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Pitt-Greensburg offers a variety of special courses that students may use to enhance their educational experience. The special courses include independent studies, internships, excellence courses, study abroad courses, and capstone courses. Most of the special courses are optional, but for some majors (e.g. criminal justice) an internship is required, and the capstone course is required of all majors.

An independent study allows a student to explore a topic for which no course is available at Pitt-Greensburg or extend the exploration of a topic begun in a regular course. To arrange for an independent study, a student must find a faculty sponsor and work with the sponsor to develop a course plan. Independent study courses are available in every department. See an advisor for more details.

Internships allow students to earn credits toward graduation while gaining on-the-job experience in their majors. An internship is required in some majors (e.g. criminal justice and the journalism track in English writing), but it is available as an elective in most majors. Students are expected to find their own internship opportunities, but faculty advisors and the Office of Career Services may be aware of employers looking for interns and can provide suggestions about seeking an internship. Some departments ask students to complete an internship application. See a faculty advisor for more information.

Pitt-Greensburg students have an opportunity to study abroad in a country/region of their choice. Academic credits are earned while abroad and will transfer directly back into the student’s academic degree requirements. See the study abroad coordinator for more information.

As part of the new Pitt-Greensburg curriculum that took effect in fall 1999, every Pitt-Greensburg student must complete a senior seminar or a senior project as a capstone to the work in the major program. The faculty views the capstone course as a significant enhancement to the UPG degree program because it provides students with the opportunity to bring together the themes and skills of the major. Capstone work typically involves research and both written and oral reports.

