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Corequisites

A corequisite identifies another course or courses that should be taken concurrently with the listed course. A student who enrolls in a listed course with corequisites must also enroll in those corequisite courses. A student who has previously completed a corequisite course may not need to repeat it; he or she should consult with an academic adviser before registering to determine specific requirements.

Course Credit Hours

The total semester hours of credit for each course are shown in parentheses immediately following the course title.

Prerequisites

A prerequisite identifies a course or other requirements that a student must have completed successfully before enrolling in the listed course. Any student who has not met prerequisites for a course may be administratively withdrawn from that course at the discretion of the instructor. It is the policy of some university departments to withdraw automatically any student who enrolls in a course without first meeting its prerequisites.
 

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  • BIOL 6040 - Neuroethology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: NEUR 3000 or BIOL 4102, or equivalent, with a grade of C or higher.
    Description
    Same as NEUR 6040. The neural basis of behavior from an ethological perspective. The course will cover discoveries, techniques, and concepts underlying neuroethological research. Developmental, evolutionary, and comparative approaches are emphasized. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6045K - General Ecology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Either BIOL 3820, BIOL 3840, BIOL 4050K, BIOL 6050K, BIOL 7820, BIOL 7840, or equivalent with a C or higher; or permission of instructor.
    Includes a $50.00 lab fee.

    Description
    This course covers principles governing the distribution and abundance of organisms and their interactions with each other and the environment. Students will think and write critically about ecological processes they are investigating by: reading primary literature; designing experiments; analyzing data; writing research papers; and giving presentations. Includes a $50 lab fee. Three lecture and three laboratory hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6050 - The Natural Environment of Georgia

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Any of the following with a C or higher: BIOL 1104K, or BIOL 2018 and BIOL 2108L (or BIOL 2108K), or GEOG 1113 and GEOG 1113L (or GEOG 1113K), or GEOL 1121 and GEOL 1121L (or GEOL 1121K); or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Same as GEOG 6050. This course will focus on the diversity of Georgia’s landscapes. Through readings, discussions, field outings, and projects, students will become familiar with the principles involved in the structure and function of Georgia’s dwindling but diverse ecosystems. There is an emphasis on plant and animal communities, the physical environment, and landscape management strategies. Locations, diversity, and plant indicator species will be examined in the classroom and the field.

  

  • BIOL 6055K - Experimental Methods in Field Ecology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Either BIOL 1104K (or BIOL 1104 and BIOL 1104L), BIOL 2108K (or BIOL 2108 and BIOL 2108L), GEOG 1112K (or GEOG 1112 and GEOG 1112L), or GEOG 1113K (or GEOG 1113 and GEOG 1113L); and approval of instructor.
    Includes a $50 lab fee.

    Description
    Students will learn basic field and lab techniques to assess ecological variables (i.e., vegetation analysis, stream health, soil quality and macroinvertebrates, and social impact). Course involves a collecting and analyzing data, designing projects, and presenting results throughout the course. This is an intensive field methods course with possible evening or weekend training.

  

  • BIOL 6070 - Sensory Neuroscience

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    The course will cover the neural basis of sensation and perception, from neural coding in the sense organs to central representation leading to perception. The neurobiology of vision, audition, somatosensation (touch and pain), and chemosensation (taste and smell) will be covered.

  

  • BIOL 6074 - Developmental Biology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800, BIOL 7800, or equivalent with a C or higher.
    Description
    An introduction to developmental biology emphasizing cellular, genetic, and molecular aspects and mechanisms of animal development. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6076 - Evolutionary Developmental Biology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Either BIOL 3440, BIOL 3800, BIOL 4074, BIOL 6074, BIOL 6440, BIOL 7800, or equivalent with a C or higher; or permission of instructor.
    Description
    This course will investigate the synthesis of developmental biology and evolutionary thought. Topics include how the development of insects and vertebrates have evolved over time, how evo-devo can generate and maintain organismal diversity, and how evo-devo provides insight into human evolution. Four lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 6080 - Clinical Neuroscience

    4 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course will examine the neurobiological basis of mental disorders such as depression and schizophrenia as well as the neurodegenerative conditions of Parkinson ‘s and Alzheimer ‘s Diseases. Additional topics include psychoneuroimmunology, stress and coping, the role of genetics and epigenetics in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, and the role of gut microbes in health and disease.

