Courses
Biology 152 is a foundation course for biology majors. It is complementary to Biology 151 and together these courses introduce the tremendous diversity of life on Earth. In this course, we focus on organisms that are not animals. We first examine the cellular structure, chemistry, and metabolism of photosynthetic organisms. Next, we study the life-cycle, phylogeny, and importance of fungi, algae, bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. On the successful completion of this course, you should be able to appreciate the role, function and importance of plants and to understand the classification and characteristics of the diverse organisms that are not animals.
General Botany Lecture & Lab (Biology 152 & 152L)
Junior seminar is a required one-credit class that gives students the opportunity to intensively study a particular sub-area of biology. The sub-area for this writing-intensive course is plant–animal interactions. Having shared a long co-evolutionary history, plants and animals interact in intricate and diverse ways. We will use the primary literature to explore the evolution and ecology of important plant-animal interactions, including pollination, seed dispersal, and herbivory.
Junior Seminar: Plant-Animal Interactions (Biology 391W)
Ecology is the study of interactions between organisms and between organisms and their environment. These interactions occur on multiple levels (individual, population, community, and ecosystem) and are structured by evolutionary processes that increase the frequency of successful adaptations in a population. In this lab, we explore selected topics in evolutionary biology and ecology with the goal of illustrating how ecologists develop and test hypotheses regarding the natural world.
Evolution & Ecology Lab (Biology 202L)