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Anthropology
	ANTH 0455 - DIVERSITY IN THE US Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Who is an American? What does it mean to be American? What are the issues surrounding education as practice and as policy in the varied social context of the U.S.? This course explores the multi-layered and overlapping fields of identity in the United States from an anthropological perspective. Underpinning the various topics in the course are understandings of the interplay of culture (including language), power, and history. The particular fields that we shall examine include ethnicity, race, gender and sexualities, and class to better gain insight into the very meaning of the term “diversity” in the lives of “Americans.” Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ANTH 0582 - INTRODUCTION TO ARCHEOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Examines the nature of modern archaeological research. Lectures look at how archaeologists work in the field, their analytic techniques, and some of the principal methodological and theoretical problems facing the field. Specific examples are used to illustrate these topics. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
	ANTH 0680 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is designed to introduce the undergraduate to the issues, theories and methods of biological anthropology. Beginning with a consideration of evolutionary, genetic and geologic principles, the course goes on to consider, the diversity of fossil and extant primates, including humans. Issues in anatomy, paleontology and behavior will all be addressed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req.
	ANTH 0770 - INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY 1: BIOLOGICAL/PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Anthropology is the integrative study of who we are and where we come from. Anthropologists study all aspects of humans-including our evolution, our cultures, our languages, our histories, our entanglements with other living organisms, our health, our genetics, and so on. This course is a general introduction to the four fields of anthropology that looks at how anthropologists understand the cultural and physical aspects of humankind, past and present, across the world. This first part of a two semester course introduces the sub-disciplines of biological (aka physical) anthropology and archaeology. It addresses our primate origins and subsequent skeletal and biological evolution leading to an understanding of our bio-cultural selves today. The course also examines the development of culture through the study of artefacts (manufactured remains) of past human societies. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	ANTH 0771 - INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY 2: LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Anthropology is the integrative study of who we are and where we come from. Anthropologists study all aspects of humans-including our evolution, our cultures, our languages, our histories, our entanglements with other living organisms, our health, our genetics, and so on. This course is a general introduction to the four fields of anthropology that looks at how anthropologists understand the cultural and physical aspects of humankind, past and present, across the world. This second part of a two semester course introduces the sub-disciplines of linguistic anthropology and sociocultural anthropology. It examines the nature and characteristics of human language, with an emphasis on language in context (sociolinguistics). In sociocultural anthropology, the course focuses on the ways in which humans negotiate and give form and meaning to their world, as groups and as individuals, through the workings of their respective cultures. It examines livelihoods, kinship, religion, political systems, culture change, etc. in the holistic and cross-culturally comparative approach of anthropology that emphasizes similarities in humankind. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	ANTH 0780 - INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 By examining the behavior and customs of peoples throughout the world, the course considers what it means to be human. We will describe the patterns of marriage, family organization, warfare and political behavior, economic systems, rituals, etc., Of other peoples, especially those of tribal societies, and compare these with American social patterns. Anthropological films and slide presentations will supplement lectures. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: Asian Studies, Childrens Literature, DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
	ANTH 1030 - INDIA THROUGH ITS FILM Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course explores the portrayal of Indian cultures and society through the popular medium of art and commercial feature films over time. Topics such as gender roles, class, family, caste, secularism, religion and morality, urban and rural life, communalism and violence, colonialism, and nationalism will be analyzed in conjunction with anthropological readings on these topics. Films are subtitled. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ANTH 1110 - ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 What are people like? What motivates them? How is “culture” constituted? How do we study culture, past and present? What might be the distinctions between culture and society in approaches to the study of human behavior? To what extent is human behavior comparable and universal? This course seeks to address these questions by examining the development of theory in anthropology from its 19th century roots to the present. We shall do this by looking at some major paradigms (evolution, structuralism, processualism, post structuralism, etc.) And methodologies that have shaped the cultural component of anthropology (sociocultural anthropology and archaeology) as we find it today. This course is required for students in the sociocultural track, and is recommended for students in the archaeology track. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: ANTH 0770 and ANTH 0771; PLAN: Anthropology major; LVL: Junior or greater
	ANTH 1220 - CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE HUMAN CHALLENGE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Drought and famine in the horn of Africa, the affected wine industry in France, loss of islands in the South Pacific, the opening of Arctic Seas. Environments in flux present us with dilemmas that span the spectrum of human life, from sheer survival to economic ‘windfalls.’ This course explores some of the issues related to shifting climate in various regions in the world today. It examines the impacts, consequences, and ‘solutions’ for human populations and environments, with a focus on the differing worldviews/cultures at play in connection with things economic, political, and ethical. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ANTH 1310 - MIGRATION AND DIASPORAS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The seemingly accelerated movement of peoples in today’s world is an often misunderstood phenomenon, triggering political and socioeconomic anxieties for recipient localities (in both “internal” and “external” migrations). This course examines the situations, conditions, motivations, etc. Which initiate the various movements of peoples in different parts of the world and their experiences, from an anthropological and historical vantage. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: Hourly Final
	ANTH 1410 - REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course provides an overview of the cultural, social, and political dynamics that underpin reproductive choices and technologies cross-culturally. Some of the questions that are addressed in the course are: How is reproduction strategized? What are the inequalities of gender and class at play? Which types of technologies are utilized and accessible? What are the configurations and expectations of the family (however defined) and social roles? The course approaches the subject by using a limited number of detailed ethnographic case studies representing the range of “traditional” small-scale and technologically “advanced” large-scale societies. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	ANTH 1421 - GEOARCHAEOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course, available to advanced students in archeology, is designed to introduce geological principles, methods, and techniques employed in contemporary archeological research. Topics include a detailed study of agencies and environments of sediment deposition, soil formation processes, and paleo-environmental reconstructions. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: ANTH 0582 and (ANTH 1525 or 1526)
