May 24, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Art History

  
  • ARTH 2382 - Medieval Art and Society

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or equivalent background in Medieval Studies or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Art and architecture from Late Antiquity through the Gothic period in the context of the politics, art patronage and religions of the societies in which for which they were created.
  
  • ARTH 2384 - Baroque Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ARTH 3383
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Seventeenth century Western art and architecture.
  
  • ARTH 2386 - Nineteenth Century Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Romanticism through Post-Impressionism in Europe and America.
  
  • ARTH 2388 - Survey of the Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1303 .
    Description
    Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas in their historical context.
  
  • ARTH 2389 - Modern and Contemporary Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Avant-Garde art from 1863 through the 20th Century.
  
  • ARTH 2394 - Selected Topics in Art History

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ARTH 3301 - Critical Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Readings and discussion of the major concepts and methods employed in the analysis of art practice.
  
  • ARTH 3302 - Contemporary Art Criticism

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor .
    Description
    Reading, writing, and analysis of contemporary art criticism.
  
  • ARTH 3303 - After Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 3301  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Exploration of discourses that can inform contemporary artistic practice from political critique to literature, music and films.
  
  • ARTH 3304 - Virtual Curating

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 3301  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Working in collaboration, students will develop a concept for a large-scale exhibition.
  
  • ARTH 3311 - Greek Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    The art and architecture of Ancient Greece and the Aegean World.
  
  • ARTH 3312 - Pre-Columbian Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1303 .
    Description
    Art and architecture of the Aztec, Maya and their predecessors.
    Core Category: [81] Writing in the Disciplines
  
  • ARTH 3313 - Roman Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Art and architecture of Rome through the Republic and Empire periods.
  
  • ARTH 3314 - Latin American Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Art and architecture of Latin America from the appearance of the Spanish to the present.
  
  • ARTH 3315 - History of Prints in the West

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    History of prints, major printmakers and various functions of prints in the West from the Late Middle Ages to the present.
  
  • ARTH 3317 - Ancient Near Eastern Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Art and architecture of Mesopotamia from its beginnings to the Persian period.
  
  • ARTH 3318 - Art and Architecture of India

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304  or ENGL 1310 .
    Description
    Survey of visual art and architecture on the Indian subcontinent from antiquity to the present.
  
  • ARTH 3325 - 18th Century European Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Painting, sculpture, architecture, decorative and graphic arts of the 1700’s in relation to important social and ideological developments of the period.
  
  • ARTH 3326 - European Romanticism

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    French, Spanish, British and German Romanticism with special attention on the political context including the rise of the Napoleonic Empire, the conservation Restorations after its fall and resistance to both.
  
  • ARTH 3327 - Visual Culture of the French Revolution

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and 1381  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Visual culture of the period of the French Revolution (1789-1799) including popular and ephemeral phenomena, traditional art forms, and their social and political aims.
  
  • ARTH 3328 - Late 19th Century Art and Culture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and 1381  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Late 19th Century European art from the vantage point of the collaborations of writers, artists, musicians and critics.
  
  • ARTH 3330 - Impressionism: The Painters of Modern Life

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and 1381  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Themes from everyday life painted by the Impressionists and the various factors that affected their art and their perception of the world around them.
  
  • ARTH 3332 - 20th Century Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and 1381  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    History, development and key innovators of design of the 20th Century, and assessment of the era’s burgeoning culture of design.
  
  • ARTH 3333 - Issues in Contemporary Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Issues facing design in the 21st Century, including issues of sustainability and environmental design, exposure in museums and galleries, global design and national identity, impact of technology and conceptual design.
  
  • ARTH 3334 - History of Graphic Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ARTH 3394 Topic: A History of Graphic Design
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380 and 1381 or consent of the instructor.
    Description
    Development of graphic design within the historical context of the late nineteenth century through contemporary developments in this field.
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

  
  • ARTH 3335 - Surrealism and Its Legacies

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Surrealism and its influence on American art and mass culture.
  
