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Biology Descriptions
For catalog cycle Fall 2007 to Spring 2009
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BIO 204: Introduction to Life Sciences
Effective Jan 2, 2009 View History
Description:
Surveys life science topics, including structure of living cells and their function (cell biology and physiology); life cycle, reproduction and evolution (genetics and evolution); and living and nonliving components in environments (ecology). For non-science majors, particularly Liberal Studies majors. (Offered fall and spring semesters.)
Units
3 to 4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: (MATH 99 OR ELMT SCORE 50 Or HIGHER) AND (EXCLUDE 1st TIME FRESHMAN)]
BIO 240: Ecology,Evol, Biodiversity
Effective Jan 2, 2009 View History
Description:
Examines the evolutionary and ecological relationships of organisms with their environment, as well as the breadth of biological diversity. Required for all Biology majors. (Offered fall and spring semesters.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: CHEM 110) AND (Corequisites: BIO 240L)]
BIO 240L: Ecol, Evolutn, & Biodiv Lab
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Required lab course for BIO 240. Focuses on doing scientific experiments and writing in the scientific style. Lab course fee may be charged. (Offered fall and spring semesters.)
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: CHEM 110L) AND (Corequisites: BIO 240)]
BIO 241: Cellular and Molecular Biology
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Introduces structure and function of biological molecules, cellular and molecular biology, cell metabolism including respiration and photosynthesis, principles of genetics, immunity, biotechnology, and genomics. Required for all Biology majors. (Offered fall and spring semesters.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: CHEM 111 AND MATH 130) AND (Corequisites: BIO 241L)]
BIO 241L: Cellular & Molecular Bio Lab
Effective Jan 2, 2009 View History
Description:
Laboratory course for BIO 241. Enrollment in or completion of BIO 241 necessary to take lab. BIO 241L encouraged because of writing element. Lab course fee may be charged.
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: CHEM 111 AND CHEM 111L) AND (Corequisites: BIO 241)]
BIO 242: Plant & Animal Form & Function
Effective Jan 1, 2009 View History
Description:
Provides an introduction to the relationship between form and function in plants and animals. Covers comparative anatomy, physiology, and development of different plant and animal structures and organ systems. Required for all Biology majors. (Offered fall and spring semesters.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: BIO 240 AND BIO 240L AND BIO 241 AND BIO 241L) AND (Corequisites: BIO 242L)]
BIO 242L: Plant & Animal Form & Func Lab
Effective Mar 14, 2008 View History
Description:
Required lab course for BIO 242. Lab course fee may be charged. (Offered fall and spring semesters.)
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 242)
BIO 295: Special Topics in Biology
Effective Aug 27, 2007 View History
Description:
No Description Provided
Units
1 to 4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
None
BIO 300: Issues & Ethics in Biology
Effective Jan 1, 2009 View History
Description:
Develops library research, writing, oral and critical analysis skills needed to link science to ethics in biology. Covers current issues that involve biology, ethics and society. Students develop a learning plan that integrates their Biology concentration, capstone and internship interests, and personal and professional goals. (Offered spring semester.)
Units
4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Prerequisites: EngCom A AND EngCom B And BIO 240 AND BIO 241)
BIO 305: Inquiry-Bsd Life Sci f/ Teach
Effective Jan 1, 2009 View History
Description:
Focuses on the methodology of science appropriate to K-12 education. Familiarizes future teachers with observing, questioning, testing, and interpreting by using the neighborhood as a laboratory. Engages in problem-solving activities and the design of experiments children will understand. Uses current technology to develop bicultural/bilingual instructional materials. Requires successful completion of coursework that satisfies the Science ULR, Part 2: Science Content. (Offered as demand warrants.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: CST 101 AND MATH 99 AND Science ULR, Part 2: Science Content) AND (Corequisites: BIO 305L)]
BIO 305L: Inq-Based Life Sci Lab
Effective Feb 15, 2008 View History
Description:
Required lab course for BIO 305. (Offered as demand warrants.)
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 305)
BIO 310: Biochemistry
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Covers biomolecular structure and function, biological oxidation and reduction, metabolism including respiration and photosynthesis, membrane transport, and biotransformation. (Offered spring semester.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: BIO 240 AND BIO 241 AND BIO 241L AND CHEM 111) AND (Corequisites: BIO 310L)]
BIO 310L: Biochemistry Lab
Effective Mar 14, 2008 View History
Description:
Required lab course for BIO 310. Lab course fee may be charged. (Offered spring semester.)