	ANTH 1445 - LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Language is the primary means of communication among humans. It operates on multiple levels, verbal and non-verbal, social, and cultural. The first part of the course introduces the main components of human language such as phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The second portion will focus on the connections between language and culture and the social contexts and forms (gender, class, etc.) In which language use occurs. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ANTH 1481 - THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF DEATH Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Death as process and as fact generates a plethora of practices, beliefs, and responses cross-culturally. This course explores aging and death by examining cultural meanings and social actions employed by various cultures in dealing with the end of life, from the vantage of both the dying and the living. Included will be issues of identity and transformation, relegation and ritual, as well as the material implications of death. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ANTH 1485 - THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL IN ANTHROPOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The contemporary ‘global’ world, so labeled due to an interlocked (thus, “independent”) economy, bears with it an array of “dilemmas”, confusions, and blurs of boundaries. Accelerated movements of peoples, cultures/ideas, labor/ work, diseases, etc., serve to transform human experience everywhere, and to bring into question notions of autonomy and identity in the world at large. Using anthropological insight and engagement, the course addresses the dynamic interaction between local cultures and globalization forces. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ANTH 1490 - CROSS-CULTURAL POLITICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is a comparative examination of political behaviours in small-scale and large-scale societies through the anthropological holistic lens which sees things political as embedded in, and intertwined with, the likes of kinship, resources, economy, belief systems (religion), etc. The course approaches power as a problematic, and emphasizes agentive strategies at the individual and group levels. One of the continual and major issues in the course will be to address the dynamics between small-scale and local experience, with large-scale (read state and global) forces in some selected instances. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	ANTH 1510 - SURVEY WORLD PREHISTORY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This basic course surveys the evolution of culture over the past two million years. Topics include the evolution of homo sapiens, development of agriculture, and rise of civilizations, from the perspectives of the old world and the Americas. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ANTH 1525 - EASTERN NORTH AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course deals with cultural development in the eastern United States from approximately 20,000 years ago to the period of European contact. Particular attention will be paid to man’s adaptation to late pleistocene and holocene environments, the initial occupation of the region East of the Mississippi, the origins of agricultural systems and the rise of complex societies, including the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian manifestations. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: ANTH 0582 Course Attributes: SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req.
	ANTH 1526 - WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The prehistory of Western North America is examined in detail from the initial peopling of the area to the period of historic contact. Special emphasis is given to the Paleo-Indian and archaic techno/subsistence stages in the arid portions of the West. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: ANTH 0582 Course Attributes: SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
	ANTH 1534 - ARCHEOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS 1 Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 An introduction to quantitative data analysis in archeology, this course covers basic principles of statistics, including exploratory analysis of batches, sampling, significance, t tests, analysis of variance, regression, chi-square, and estimating universe means and proportions from samples. The approach is practical, concentrating on understanding these principles so as to put them to work effectively in analyzing archeological data. Much of the statistical work is done by computer. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: ANTH 0582 and (ANTH 1525 or 1526) Course Attributes: DSAS Quant.-Formal Reason General Ed. Requirement
	ANTH 1535 - BASIC ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD TRAINING Minimum Credits: 6 Maximum Credits: 6 The university of Pittsburgh field training program in archaeology is conducted at various locations. Features of the excavations include basic training in mapping, archaeological survey, excavation methods, soil analysis, data recording, and preliminary artifact analysis. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ANTH 1540 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARCHEOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Topics covered vary greatly with instructor and term. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: ANTH 0582, ANTH 1525, ANTH 1526 Course Attributes: Global Studies
	ANTH 1627 - PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is designed to introduce advanced students in anthropology to experimental flintworking and lithic analysis used in contemporary archaeological research. As part of the detailed study of lithic technology it provides hands-on experience in all facets of replicative manufacture, use, and analysis of stone tools. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: ANTH 0582 and (ANTH 1525 or 1526 or 1626)
	ANTH 1705 - SUPERNATURAL WORLDS: ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The anthropology of religion endeavours to place things religious within the wider context of society and culture. This approach to religion is comparative, allowing for greater insights into the influences of religion in one’s own social and cultural setting. The focus of the course is on systems of belief and practice, which occur on what is often referred to as the “margins” of society. Course will examine theories in the anthropology of religion and address specific topics such as 1) myth, symbol, and ritual; 2) magic, witchcraft, and divination; 3) healing and possession, etc. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ANTH 1707 - ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNS: HUMAN HABITATS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 What habitat is this? Whose habitat is it? This course explores the ecological relationships between humans and their variously constituted environments in terms of the exploitation and manipulation of “natural” resources, recognizing the co-dependent dynamics between the two. We shall examine some of the cross-cultural “designs” and understandings used by humans, through their cultural adaptations (technologies and cultural and social institutions), to negotiate these environments. Finally, we shall consider the proposal by some scholars to label our contemporary world as the Anthropocene (“Human Epoch”). Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	ANTH 1736 - NEWS OF THE WORLD Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Students who wish to gain academic credit for attendance and participation in ‘news of the world’ may now do so. The format of the meetings will remain informal and continuous, and will be for 1 credit per term, for up to three credits for three (not necessarily contiguous) terms. Students who wish to register for credit will be evaluated on a minimum number of attended meetings, on participation and sharing, and on two write-ups. This course fulfills an international culture requirement. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ANTH 1738 - GENDER PERSPECTIVES IN ANTHROPOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course analyzes gender perspectives in anthropology. Students are asked to consider how gender differences relate to women’s and men’s roles in productive labor, in property rights, and in family and kin relations. Special attention is given to the way gender and sexual difference are represented in culture. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: Gender, Sexuality & Women’s St
	ANTH 1760 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF LAW Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines anthropological analyses of law and law-like phenomena in a number of societies, including the United States. Particular attention is given to the various ways that disputes are resolved in different social and cultural settings, and to the theoretical analyses used to explain these differences. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
	ANTH 1762 - HUMAN ECOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course explores the ecology of the human species. We will study how humans adapt to their physical and cultural environment, and the interrelationships between people and the environment. Topics discussed include evolution and adaptation, population growth and regulation, foraging and subsistence strategies and production decisions, population interactions and resource management, and energy and human society. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: ANTH 0780 + one other ANTH course Course Attributes: DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
	ANTH 1764 - CULTURES AND SOCIETIES OF INDIA Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is designed to introduce students to the cultural history of India and to the culture and society of the modern country, concentrating on the description and analysis of modern Indian society. Topics to be covered include caste, kinship and marriage, village communities, law and society and politics in modern India. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: Asian Studies, DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
