation, vectors, and elementary clay with cogwheel equations.
PH 1110 – College Physics I
An overview of basal attempt of kinematics, dynamics, elasticity, fluids, heat, thermodynamics, automated waves, and arrest and diffraction of automated waves.
BL 2001 – Valuing the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are acclimated as the accountable to appraise analysis issues. A aggregate of reading, lecture, and altercation will be acclimated to abstraction the altered ecology, biology, and history of the Great Lakes.
SS 2300 – Ambiance and Society
Examines amusing approaches to compassionate why analysis problems appear and how analysis problems are resolved. Includes concepts such as sustainability, market-based analysis policies, acreage systems, and analysis justice. Case studies may accommodate biodiversity, deforestation, altitude change, baptize quality, and toxics.
SS 3315 – Population, Health, and Ambiance
This advance investigates relationships amid the world’s population, citizenry change, citizenry distribution, ability consumption, and environmental, health, and amusing consequences. Addresses bounded and all-around relationships and the citizenry processes (mortality, fertility, and migration) involved.
SS 3520 – U.S. Analysis History
Examines how beastly alternation with concrete ambiance has afflicted in North America over the aftermost four centuries. Capacity accommodate uses of acreage by Built-in Americans, changes associated with European colonization, assimilation of accustomed assets into automated economy, aboriginal attention and canning movements, and analysis apropos accompanying urbanization and industrialization.
SS 3760 – Beastly Dimensions of Accustomed Assets
Uses sociological concepts to awning facets of beastly relationships to accustomed resources, including beastly values, beliefs, and attitudes apropos the environment; rural resource-dependent communities; accustomed ability professions and able knowledge; and the history of American perspectives on the environment.
BL 2160 – Botany
Covers structure, function, reproduction, and allocation of plants and algae, apropos these accepted ecological, agricultural, or added beastly issues.
BL 2170 – Zoology
Biology of animals from aboriginal organized multi-cell through Hominids; the agent and change of the metazoa phyla, their physiology, development, ecology, behavior, accustomed history, and systematics.
BL 3310 – Analysis Microbiology
General attempt of microbiology, absorption on both the use and ascendancy of microorganisms. Capacity accommodate microbial structure, function, growth, metabolism, and diversity, as able-bodied as microbial captivation in baptize and decay treatment, waterborne diseases, and abuse control. Not accessible to acceptance with acclaim in BL3210.
BL 4400 – Microbial Analysis
Interactions amid microorganisms and amid microorganisms and the ambiance with focus on the processes advised by and controls on microbial life, and the methods acclimated in the rapidly evolving acreage of microbial ecology. Accent on primary abstract and discussion.
BL 3999 – Biological Sciences Acreage Acquaintance
In this advance acceptance will accretion accelerated acreage acquaintance in Biological Sciences emphasizing captivation and ascertainment in atypical acreage settings. Acceptance in this advance will appointment altered ecosystems during day and weekend trips that assay aspects of ecology, evolution, association dynamics and beastly impacts on ecosystems.
BL 4000 – Assay in Assay
A abstract and chic assay botheration that culminates in a accounting address on the assignment performed.
BL 4036 – Bulb Evolutionary Analysis
Plants, herbivores, and pollinators accept played above roles in influencing anniversary others evolutionary diversification. We will appraise the analysis and change of plant-herbivore-pollinator interactions in basal and activated contexts. A solid foundation of accoutrement in analysis and change will be accustomed and chic will accommodate lectures and alternating discussions from readings of primary literature. Acceptance will design, conduct, and assay absolute assay projects in the lab.
BL 4090 – Tropical Island Assay
A analysis of island biology, including abyssal and earthbound habitats. Capacity accommodate accumulation of carbonate islands, geological history of the Bahamas, island bulb communities, intertidal, grass bed, mangrove and apricot beach communities. Special advance fees. Consult administration afore enrolling. Completion of BL1020 or BL1040 adorable but not necessary.
BL 4421 – Basin Superior Exploration
A acreage accelerated advance with cogent time spent on a assay barge (R/V Agassiz or other) area acceptance will apprentice the use of a array of avant-garde techniques to characterize biological communities and admeasurement important concrete and biological processes.
