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ARED 7315 - Philosophy of Art Education Cr. 3. (3-0)
Exploration of philosophy of art education. Aesthetics is studied in terms of its application to contemporary issues in art education.
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ARED 7340 - Theory and Practice Related to Art Museum Education Cr. 3. (3-0)
Exploration of historical and contemporary theories and practice in art museums. Students actively use Houston area museums and community arts organizations as sites of learning for the course.
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ARED 7350 - Curriculum Development in Art Education Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: ARED 63060 or equivalent. Study and application of principles of art education curriculum design, development, and evaluation.
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ARED 7352 - Issues and Trends in Art Education Cr. 3. (3-0)
Examination and analysis of selected current issues, trends, and problems in art education.
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Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences |
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BCHS 6113 - Graduate Biochemistry Seminar
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BCHS 6125 - Seminar in Nucleic Acids Cr. 1. (1-0)
Presentations and discussion on current topics in nucleic acids and nucleic acidprotein interactions.
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BCHS 6198 - Special Problems Cr. 1-5 per semester.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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BCHS 6199 - Master’s Thesis Cr. 1, 2, 3, or 6 per semester.
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BCHS 6201 - Methods in Molecular Biology Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 and BIOL 4320 or BCHS 4306 or equivalents or consent of instructor. Current methods and techniques in molecular biology. Bacterial host strains, expression systems, mutagenesis, DNA library construction and screening, DNA mapping and sequencing and polymerase chain reaction methods.
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BCHS 6203 - Enzyme Mechanisms Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 or equivalent and consent of instructor. Principles and methods for the evaluation of enzyme reaction mechanisms, emphasizing established and newly developed biochemical, biophysical and molecular biological approaches.
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BCHS 6204 - Elements of Protein Structure Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3304 or equivalent and consent of instructor. Taxonomy of protein structure with illustration of the common families of protein structure as well as simple protein structural motifs. Examples taken from the crystallographic and NMR literature.
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BCHS 6205 - Cell Signaling Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 or equivalent and consent of instructor. Biochemistry of cellular responses to environmental signals at the molecular level.
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BCHS 6206 - Molecular Modeling of Biological Macromolecules Cr. 2. (2-2)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3304 and CHEM 4370 or 4373 or equivalents or consent of the instructor. Advanced computer-based molecular modeling methods, with emphasis on their practical aspects and limitations. Individual research projects using UNIXbased Silicon Graphics computers.
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BCHS 6208 - Biochemistry of Organelles Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 or equivalent and consent of instructor. Organization of mitochondrial and chloroplast membranes. Biochemical and biophysical aspects of electron transfer in photosynthetic organelles. Molecular organization of genes and proteins involved in biochemical energy transduction.
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BCHS 6209 - Protein Biosynthesis Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3304. Aspects of protein synthesis including ribosome structure, ribosomal RNA structure and function, translation inhibitors, identification of tRNAs, and involvement of tRNA in coding/decoding.
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BCHS 6210 - Mobile DNA and Genome Fluidity Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BIOL 3301 and BIOL 4320 or BCHS 4306 or equivalents or consent of instructor. Mechanisms of transposition and recombination by DNA elements.
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BCHS 6216 - Biological Membranes Cr. 2. (2-0)
(Also BIOL 6216).
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Structure, metabolism and biological interactions of membrane components. Molecular mechanisms of membrane phenomena.
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BCHS 6217 - Molecular Mechanisms of Infectious Disease Cr. 2. (2-0)
Host-pathogen interactions, including mechanisms of invasion and intracellular survival. Regulation of virulence gene expression. Host responses and their manipulation by select pathogens. Current approaches for investigating pathogenesis, engineering bacterial toxins, and designing vaccines and antibiotics.
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BCHS 6218 - Molecular Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Interactions Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BIOL 2333 and BIOL 4374 and BCHS 3304 or equivalents or consent of instructor. Molecular basis of interactions between microbial pathogens and the host immune system. Pathogen molecular mimicry, host response modulation, and design and construction of vaccines. Contemporary approaches for experimental investigation of hostpathogen interactions.