	ANTH 1767 - ETHNIC IDENTITIES Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course addresses the re-emergence of ethnicity as a/the major node of identity in the contemporary world. It examines, using an anthropological perspective, the meanings and the cultural, social, economic, political and historical dynamics of ethnic identity, its links with nationalism and “multiculturalism” with a focus on South Asia, Europe, and the United States. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ANTH 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 This course allows qualified students to develop highly personalized research projects in conjunction with a faculty sponsor. The student will have to develop a bibliography, outline an approach to the project, and devise a methodology. The project work products are agreed to by the student and the faculty sponsor. Typical products may be a report, paper, or other tangible result of the student’s efforts. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: ANTH 0780 and one upper-level ANTH course
	ANTH 1903 - DIRECTED RESEARCH-READINGS Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Not all topics in anthropology can be adequately addressed in formal courses. The reading course allows qualified students to develop a bibliography for a specific topic not covered by other courses in the department. The work is done in conjunction with a faculty sponsor, and the student and faculty sponsor jointly determine the work products for the course, a research paper or annotated bibliography based upon the readings is typical, but other products may be substituted. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: ANTH 0780 and one upper-level ANTH course
	ANTH 1955 - ANTHROPOLOGY CAPSTONE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Capstone course for senior anthropology majors. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: ANTH 1110; LVL: Junior
	ANTH 1956 - ARCHEOLOGY CAPSTONE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Capstone course for senior archeology majors. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: ANTH 1525, ANTH 1526 or (ANTH 1534 and ANTH 1626); LVL: Senior
Astronomy
	ASTRON 0088 - STONEHENGE TO HUBBLE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course gives a historical perspective on the development of Astronomy, beginning with the 4500 year old monolithic monument, Stonehenge, to the recent spectacular discoveries by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. The ancient Greeks’ many contributions to astronomy will be presented, along with the advancements made by stalwarts Copernicus, Newton, Kepler, Galileo, Einstein, and others. Phenomena that can be readily observed with the unaided eye or a small telescope are also discussed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req.
	ASTRON 0089 - STARS, GALAXIES AND THE COSMOS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This is a self-contained course for students not majoring in the physical sciences. The Universe in which we live is an unimaginably vast and rich place that is understandable through the same physical laws that govern our existence here on Earth. By exploring topics from our nearest neighboring stars to the farthest galaxies newly formed after the Big Bang, this course will engage your mind to better understand our Universe and your everyday world. Through active and engaged participatory lectures, we will observe the cosmos and learn about the birth, life, and death of stars and their mysterious remnants: pulsars and black holes. From studying stars and our own Milky Way Galaxy, we will expand our vision to cosmology and investigate the origin and ultimate fate of the Universe. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req.
	ASTRON 0115 - INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY: BRITISH CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will explore human knowledge of the solar system and of the night sky, as well as the growth of astronomy as a science. The development of astronomy in England has been influenced by many factors and represents a rich microcosm of the evolution of astronomy in the western world. British contributions to astronomy will be used to exemplify the progress and achievements of this field of science. Throughout history astronomy has been intertwined with both time-keeping and navigation and we will explore these connections in and around London. The passage of time is manifested through the motions of the sun which we will investigate when we visit sundials throughout London. More elaborate structures, like Stonehenge (which we will discuss and visit), can be used to mark the passage of time on greater scales. The importance of astronomy to time-keeping also made it invaluable to navigation. When we visit the National Maritime Museum we will examine and discuss the instruments in their Astronomical and Navigational Collection to elucidate the link between astronomy and navigation. This link between the two areas meant that the interests of astronomers intersected with the interests of the government which led to the development of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich which we will also visit and explore. Lastly, when we visit Westminster Abbey we will see that the importance of the work of astronomers was so valued that the scientists themselves were esteemed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ASTRON 0115 - INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY: BRITISH CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will explore human knowledge of the solar system and of the night sky, as well as the growth of astronomy as a science. The development of astronomy in England has been influenced by many factors and represents a rich microcosm of the evolution of astronomy in the western world. British contributions to astronomy will be used to exemplify the progress and achievements of this field of science. Throughout history astronomy has been intertwined with both time-keeping and navigation and we will explore these connections in and around London. The passage of time is manifested through the motions of the sun which we will investigate when we visit sundials throughout London. More elaborate structures, like Stonehenge (which we will discuss and visit), can be used to mark the passage of time on greater scales. The importance of astronomy to time-keeping also made it invaluable to navigation. When we visit the National Maritime Museum we will examine and discuss the instruments in their Astronomical and Navigational Collection to elucidate the link between astronomy and navigation. This link between the two areas meant that the interests of astronomers intersected with the interests of the government which led to the development of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich which we will also visit and explore. Lastly, when we visit Westminster Abbey we will see that the importance of the work of astronomers was so valued that the scientists themselves were esteemed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Biological Sciences
	BIOSC 0070 - BIOLOGY LABORATORY 1 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This course is designed to introduce biology as an experimental science. The course exposes the student to some basic concepts and laboratory techniques and provides a foundation for future laboratory courses and work in biology. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: COREQ: BIOSC 0170
	BIOSC 0080 - BIOLOGY LABORATORY 2 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This course is designed to introduce biology as an experimental science. The course exposes the student to some basic concepts and laboratory techniques and provides a foundation for future laboratory courses and work in biology. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0170/0070; COREQ: BIOSC 0180
	BIOSC 0105 - TOPICS IN BIOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Intended for students who do not have a strong biology preparation from high school. The lecture will cover a subset of topics from Foundations of Biology 1 and 2. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	BIOSC 0170 - FOUNDATION OF BIOLOGY 1 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This is an introductory course divided into two parts. The first part covers the cellular basis of life including a discussion of simple chemistry-cells as units of structure and function and energy transformations. The second part includes an examination of those functions common to all organisms such as nutrition, gas and fluid transport and hormonal and neuronal control. Throughout, the emphasis is on the mechanisms used by different organisms to accomplish these basic functions. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: COREQ: BIOSC 0070
	BIOSC 0180 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course covers the basic principles of classical and molecular genetics, evolution, and ecology. Emphasis will be placed on the experimental and observational basis for our knowledge of these subjects. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0170/0070; COREQ: BIOSC 0080
	BIOSC 0350 - GENETICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is designed to examine the gene in the following dimensions: the gene as a unit of transmission, a unit of function, and a unit of mutation. In addition, the distribution and activity of genes in populations will be considered in the context of current theories of evolution. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080
	BIOSC 0950 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 An introductory course in structure and function of the human body designed as a foundation course for nursing students. Emphasis is given to the chemical and cellular organization of the body, as well as the principal systems. Throughout the course, concepts of homeostasis, stress response, metabolic activities, and pathological diseases are continually stressed. The first term covers cell chemistry, cell ultrastructure and physiology, histology, integument, musculoskeletal physiology, nervous system, endocrine system, and sense organs. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: CREQ: BIOSC 0951