  

  • BIOL 6094 - Developmental Neurobiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800 or equivalent.
    Description
    Same as NEUR 6100. Introduction to the development of the nervous system. Covers the field of developmental neurobiology from neural induction to the modification of neuronal connections in the adult nervous system and uses a variety of model organisms to demonstrate the rules by which nervous systems develop. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6100 - Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

    4 Credit Hours
    Description
    Advanced exploration of cellular and molecular function in neurons and glia. Topics include excitable membranes and cells, ion channels and receptors, synaptic transmission and plasticity, neural development, and molecular bases of neurological diseases.

  

  • BIOL 6102 - Neurobiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800 and BIOL 3840, or equivalents.
    Description
    Same as NEUR 6010. Comprehensive basis for understanding brain research, major discoveries in neuroscience, and the methods employed for those achievements. Topics include the neural basis of learning and memory, sensory perception, motor control, neurological diseases, drug action, and behavior.

  

  • BIOL 6104 - Zoo Biology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3840 or equivalent.
    Description
    Historical background as well as current issues and developments in zoos. Topics include conservation, SSPs (Species Survival Plans), behavioral enrichment, studbook management, and planning/economics of major exhibits. Course instruction will be on-site at Zoo Atlanta. Students will work directly with animal curators and keepers. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6115 - Medical Neuroanatomy

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3840 or equivalent.
    Description
    Human brain and spinal cord functional neuroanatomy and associated pathologies. Master’s students only. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6200 - Neuroscience of Memory

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    An examination of how the nervous system generates motivation and emotional states in diverse species, including humans. Topics include neural mechanisms of thirst and hunger, defense and fear, and social behavior, as well as disorders of emotion and motivation.

  

  • BIOL 6210 - Neuroscience of Motivation and Emotion

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    An examination of how the nervous system generates motivation and emotional states in diverse species, including humans. Topics include neural mechanisms of thirst and hunger, defense and fear, and social behavior, as well as disorders of emotion and motivation.

  

  • BIOL 6232 - Cell Cycle and Cancer

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800 with a C or better.
    Description
    This course discusses the cell cycle, and how misregulation of this well-orchestrated process results in cancer. Current research in cell cycle and cancer biology will be utilized to stimulate critical thinking and communication about the complex biological processes that go awry in cancer and form the basis for intervention with chemotherapeutic drugs. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6240 - Endocrinology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 6600 or equivalent.
    Description
    Same as NEUR 6200. Basic biochemistry and physiology of the endocrine system, including synthesis and secretion of steroid and protein hormones, mechanisms of hormone action, and endocrinology of reproduction. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6241 - Hormones and Behavior

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3840 or equivalent.
    Description
    Same as NEUR 6420 and PSYC 6630. Interaction of nervous and endocrine systems in the control of animal behavior, including humans, with emphasis on the mechanisms that adapt behavior to the changing physical and social environments. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6246 - Advanced Human Physiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2240 or BIOL 3240, and BIOL 3800 with a C or higher or equivalents or permission of instructor.
    Description
    The circulatory, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and renal physiological systems will be emphasized.

  

  • BIOL 6248 - Cell Physiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3840, BIOL 3880, BIOL 3900, and CHEM 3410, or equivalents. CHEM 4600 is recommended.
    CHEM 4600 is recommended.