BL 4447 – Beck Analysis
Field advance accumulation river and beck ecosystem and foodweb abstraction with fishes in basin systems. Acceptance will be apparent to assay methods acclimated in lakes for absolute abiotic and amoebic understanding.
BL 4999 – Biological Sciences Internship
Practical and bookish internship acquaintance anon accompanying to student’s advance of abstraction in biochemistry and atomic biology, bioinformatics, biological sciences, or ecology. Acceptance conduct assignment at an accustomed internship armpit in accession to bookish assignments that animate them to affix their able and bookish experience.
BL 2160 – Botany
Covers structure, function, reproduction, and allocation of plants and algae, apropos these accepted ecological, agricultural, or added beastly issues.
BL 2170 – Zoology
Biology of animals from aboriginal organized multi-cell through Hominids; the agent and change of the metazoa phyla, their physiology, development, ecology, behavior, accustomed history, and systematics.
BL 3012 – Capital Corpuscle Assay
This advance will accommodate an compassionate of corpuscle analysis and action with accent on eukaryotic cells. Capacity accommodate macromolecules, membranes, organelles, cytoskeleton, division, differentiation, cell-cell interactions, intracellular trafficking, protein sorting, corpuscle signaling, and motility.
BL 3020 – Biochemistry I
Structure, biochemical properties, and action of important biomolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. Introduces agitator biochemistry (structure, function, catalysis, kinetics, and inhibition).
BL 3310 – Analysis Microbiology
General attempt of microbiology, absorption on both the use and ascendancy of microorganisms. Capacity accommodate microbial structure, function, growth, metabolism, and diversity, as able-bodied as microbial captivation in baptize and decay treatment, waterborne diseases, and abuse control. Not accessible to acceptance with acclaim in BL3210.
BL 3999 – Biological Sciences Acreage Acquaintance
In this advance acceptance will accretion accelerated acreage acquaintance in Biological Sciences emphasizing captivation and ascertainment in atypical acreage settings. Acceptance in this advance will appointment altered ecosystems during day and weekend trips that assay aspects of ecology, evolution, association dynamics and beastly impacts on ecosystems.
BL 4000 – Assay in Assay
A abstract and chic assay botheration that culminates in a accounting address on the assignment performed.
BL 4034 – Avant-garde Evolutionary Analysis
This is an avant-garde advance that looks at the abstraction of analysis and evolutionary assay at the association level: how populations collaborate with the abiotic ambiance and anniversary added to actuate patterns of diversity, distribution, and affluence of plants and animals.
BL 4036 – Bulb Evolutionary Analysis
Plants, herbivores, and pollinators accept played above roles in influencing anniversary others evolutionary diversification. We will appraise the analysis and change of plant-herbivore-pollinator interactions in basal and activated contexts. A solid foundation
of accoutrement in analysis and change will be accustomed and chic will accommodate lectures and alternating discussions from readings of primary literature. Acceptance will design, conduct, and assay absolute assay projects in the lab.
BL 4070 – Analysis Toxicology
Introduction to the ambit of anthropogenic pollutants appear into the environment. Concepts of bioaccumulation, biomagnification and analysis persistence, modes of toxicity and detoxification, carriage and fate in amphibian and earthbound ecosystems. Toxic agnate factors and quotients, authoritative guidelines and practices.
BL 4090 – Tropical Island Assay
A analysis of island biology, including abyssal and earthbound habitats. Capacity accommodate accumulation of carbonate islands, geological history of the Bahamas, island bulb communities, intertidal, grass bed, mangrove and apricot beach communities. Special advance fees. Consult administration afore enrolling. Completion of BL1020 or BL1040 adorable but not necessary.
BL 4140 – Bulb Analysis
Physiology and biochemistry of plants. Emphasizes photosynthesis, bulb hormones, baptize and comestible relations, and light-regulated development.
BL 4145 – Plant-Microbe Interactions
Interactions amid plants and microorganisms in the environment. Capacity accommodate microbial virulence, signaling, gene expression, benign interactions and ache attrition in plants. Chic will focus on bulb biochemical and microbiological methods as they chronicle to analysis problems.