	BIOSC 0951 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY 1 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Laboratory associated with Anatomy and Physiology 1 lecture. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: CO-REQ: BIOSC 0950
	BIOSC 0970 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The second term of the introductory course in structure and function of the human body for nursing students. The body systems discussed are the digestive, circulatory, respiratory, excretory, and reproductive. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREREQ: BIOSC 0950 and 0951; CREQ: BIOSC 0971
	BIOSC 0971 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LAB 2 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Laboratory associated with Anatomy and Physiology 2 lecture. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: CO-REQ: BIOSC 0970
	BIOSC 0980 - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	BIOSC 0981 - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY LAB Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: Letter Grade
	BIOSC 1000 - BIOCHEMISTRY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the principles and underlying themes of modern biochemistry. The course includes all the major topics in biochemistry in considerable depth including thermodynamics and enzymology, protein and nucleic acid structure, function, and synthesis, lipids and membranes as well as metabolic pathways. This course will require that you master a new vocabulary including chemical structures, and there is an emphasis throughout on experimental approaches, molecular mechanisms, and problem solving. Although the same topics will be covered as in the two semester biochemistry series (BIOSC 1810-1820), no one topic in BIOSC 1000 will be covered in as much detail. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080; CHEM 0310/330; CHEM 0320/0340
	BIOSC 1017 - EPIDEMIOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course introduces the basic principles and methods of epidemiology for studying the distribution and determinants of disease outcomes. Topics include descriptive epidemiology, morbidity and mortality studies, analytical techniques, and evaluation of preventive methods. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0170 or STAT 1000
	BIOSC 1090 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOPSYCHOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This is a survey course in which the biological bases of certain classes of behavior are explored. The behaviors studied are limb movement, sleep and wakefulness, feeding, sexual behavior and learning and memory. Each of these behaviors is considered from the point of view which brain structures and which neurotransmitters are involved in the production of that behavior. Emphasis is also placed on experimental techniques used to obtain relevant data and on the type of inferences which can be made from these experiments. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 or BIOSC 0170
	BIOSC 1110 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The first course in a two-part sequence dealing with macroscopic and microscopic anatomy and physiology of the human body, with special emphasis on relationships between structure and function. Included in the two courses are cell biology, histology, embryology, bone and skeleton, muscles and contraction, the cardiovascular system and its regulation, the nervous system and nervous impulse, the urinary system and electrolyte balance, and the respiratory, digestive, endocrine, and reproductive systems. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180 and 0080; COREQ: BIOSC 1111
	BIOSC 1111 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LAB 1 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Laboratory exercises illustrating the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREREQ: BIOSC 0180 and 0080; COREQ: BIOSC 1110
	BIOSC 1115 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The second course in a two-part sequence dealing with macroscopic and microscopic anatomy and physiology of the human body, with special emphasis on relationships between structure and function. Included in the two courses are cell biology, histology, embryology, bone and skeleton, muscles and contraction, the cardiovascular system and its regulation, the nervous system and nervous impulse, the urinary system and electrolyte balance, and the respiratory, digestive, endocrine, and reproductive systems. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1110
	BIOSC 1116 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LAB 2 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Laboratory exercises illustrating the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	BIOSC 1150 - HISTORY OF EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will examine the theory, process and pattern of evolutionary change. The history of the change of thinking about evolution in society will be highlighted, with critical thinking skills being emphasized. This course will encompass both microevolutionary and macroevolutionary concepts. Lecture topics will include inheritance and variation, population genetics, natural selection, speciation, adaptation, the fossil record, and phylogenetics. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	BIOSC 1215 - INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course studies the basic structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous system. There is an emphasis on the effects of lesions of the nervous system on human function and disability. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180 or PSY 0010
	BIOSC 1275 - GENOMICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The sequencing of the human genome has revolutionized the way in which we think about diverse biological topics. This course will explore how advances in our understanding of such subjects have been made possible by innovative sequencing technologies. This course will combine lecture, roundtable discussions and group presentations to explore how such technologies have allowed scientists to analyze genome-wide correlations between species to ultimately provide deeper insight into genome structure and function, the evolution of genomes, and the greater roles of genome analysis and editing in modern medicine. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0350
	BIOSC 1285 - GENOMICS LABORATORY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This course guides students through the design and evaluation of a data-driven research project in the area of genomics and metagenomics. In the first half of the course students apply methods of molecular biology to collect data about the studied system that are used as the starting point for scientific questions and hypotheses. In the second half they analyze the data and test their hypotheses using comparative and functional genomics approaches Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0350 Course Attributes: Undergraduate Research
	BIOSC 1371 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is an introduction to the scientific study of environmental hazards that affect human health. Biological, chemical and physical factors that are found in the air, water, soil, and food will be assessed from the perspective of both the industrialized and developing worlds. Students will learn about current issues in the field of environmental health, including the assessment, correction, control, and prevention of environmental hazards and their effects on the human body. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0070, BIOSC 0170, BIOSC 0080, BIOSC 0180
	BIOSC 1372 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 1 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will provide a broad overview of the environmental crisis with a focus on population, resources and pollution. Biological and social sciences will be integrated in examining global issues as well as local concerns. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0371
	BIOSC 1385 - ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 This course addresses areas of major environmental concerns after a foundation in selected ecological principles is established. The basic understanding of natural systems, including organism, population, community, and ecosystem ecology will be explored. Then current issues related to human population growth, natural resource use, and pollution will be examined using a global case study approach. Student discussion and writing concerning controversial issues will be stressed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PLANS: Pre-Education/Early/Secondary Education
	BIOSC 1480 - EMBRYOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The development of some invertebrates’ and vertebrates’ eggs, embryos, organs and systems is examined in the light of basic concepts and problems of embryology, emphasizing the techniques, critical approaches, and analytic methods of experimental embryology. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080; COREQ: BIOSC 1490 Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
	BIOSC 1490 - EMBRYOLOGY LABORATORY Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 The embryological development of the frog, chick and pig are intensively studied in microscopic preparations emphasizing the integration of temporal and spatial events with attention to homology and adaptation. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: COREQ: BIOSC 1480