    Description
    Mechanism of cell and organ function at the molecular level. Three lecture and three laboratory hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 6278 - Immunology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880 and BIOL 3900, or equivalent.
    Description
    Comprehensive overview of the immune system and its functions within the context of cell to cell interaction and communication. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6282 - Tumor Immunology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880 and BIOL 3900 with grades of C or higher, or equivalent course work.
    Description
    This course discusses the molecular basis of tumorigenesis and the interactions between the immune system and tumors/cancer cells. Research in tumor immunology is based on the premise that tumor cells express antigenic determinants that are not found on normal cells and furthermore, that these antigens can elicit an anti-tumor immune response. Topics covered include: basic tumorigenesis of common solid tumors, basic immunology, tumor antigen expression, types of immune responses to tumors, mechanisms by which tumors escape/suppress the immune response and novel approaches for immunotherapy of advanced cancers. This course will involve critical thinking and communication about the complex biological systems of cancer and the immune system. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6284 - Medical Biochemistry in Health and Disease

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 6600 with a B or better.
    Description
    Crosslisted with Biol 4284. Overview of principles of biochemistry and metabolism at both the cellular and whole body level under normal physiological conditions in maintaining physical and mental health and in various disease states. These include exercising, starvation, trauma, infection, pregnancy, aging-related mental illness, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cance. Four lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 6292 - Leadership in Biology

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2108 and BIOL 2108L (or BIOL 2108K) with a C or higher, or permission of the instructor.
    Description
    This course promotes development of leadership skills in the context of science careers, with a focus on biology. Includes interactive lectures, presentations by guest speakers followed by student-led debriefings, mentoring experiences, field trip/site visits, and class projects aiming to drive public engagement and outreach.

  

  • BIOL 6340 - Neurophysics

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Course provides fundamental findings of physics of neuronal systems. The course covers such topics as introduction to biomechanics, membranes, transport, electroosmotic effects, ion pumping, cellular homeostasis, the Hodgkin-Huxley formalism, energetics of spiking, neural coding, and dynamics of neurons and neuronal networks. It also covers methods of recording of neuronal activity.

  

  • BIOL 6428 - Medical Microbiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880 or equivalent course work.
    Description
    An overview of significant human and animal pathogens, including aspects of bacterial, viral, protozoan, and helminthic infections and pathogenesis. Pathogen characteristics and features, epidemiology, immunity, and treatment. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6438 - Applied Microbiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880 and CHEM 2400, or equivalent course work.
    Description
    Microbiology of industrial processes, including quality control, fermentations, biotransformations, strain selection and maintenance. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6440 - Practica In Biotechnology

    5 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: consent of instructor and biotechnology committe.
    Description
    A series of intensive laboratory exercises designed to provide working knowledge and experience in selected areas current interest/ importance in biotechnology. Hands-on experience will be integrated with theory and current best practices. Ten laboratory hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 6448 - Investigations into the Human Microbiome: Organisms and Impacts

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880 with a C or higher recommended.
    Description
    The goal of this course is to promote awareness of the majority of cells that inhabit the human body throughout the human life cycle, develop a perspective of the ethics of human microbiome studies, and examine historical research and future possibilities in human microbiome research.

  

  • BIOL 6451 - Aquatic Pollution and Toxicology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2108K and CHEM 1212K or equivalents or permission of instructor. CHEM 2400 recommended.
    CHEM 2400 recommended.

    Description
    Comprehensive introduction to water pollution (including relevant methods and techniques) and its relationship to public health. (Same as GEOS 6451.) Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6458 - Microbial Ecology and Metabolism

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880 and CHEM 2400, or equivalent course work.
    Description
    Application of ecological principles to the microbial world. Topics include biogeochemical cycling, biodegradation, bacterial communication and the ecology of disease. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6460 - Parasitology

    4 Credit Hours
    Description
    A survey of the important parasites of humans and domestic animals. Emphasis will be placed on medically important parasitic protozoa, helminthes, and arthropods; clinical effects of infection, epidemiology, methods for detection and identification as well as global impact of parasitic diseases in today’s world.

  

  • BIOL 6480 - Principles of Toxicology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2108K or equivalent.
    CHEM 4600 is recommended.

    Description
    Four lecture hours a week. Studies of the absorption, distribution and excretion of toxicants; their detoxication, and bioactivation; their adverse effects.

  

  • BIOL 6484 - Laboratory Techniques in Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880, 3890, or equivalent; BIOL 4438 and 4458.
    Includes a $50.00 lab fee.