  • ARTH 3336 - Postmodernism

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Postmodern art and theory, from antecedents in the 1960s, through postmodern decades of the 1970s and 1980s.
  
  • ARTH 3376 - Representations of Gender

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Analysis of the shifting conventions and iconography of representing gender, from early pre-Greek ART through contemporary late 20th century art.
  
  • ARTH 3378 - History of Nineteenth Century Photography

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    From the invention of photography to 1900.
  
  • ARTH 3379 - History of Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Photography

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    History of photography from 1900 to the present.
  
  • ARTH 3380 - 17th Century Dutch Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    The rich artistic production of Holland’s “Golden Age of art”, including history, painting, genre, portraiture, landscape, and still life. Rembrandt, Vermeer, and many other artists.
  
  • ARTH 3382 - Northern Renaissance

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380 : ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    German and Netherlandish art of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
  
  • ARTH 3389 - Italian Gothic Art and Patronage

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Italian art of the 13th and 14th centuries and the role of the art patron.
  
  • ARTH 3394 - Selected Topics in Art History

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and 1381, or consent of instructor.
    May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • ARTH 3395 - Selected Topics in Critical Theory and Criticism

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 3301  or ARTH 3302 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Readings and discussion of topics in theory and criticism from modernism to the present.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ARTH 3396 - Selected Topics in Critical Studies in Film and Video

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ARTH 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.
  
  • ARTH 4310 - The Human Body in Non-Western Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Representation of the human body in the artistic traditions of Africa, Oceania and the Pre-Columbian Americas.
  
  • ARTH 4311 - Artists, Art-Making and Patronage in Medieval Europe

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    European Arts in the Middle Ages: professional lives of artists, art-making and art patronage.
  
  • ARTH 4314 - Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381  and six additional hours of art history or equivalent background in Medieval Studies.
    Description
    Medieval illuminated manuscripts with emphasis on book types and their audiences.
  
  • ARTH 4315 - Reading Medieval Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381  and six additional hours of art history or equivalent background in Medieval Studies.
    Description
    Current strategies in Medieval art history scholarship.
  
  • ARTH 4319 - Readings in Nineteenth Century Photography

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in ART 3375 , ART 3376 , and ART 3377 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Practice and theory of nineteenth century photography.
  
  • ARTH 4320 - Readings in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Photography

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in ART 3375 , ART 3376 , and ART 3377 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Practice and theory of twentieth century and twenty-first century photography.
  
  • ARTH 4379 - Art Since 1945

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380 : ARTH 1381 .
    Description
    Examination of the visual arts since World War II.
  
  • ARTH 4380 - Museums and the Problem of Display

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and 1381  and six additional hours of art history, or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Development of the culture of display and the impact of art institutions, curator and exhibitions on the understanding of artworks and their history.
  
  • ARTH 4381 - Seminar on Rembrandt

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , and six additional hours of art history or consent of instructor.
    Description
    The work and legacy of the most important artist in 17th century Holland, Rembrandt van Rijn, through readings, class discussion, and research.
  
  • ARTH 4383 - Contemporary Painting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Painting since 1945 with an emphasis on the past two decades.
  
  • ARTH 4385 - Senior Seminar in Art History

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: major in art history and twenty-four semester hours in art history, which must include ARTH 4388  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Extensive readings, class discussion and research on a specific art historical subject. Topics may vary.
    May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

  
  • ARTH 4388 - Methods of Art History

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: major in art history, ARTH 1380 , ARTH 1381 , and six additional hours of art history, or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Readings, class discussions, and research on methodological issues in art history and the historical development of the discipline.
  
  • ARTH 4394 - Sel Tops in Art History

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and 1381, or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Sel Tops in Art History
  
  • ARTH 4395 - Selected Topics in Contemporary Theory and Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARTH 3301  or ARTH 3302 , or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Readings and discussion of topics in theory and criticism from modernism to the present.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ARTH 4398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: ARTH 1380  and ARTH 1381 , and consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTH 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

Biochemistry

  
  • BCHS 3201 - Biochemistry I Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Credit for or concurrent enrollment in BCHS 3304  or equivalent.
    Description
    Experimental study of basic principles and methods of biochemistry.
  