	BIOSC 1500 - CELL BIOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will be devoted to a discussion of the current state of our understanding of cell structure and function. Eukaryotic cells will be emphasized with particular attention to animal cells. However, prokaryotic cells will be discussed for comparative purposes. Course material will emphasize the experimental basis for our understanding of cell biology and the relationship between structure and function. Most of the techniques to be considered will involve biochemical and molecular biological approaches used in the study of cell function. Thus the course will assume a familiarity with the principles of biochemistry covered in the prerequisites and will not repeat this material. Topics will include membranes, the nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts, the cytoskeleton, cell motility, growth and division, endocytosis and exocytosis, and selected topics on the cellular biological aspects of cancer and the immune system. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080; COREQ: BIOSC 1510
	BIOSC 1510 - CELL BIOLOGY LABORATORY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This experimental methods course is designed to give upper division majors and opportunity to learn modern techniques used in cell biology research. Students will master the fundamentals of light microscopy (bright field, phase contrast, and dark field) and explore more advanced techniques such as fluorescence, confocal, video, and differential interference contrast microscopy. Students will isolate plasma membranes, mitochondria, nuclei, brush borders, and flagella and characterize these organelles by microscopy, enzyme assays and antibody labeling. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: COREQ: BIOSC 1500 Course Attributes: Undergraduate Research
	BIOSC 1520 - DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The mechanisms of animal development will be analyzed. The first half of the course will emphasize classic embryological investigations focusing on how the embryonic body plan becomes organized, while the second half will deal primarily with the genetic and molecular regulation of development. The experimental analysis of such processes as fertilization, morphogenetic movements, tissue interactions, pattern formation, and gene expression will be discussed using examples from a variety of animal embryos, and by discussion of the current research literature. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	BIOSC 1530 - DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY LABORATORY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This laboratory course is designed to provide students with practical experience in the scientific method of experimental research with regard to animal development. Initial labs will stress observational skills, but the goal of each will be to understand the careful and deliberate process of experimental design, execution, and the interpretation of results. The importance of establishing and interpreting controls in experimental procedure will also be emphasized. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	BIOSC 1535 - SENSATION AND PERCEPTION Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course examines the nature of the mechanisms that transform sensory input into our perceptual experience of the world. Topics include: structure and function of sensory system, perception of color, object, motion, etc. Both information-processing and ecological approaches to the study of perception are considered. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0170 or PSY 0010
	BIOSC 1540 - COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is designed to give students a broad understanding of how computational approaches can be used to solve problems in biology. Both the biological and computational underpinnings of the methods will be addressed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	BIOSC 1560 - CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 In this seminar course, a single topic each term is developed by student presentations of research articles from the original scientific literature, as chosen by the instructor. Possible topics might include genes encoding major developmental switch proteins, the cytoskeletal basis of morphological movements in development, or establishing and subdividing body axes in development. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1480 or BIOSC 1500 or BIOSC 1520
	BIOSC 1580 - BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 In this seminar course, a single topic each term is developed by student presentations of research articles from the original scientific literature, as chosen by the instructor. Recent topics have included biosynthesis of peptide hormones, recombinant DNA technology, processing of mRNA precursors, protein folding with emphasis on the molecular biology and biochemistry of chaperonins, and protein translocation within cells. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1000 or BIOSC 1810
	BIOSC 1730 - VIROLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course presents the concepts and methods of modern molecular virology. Principles of bacteriophage and animal virus replication are covered. Particular emphasis is placed on the use of viruses as model systems to approach basic problems in molecular biology. Applications of virological knowledge to medicine and biotechnology will be discussed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	BIOSC 1760 - IMMUNOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Course will describe the role of the immune system invertebrates. The molecular and cellular basis of immunity will be emphasized. The roles of antigens, antibodies and immunocompetent cells in pathogenesis and immunity will be covered. The applications of immunology in the design of vaccines, immunotherapeutic, immunodiagnostics, organ transplantation, cancer therapy, and immune system diseases will be discussed, as will the use of immunology in biological research. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080
	BIOSC 1810 - MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is concerned primarily with the structure and functions of proteins and nucleic acids. These are large polymers where structure and function are determined by the sequence of monomeric units. Topics will include the physical and chemical properties of the monomer units (amino acids/nucleotides); the determination of the linear sequence of these units; analyses of the three-dimensional structures of the macromolecules; kinetics and mechanisms of enzyme catalyzed reactions, including RNA enzymes; regulation of enzyme activity; molecular recognition; and fidelity of protein synthesis. Emphasis throughout will be on experimental methods, molecular mechanisms and problem solving. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080; CHEM 0310/0330; CHEM 0320/0340
	BIOSC 1820 - METABOLIC PATHWAYS AND REGULATION Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The primary focus of this course will be on the pathways of intermediary metabolism by which all cells and organisms synthesize and degrade carbohydrates, lipids (fats), nitrogenous compounds, and nucleotides. Specifically, we will examine the chemistry of the reactions that constitute these pathways, and discuss how energy is derived from the breakdown of nutrients. A strong emphasis will be placed on how the pathways are regulated by specific molecules and hormones in living systems. Finally, we will consider how several human diseases arise from defects in metabolic pathways, and will review papers in the current scientific literature on new techniques by which the components of metabolic pathways are characterized in the laboratory. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1810; CREQ: BIOSC 1825
	BIOSC 1825 - BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 Introduces several basic experimental techniques of biochemistry including spectrophotometry, ion-exchange and gel-permeation chromatography, radio-chemical methods, gel electrophoresis, enzyme isolation, and nucleic acid purification. Lecture will concern the techniques under study. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1810 CO-REQ: BIOSC 1820
	BIOSC 1830 - BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 Course introduces several basic experimental techniques of biochemistry including spectrophotometry, ion-exchange and gel-permeation chromatography, radio-chemical methods, gel electrophoresis, enzyme isolation, and nucleic acid purification. Lecture will concern the techniques under study. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1810; CREQ: BIOSC 1820 Course Attributes: Undergraduate Research
	BIOSC 1850 - MICROBIOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will introduce students to the basic biology, diversity in types, and survival strategies of microorganisms. We will study basic topics, including microbial growth, metabolism, nutrition and genetics, as well as the relevance of microorganisms to human disease, biotechnology and environmental science. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080; COREQ: BIOSC 1860
	BIOSC 1860 - MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 This laboratory course introduces basic techniques used for isolation of microorganisms in pure culture, identification of groups of microorganisms, and study of microbial physiology, genetics, and ecology. Some topics in applied microbiology that are covered include food microbiology, water and waste water analysis, and identification and antibiotic sensitivity-testing of pathogenic isolates. Viruses, archaebacterial, bacteria, algae, protozoa, and fungi that students isolate from soil, pond water, human skin, and other sources are used to illustrate these methods. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: COREQ: BIOSC 1850