    Description
    Techniques and procedures for isolation, characterization and identification of microorganisms of practical significance; model ecosystems and biofilms; sampling and enumeration of microorganisms; metabolism; and analysis of microbial growth. Includes a $50 lab fee. One lecture and six laboratory hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 6500 - Human Genetics

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3900 or equivalent.
    Description
    Principles of human heredity, with emphasis on the molecular basis of heredity, detection and treatment of genetic diseases, and genetic counseling. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6545 - Bioethics and Biotechnology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3900 with a C or higher, or equivalent.
    Description
    Ethical issues raised by recent advances in biotechnology, genomics, and other areas of molecular genetics and cell biology. Specific topics include: eugenics; molecular, cellular and organismal cloning; personalized medicine; stem cell research; the genetics of behavior; and the role of epigenetics in the nature vs. nurture debate. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6564 - Advanced Genetics

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3900 or equivalent.
    Description
    Advanced topics and techniques in prokaryotic and eukaryotic genetic systems, including gene mapping, molecular techniques, regulation of gene expression, genomics, and population genetics. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6565 - General Oncology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3900.
    Description
    Etiology, pathology, mechanisms of metastasis and treatment of cancer. Students will also analyze current primary literature in the field. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6575 - Virology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880 and BIOL 3900, or equivalent course work.
    Description
    Introduction to viruses. Topics covered include structure and replication of viruses; virus isolation and classification; and pathogenesis and epidemiology of virus disease. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6576 - Neurovirology

    4 Credit Hours
    Description
    Following an introduction to basic neuroanatomy and neuroimmunology, individual lectures will focus on the diagnosis, treatment, and pathogenesis of several neurologic diseases of virus origin. These include encephalitis, meningitis, chronic inflammatory and demyelinating diseases, HIV/AIDS-associated dementia, peripheral neuropathies, retinitis, and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies caused by prions. The concept of virus latency within the nervous system will be emphasized, as will the possible contributions of viruses or prions toward the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

  

  • BIOL 6580 - Microbial Pathogenesis

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880 and BIOL 3900, or equivalent course work.
    Description
    This course integrates material from pathogenic microbiology, molecular biology and immunology into an overview of bacterium-host interactions including bacterial attributes, virulence factors and several paradigms of bacterial-host interactions focusing on molecular and genetic approaches. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6630 - Enzymology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with a C or higher or equivalent or permission of department; CHEM 4600 and CHEM 4110 are recommended.
    Description
    Same as CHEM 6630. Introduction to enzyme catalysis with emphasis on the general concepts of enzyme kinetics and the common tools for studying enzymes.

  

  • BIOL 6640 - Fundamentals of Bioinformatics

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800 or written approval of instructor.
    Description
    Same as CHEM 6640, CSC 6640, and NEUR 6320. A “hands-on” approach to bioinformatics using PCs, the internet, and computer graphics to analyze, correlate, and extract information from biological databases, emphasizing sequence and structure databases for proteins and nucleic acids, and introducing the computing skills necessary for bioinformatics. Topics include: sequences and three-dimensional structures of proteins and nucleic acids, the major databases, algorithms for sequence comparison, data mining, and prediction of structure and function. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6648 - Biogeography

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: GEOG 1112, BIOL 1104K, or BIOL 2108K with grade of B or higher, or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Same as GEOG 6648. Spatial variations, processes, and environmental constraints influencing distribution of life.

  

  • BIOL 6670 - Principles and Techniques of Practical Biochemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Same as CHEM 4670. A comprehensive and integrated review of principles and modern techniques in biochemical research laboratories. Topics include principles of biochemical investigations, molecular biology and basic techniques, molecular cloning and gene analysis, protein structure, purification and characterization, biomolecular interactions, enzyme analysis, spectroscopic techniques, mass spectrometric techniques, centrifugation, electrophoretic, and chromatographic techniques.

