Pre-Health Related Biology Department Courses Changes & Updates
Introductory Biology
Starting in Fall 2015, both semesters of Introductory Biology will be new, 4 credit, lecture + lab courses (BIOL 2100, BIOL 2200). For students who have completed BIOL 2010, but did not take BIOL 2030, BIOL 2030 will be offered for the last time in Fall 2015. This will be a 1 credit laboratory course with BIOL 2010 (or AP/transfer credit for BIOL 2010) as a strict pre-requisite. Similarly, BIOL 2040 will be offered for the last time in Spring 2016; it will be a 1 credit laboratory course with BIOL 2020 (or AP/transfer credit for BIOL 2020) as a strict pre-requisite. The entire (old) intro sequence (2010, 2030, 2020, 2030) will also be taught this summer.
BIOL 3010 Genetics & Molecular Biology and BIOL 3000 Cell Biology will be offered during both the Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 semesters.
BIOL 3030 Biochemistry was introduced during the Spring 2015 semester. It will be taught in Fall 2015; it will continue to be offered in the fall semester thereafter. This course will explain how simple chemical and physical principles apply to the major classes of biological macromolecules that maintain life.
BIOL 3410 Human Anatomy & Physiology is now an established Fall semester course. It will be followed in Spring 2016 by a new, second semester of Advanced Human Anatomy & Physiology (BIOL 3420). Together, these two semesters will provide the necessary course requisites for various postgraduate healthcare training programs (e.g. Physician's Assistant, Physical Therapy, Optometry, Pharmacy).
Introduction to Neurobiology has had a number change: BIOL 3170 has become BIOL 3050. NOTE: Students who have completed BIOL 3170 may NOT enroll in BIOL 3050.
A new upper-level neural development laboratory course, Neural Development from Stem Cells to Circuits, was introduced in Fall 2014. It returns in Fall 2015 as a permanent course: BIOL 4015 Neural Development: From Stem Cells to Circuits. In this lab, students investigate questions that relate to the control of neural stem cell proliferation. Prerequisite: BIOL 3000, BIOL 3010