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 310)
BIO 311: Genetics
Effective Feb 15, 2008 View History
Description:
Applies the principles of Mendelian inheritance and the chromosomal basis of heredity in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Covers recombination, biochemical genetics, mutation, DNA, genetic code, gene regulation, genes in populations. Introduces the molecular genetics of four systems: bacteria, yeast, Drosophila, and mouse/humans. (Offered fall semester.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Prerequisites: BIO 241)
BIO 314: Molecular Cell Biology
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Cell structure, membrane transport, cell division, molecular genetics, recombinant DNA, mechanisms of evolution, and the basis of classification. Applies fundamental principles and experimental approaches in four areas of cell biology: cell cycle regulation, signal transduction, intracellular protein transport, and structure and function of cytoskeleton, including cell-cell and cell-substrate interactions. Explores recent advances in the fields of molecular and cell biology.
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Prerequisites: BIO 241 AND BIO 241L)
BIO 320: Microbiology
Effective Jan 2, 2009 View History
Description:
Introduces the biology of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, protozoa, algae, fungi), their significance as model systems for understanding fundamental cellular processes, and their role in human affairs. Also introduces the biological properties of bacterial and animal viruses, replication, methods of detection, interactions with host cells and multicellular hosts.
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Prerequisites: BIO 241 AND BIO 241L AND BIO 242 AND BIO 242L) AND (Corequisites: BIO 320L)
BIO 320L: Microbiology Lab
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Required lab course for BIO 320. Covers general laboratory techniques and theory in microbiology including isolation and identification of bacterial species from nature, Koch's Postulates, transformation of Escherichia coli, Ames test, analysis of auxotrophic mutants. Lab course fee may be charged.
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 320)
BIO 340: Ecology
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Introduces ecological concepts and theory by exploring the marine and terrestrial ecosystems of Monterey Bay. A systems approach teaches how organisms interact with one another and with the natural world around them. Emphasizes population, community, and ecosystem level ecology. (Offered fall and spring semesters.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: BIO 240 AND MATH 150) AND (Corequisites: BIO 340L)]
BIO 340L: Ecology Lab
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Required lab course for BIO 340. (Offered fall and spring semesters.)
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 340)
BIO 341: Evolution Bio & Pop Genetics
Effective Feb 15, 2008 View History
Description:
Emphasizes mechanisms and models of population genetics and evolutionary biology, including allelic frequency, genetic drift, adaptation and fitness, microevolutionary and macroevolutionary change, speciation, and the history of life. (Offered when demand warrants.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Prerequisites: BIO 240 AND BIO 241)
BIO 342: California Ecosystems
Effective Feb 15, 2008 View History
Description:
Surveys terrestrial ecosystems across California. Emphasizes the biotic and abiotic factors that determine the extents of these ecosystems. Plant identification and distribution in ecosystems of the Monterey Bay area. May include one or more weekend field trips. (Offered spring semester of even years.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: BIO 240 AND GEOL 260) AND (Corequisites: BIO 342L)]
BIO 342L: California Ecosystems Lab
Effective Feb 15, 2008 View History
Description:
No Description Provided
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 342)
BIO 345: Marine Biology
Effective Feb 15, 2008 View History
Description:
Focuses on the living organisms found in marine habitats. Examines the physical, biological, and evolutionary factors influencing the organisms in the many diverse marine habitats on earth. Introduces marine research topics and environmental issues by exploring the natural history of local marine habitats. (Offered fall semester.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: BIO 240 AND CHEM 111 AND CST 101) AND (Corequisites: BIO 345L)]
BIO 345L: Marine Biology Lab
Effective Feb 15, 2008 View History
Description:
Laboratory course for BIO 345. Lab course fee may be charged.
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 345)
BIO 346: Zoology
Inactive as of Mar 14, 2008 View History
Description:
Covers the distinguishing characteristics of the major animal groups (phyla); animal development, physiology, biomechanics, and ecology; and natural history and field identification of many important marine, aquatic, and terrestrial animals of central coastal California. (Offered fall and spring semester.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: BIO 240 AND BIO 241) AND (Corequisites: BIO 346L)]
BIO 346L: Zoology Lab
Inactive as of Mar 14, 2008 View History
Description:
Required laboratory course for BIO 346. Lab course fee may be charged. (Offered fall and spring semester.)