  

  • BIOL 6680 - Microscopy and Imaging

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800 and PHYS 1112K or PHYS 2212K, or equivalents.
    Description
    An introduction to the theory of microscopy and various types of microscopes and their applications to biological research. Topics include: microscopes, basic specimen preparation, and staining techniques. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6685 - Functional Histology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800 and BIOL 3240 or equivalents or permission of instructor.
    Includes a $75.00 lab fee.

    Description
    Topics include preparation and basic staining of tissues, special stains, identification of tissue features and classification. The course will correlate tissue form and function by incorporating concepts of cell, tissue, and organ physiology. Includes a $75 lab fee.

  

  • BIOL 6686 - Pathophysiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800 and BIOL 3240, or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Clinical case studies will be used to teach the principles and processes behind adult and childhood diseases. Students will learn basic diagnostic skills in hematology and blood chemistry, histopathology, ECG, spirometry, radiology, and urology.

  

  • BIOL 6687 - Surgical Anatomy

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 4687 or consent of instructor.
    Includes a $275.00 lab fee.

    Description
    Crosslisted with Biol 4687. Detailed examination of human anatomy via dissections and radiology. Includes a $275 lab fee.

  

  • BIOL 6690 - Special Topics in Biochemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Advanced topics in biochemistry as may fit the needs and interests of the students and faculty. May be repeated if topics are different.

  

  • BIOL 6694 - Biosafety: Principles and Practice

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800 or consent of instructor.
    Description
    The discussion of pathogenic agents and their associated occupational and public health risks. Topics include emerging biosafety issues such as bioterrorism, human gene therapy, and federal and state regulations guiding use of pathogenic organisms. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 6696 - Laboratory in Molecular Biological Techniques

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800 and BIOL 3900 with a C or higher or equivalents. CHEM 4600 recommended.
    CHEM 4600 recommended. Includes a $50.00 lab fee.

    Description
    Isolation and characterization of nucleic acids and proteins. Topics include molecular cloning, isolation, characterization and sequence analysis of chromosomal and plasmid DNA, and PCR mediated gene amplification. Includes a $50 lab fee. One lecture and six laboratory hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 6744 - Biostatistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MATH 2211 and BIOL 2108K, or equivalents.
    Description
    Same as MATH 6544. Principles and methods of statistics as applied to biology and medicine. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 6800 - Principles of Cellular Biology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800, BIOL 3900, and CHEM 1211K or equivalent.
    Description
    This course focuses on major cellular systems including organization of the plasma membrane, cytoskeleton and endomembrane system. In addition, gene and protein expression and RNA interference are examined. The course discusses how these systems and processes are coordinately regulated to carry out cellular functions and to respond to extracellular signals. Students are expected to read and discuss manuscripts from the primary literature as it pertains to these topics.

  

  • BIOL 6801 - Survival Skills in Academia

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    (Same as Neur 6600 and Psyc 6801) Guidance and direction for graduate students on how to accomplish many of the day-to-day tasks encountered by researchers and instructors throughout their careers in academia. Topics covered include how to write and publish scientific papers, grantspersonship, scientific ethics, posters and oral presentations, mentoring, and job interviewing.

  

  • BIOL 6900 - Directed Laboratory Study

    2 Credit Hours
    Corequisites: BIOL 8800, BIOL 8999, BIOL 9999, or equivalent.
    Description
    One lecture hour and one discussion hour per week. Student learning of scientific communication skills, experimental strategies and procedures through laboratory group meetings and individual discussion with faculty laboratory director.

  

  • BIOL 6905 - Theme-Based Biology Laboratory

    2 to 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
    Includes a $50.00 per hour lab fee.

    Description
    Students will work in small groups to develop specific biological hypotheses, design and carry out experiments to test these hypotheses, and analyze the results they obtain. May be repeated for credit if topic is different. Includes a $50 per hour lab fee. May be repeated for credit if topic is different.

  

  • BIOL 6913 - Georgia Aquarium Internship I

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3020 with grade of B or higher, or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
    Includes a $50.00 lab fee.

    Description
    Students will participate in the education programs at the Georgia Aquarium one morning a week for about three hours, depending on Aquarium requirements, and under the supervision of Aquarium staff. The primary goal is to train interns to be able to deliver education programs at the Georgia Aquarium. Includes a $50 lab fee.

