Courses
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- Prerequisites: BI 111, BI 112, or CLS 201, BI 201 or BI 221 or consent of instructor
- Prerequisites: BI 210, and BI 327 or BI 207 or consent of instructor
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.
- Prerequisites: BI 210 and BI 215, or consent of instructor
Behavior, just like any phenotype, is shaped by selection associated with various environments and ecological interactions. This course considers the diversity of behavior exhibited in natural populations, how it evolves under various ecological conditions, and approaches to testing hypotheses about behavioral evolution and adaptive functions.
- Prerequisites: BI 111, BI 112 and CH 112
- Prerequisites: BI 111 and BI 112 or equivalent, or consent of the instructor
Lecture and field studies dealing with recognition, taxonomy, ethnobotany and ecological adaptations of plants in aquatic and terrestrial communities.
- Prerequisites: BI 210; BI 310 recommended, or consent of instructor
- Offered: Summer
- Prerequisites: BI 310, junior standing or instructor permission (interview with instructor required)
A 3-week field course based in Canada and/or Isle Royale studying community and ecosystem processes in the boreal forest. Emphasis is on boreal and arctic plant communities and the interrelationships of large herbivores, such as moose and caribou, and their predators.
- Prerequisites: BI 210 or BI 422 and MA 109 or MA 111, or instructor's permission.
Concepts, applications and techniques for managing fisheries resources. Topics include basic fish anatomy and life-history characteristics, fishing technology, population dynamics, fisheries modeling, hatcheries and conservation issues. Emphasis is placed on the human-fishery resource interaction. Students read from primary literature and conduct fisheries-related research.
- Prerequisites: BI 210
The application of ecological principles and technical knowledge to the management of populations of wildlife.
- Offered: Winter
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: BI 441 or instructor permission
This course is designed to introduce students to the field of aquatic organism culture related to food and other consumable production, wild stock enhancement, conservation, and production of ornamentals. It addresses the history, goals, practices and strategies of rearing aquatic organisms in both public and private settings.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: BI 218 or graduate standing
This course will cover the structure, function and evolution of genomes. Topics relating to current DNA sequencing methods, genome annotation, regulation of gene expression, and metagenomics will be addressed.
- Prerequisites: BI 111, BI 112 or consent of instructor
Principles of fish biology. Course covers systematics and diversity of marine and freshwater fish, including identification, evolution, physiology, ecology and behavior.
- Prerequisites: BI 111, BI 112 or consent of instructor
Lectures and laboratory exercises covering the evolution, systematics, morphology, physiology, ecology and behavior of amphibians and reptiles.
- Prerequisites: BI 111, BI 112 or consent of instructor
Lectures, laboratories and field trips dealing with evolution, systematics, morphology, ecology behavior and identification of birds, with emphasis on local species.
- Prerequisites: BI 111, BI 112 or consent of instructor
Lectures, laboratories and field trips dealing with evolutions, systematics, morphology, ecology, behavior and identification of mammals, with emphasis on the Great Lakes region.
- Prerequisites: BI 111 and BI 112 or consent of instructor
- Offered: Winter
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: BI 210 or instructor's permission
This course will cover aspects of fish ecology from individual, population, community, and ecosystem levels. We will discuss the role of the environment in determining fish physiology and behavior, the interactions among fishes and their environment, food-web dynamics, and ecosystem interactions.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: BI 210 and either MA 109 or BI 412, or instructor’s permission.
This course will provide students with the theory and methods for drawing inferences about wildlife and fish populations using data from field studies of marked animals.
- Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; course prerequisites and a minimum GPA may be required for some topics.
- Offered: Fall semesters and on demand
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Graduate standing
This course guides science graduate students as they plan research and write proposals. Discussions are based on readings of varied texts and on analysis of the primary literature. Students will gain a firm understanding of the scientific method, the process of peer review and the criteria used to evaluate research proposals.
- Graded: A/F
This course provides training for students who intend to teach laboratory sections of university science courses. Students will gain experience with varied teaching techniques used to maximize student learning. Students will also gain familiarity with the social, technological, practical, and legal concerns with running a classroom.
- Prerequisites: BI 208 or equivalent or consent of instructor
Detailed exploration of selected topics in human physiology. Basic concepts, as they relate to the normal physiology of the human, will be emphasized, but frequent extrapolation from this foundation to pathophysiology will be made. Discussions will present and interpret disease as a physiologic dysfunction, i.e., the emphasis will be on the physiologic interpretation of the abnormal state.
- Prerequisites: BI 208 or BI 327 and CH 220 or CH 322 or equivalent or consent of instructor
Recent advances in experimental animal physiology. Laboratory and library work enable the student to explore areas of special interest.
- Prerequisites: BI 310, MA 105, and BI 516 or consent of instructor
- Prerequisites: BI 312 and BI 412 or a course in statistics or consent of instructor