2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Variable content, depending on specialties of visiting staff and needs of students. For freshmen, sophomores and non-biology majors.

May be repeated if topic differs. Field work may be required. Contact instructor for more information.

• Offered: Summer, even years
• Prerequisites: BI 111 or BI 112.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Lectures, laboratories and field studies dealing with the scientific study of wild birds, with an emphasis on the indentification and ecology of local species.

Field work may be required. Contact instructor for more information.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: BI 210.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Introduction to the basic scientific principles and concepts concerning the field of conservation biology. Topics include causes of extinction, genetic risks of small populations, habitat fragmentation and edge effects, metapopulations, threats of exotic species, nature preserve and corridor design, and strategies for protecting and restoring endangered species and ecosystems.

Field work may be required. Contact instructor for more information.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: BI 111 and BI 112.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A treatment of form, life cycles and evolutionary relationships of algae, fungi, bryophytes and vascular plants. Laboratory work uses both living and preserved material.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: BI 111 and BI 112.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Structural characteristics of representative chordates. Lectures deal with the evolution of body form, skeleton and organ systems as indicated by anatomical relationships. Laboratory work is devoted largely to dissection.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: BI 111 and CH 111/112 or CH 111 and concurrent enrollment in CH 112.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
• General Education: This course applies towards the following general education requirement(s):
  • Scientific Inquiry (SCII)
  • Laboratory Science University Requirement (LAB)

Introduction to the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and the genes and the technologies used to study them. Laboratory work will include experiments using DNA, proteins and other biomolecules.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: BI 111 and BI 112.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course broadly examines the key principles of evolutionary biology and the biological processes that generate startling arrays of biodiversity--both past and present. Discussion topics include human influence on the evolution of other species, linkages between evolution and medicine and common misperceptions about biological evolution.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: BI 111 and BI 112.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
• General Education: This course applies towards the following general education requirement(s):
  • Scientific Inquiry (SCII)
  • Laboratory Science University Requirement (LAB)

Lectures, field and laboratory studies dealing with the relationships between plants, animals, humans and the ecosphere.

Field work may be required. Contact instructor for more information.

• Offered: Fall Winter Summer
• Prerequisites: BI 100 or BI 104 or BI 111 or BI 207.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Introduction to medically important microorganisms and the role of microbes in human health, infection and immunity. Laboratory focuses on the experimental approach to microbiology.

Only students majoring in nursing, licensed practical nursing, or surgical technology may enroll for three credits (3-0-0).

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A survey of biological diversity including viruses, prokaryotes, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. Attention is also given to the structure and function of plant and animal organ systems.

Field work may be required. Contact instructor for more information.