  

  • BIOL 6914 - Georgia Aquarium Internship II

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 4913 or BIOL 6913 with grade of S and consent of instructor.
    Description
    This is the second part of the Georgia Aquarium internship program. Students will participate in the education programs at the Georgia Aquarium one morning a week for about three hours, depending on Aquarium requirements, and under the supervision of Aquarium staff. The interns will deliver education programs to visiting student groups and train interns in first part of the Intern program (BIOL 4913 or BIOL 6913).

  

  • BIOL 6915 - Collaborative Internships in Biology

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    Students engage in off-campus internship training arranged through collaboration with biology faculty members. May be taken for credit a maximum of two times.

  

  • BIOL 6916 - Internships in Biology

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    Students receive hands-on experience in activities that require knowledge and skills related to the field of biology. Specific topics available each semester will vary. May be taken for credit a maximum of two times.

  

  • BIOL 6930 - Topics in Biology

    3 to 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: consent of the instructor.
    Description
    Detailed examination of a selected area in biological science. Four lecture hours per week. May be repeated for credit if topics are different.

  

  • BIOL 6940 - Pedagogical Practices in Undergraduate STEM Instruction

    2 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course is for graduate students serving as lecture or lab teaching assistants in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) as well as for those who are interested in science teaching-focused careers, particularly at the undergraduate level. Topics include syllabus design, effective usage of instructional technology in teaching, student motivation and engagement, metacognition, active learning strategies, fostering collaboration in the classroom, and mentorship.

  

  • BIOL 6960 - Biology Careers Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Either BIOL 3800, BIOL 7800, or equivalent with a C or higher.
    Description
    Speakers from different biology-related fields will discuss their jobs from the perspective of helping Biology majors with their career planning. Topics will include graduate training at GSU, health and teaching-related careers, other biology-related careers, and job search strategies. May be repeated for credit a maximum of one time. May be repeated for credit a maximum of one time.

  

  • BIOL 6970 - Biology Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Description
    Current research topics in biology. May not be taken for more than one hour in the same term. This course may be repeated for credit a maximum of one time.

  

  • BIOL 6990 - Independent Readings

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    Students will read and review primary literature in the field of biology. Students will discuss the readings with the instructor and/or write papers. Topics may vary. Course may be repeated for credit a maximum of two times.

  

  • BIOL 6996 - Non-Thesis Capstone Literature Review

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Permission of the department. To be taken in the final semester.
    Description
    Capstone experience in writing a critical literature review of a relevant topic in biology under the mentorship of a member of the biology faculty.

  

  • BIOL 6997 - Non-Thesis Capstone Internship

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Permission of the MS program director. To be taken in the final semester..
    Description
    Non-Thesis capstone option. An internship with a partner institution or office that is approved by the MS program director.

  

  • BIOL 6998 - Non-Thesis Capstone Project

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Permission of the department based on approved project plan. To be taken in the final semester.
    Description
    Non-Thesis option capstone. Under the mentorship of a member of the Biology faculty, the student completes a project related to biological sciences.

  

  • BIOL 7020 - Introduction to Marine Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 1104K, BIOL 1108K, or BIOL 2108K with grade of B or higher, or equivalent.
    Description
    A comprehensive overview of the marine environment, including the characteristics of marine organisms and their distinctive communities, such as coral reefs, kelp forests, seagrass beds, and the deep ocean.

  

  • BIOL 7021 - Infectious Disease and Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    A consideration of the role played by infectious diseases in shaping civilization and society. The focus will be on HIV/AIDS, but sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis, gonorrhea, genital herpes, and genital warts will be discussed as well. HIV/AIDS will also be compared with other infectious diseases of historical importance including the Black Death, leprosy, smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, and poliomyelitis.

  

  • BIOL 7240 - Applied Medical Physiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2108K and CHEM 1212K with grades of C or higher.
    Description
    Integrative physiology of all major organ systems will be taught using clinical case studies. Topics include radiology, angiograms, hematology, blood chemistry, urinalysis, ECG, and spirometry. Three lecture hours per week plus recitation.

