2014-2015 Undergraduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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AAA 101 - Introduction to Asian/Asian-American Studies 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Examines how cross border transactions in Asia and between Asia and the United States and Canada have shaped ideologies and politics, markets here and abroad, marriage, labor, personal, social, political and cultural identity.
AAA 300 - Selected Topics 1-3 credit(s) Irregularly
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable
AAS 112 - Introduction to African American Studies in Social Sciences 3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: ANT 112
Historical and sociopolitical materials. Approaches to studying the African American experience, antecedents from African past, and special problems.
AAS 138 - Writing About Black Culture 3 credit(s) Every semester
Expository writing based on cogent analysis of African American literature, art, music, and history ideas.
AAS 200 - Selected Topics 1-3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable
AAS 202 - Caribbean Society Since Independence 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Issues of self determination and emancipation in region. From the period of the invasions of explorers after the European renaissance to the present.
AAS 206 - Introduction to African American Music 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Introduces students to the contributions and transformations made in the music that the enslaved African brought to the western hemisphere.
AAS 207 - A Survey of African Music 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Survey music from Morocco to South Africa using diverse media to illuminate this vast area. The concentration will be on the lifestyle of the people who create music.
AAS 231 - African American Literature to 1900: An Introduction 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
African American literature and folklore from colonial days to 1900. Autobiographies, fiction, and poetry, including works by Wheatley, Douglass, Jacobs, Brown, Webb, Hopkins, Dunbar, Chesnutt, Dubois, Johnson, Washington.
AAS 232 - African American Lliterature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Survey of 20th and 21st Century African American literature (U.S. terrain). Emphasis on aesthetics, culture and politics of Black writers and writing: 1920’s to present. Literary and cultural frameworks of analysis. Baldwin, Dandicat, Hurston, Morrison, Sanchez, Wilson and Wright.
AAS 233 - The Caribbean Novel 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Fiction in English and translation by writers from Caribbean areas, and Brazil. Historical, social, and cultural factors. Representations and concepts of gender, home, and migration. Barrett, Conde, Hodge, James, Lamming, Marshall, Roumain.
AAS 234 - African Fiction 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Fiction in English and translation by contemporary novelists from Africa. Thematic and conceptual approaches underscore the literary force of language and creativity. Social and literary dynamics of books and related films. Achebe, Adichie, Aidoo, Ba, Dadie, Diop, Head, Ngugi, Sembene.
AAS 235 - African American Drama 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
African American drama from inception to present. Includes the works of playwrights such as Brown, Grimke, Hughes, Hansberry, Baldwin, Baraka, Ward, Fuller, and Wilson.
AAS 241 - African Religions: An Introduction 3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Crosslisted with: REL 281
Historical and comparative study of religious practice in Africa. Diversity of traditional beliefs, developments in Christianity and Islam, and political significance of religious identity and practice. African influence on western religious practices.
AAS 254 - Comparative Study of American Ethnic Communities 3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: SOC 254
Variety of ethnic communities in American society. Comparative analysis of similarities and uniqueness. Issues of group conflict, diversity, and unity.
AAS 290 - Independent Study 1-6 credit(s)
In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
Repeatable
AAS 300 - Selected Topics 1-3 credit(s)
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable
AAS 302 - Contemporary African American Theater 3 credit(s) Every semester
Themes, images, and aesthetics of contemporary African theater examined through works of contemporary Black playwrights, scholars, and critics. Includes behind-the-scenes study of an African American theater production.
AAS 303 - Black Women Writers 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: WGS 303
Literature and scholarship by Black women writers. Analytical reading, writing and discussion of various topics, stylistic questions, strategies generated in autobiography, fiction, drama, poetry, speeches and scholarship: 1960’s to present, and earlier times. Bambara, Davis, Hurston, Jones, Lorde, Morrison, Williams.
AAS 304 - Workshop:African American Theater 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
How text of play by Black writer is realized in an on stage production. Introduction to aspects of production (costuming, lighting, sound) and study of play selected and related materials. Production experience by work on full stage production.
AAS 305 - African Orature 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Theory and practice of African orature. Exploration of ethics and aesthetics through study of main genres, selected texts, and film. Discourse on application and linkages with Caribbean and African American orature forms.
AAS 306 - African American Politics 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 306
Introduction to the African American experience in the American political system, from the colonial period to the present. Organization/leadership, federal institutions/relations, sociopolitical movements, and electoral politics.
AAS 307 - African Women Writers 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: WGS 307
Literature in English and translation by African women writing from a variety of cultural stances and geographic locations in Africa, Europe and North America. Writing styles and creative modes of expression used by African women writers to convey and envision the life of their work. Adichie, Aidoo, Dangaremba, El Sadaawi, Liking, Mbye d’Ernville, Tadjo.
AAS 309 - Race, Gender and Sexuality in African Diaspora 3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: SOC 309 , WGS 309
To introduce students to the reality of how racism informs the common sense understanding of Black sexuality.
AAS 310 - Elements of Theater Production 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
A practical look at various steps of production, while accessing factors which contribute to successful theater.
Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
AAS 312 - Pan Africanism 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Impact of Pan African thought and action in the 20th century. Focus on social movements and ideas reflected in the Pan African movement in the continent and the African diaspora.
AAS 325 - Africa to 1800 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: HST 325
The first half of a two semester survey focusing on the evolution of African cultures and civilization in the traditional period. Topics: the emergence of man, migration of peoples, economic and social systems, state formation, the slave trade. Arabic influences and the early European settlement in South Africa.
AAS 326 - Africa Since 1800 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: HST 326
Second half of the survey, studying Africa when it was affected by European peoples and cultures. Topics: penetration by European explorers and missionaries, imperialism and colonialism, African resistance and rebellion, nationalism and liberation, neocolonialism and other problems of independence.
