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Courses - Spring 2024
BIOL
Biology
BIOL609
Special Problems in Biology
Credits: 1 - 6
Grad Meth: Reg
Contact department for information to register for this course.
BIOL705
Statistics & Modeling for Biologists
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Restriction: Must be in the Biological Sciences Graduate program; or permission of Biology Department.
Credit only granted for: BIOL705 or BIOL709F.
Formerly: BIOL709F.
An overview of essential probability and statistics using R with a focus on biological problems. Topics include: parameter estimation (likelihood, Bayesian), confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, multiple testing, experimental design and power analysis, and resampling-based measures of uncertainty. Practical use of computers will be emphasized.
BIOL708C
Advanced Topics in Biology; Evolutionary Genomics
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, S-F
Credit only granted for BSCI476 and BIOL708C.

Application of genomics to understanding evolutionary processes, including genome evolution, organismal evolution, genomic diversity across the tree of life, human evolution and disease. Relevant concepts of evolutionary genetics and genome biology will be covered.
BIOL708D
Advanced Topics in Biology; Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, S-F
Credit only granted for BSCI477 or BIOL708D.

Parasites are a ubiquitous feature of ecological communities, and can strongly impact population growth, extinction risk, community structure and biodiversity, as well as pose serious risks to human health and food security. This course will cover basic principles of disease ecology, including; the diversity of parasitic organisms and transmission modes, host and pathogen traits for defense and infection, mathematical models of disease spread, the impacts of disease at different ecological scales, and host-parasite co-evolution. In the latter half of the course we will apply these basic concepts to current real-world problems in disease ecology including emerging infectious diseases in humans, wildlife and agriculture. We will use examples from plants, animals and humans to about an equal degree. This course will have a strong quantitative focus.
BIOL708E
Advanced Topics in Biology; Diseases of the Nervous System
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, S-F
Cross-listed with NACS728N. Credit only granted for BSCI452, BIOL708E, and NACS728N.

An advanced course covering the neuroanatomy, function, and organization of the nervous system and its implication for pathology and disease.
BIOL708R
Advanced Topics in Biology; Population Ecology
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, S-F
Credit only granted for BSCI462 and BIOL708R.

Theory of population growth and regulation, life tables, and theory of competition and predation, evolution in ecological settings, community structure and dynamics.
BIOL708V
Advanced Topics in Biology; Hearing II, Translational Issues
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, S-F
Cross-listed with NACS728V. Credit granted for BIOL708V or NACS728V.

Orient students toward the translational research in the Hearing sciences; to provide examples of how scientists incorporate applied/translational aspects into their research; to provide training in research development with a translational perspective. Classes will consist of presentations by scientists in the field, followed by discussion of reading and presentations by students. Topics include acoustic categories in auditory cortex, cortical plasticity, high order cortex EEG, speech perception; neural coding of speech in the brain, stem, auditory perception and psychophysics, speech processing, aging & auditory processing, cochlear implants and binaural processing, language acquisition, and other auditory prostheses.
BIOL708W
Advanced Topics in Biology; Animal Communication
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
Credit only granted for BSCI401, BSCI338W, or BIOL708W.

Examining the mechanisms by which animals produce and receive signals in each sensory modality; and quantifying the type and amount of information conveyed in signals and how animals attend to such information.
BIOL709V
Selected Advanced Topics in Biology; Biology of Vision
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Credit only granted for BSCI403 and BIOL709V.

The physical, molecular, and neural basis of vision.
BIOL799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits: 1 - 6
Grad Meth: S-F
Contact department for information to register for this course.
BIOL898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits: 1 - 8
Grad Meth: Reg
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BIOL899
(Perm Req)
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits: 6
Grad Meth: S-F
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