  • BCHS 3304 - General Biochemistry I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CHEM 3221  and CHEM 3331 .
    Description
    Credit may not be received for both BCHS 3304  and CHEM 4336 . Nature of the chemical constituents of living organisms, including carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and enzymes.
  
  • BCHS 3305 - General Biochemistry II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3304 .
    Description
    Credit may not be received for both BCHS 3305  and CHEM 4336 . The integration and control of the metabolism of cellular constituents.
  
  • BCHS 3396 - Senior Research Project

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of the chair.
    Description
    Directed research project culminating in a departmentally approved report. BCHS 3396  and BCHS 4396  must be satisfied in order for any to apply to a degree.
  
  • BCHS 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.
    Description
    BCHS 3399  and BCHS 4399  must be satisfied in order for any to apply to a degree.
  
  • BCHS 4197 - Sel Top Biochm & Biophy

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • BCHS 4198 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: senior standing and approval of chair
    May be taken for a maximum of four semester hours.

  
  • BCHS 4298 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 2.0
       
    Prerequisite: senior standing and approval of department chair.
    May be taken for a maximum of four semester hours.

  
  • BCHS 4304 - Biophysics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 1302  or PHYS 1322 , MATH 1432 , BCHS 3304 , and CHEM 4370  or CHEM 4373 .
    Description
    Theoretical aspects and applications of physics and physical chemistry for the study of biological macromolecules.
  
  • BCHS 4306 - Nucleic Acids

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3304 .
    Description
    Structure, metabolism, and functions of nucleotides and nucleic acids.
  
  • BCHS 4307 - Proteins

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3304 .
    Description
    Structure and functions of proteins.
  
  • BCHS 4311 - Biochemistry Lab II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3201 .
    Description
    Contemporary experimental techniques in biochemistry and molecular biology. Cloning, expression and purification of recombinant proteins, applications of the polymerase chain reaction, and generation of genomic libraries.
    Core Category: [81] Writing in the Disciplines
  
  • BCHS 4312 - Molecular Modeling of Biological Macromolecules

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3304  and CHEM 4370  or CHEM 4373  or equivalent.
    Description
    Computer-based molecular modeling methods, with emphasis on their practical aspects and limitations. Individual research projects using UNIX-based Silicon Graphics computers.
  
  • BCHS 4313 - Cell Biochemistry

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly (also BIOL 4374)
    Prerequisite: BIOL 1162  / BIOL 1362  and BIOL 3301  and BCHS 3304 .
    Description
    Cellular organization of biochemical mechanisms. Composition and function of cells at the molecular level.
  
  • BCHS 4314 - Biochemistry of Lipids and Carbohydrates

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3305  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Structure, metabolism and function of carbohydrates, glycoconjugates and simple and complex lipids.
  
  • BCHS 4321 - Genomics and Proteomics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3304 .
    Description
    Genomics and proteomics methods for biological studies.
  
  • BCHS 4322 - Biochemistry of Organelles

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3305  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Biochemistry of mitochondria and chloroplasts including electron transport, oxidative phosphorylation, chemiosmotic theory. Includes mitochondrial theory of aging and apoptosis.
  
  • BCHS 4323 - Protein Biosynthesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3305  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Structure, function, and evolution of the ribosome.
  
  • BCHS 4324 - Bioinformatics for Biologists

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3306 .
    Description
    Computer-assisted analyses of molecular data including data retrieval, database usage, sequence alignment, gene identification, phylogenetics, genomics, and proteomics. Final project uses bioinformatic packages.
  
  • BCHS 4325 - Molecular Microbiology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3304 .
    Description
    Molecular basis of cellular processes in microbes.
  
