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.

A physiological and morphological approach to various groups of animals with emphasis on the vertebrates, including man. Dissection of fetal pigs and various invertebrates. 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. Offered as traditional course and online.

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

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.

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.

Fundamental movements of the body to determine actions and motions in physical activity and development of coordination.

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.

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.

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.

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 Christian worldview. This is a lab intensive course.

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