BSCI 362 Ecology of Marsh & Dune Vegetation (3 credits)
Instructor: Penny Koines
Prerequisites: BSCI 106.
Course Description: An examination of the biology of higher plants in dune and marsh ecosystems.
BSCI 422 Principles of Immunology (3 credits)
Prerequisites: BSCI 222 and 223.
Course Description: The immune system in health and disease. Presentation and analysis of the cellular and molecular processes that comprise the immune system.
BSCI 462 Population Ecology (3 credits)
Prerequisites: BSCI 106 and MATH 220.
Course Description: Theory of population growth and regulation, life tables, and theory of competition and predation, evolution in ecological settings, community structure and dynamics.
BSCI 463 Laboratory and Field Ecology (2 credits)
Pre/Co-requisites: BSCI 462 and a course in statistics.
Course Description: Laboratory and field exercises involving problems of contemporary ecological interest; population density regulation, community structure, and spatial pattern diversity in both terrestrial and aquatic systems.
Students must pay a $40.00 Laboratory Materials fee.
BSCI 464 Microbial Ecology (3 credits)
Prerequisites: BSCI 223; and CHEM 243 or CHEM 245.
Course Description: Interaction of microorganisms with the environment, other microorganisms and with higher organisms. Roles of microorganisms in the biosphere. Microorganisms and current environmental problems.