  • BCHS 4355 - Eukaryotic Gene Regulation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3301 
    Description
    Mechanisms of gene regulation in eukaryotes. Topics include transcriptional initiation and elongation, chromatin modifications, RNA splicing and editing, post-transcriptional regulation, and translational control.
  
  • BCHS 4361 - Clinical Biochemistry

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3304 .
    Description
    Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of metabolic disorders.
  
  • BCHS 4396 - Senior Research Project

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3396  and approval of the chair.
    Description
    Directed research project culminating in a departmentally approved report. BCHS 3396  and 4396 must be satisfied in order for any to apply to a degree.
  
  • BCHS 4397 - Topics-Biochem & Biophys Sci

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Note: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  
  • BCHS 4398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: senior standing and approval of chair.
    May be taken for a maximum of four semester hours.

  
  • BCHS 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3399  and approval of department chair.
    Description
    BCHS 3399  and 4399 must be satisfied in order for any to apply to a degree.
  
  • BCHS 4498 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 4.0
       
    Prerequisite: senior standing and approval of department chair.
    May be taken for a maximum of four semester hours.


Biology

  
  • BIOL 1134 - Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in BIOL 1334 .
    Description
    Structure and function of the human body including anatomical terminology, cells, tissues, integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, and sensory organ systems.
    Note: May not apply to course or GPA requirements for a major or minor in natural sciences and mathematics.
    Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    TCCNS Equivalent: BIOL 2101
  
  • BIOL 1144 - Hum Anat Physiol Lab II

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Credit for or concurrent enrollment in BIOL 1344  .
    Description
    Structure and function of the human body including digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, immune, renal, and reproductive systems.
    Note: May not apply to course or GPA requirements for a major or minor in natural sciences and mathematics.
    TCCNS Equivalent: BIOL 2102
  
  • BIOL 1153 - Prenursing Microbiology Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Description
    May not receive credit until BIOL 1353  is successfully completed. May not apply to course or GPA requirements for a major or minor in natural sciences and mathematics. Fundamental principles of microbiology; survey of pathogenic microorganisms and the diseases they cause.
  
  • BIOL 1161 - Introduction to Biological Science Laboratory 1

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Credit for or concurrent enrollment in BIOL 1361  .
    Description
    Laboratory experience in introductory biological science, including cell structure and function, respiration, photosynthesis, and circulatory, urinary, and reproductive systems.
    Note: Designed for science majors and preprofessional students.
    TCCNS Equivalent: BIOL 1106
  
  • BIOL 1162 - Introduction to Biological Science Laboratory 2

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Credit for or concurrent enrollment in BIOL 1362  .
    Description
    Designed for science majors and preprofessional students. Laboratory experience in mitosis, meiosis, genetics, diversity of life, vertebrate anatomy, ecology, and microevolution.
    TCCNS Equivalent: BIOL 1107
  
  • BIOL 1305 - Human Biology for the Informed Citizen

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 1310  or MATH 1311  or equivalent.
    Description
    The goal of this course is to introduce students to basic concepts in human biology so that they can apply their knowledge in their everyday lives as informed consumers and users of scientific information. The format of the course is inquiry based within the context of important cultural and social issues. This course will give students a greater appreciation for the sciences and enhance the student’s ability to make informed and ethical decisions about human biological issues that affect the global community.
    Note: This course will not count toward Biology major requirements.
    Core Category: [30] Life & Physical Sciences
  
  • BIOL 1309 - Human Genetics and Society

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 1310  or MATH 1311  or equivalent.
    Description
    Introduction to modern principles of human genetics and the impact of their application on society. Includes fetal development and prenatal screening, mutations, cloning, human origins, gene therapy, and biotechnology.
    Note: May not apply to course or GPA requirements for a major or minor in natural sciences and mathematics.
    Core Category: [30] Life & Physical Sciences
  