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BCHS 6219 - Cell Biology of Disease and Immunity Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BIOL 2333 and BIOL 4374 and BCHS 3304 or equivalents or consent of instructor. Fundamental cellular processes in disease and immunity, including current experimental techniques. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of exploitation of host functions by microbial pathogens. Cellular and mucosal immunity.
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BCHS 6226 - Enzyme Catalysis and Kinetics Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 or equivalent and graduate standing or consent of instructor. Principles of enzymatic catalysis. Methods and principles of enzyme kinetic analysis.
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BCHS 6227 - Membranes and Signal Transduction Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 or equivalent and graduate standing or consent of instructor. Membrane biochemistry: metabolism, properties, and structures of membrane lipids; biochemistry of membrane proteins; structure and composition; physical techniques for study; lateral and transverse asymmetry; electrophysiological properties; permeability and partitioning; pores, channels, and transporters; signal transduction.
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BCHS 6228 - Advanced Nucleic Acids Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 4306 and graduate standing or consent of instructor. Nucleic acid structure, function, and interactions with proteins.
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BCHS 6229 - Protein Structure and Function Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 or equivalent and graduate standing or consent of instructor. Protein structure/function relationships as exemplified in current structural biology literature.
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BCHS 6230 - Graduate Biochemistry Laboratory Rotation I Cr. 2. (0-6)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 and BCHS 3201 or consent of instructor. Instruction in contemporary concepts and research methodology in several areas of biochemistry.
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BCHS 6231 - Graduate Biochemistry Laboratory Rotation II Cr. 2. (0-6)
Prerequisite: BCHS 6230 . Instruction in contemporary concepts and research methodology in several areas of biochemistry.
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BCHS 6232 - Advanced Molecular Microbiology Cr. 2. (2-0)
(also BIOL 6232 )
Prerequisite: BIOL 2333 and BIOL 3304, or consent of instructor. Mechanisms of fundamental processes in microbial molecular biology. Current literature and experimental techniques.
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BCHS 6233 - Advanced Microbial Physiology Cr. 2. (2-0)
(also BIOL 6233 )
Prerequisite: BIOL 2333 and BIOL 3304, or consent of instructor. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of fundamental processes in microbial physiology. Current literature and experimental techniques.
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BCHS 6297 - Selected Topics in Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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BCHS 6298 - Special Problems Cr. 1-5 per semester.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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BCHS 6299 - Master’s Thesis Cr. 1, 2, 3, or 6 per semester.
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BCHS 6324 - Bioinformatics for Biologists Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; BIOL 3306 or consent of instructor. Computer-assisted analyses of molecular data including data retrieval, database usage, sequence alignment, gene identification, phylogenetics, genomics, and proteomics. Individually designed research projects uses bioinformatic methods.
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BCHS 6398 - Special Problems Cr. 1-5 per semester.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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BCHS 6399 - Master’s Thesis Cr. 1, 2, 3, or 6 per semester.
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BCHS 6498 - Special Problems Cr. 1-5 per semester.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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BCHS 6598 - Special Problems Cr. 1-5 per semester.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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BCHS 6699 - Master’s Thesis Cr. 1, 2, 3, or 6 per semester.
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BCHS 7399 - Master’s Thesis Cr. 1, 2, 3, or 6 per semester.
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BCHS 7699 - Master’s Thesis Cr. 1, 2, 3, or 6 per semester.
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BCHS 8198 - Doctoral Research Cr. 1-5 per semester.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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BCHS 8199 - Doctoral Dissertation Cr. 1-9 per semester.
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BCHS 8298 - Doctoral Research Cr. 1-5 per semester.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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BCHS 8299 - Doctoral Dissertation Cr. 1-9 per semester.
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BCHS 8398 - Doctoral Research Cr. 1-5 per semester.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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BCHS 8399 - Doctoral Dissertation Cr. 1-9 per semester.