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 346)
BIO 347: Working with Marine Mammals
Effective Mar 14, 2008 View History
Description:
Explores current topics and careers working with marine mammals. Topics include practical knowledge of captive marine mammal husbandry (care and maintenance), training, basic physiology, an overview of common research topics and techniques, as well as public display, education, and current issues in marine mammalogy. Students intern at least one day at Moss Landing Marine Labs assisting in the care of research-trained California sea lions. Fee charged for course materials. (Offered summer semester through Extended Education.)
Units
3 to 4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Prerequisites: BIO 204 OR BIO 240)
BIO 348: Tech & Theory of Animal Train
Effective Mar 14, 2008 View History
Description:
Explores the field of animal training from a psychological and a technical perspective. Provides a theoretical background in relevant animal behavior and psychological principles related to the practical goal of modifying captive animal behavior. Topics include the history and ethics of animal use and training, and practical animal training techniques. Students intern at least one day at Moss Landing Marine Labs assisting in the care and training of research-trained sea lions. Fee charged for course materials. (Offered summer semester through Extended Education.)
Units
3 to 4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
None
BIO 360: Vertebrate Natural History
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Students learn about classification, field identification, habitats, behaviors, protection status, and methods used to study common or otherwise noteworthy mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish of central California.
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: BIO 240 AND BIO 240L) AND (Corequisites: BIO 360L)]
BIO 360L: Vertebrate Natural History
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Required field and lab course for BIO 360. Includes outdoor excursions, a semester-long field project, and two mandatory weekend field trips.
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 360)
BIO 378S: Health Sciences Serv Learn
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Covers emerging issues in health worldwide and local implications of these developments. Explores issues of cultural, linguistic, and economic backgrounds and their role in access to health care information and services. Service learning placements in health services organizations help students understand course material.
Units
5 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
None
BIO 379S: Biology Education Serv Learn
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Addresses strategies for supporting equitable educational opportunities for all students, regardless of their cultural, linguistic, or economic background. Service learning placements in schools help students deepen their understanding of basic biology principles and methodologies for facilitating learning by diverse students.
Units
5 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Prerequisites: BIO 242 AND BIO 242L)
BIO 394: Biology Internship
Effective Jan 22, 2008 View History
Description:
No Description Provided
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
None
BIO 395: Special Topics in Biology
Effective Aug 27, 2007 View History
Description:
No Description Provided
Units
1 to 4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
None
BIO 410: Bioinformatics & Systems Bio
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Introduces the major biological databases with a focus on the human genome project. Uses a variety of computational tools for database access and data analysis. Students understand the principles of phylogenetics, proteomics, genomics and metabolomics.
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Prerequisites: BIO 241 AND BIO 311)
BIO 420: Marine Invertebrate Zoology
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Advanced survey of the biology of invertebrates, stressing comparative functional morphology, evolution, phylogeny, systematics, natural history, behavior, and aspects of physiology and development. Emphasizes the living animal and its habitat.
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: BIO 300 OR ESSP 300) AND (BIO 240 AND BIO 242) AND (Corequisites: BIO 420L)]
BIO 420L: Marine Invrtebrate Zoology Lab
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Required laboratory course for BIO 420. Lab course fee may be charged.
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 420)
BIO 444L: Environmental Biotech Lab
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Laboratory course covering techniques for prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA purification, amplification, subcloning, and sequence analysis, used in the context of providing earth systems information. Additional knowledge and skills acquired include microbial cell culture, primer design, proposal writing. Lab course fee may be charged. (Offered spring semester of odd years.)
Units
2 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Prerequisites: BIO 241L)
BIO 445: Advanced Marine Ecology
Inactive as of Mar 14, 2008 View History
Description:
Explores the interrelationships among marine and estuarine organisms, and between the organisms and their environment. The seminar course emphasizes reading, critiquing, and synthesizing current and recent marine ecology publications describing ecological relationships from a broad range of marine environments. (Offered spring semester of odd years.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: BIO 345 OR BIO 340) AND (BIO 346)]
BIO 448: Aquatic Ecology
Effective Nov 10, 2008 View History
Description:
In-depth exploration of freshwater and estuarine ecosystems, including aquatic organisms and their taxonomy, and the ecology, geochemistry, and sediments of freshwater ecosystems. Will include weekend or odd-hour field trips with concurrent field/laboratory section. (Offered spring semester of odd years.)