  • BIOL 1310 - General Biology 1

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 1310  or 1311.
    Description
    How science is conducted, basic chemistry and organic molecules, cellular structure and biochemistry, transmission, molecular, and population genetics, evolution.
    Note: Designed for nonscience majors; does not satisfy requirements for biology majors and preprofessional students. Credit may not be received for both BIOL 1361:1362 & 1310:1320.
    Core Category: [30] Life & Physical Sciences
    TCCNS Equivalent: BIOL 1308
  
  • BIOL 1320 - General Biology 2

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 1310  or MATH 1311 
    Description
    How science is conducted, structure and function of organ systems, ecological principles, human ecology.
    Note: Designed for nonscience majors; does not satisfy requirements for biology majors and preprofessional students.
    Core Category: [30] Life & Physical Sciences
    TCCNS Equivalent: BIOL 1309
  
  • BIOL 1334 - Human Anatomy and Physiology 1

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.
    Description
    An applied systematic study of the structure and function of the human body designed for students considering a career in the health professions. Anatomical terminology and the structure and function of cells, tissues, and the body systems such as integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous and sensory organs in covered.
    Note: This course may not be used to fulfill gpa or course requirements for natural science and mathematics majors or minors. Does not fulfill the UH Core requirement for Life and Physical Sciences.
    TCCNS Equivalent: BIOL 2301
  
  • BIOL 1344 - Human Anatomy and Physiology 2

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.
    Description
    A continuation of Human Anatomy and Physiology I designed for students considering a career in the health professions. The structure and function of the following body systems are covered: digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, immune, renal, and reproductive.
    Note: This course may not be used to fulfill gpa or course requirements for natural science and mathematics majors or minors. Does not fulfill the UH Core requirement for Life and Physical Sciences.
    TCCNS Equivalent: BIOL 2302
  
  • BIOL 1353 - Prenursing Microbiology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Description
    May not apply to a degree until BIOL 1153  is successfully completed. May not apply to course or GPA requirements for a major or minor in natural sciences and mathematics. Fundamental principles of microbiology; survey of pathogenic microorganisms and the diseases they cause.
  
  • BIOL 1361 - Introduction to Biological Science 1

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0


    Prerequisite: MATH 1310  or equivalent.
    Description

    BIOL 1361 

    is the first semester of a two-part Introduction to Biological Science course and focuses on biochemistry, cell biology and physiology.
    Core Category: [30] Life & Physical Sciences
    TCCNS Equivalent: BIOL 1306

  
  • BIOL 1362 - Introduction to Biological Science 2

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0


    Prerequisite: MATH 1310  or equivalent.
    Description

    BIOL 1362 

    is the second semester of a two-part Introduction to Biological Science course and focuses on genetics, biotechnology, evolution and ecology.
    Core Category: [30] Life & Physical Sciences
    TCCNS Equivalent: BIOL 1307

  
  • BIOL 2397 - Selected Topics in Biology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
  
  • BIOL 3124 - Human Physiology Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in BIOL 3324 .
    Description
    Demonstrations and experiments in organismal bodily function.
  
  • BIOL 3132 - Elementary Microbiology Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Formerly BIOL 2133
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in BIOL 3332 .
    Description
    Physiological, molecular, and staining techniques used in the identification and characterization of bacteria. Microbiological analysis of water, food, and soil.
  
  • BIOL 3301 - Genetics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BIOL 1161 , BIOL 1361 , BIOL 1162 , and BIOL 1362 , and CHEM 1331  and   or equivalents.
    Description
    Basic concepts of Mendelian, molecular, and population genetics.
  
  • BIOL 3304 - The Biology of Social Behavior

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BIOL 1361  and BIOL 1362 .
    Description
    Biological prerequisites and consequences of the evolution of social behavior in animals. Kinship, predator defense, foraging, and other problems of group living.
  
  • BIOL 3305 - Biodiversity

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BIOL 1161 , BIOL 1162 , BIOL 1361 , and BIOL 1362 , and three hours in biology at the 2000-level or higher.
    Description
    Causes, consequences, importance, and preservation of biological diversity.
 

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