	BIOSC 1885 - INTRODUCTION TO MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Introduces the fundamental principles of medicinal chemistry. It explains the molecular basis for the mechanisms of action of drugs, drug-receptor interactions, and drug design approaches, including structure-based and ligand-based drug design. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180; CHEM 0320
	BIOSC 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY Minimum Credits: 0.5 Maximum Credits: 6 A program of independent reading with individual tutorials on a topic chosen in consultation with the BIOSC faculty member who will supervise the program. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit Course Attributes: Capstone Course
	BIOSC 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 6 Directed study in a specific area of biological science. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	BIOSC 1910 - INTERNSHIP Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 6 Internship in the area of biological sciences. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Internship Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit Course Attributes: Undergraduate Internship
	BIOSC 1915 - LABORATORY ASSISTANT Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 This is a laboratory assistantship for general and upper-level laboratories. Primarily includes laboratory preparation, assisting students in the laboratory and possibly some lecturing under the supervision of the laboratory instructor Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Internship Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080
	BIOSC 1916 - LECTURE ASSISTANTSHIP Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 This is a lecture assistantship for biology courses. Primarily includes attending lectures, assisting students during in class activities and offering study sessions. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Internship Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080
	BIOSC 1940 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Course will examine the molecular basis of life processes, with a primary emphasis on genes (what they are, what they do, how they determine the properties of an organism). Topics covered will include replication of DNA, transcription of DNA into rna, and translation of RNA into protein. Much of the course will be concerned with how these processes are regulated in response to changes in the environment, and how this regulation relates to the observed properties and behavior of the organism. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0350; COREQ: BIOSC 1950
	BIOSC 1950 - MOLECULAR GENETICS LABORATORY Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 This course will discuss the theories and methodologies that have recently emerged as the central theme of modern molecular genetics. Lectures will emphasize descriptions and applications of techniques such as molecular cloning, restriction site mapping, in vitro mutagenesis, the polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequence analysis that have led to the recent explosion in knowledge about chromosome organization, gene structure, and the regulation of gene expression. Laboratory sessions will emphasize polymerase chain reaction, agarose gel electrophoresis, cloning DNA fragments, bacterial transformation, restriction analysis, and the sanger method of sequencing DNA. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: COREQ: BIOSC 1940
	BIOSC 1960 - SCIENTIFIC WRITING Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Effective writing is essential for the communication of scientific knowledge, yet few biologists have any formal training in how to write a scientific paper. BIOSC 1960 would be a three-credit course, which is designed to teach students how to become more effective writers by demystifying the writing process. We will work throughout the semester on students’ research papers: we will start with outlines and rough drafts; the students will then review and critique each other’s writing in class, and in small peer groups; and we will revise each section of these papers several times before the final drafts are completed. By the end of the semester, students will have a better understand of the conventions of scientific writing and of readers’ expectations. Additionally, students will learn how to solicit high-quality feedback from faculty and their peers, and how to respond to feedback in thoughtful and deliberate ways when revising. This course would be required for all students to complete before taking their capstone course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0070/0170, BIOSC 0080/0180/ CHEM 0110/0120, ENGCMP 0020 and 2nd semester Junior.
	BIOSC 1962 - BIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will focus on projects that fall within the research interests of the supervising faculty member. Literature searching and review, solution preparation, laboratory safety training and experimental activity (including a final research report and presentation) will be contained in this course, which is offered under two options: a one-term laboratory course, or a two-term, individually-advised course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1960; LVL: Junior; PLAN: Biological Science major
	BIOSC 1963 - BIOLOGY RESEARCH - INDEPENDENT STUDY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course will focus on projects that fall within the research interests of the supervising faculty member. Literature searching and review, solution preparation, laboratory safety training and experimental activity (including a final research report and presentation) will be contained in this course, which is offered as a two-term, individually-advised course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1960; LVL: second semester junior with an overall GPA of at least 3.0; PLAN: Biological Science Major
	BIOSC 1999 - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This is an advanced level lecture course educating students in the microbial aspects of human infectious diseases. Students will learn about the microbial basis of infection, the host response, and the nature of specific infections within the human body. The course also will present approaches for the diagnosis of infections and strategies for disease control. The topics of medical microbiology will be presented in a system-based rather than an organism-based approach. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1850
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	CHEM 0100 - INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL CHEMISTRY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This non-lab, 3-credit course develops fundamental concepts, basic calculations, and problem-solving skills in General Chemistry. This course is designed for those who seek to gain knowledge and ability as a foundation to subsequently taking General Chemistry 1, or those students desiring to fill a Natural Science GER with a Chemistry experience without plans of taking additional Chemistry courses. Topics typically introduced include Measurement, Matter, Energy, Atoms, Elements, Molecules, Chemical Composition, Chemical Reactions, Stoichiometry, Periodic Properties of the Elements, and Bonding. A background in chemistry is not necessary while a fundamental knowledge of math is required and facility with basic algebraic concepts is recommended. Students concerned about their ultimate success in Chem 0110 are encouraged to talk to their advisor about the benefits of completing the Introduction to Chemistry course prior to enrolling in General Chemistry I. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req.
	CHEM 0110 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1 Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 Chemistry 0110 and 0120 comprise a two-term introduction to the fundamental properties of matter. The courses emphasize applications to industrial and environmental chemistry and biochemistry. CHEM 0110 covers stoichiometry, the properties of solids, liquids and gases, thermochemistry and the electronic structure of atoms and molecules. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: CO-REQ: MATH 0031 Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science Seq.GE. Req.
	CHEM 0112 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 General chemistry 1 and 2 comprise a two-term introduction to the fundamental properties of matter. General chemistry 2 covers kinetics, coordination chemistry, redox reactions, chemical equilibrium and thermodynamics. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0111 or 0110 and CHEM 0114 and MATH 0002 or Math Placement Score (61 or greater)
	CHEM 0120 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 2 Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 Chemistry 0110 and 0120 comprise a two-term introduction to the fundamental properties of matter. The courses emphasize applications to industrial and environmental chemistry and biochemistry. CHEM 0110 covers stoichiometry, the properties of solids, liquids and gases, thermochemistry and the electronic structure of atoms and molecules. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0110 Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science Seq.GE. Req.
	CHEM 0250 - INTRODUCTION TO ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is concerned with the rigorous treatment of equilibria that are of analytical importance and with an introduction into electroanalytical methods, emission and absorption spectrophotometry, and modern separation methods, particularly chromatography. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0120 or 0970; CREQ: CHEM 0260