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: CHEM 111) AND (BIO 340 OR BIO 342) AND (Corequisites: BIO 448L)]
BIO 448L: Aquatic Ecology Lab
Effective Feb 15, 2008 View History
Description:
Required lab course for BIO448. Lab course fee may be charged. (Offered spring semester of odd years.)
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 448)
BIO 460L: Yeast Genetics & Mole Bio Lab
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Introduces the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a standard microbial model for studying eukaryotic gene expression and cell biology. Students work on instructor-supervised projects focusing on yeast genetics and molecular biology in such areas as the yeast life cycle, mutant isolation, tetrad analysis, transformation, the control of gene expression with galactose regulation and mating-type control.
Units
2 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Prerequisites: BIO 241 AND BIO 241L AND BIO 314)
BIO 472: California Flora
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Uses taxonomy and systematics of higher plants of California with a focus on morphology, development, and other characteristics to classify plants.
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: BIO 242) AND (Corequisites: BIO 472L)]
BIO 472L: California Flora Lab
Effective Feb 15, 2008 View History
Description:
Required lab course for BIO 472. Lab course fee may be charged. Offered when demand warrants.
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 472)
BIO 490: Biology Capstone
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Assists students in completing the Capstone project developed in previous or concurrent course, including a written Capstone report and an oral presentation to BIO faculty and students. Requires prior completion of three upper-division BIO courses with grades of C or above.
Units
2 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Prerequisites: BIO 300)
BIO 494: Biology Internship
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Students work with practicing professionals in the community in a volunteer or paid internship that requires biology knowledge and skills. Academic credit is awarded for documented learning that takes place during the internship and that meets individualized and core internship outcomes.
Units
2 to 4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
None
BIO 495: Special Topics in Biology
Effective Aug 27, 2007 View History
Description:
No Description Provided
Units
1 to 4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
None
BIO 497: Independent Study
Effective Jun 13, 2008 View History
Description:
No Description Provided
Units
2 to 4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
None
BIO 540: Ecological Modeling
Inactive as of Aug 27, 2007 View History
Description:
Covers the fundamentals of dynamic ecosystem modeling, including the uses and limitations of modeling, fundamentals of model building, and analytic and computer modeling methods. (Offered when demand warrants.)
Units
4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
None
BIO 541: Mar Biotech&Bioinform forTeach
Effective Feb 15, 2008 View History
Description:
Designed to mimic the research cycle in a typical molecular biology laboratory. Students isolate DNA from marine organisms, amplify specific regions, subclone, and purify plasmid DNA. Bioinformatic techniques are used to analyze sequenced regions, including homology searches, multiple alignments, primer design, and 3D comparison. Assessment consists of a lab notebook review, a final exam, and a detailed standards-based lesson plan. (Offered summer session through Extended Education.)
Units
2 to 4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 541L)
BIO 541L: Mar Biotech&Bioinfo Lab
Effective Feb 15, 2008 View History
Description:
Required lab course for BIO 541. Lab course fee may be charged.
Units
2 to 4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
(Corequisites: BIO 541)
BIO 548: Aquatic Biology
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Graduate-level lecture course designed for an in-depth exploration of aquatic and wetland ecosystems. Learning activities include lectures on the major patterns and processes influence various aquatic systems, i.e. streams, lakes, wetlands, and estuaries; a literature review on one particular aquatic ecosystem; and oral presentation to the class about the system. Concurrent enrollment in the field/laboratory section is required. (Offered spring semester, during odd years).
Units
3 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: CHEM 111L ) AND (BIO 340L OR BIO 342L) AND (Corequisites: BIO 548L)]
BIO 548L: Aquatic Ecology Lab
Effective Mar 17, 2008 View History
Description:
Laboratory and field-oriented course providing an in-depth exploration of aquatic and wetland ecosystems. Learning activities include field work to understand the patterns and processes of the major taxa that occur in aquatic systems. Students will also design short-term research projects that explore patterns and processes found in local aquatic systems. Will include weekend or odd-hour field trips with concurrent field/laboratory section. (Offered spring semesters, in odd years).
Units
1 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
[(Prerequisites: BIO 240 AND BIO 240L AND CHEM 110 AND CHEM 110L AND CHEM 111 AND CHEM 111L AND BIO 340 AND BIO 340L) OR (BIO 342 AND BIO 342L) AND (Corequisites: BIO 548)]
BIO 595: Special Topics in Biology
Effective Aug 27, 2007 View History
Description:
No Description Provided
Units
1 to 4 Units
Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Registration Restrictions:
None
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