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BCHS 8498 - Doctoral Research Cr. 1-5 per semester.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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BCHS 8598 - Doctoral Research Cr. 1-5 per semester.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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BCHS 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation Cr. 1-9 per semester.
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BCHS 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation Cr. 1-9 per semester.
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Bio-engineering |
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BIOE 5397 - Selected Topics Cr. 3. (3-0)
May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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BIOE 6121 - Graduate Bioengineering Seminar Cr. 1. (1-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Weekly seminars May be repeated for credit.
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BIOE 6198 - Special Problems Cr. 1. (1-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor.
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BIOE 6298 - Special Problems Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor.
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BIOE 6304 - Visual System: Physiology, computation, and Methods Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and/or consent of instructor. Introduction to neuro-physiology and systematic overview of visual system: eye, retinal structure and function, retino-geniculo-cortical and cortico-cortical pathways, computational models of retinal and cortical processing, techniques for mesuring neuronal activity.
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BIOE 6338 - Topics in Optical and Ultrasonic Imaging Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: ECE 6330 and/or consent of instructor. Diffraction theory, Fourier optics, optical image acquisition, principles of ultrasonic imaging, ultrasonic image acquisition, imaging systems applications.
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BIOE 6360 - Biomolecular Engineering Fundamentals Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and/or consent of instructor. Analysis and design fundamentals for biochemical processes: introductory biochemistry, microbiology, biological kinetics, reactor design, transport phenomena; applications of enzymes and single mixed microbial populations.
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BIOE 6380 - Computational and Biological Vision Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and/or consent of instructor. Addresses the most difficult part of many biotechnological projects-actually producing a cloned protein in useful amounts. Some attention is also given to the use of recombinant DNA methodologies to produce proteins, and to characterization methods.
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BIOE 6396 - Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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BIOE 6397 - Selected Topics Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor.
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BIOE 6398 - Special Problems Cr. 1. (1-0)
Prerequisite: approval of advisor.
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BIOE 6399 - Master’s Thesis Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor. May be repeated for credit.
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BIOE 6455 - Bioanalysis Cr. 4. (3-3)
Prerequisite: BIOE3350, BIOE3450, BCHS3304, ENGI2304 or equivalent. Common bioanalytical lab practices: ELISA, fluorescence assays, chromatography, and genomic techniques.
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BIOE 6498 - Special Problems Cr. 4. (4-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor.
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BIOE 6598 - Research Cr. 5. (5-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor. May be repeated for credit.
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BIOE 7364 - Image Reconstruction and Medical Imaging Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: ECE 6364 and/or consent of instructor. Reconstruction algorithms: backprojection, convolution, Fourier transform, ART, optimization methods, and true 3D reconstruction; image reconstruction from incomplete projections; 3D medical imaging and other applications; data acquisition and reconstruction methods in CT, PET, SPECT, Ultrasound, and MRI.
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BIOE 7399 - Master’s Thesis Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor. May be repeated for credit.
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BIOE 8198 - Doctoral Research Cr. 1. (1-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor. Can be repeated for credit.
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BIOE 8298 - Doctoral Research Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor. Can be repeated for credit.
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BIOE 8398 - Doctoral Research Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor. Can be repeated for credit.
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BIOE 8399 - Doctoral Dissertation Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor. Can be repeated for credit.
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BIOE 8498 - Doctoral Research Cr. 4. (4-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor. Can be repeated for credit.
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BIOE 8598 - Doctoral Research Cr. 5. (5-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor. Can be repeated for credit.
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BIOE 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation Cr. 6. (6-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor. Can be repeated for credit.
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BIOE 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation Cr. 9. (9-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor. Can be repeated for credit.
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Biology |
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BIOL 6110 - Biology Seminar Cr. 1. (0-2)
Prerequisite: graduate standing or approval of chair.
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BIOL 6123 - Seminar in Biological Clocks Cr. 1. (1-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in biology or biochemistry. Seminars presented by faculty and students on current literature in biological rhythms.
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BIOL 6198 - Special Problems Cr. 1-5 per semester.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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BIOL 6199 - Master’s Thesis Cr. 1, 2, 3, or 6 per semester.
