2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

• Offered: Winter, odd years
• Prerequisites: BI 210, and BI 327 or BI 207, junior standing or instructor’s permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The course emphasizes physiological adaptations of animals to their environment. It covers topics such as thermoregulation, nutrition and digestion, osmoregulation, nitrogen metabolism, sensory physiology and reproductive physiology.

• Offered: Fall, even years
• Prerequisites: BI 111 and BI 112, or CLS 201, and BI 104 or BI 221, junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Study of the microscopic anatomy of human tissues and organs at the light microscope level.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: BI 111, CH 111, CH 112, BI 218, and BI 207 or BI 327 and junior, senior, or graduate standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Structure and physiology of endocrine glands, biological actions and biochemistry of hormones, emphasizing their role (at the systems level) in multisystem homeostasis, intermediary metabolism, reproduction and behavior of mammals.

• Offered: Every other fall, odd years
• Prerequisites: BI 111, BI 112 junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Insect evolution, ecology, physiology and morphology. Emphasis is placed on the biology and in-field recognition of the local fauna.

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

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: BI 111 and BI 112 or CLS 204 and CLS 214, junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Life histories, ecology, physiology and host-parasite relationships. Laboratory includes examination of hosts for parasites and preparation of specimens for study.

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

• Offered: Fall, odd years
• Prerequisites: BI 312, BI 406 or CH 450, junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Introduction to the biology of cancer cells. Comparison of cell cycle regulation, cell growth, apoptosis and cell adhesion in normal and tumor cells. Study of genes that are altered in tumors, including oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Examination of pertinent literature.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: BI 218, and credit or enrollment in CH 450, junior standing or instructor’s permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic gene structure and expression. Laboratories explore some of the techniques used for manipulating genes in vitro, including DNA isolation, DNA electrophoresis, subcloning and work with the bacteriophage. This course covers some of the theory and applications of biotechnology.

• Offered: Contact Department
• Prerequisites: BI 215 and BI 312.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course examines the details of evolutionary theory as it explains the complexities of biodiversity. Lecture topics include sexual selection, evolutionary genetics, natural selection and speciation. Discussions cover the application of analytical techniques to biological systems and require critical analysis of primary literature.

• Offered: Fall, even years
• Prerequisites: BI 312 and either BI 321, BI 406, or CH 450, junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The biochemical and genetic events accompanying and influencing embryonic development, with emphasis on pertinent literature and techniques.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: MA 111 or equivalent, junior standing or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Application of statistics to biological data, with emphasis on experimental design, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing and inferential statistics. Topics include elementary parametric and nonparametric statistical analyses, various ANOVA designs, analysis of covariance, correlation, linear and non-linear regression, multiple regression, categorical analysis, and an introduction to multivariate statistics. This course emphasizes problem-solving using SPSS and other statistical software. 

Formerly Biometrics.