  

  • BIOL 7250 - Human Physiology Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 7240 or concurrently.
    Includes a $50.00 lab fee.

    Description
    Exercises dealing with the physiology of the major organ systems. Includes a $50 lab fee. Three laboratory hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 7430 - Biotechnology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2108K and CHEM 1212K with grades of C or higher.
    Description
    Fundamentals principles of biotechnology. Topics include genetic engineering of bacteria, plants and animals; molecular and cellular cloning; the human genome project; forensics and DNA typing; cloning of organisms; and gene therapy. Bioethical implications are also considered. This course is recommended for pre-service and in-service teachers. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 7440 - Fundamentals of Evolution

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2108K with grade of C or higher.
    Description
    Mechanisms of evolution, from the molecular to the population level. Topics include population genetics, adaptation, natural selection, speciation, systematics, coevolution, history of life, the geological record, and evolution of humans. This course is also recommended for middle and high school biology teachers. Three lecture hours a week. This course is repeatable.

  

  • BIOL 7800 - Molecular Cell Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2108K or BIOL 2800; and CHEM 1212K, or equivalents.
    Description
    A survey of biochemistry, molecular genetics, and cell biology including cell structure and chemistry, macromolecular structure and synthesis, protein trafficking, cell motility, signaling, and division. Three lecture hours a week. This course is repeatable.

  

  • BIOL 7801 - Effective Mentoring Skills

    1 to 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    Graduate students will receive training in the teaching methods that produce effective mentors, tutors and instructors.

  

  • BIOL 7802 - Instructional Methods

    1 to 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    Principles of undergraduate laboratory instruction, including instructional theory, laboratory policies, and academic honesty. One-two hours a week for discussion sections with laboratory supervisors and/or one-two hours a week for laboratory and workshop participation.

  

  • BIOL 7810 - Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 7800 or concurrently.
    Includes a $75.00 lab fee.

    Description
    Experiments demonstrating techniques and concepts in molecular cell biology with an emphasis on learning critical thinking through writing. Includes a $75 lab fee.

  

  • BIOL 7820 - Plant Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2108 and BIOL 2108L (or BIOL 2108K) or equivalent with a C or higher.
    Description
    Topics include:evolutionary relationships of land plants, dynamic aspects of plant function, structure, and growth as well as plant adaptations, ecology, and human interactions with plants. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 7840 - Animal Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2108K (or BIOL 2108 and BIOL 2108L) or equivalent with a C or higher.
    Description
    Comparative analysis of the behavior, physiology, anatomy, phylogeny, evolution, and ecology of animals. Three lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 7850 - Animal Biology Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 7840 with a C or higher or taken concurrently.
    Includes a $75.00 lab fee.

    Description
    Comparative structure and function of representative animal types. Includes a $75 lab fee. Three laboratory hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 7880 - Microbiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2108K and BIOL 3800/7800, or equivalents.
    Description
    Functional anatomy, metabolism, cultivation, growth, and control of microorganisms with emphasis on the prokaryotes; relationships of these organisms to their environment. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 7890 - Microbiology Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880 or BIOL 7880 with a C or higher or taken concurrently.
    Includes a $150.00 lab fee.

    Description
    Techniques of cultivation, quantitations, isolation, and identification of microorganisms with emphasis on bacteria; effects of physical and chemical agents. Includes a $150 lab fee. This course is repeatable.

  

  • BIOL 7900 - Genetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 2108 and BIOL 2108L (or BIOL 2108K) and BIOL 3800/7800 with a C or higher or equivalent. CHEM 2400 recommended.
    CHEM 2400 recommended.

    Description
    Transmission and molecular genetics including Mendelian inheritance and extensions of basic principles, gene organization and expression, chromosome variation, gene linkage and mapping, and population genetics.

  

  • BIOL 7910 - Genetics Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3900 or BIOL 7900 with a C or higher or taken concurrently.
    Includes a $150.00 lab fee.