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BIOL 6201 - Quantitative Genetics Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing; BIOL 3301 and BIOL 3407 or equivalents. Principles of genetics applied to the evolution of quantitative characters.
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BIOL 6202 - Molecular Genetic Approaches to Conservation Biology Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Overview of molecular genetic tools for species conservation.
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BIOL 6203 - Advanced Animal Behavior Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Mechanisms and evolution of animal behavior.
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BIOL 6204 - Evolution Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and BIOL 3306 or BIOL 4368 or equivalents. Advanced topics in the study of evolution.
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BIOL 6205 - Conservation Biology Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and BIOL 3306 and BIOL 4368 or consent of instructor. Advanced treatment of important areas of conservation biology.
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BIOL 6211 - Human Genetics Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Analysis of the molecular basis of human genetic diseases.
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BIOL 6213 - Biological Clocks Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 and BIOL 4374 or BCHS 4313 or equivalents or consent of instructor. Molecular, cellular, and physiological aspects of biological timing mechanisms.
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BIOL 6214 - Molecular Neuroscience Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BIOL 4374or BCHS 4313 or equivalents or consent of instructor. Biophysical and molecular mechanisms of neuronal signaling, with emphasis on ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors.
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BIOL 6215 - Cellular Neuroscience Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 and BIOL 6214 or equivalents or consent of instructor. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of information processing in neurons, with emphasis on mechanisms thought to be involved in neuronal plasticities such as learning and memory.
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BIOL 6216 - Biological Membranes Cr. 2. (2-0)
(Also BCHS 6216 ).
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Structure, metabolism and biochemical interactions of membrane components. Molecular mechanisms of membrane phenomena.
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BIOL 6218 - DNA Structure and Function Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BCHS 3304 and approval of the instructor. Dynamic nature of DNA. Biological and biotechnological relevance of alternatively structured DNA.
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BIOL 6219 - Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Behavior Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in Biology and Biochemistry and consent of instructor. Genetics and molecular biology of behavior in model organisms, including Drosophila, Aplysia, mice, and humans. Definition of behavior, relative contributions of genes and environment, experimental techniques, and underlying molecular genetic mechanisms. Includes biological rhythms, learning and memory, courtship, aggression, addiction, sexual preference, and depression.
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BIOL 6220 - Advanced Electrophysiology Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing in Biology and Biochemistry or consent of instructor. Mathematics and other aspects of electrophysiological research, including Fourier series, linear algebra, instrumentation electronics, and methods for analysis of electrophysiological data.
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BIOL 6221 - Selection Experiments: Past, Present, and Future Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BIOL 3306 or consent of instructor. Ecological and evolutionary problems analyzed using selection-based approaches.
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BIOL 6222 - Optical Methods Cell Biology Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Theoretical bases, technical considerations, applications, and limitations of optical approaches to the study cellular systems. Includes confocal and laser-scanning microscopy, ratiometric calcium imaging, and fluroescence-assisted cell sorting.
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BIOL 6232 - Advanced Molecular Microbiology Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BIOL 2333 and BIOL 3304, or consent of instructor. Mechanisms of fundamental processes in microbial molecular biology. Current literature and experimental techniques.
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BIOL 6233 - Advanced Microbial Physiology Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: BIOL 2333 and BIOL 3304, or consent of instructor. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of fundamental processes in microbial physiology. Current literature and experimental techniques.
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BIOL 6297 - Selected Topics in Biology Cr. 2-3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken for a maximum of six semester hours.
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BIOL 6298 - Special Problems Cr. 1-5 per semester.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
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BIOL 6299 - Master’s Thesis Cr. 1, 2, 3, or 6 per semester.
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BIOL 6304 - Evolution of Life History Traits Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and BIOL 3306 or consent of instructor. Review of traditional and new approaches to the study of life-history patterns.
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BIOL 6307 - Advanced Cell Biology Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: BIOL 4374 or equivalent. Topics and techniques in cell biology with emphasis on vesicular transport, cell motility, and other cellular processes.
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