Course Catalog & Registration

(F) Advanced opportunities to gain practical clinical skills and experiences for athletic training majors. Course will include integration of knowledge and skills from previous Athletic Training courses as well as review and evaluation of assigned NATA proficiencies.

(F) Introduces the basic principles of pharmacology. Focus will be on providing information relating to drugs: historical perspectives, drub absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination. Additional topics to be explored include, but are not limited to, legal and ethical considerations in drug therapy, drugs in sports, and alternative medicine regimes.

(S) Basic concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics, illustrations of applications in the fields of sociology, psychology, business, education, and natural science.

(F, S) An introduction to the principles of modern biology including: biological chemistry, cell biology, modern and classical genetics, cellular energetics, ecology, and evolution.

(F, S) A course emphasizing general concepts of modern biology for majors and non-majors. Topics surveyed include cell biology, bioenergetics, molecular and Mendelian genetics, reproduction, development, evolution and ecology. Laboratory work is included. This course is a prerequisite to all other courses in biology. Prerequisites: High school biology and chemistry; ACT Natural Science score of 25 or higher recommended for freshmen.

(S) A survey of the animal kingdom with emphasis on physiological systems and diversity. Prerequisite: Biology 111.

(S) An anatomical study of the tissues, organs, and organ systems of vertabrates with emphasis on human anatomy. Laboratory work primarily involves detailed dissection of a vertebrate such as the cat, study of the human skeleton, and microscopic examination of vertabrate tissues.

(on demand) An introduction to the classification, morphology, physiology, and genetics of the bacteria, fungi, viruses, and micrometazoans, as well as their roles in nature, health, and inudstry. Laboratory work stresses techniques for the culture and identification of micro-organisms. A portion of the course is devoted to immunology. Prerequisites: BIOL 111, CHEM 121 & 122. BIOL 361 is highly recommended (on demand).

(S) The study of the molecular structure of genes and chromosomes, and the molecular mechanisms of gene function (protein synthesis), replication, repair, regulation, and transposition. The genetic control of embryological development is also addressed and an introduction to genomics is provided.

(on demand) Invertebrate and vertebrate developmental biology. Embryonic gastrulation, neurulation, patterning, and organogenesis. Plant development. Gene function, cell signaling, and signal transduction during embryogenesis. Evo devo: Evolution and embryological development.

(on demand) An introduction to the theory and processes of evolutionary biology. Topics include the historical development of the discipline, the principle mechanisms by which it occurs, tempo and mode of speciation, both biological and geological sources of evidence, and the impact of evolutionary thought on biology and society. Prerequisites: BIOL 232 & 233. BIOL 361 is highly recommended.