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ANTH 0455 - DIVERSITY IN THE US

ANTH 0582 - INTRODUCTION TO ARCHEOLOGY

ANTH 0680 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 0770 - INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY 1: BIOLOGICAL/PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

ANTH 0771 - INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY 2: LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 0780 - INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 1030 - INDIA THROUGH ITS FILM

ANTH 1110 - ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY

ANTH 1220 - CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE HUMAN CHALLENGE

ANTH 1310 - MIGRATION AND DIASPORAS

ANTH 1410 - REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS

ANTH 1421 - GEOARCHAEOLOGY

ANTH 1445 - LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

ANTH 1481 - THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF DEATH

ANTH 1485 - THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL IN ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 1490 - CROSS-CULTURAL POLITICS

ANTH 1510 - SURVEY WORLD PREHISTORY

ANTH 1525 - EASTERN NORTH AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY

ANTH 1526 - WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY

ANTH 1534 - ARCHEOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS 1

ANTH 1535 - BASIC ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD TRAINING

ANTH 1540 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARCHEOLOGY

ANTH 1627 - PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY

ANTH 1705 - SUPERNATURAL WORLDS: ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION

ANTH 1707 - ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNS: HUMAN HABITATS

ANTH 1736 - NEWS OF THE WORLD

ANTH 1738 - GENDER PERSPECTIVES IN ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 1760 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF LAW

ANTH 1762 - HUMAN ECOLOGY

ANTH 1764 - CULTURES AND SOCIETIES OF INDIA

ANTH 1767 - ETHNIC IDENTITIES

ANTH 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

ANTH 1903 - DIRECTED RESEARCH-READINGS

ANTH 1955 - ANTHROPOLOGY CAPSTONE

ANTH 1956 - ARCHEOLOGY CAPSTONE

ASTRON 0088 - STONEHENGE TO HUBBLE

ASTRON 0089 - STARS, GALAXIES AND THE COSMOS

ASTRON 0115 - INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY: BRITISH CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS

ASTRON 0115 - INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY: BRITISH CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS

BIOSC 0070 - BIOLOGY LABORATORY 1

BIOSC 0080 - BIOLOGY LABORATORY 2

BIOSC 0105 - TOPICS IN BIOLOGY

BIOSC 0170 - FOUNDATION OF BIOLOGY 1

BIOSC 0180 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY 2

BIOSC 0350 - GENETICS

BIOSC 0950 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1

BIOSC 0951 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY 1

BIOSC 0970 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2

BIOSC 0971 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LAB 2

BIOSC 0980 - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

BIOSC 0981 - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY LAB

BIOSC 1000 - BIOCHEMISTRY

BIOSC 1017 - EPIDEMIOLOGY

BIOSC 1090 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOPSYCHOLOGY

BIOSC 1110 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1

BIOSC 1111 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LAB 1

BIOSC 1115 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2

BIOSC 1116 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LAB 2

BIOSC 1150 - HISTORY OF EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT

BIOSC 1215 - INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE

BIOSC 1275 - GENOMICS

BIOSC 1285 - GENOMICS LABORATORY

BIOSC 1371 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

BIOSC 1372 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 1

BIOSC 1385 - ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

BIOSC 1480 - EMBRYOLOGY

BIOSC 1490 - EMBRYOLOGY LABORATORY

BIOSC 1500 - CELL BIOLOGY

BIOSC 1510 - CELL BIOLOGY LABORATORY

BIOSC 1520 - DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

BIOSC 1530 - DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY LABORATORY

BIOSC 1535 - SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

BIOSC 1540 - COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

BIOSC 1560 - CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR

BIOSC 1580 - BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR

BIOSC 1730 - VIROLOGY

BIOSC 1760 - IMMUNOLOGY