    Description
    Experiments demonstrating concepts in genetics. Includes a $150 lab fee. Three laboratory hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 7955 - Introduction to the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    Orientation to the research conducted at the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN). It is intended for members of CBN. Permission of instructor is required.

  

  • BIOL 8000 - Responsible Conduct in Research

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in as graduate student.
    Description
    One lecture hour a week. Analysis, discussion, and review of requirements for the fulfillment of the responsible conduct in research (RCR) training, including ethics, publication, attribution of work, conflict of interest, and human and animal welfare. Course also entails taking and passing the Federal Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) online training.

  

  • BIOL 8010 - Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Neuroscience

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 4102 or BIOL 6102 with grade of B or higher, or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Same as NEUR 8010 and PSYC 8616. Advanced analysis of central concepts in cellular, molecular, and developmental neuroscience. Topics include: physiology, development and differentiation, signaling and synaptic transmission, synaptic plasticity, construction and modulation or circuits, neurogenesis/repair/regeneration, molecular bases of behavior, and neurodevelopmental and degenerative disease. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 8020 - Systems Neuroscience

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 8010 with grade of B or higher, or equivalent, or consent of the instructor.
    Description
    Same as NEUR 8020 and PSYC 8617. Advanced analysis of how neurons are organized into systems that control behavior. Topics include functional neuroanatomy, sensory and motor systems, and the neural basis of motor learning.

  

  • BIOL 8041 - Research Design and Analysis in Neuroscience

    4 Credit Hours
    Description
    Same as NEUR 8040. This course will train doctoral students in the design of neuroscience experiments and the statistical methodologies appropriate for analyzing these data. Topics include experimental design, parametric and non-parametric statistical analysis, as well as applied problem sets using neurobiobehavioral data. Concurrent laboratory component will cover data entry and analysis using SPSS.

  

  • BIOL 8110 - Concepts in Neurobiology

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: consent of the instructor.
    Description
    Same as NEUR 8710. Lectures and discussions dealing with contemporary topics in neurobiology. Two lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 8220 - Advanced Molecular Cell Biology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800, BIOL 3900, and CHEM 4600, or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Current concepts in cell biology. The structure and function of the various cellular components and processes will be examined on a molecular, cellular and multicellular level. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 8248 - Advanced Cellular Physiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 4248, CHEM 4310 and CHEM 4600, or equivalents, or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Mechanisms and regulation of transport processes in cellular membranes and organelles. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 8278 - Molecular Immunology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 4278 or BIOL 6278 or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Important concepts of modern immunology and mechanisms of inflammation. Topics include host defense against pathogens, inflammation, innate and adaptive immunity, systemic and cellular level regulatory mechanisms. The course also discusses major current inflammatory diseases and infectious conditions. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 8310 - Concepts in Cell Biology and Physiology

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: consent of the instructor.
    Description
    Lectures and discussions dealing with contemporary topics in cell biology and physiology. Two lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 8360 - Protein Structure and Function

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 6610 or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Same as CHEM 8360 and NEUR 8200. Discussion of the structure and function of proteins and of enzyme mechanisms. Topics include protein folding and motions, descriptions of enzyme catalysis at a molecular level, consideration of the energetics of biological processess, and enzyme kinetics.

  

  • BIOL 8410 - Advanced Microbiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 7880, or equivalent.
    Description
    In depth study of the organismal aspects of microbiology with particular emphasis on metabolic functions in eukaryotic microorganisms. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 8415 - Fermentation Microbiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880 or equivalent.
    Description
    To familiarize the advanced student with the issues, problems, fundamentals, and approaches to the scale-up of microbiological processes. Selected team/group demonstrations and tutorials will be conducted with the students to illustrate and reinforce the concepts and examples provided in the lectures.

  

  • BIOL 8458 - Advanced Microbial Ecology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880 and CHEM 4600 with grades of C or higher, or equivalent course work.
    Description
    Microbial interactions with their biotic and abiotic environments, with an emphasis on ecological principles, experimental approaches and current literature. Four lecture hours per week.

 

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