Biology (BIO)

Common concepts underlying the biological sciences: cell structure, metabolism, cell and organismal reproduction, genetics, evolutionary theory. No dissection. Lecture and lab.

An introduction to ecology, evolution, and the diversity of life. The course covers principles of interactions between organisms and their environments, taxonomic groups of organisms, including aspects of physiology, morphology, and relationships between taxa, and evolution. Dissection. Lecture and lab.

An introduction to ecology, evolution, and the diversity of life. The course covers principles of interactions between organisms and their environments, taxonomic groups of organisms, including aspects of physiology, morphology, and relationships between taxa, and evolution. Dissection. Lecture and lab.

Principles of the interactions of organisms with their environment, the alteration of the environment by humans, and the possible responses to global and national ecological problems. Lecture and lab.

An integrated approach to the study of the human body and its functions including the skeletal, integumentary, muscular, and nervous systems. Lecture and Lab.

Lab Component of BIO 273 for Ambria College of Nursing Students.

A continued integrative approach to the study of the human body and its functions including the circulatory, digestive, urogenital, endocrine, reproductive, respiratory and immune systems. Lecture and lab.

Lab Component of BIO 274 for Ambria College of Nursing Students.

Customized courses dealing with specific topics not covered in the regular course offerings.

This course will examine fundamental movements of the body to determine actions and motions during physical activity that lead to the skillful development of coordination, economy of movement, and decreased risk of injury.

This course will examine fundamental movements of the body to determine actions and motions during physical activity that lead to the skillful development of coordination, economy of movement, and decreased risk of injury. REGISTRATION: This section is designed for students admitted into the Judson Honors Program only

Microorganisms including viruses, bacteria and protists, with an emphasis on pathogenic organisms. Lecture and lab.

Cell structure and ultrastructure including cell physiology, metabolism, and biochemistry. Lecture and Lab.

Darwinian and neo-Darwinian theories of the origin and changes of organisms, including the relationship of these theories to the Christian faith. Lecture and lab.

Darwinian and neo-Darwinian theories of the origin and changes of organisms, including the relationship of these theories to the Christian faith. Lecture and lab. REGISTRATION: This section is designed for students admitted into the Judson Honors Program only

Genetic basis of inherited human traits including Mendelian inheritance, sex linkage, polygenic inheritance, and chromosomal anomalies. Lecture and Lab.

Biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems, how they interact at levels of organization from the organism to the biosphere, and how humans affect ecosystems. Patterns and processes that determine the abundance and distribution of organisms. Lecture and lab.

A study of the basic principles of heredity, including classical, cytological, population, and molecular genetics.

A study of the basic principles of heredity, including classical, cytological, population, and molecular genetics. REGISTRATION: This section is designed for students admitted into the Judson Honors Program only

Studies human anatomy and physiology with emphasis on the muscular, circulatory, nervous, digestive and respiratory systems. Stress is placed on the effects of exercise on those systems.

The course investigates the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate animal development. Topics include fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, axis specification, morphogenesis, organogenesis, differential gene expression, and developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change. Bioethical implications of modern embryology will be considered through the lens of a Christian worldview. This is a lab intensive course.

Intensive laboratory research experience under direction and design of division faculty member. Additional criteria and approvals may be found in the "Alternative Credit and Special Course Arrangement" section of the online catalog.

Significant laboratory or literature research as approved by department chair and faculty advisor.