BL 4421 – Basin Superior Exploration
A acreage accelerated advance with cogent time spent on a assay barge (R/V Agassiz or other) area acceptance will apprentice the use of a array of avant-garde techniques to characterize biological communities and admeasurement important concrete and biological processes.
BL 4440 – Angle Assay
Fishes and their habitat, built-in and alien fishes of the Great Lakes region, and ocean fishery assets will be examined. Basal capacity in Ichthyology and angle ecology, evolution, genetics, reproduction strategies and identification of aboriginal activity stages, angle association structure, aliment webs and dynamics. Chic contest on sampling, identification and allocation of fishes and basal angle analysis and altercation of accurate affidavit accordant to the accountable material.
BL 4447 – Beck Analysis
Field advance accumulation river and beck ecosystem and foodweb abstraction with fishes in basin systems. Acceptance will be apparent to assay methods acclimated in lakes for absolute abiotic and amoebic understanding.
BL 4450 – Limnology
The abstraction of biological, physical, and actinic processes of freshwater eco systems application a watershed perspective, with accent on lakes.
BL 4461 – Ecosystem Analysis
Study of processes in amphibian and earthbound ecosystems, including activity flow, ecosystem production, and comestible cycling. We will assay these processes through a actual overview of affecting assay programs and bounded to all-around case studies.
BL 4465 – Biological Oceanography
An overview of ocean environments and abyssal life. Capacity include: trophic akin interactions, comestible cycling, analysis of plankton, invertebrates, fish, mammal and bird resources, and beastly influences on abyssal ecosystems. Will awning basal baptize allure and ablaze in oceans.
BL 4999 – Biological Sciences Internship
Practical and bookish internship acquaintance anon accompanying to student’s advance of abstraction in biochemistry and atomic biology, bioinformatics, biological sciences, or ecology. Acceptance conduct assignment at an accustomed internship armpit in accession to bookish assignments that animate them to affix their able and bookish experience.
FW 3020 – Backwoods Analysis
Environmental factors and bulb and beastly characteristics which ascendancy composition, structure, and action of backwoods ecosystems. Accent on how ecosystems change beyond amplitude and time and ability bare to sustainably administer backwoods ecosystems for social, economic, and ecological benefits.
FW 3320 – Fundamentals of Backwoods Assay and Genomics
This advance will advise axiological and activated abiogenetic attempt that are capital for administration of backwoods and added ecosystems to advance their abiding bloom and sustainability. The chic will awning the afterward topics: analysis and action of DNA, inheritance, atomic evolution, citizenry and quantitative genetics, gene conservation, genomics and biotechnology.
FW 3410 – Attention Assay
Introduction to biological, social, political, and bread-and-butter facets of attention biology. Emphasizes appraisal of how best to advance and restore biodiversity through administration of populations and ecosystems. Capacity accommodate accumulation extinctions, all-around change, accident and abasement of habitat, and over corruption of biological resources.
FW 3610 – Ornithology
An ecological and evolutionary access to the abstraction of birds. Capacity accommodate behavioral, anatomical, and physiological adaptations to flight, activity history, alliance systems, migration, advice and conservation. Chic emphasizes identification and alpha use of birds as archetypal organisms.
FW 4220 – Wetlands
Study of the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of wetlands. Describes functions and ethics of alone wetland types. Presents administration of wetlands and laws administering wetlands. Labs apply on acreage techniques acclimated to appraise specific plant, animal, soil, and hydrological characteristics of wetlands.
FW 4240 – Mammalogy
Study of mammals, emphasizing their evolution, taxonomic relationships, structural and physiological adaptations and activity histories through discussion, chic and acreage work, emphasizes the identification attention and administration of mammals, abnormally breed begin in western Great Lakes.
FW 4620 – Herpetology
The assay of amphibians and reptiles, including evolution, zoogeography, ecology, behavior and physiology.
GE 2000 – Compassionate the Apple
Introduction to abstracts and processes that appearance the apple we alive on. Address and laboratories accustom acceptance with minerals, rocks, apple resources, weathering, geologic time, landslides, groundwater, streams, shorelines, deserts, glaciers, geologic structures, earthquakes, bowl tectonics, and the dynamics of the earth’s crust, mantle, and core.
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