List of Biology Courses by Disciplinary Area

The following lists of courses (Laboratory, Area I, II, and III) shows the course subject and number, semester last offered (F=fall, S=spring, Sum=Summer), and the course title and credit hours.  Visit the courses offered page for additional information.

Laboratory Courses

  • BIOL 3270                S24    (LAB) General Microbiology with Laboratory (4)
  • BIOL 3410        F24            (LAB) Human Anatomy & Physiology I (4)
  • BIOL 4018        F23            (LAB) NextGen Sequencing: Minions the Microbe Detective (3)
  • BIOL 4020        F24            (LAB) Computational Evolutionary Biology Lab (3)
  • BIOL 4040                S24    (LAB) Laboratory in Cell Biology (3)
  • BIOL 4070        F24, S24    (LAB) Developmental Biology Laboratory (3)
  • BIOL 4270        F24             (LAB) Animal Behavior Laboratory (3)
  • BIOL 4430        F23             (LAB) Experimental Plant Biology Laboratory (3)
  • BIOL 4559        F23             (LAB) Computational Evolutionary Biology (3) [Now BIOL 4020]
  • BIOL 4751       SUM 24       (LAB) Plant Diversity& Conservation: Bioinformatics and Systematics (3)        
  • BIOL 4752       SUM 23       (LAB) Stream Ecology (3)            
  • BIOL 4754       SUM 24       (LAB) Field Herpetology (3)
  • BIOL 4755       SUM 24       (LAB) Field Biology of Fishes (3)
  • BIOL 4761       SUM 24       (LAB) Wildlife Disease Ecology (3)
  • BIOL 4762       SUM 23       (LAB) Field Behavioral Ecology (3)

The lab requirement may be also satisfied by two consecutive semesters of Independent Research conducted with the same faculty mentor.

  • BIOL 4910        (LAB) Life Sciences Research - 2 consecutive semesters (2+2, 4 credits total)
                             Visit Undergraduate Research page to learn more about working in a research lab outside of the biology department.        
  • BIOL 4920        (LAB) Biology Research - 2 consecutive semesters (2+2, 4 credits total)
                             Visit Undergraduate Research page to learn more about working in a research lab within the biology department     

Area I: Cell/Molecular Biology

  • BIOL 3030        F24              Biochemistry (3)
  • BIOL 3050        F24              Introduction to Neurobiology (3)
  • BIOL 3240                 S24     Introduction to Immunology (3)
  • BIOL 3260                 S24     Editing Genes and Genomes (3)
  • BIOL 4005                 S22     Functional Genomics Lab (3)
  • BIOL 4013                 S22     Stem Cells in Development and Disease (3)
  • BIOL 4016                 S23     Genetic Approaches to Precision Medicine (3)
  • BIOL 4040                 S24     (LAB) Laboratory in Cell Biology (3)
  • BIOL 4045        F24             Neurodegenerative Diseases (3)
  • BIOL 4190        F24             The Biological Clock (3)
  • BIOL 4250        F24             Human Genetics (3)
  • BIOL 4260                 S24    Cellular Mechanisms (3)
  • BIOL 4310                 S24    Sensory Neurobiology (3)
  • BIOL 4330                 S24    Wiring the Brain (3)
  • BIOL 4390                 S24    Biological Therapy of Cancer (3)
  • BIOL 4430         F23            (LAB) Experimental Plant Biology Laboratory (3)
  • BIOL 4585         F24            Advances in Drug Discovery & Emerging Therapies​           

Area II: Integrative Biology

  • BIOL 3040                S23     Developmental & Regenerative Biology (3)
  • BIOL 3090                S24     Our World of Infectious Disease (3)
  • BIOL 3180                S24     Introduction to Plants and Society (3)
  • BIOL 3270                S24     (LAB) General Microbiology with Laboratory (4)
  • BIOL 3410        F24             (LAB) Human Anatomy & Physiology I (4)
  • BIOL 3559                S23     Function Gone Awry: Physiological Basis of Health and Disease in Humans (3)
  • BIOL 4011                S24     Homeostasis: The Wisdom of the Body (3)
  • BIOL 4014                S23     The Cellular Origins of Animal Diversity (3)
  • BIOL 4018        F23             (LAB) NextGen Sequencing: Minions the Microbe Detective (3)
  • BIOL 4019        F24             Psychopharmacology of Plants (3)
  • BIOL 4070        F24, S24     (LAB) Developmental Biology Laboratory (3)
  • BIOL 4080        F24             Advanced Hormones and Behavior (3)
  • BIOL 4270        F24             (LAB) Animal Behavior Laboratory (3)
  • BIOL 4585                S24     How Plant Biotechnology Can Save Our Planet (2)
  • BIOL 4585                S24     Topics in Developmental Biology (3)
  • BIOL 4559        F23             Hormones and Behavior (3)
  • BIOL 4559                           New Course: Genetics of Metabolic Health (3) offered Summer 24
  • BIOL 4559                S24     New Course: The Science of Living Longer (3)
  • BIOL 4559                S24     New Course: The Immortal Germ Line (3)
  • BIOL 4559                S24     New Course: Physiological Mechanisms in Health and Disease (3)
  • BIOL 4770                S24     Synthetic Biology (3)

Area III: Evolution/Ecology

  • BIOL 3250                 S24     Introduction to Animal Behavior (3) 
  • BIOL 3450        F24              Biodiversity & Conservation (3)
  • BIOL 4012        F24              Evolution and Ecology of Infectious Diseases (3)
  • BIOL 4020        F24              (LAB) Computational Evolutionary Biology Lab (3)
  • BIOL 4130        F24              Population Ecology and Conservation Biology (3) 
  • BIOL 4150        F24              Evolution of Sex (3)
  • BIOL 4559                 S23     Biology of Conflict (2)
  • BIOL 4559        F23              (LAB) Computational Evolutionary Biology (3)
  • BIOL 4559                 S24     New Course: Mutualism: Kinder View Nature (2)
  • EVSC 3200      F24,  S24     Fundamentals of Ecology (3) 
  • Additional Evolution/Ecology area courses:  List of Biology-related Environmental Sciences Courses

All courses offered at Mountain Lake Biological Station during Summer 2023 are Lab courses & satisfy the Area III Disciplinary requirement.  

  • BIOL 4751       SUM 24     (LAB) Plant Diversity& Conservation: Bioinformatics and Systematics (3)  
  • BIOL 4752       SUM 23     (LAB) Stream Ecology (3)            
  • BIOL 4754       SUM 24     (LAB) Field Herpetology (3)
  • BIOL 4755       SUM 24     (LAB) Field Biology of Fishes (3)
  • BIOL 4761       SUM 24     (LAB) Field Behavioral Ecology (3)
  • BIOL 4762       SUM 23     (LAB) Field Behavioral Ecology (3)