AAS 327 - History of Southern Africa 3 credit(s) Irregularly
Begins before arrival of Europeans in southern Africa. Economic, geographic, sociological, and political factors contributing to development of this unique, racially based modern state. Includes Afrikaaner diaspora, Euro-African conflict during the nineteenth century, Anglo-Boer War, from union to apartheid, and resistance to European domination.
AAS 331 - The African American Novel: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Novelists such as Hughes, Larsen, Hurston, Toomer, Wright, Baldwin, Ellison, Gaines, Morrison, Walker, Briscoe, and Clarke will be included. The place of these authors in African American fiction in particular and American fiction in general will be analyzed.
AAS 332 - African American History: Through the 19th Century 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: HST 332
Cultural, economic, political, and social developments shaping experiences of North Americans of African descent. Foundations of collective identity and diversity. African American historiography. Interpretive and methodological issues in historical practice.
AAS 333 - African American History: After the 19th Century 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: HST 333
Continuation of AAS 332 /HST 332 .
AAS 338 - Creative Writing Workshop 3 credit(s) Irregularly
Poetry and prose workshop. Students exposed to techniques of craftsmanship, use of meditation to expand the visionary experience, and aesthetic sensibilities that involve African American culture.
AAS 341 - Politics of Africa 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 341
Historical foundations of the move towards political freedom, democracy and self rule in Africa. Dynamics of the political process.
AAS 345 - African American Religious History 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: REL 345
Historical significance of religion for Americans of African descent. African and western forces shaping religious identity. Religious practices, beliefs, organizations, imagery, literature, theories, and activism. Historical perspectives on meanings of religion.
AAS 346 - Comparative Third World Politics 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 346
Examines thematically and comparatively the political systems of South America, Asia, and Africa, exploring topics such as colonization, decolonization, nation-building, the postcolonial state and its institutions, the recent wave of democratization, and the challenges of socioeconomic development.
AAS 353 - Sociology of the African American Experience 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Crosslisted with: SOC 353
Theory and research of African American sociologists in the historical, social, and political context of American sociology. Relation of their work to the African American experience and its reception and impact in the public policy arena.
AAS 361 - Art of the Black World 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: HOA 386
Arts of the African Diaspora. Emphasis on African American Art. Seventeenth century to present. Gender, socioeconomic, political and cultural contexts. Artistic implications of Black culture in comparative perspective with other artists and artistic movements.
AAS 364 - African International Relations 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 364
The place of Africans in the international system; specific issues emanating from the decolonization process. Issues of militarism, humanitarianism, peacekeeping, and genocide; challenges of globalization.
AAS 365 - International Political Economy of the Third World 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 365
Political and economic problems developing countries face in international economic relations, attempts to solve them. Discusses the making of the international system, the “third world,” globalization, trade, debt, multinational corporations, multilateral lending agencies (IMF, World Bank).
AAS 367 - Protestant Movements & African American Artists:19th & 20th Centuries 3 credit(s) Irregularly
Influences, trends, and social significance of selected visual art expressions and philosophies that were designed to re-inforce or effect social change for blacks from slavery to the present.
AAS 380 - International Course 1-12 credit(s)
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable 11 time(s), 12 credits maximum
AAS 390 - Independent Study 1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Repeatable
AAS 400 - Selected Topics 1-3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable
AAS 402 - Slavery and Abolition 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: HST 402
Evolution and diverse character of North American slavery and antislavery. Slavery as labor, legal, and property system, cultural and political phenomenon, and social and economic network. Politics and ethics of abolition.
AAS 403 - African and Caribbean Women Writers 3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: WGS 403
Comparative approaches and trans-Atlantic analysis of literature by women writers from Africa and the Caribbean. Representations and constructions of social, political, and cultural life in colonial, neo-colonial, and contemporary contexts. Writers such as Ba, Brodber, Dangaremba, Marshall, Head, Dandicat, Nwapa.
AAS 408 - Masters of American Black Music 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: AAS 608
Various masters of African American music and how these masters brought beauty and happiness to the common place.
AAS 409 - History of Jazz, 1940 to Present 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: AAS 609
Determine why bebop was the most significant style development in the 20th century. How did it liberate the music from dance music to its own art form? Additional work required of graduate students.
AAS 410 - Seminar on Social Change 3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: SOC 410
Changes in African American communities or in the circumstances of African Americans within a particular institutional arena. Movements to promote change and obstacles to change. Substantive focus varies.
Repeatable
AAS 412 - Hurricane Katrina: Race, Class, Gender & Disaster 3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Course explores the development of US Gulf Region to understand the disparate impacts of race, class, gender, and age inequalities resulting from Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans levees breaches, and the 2010 BP Oil Spill.
AAS 413 - There Goes the Neighborhood: US Residential Segregation 3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: SOC 413
Chronicles patterns of racial residential segregation in the US by examining the methods that maintain racially distinct neighborhoods. Explores link between segregation and education, social mobility, health, and mortality.
AAS 416 - Race, Crime and Punishment 3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Crosslisted with: SOC 416
The multiple and complex relationships between race, the power to punish, and crime control policies and practice. Exploration of the theories of crime and punishment from classic to postmodern.
AAS 427 - New York City: Black Women Domestic Workers 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SOC 427 , WGS 427
Double Numbered with: AAS 627
Historical understanding of Black women’s engagement in paid domestic work in the United States, increasing need for domestic workers in the ever-changing economy and family, and the social construction of Black women as “ideal” domestic workers.
AAS 433 - Harlem Renaissance:Literature and Ideology 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Literature, politics, and social transformations during the Harlem Renaissance and New Negro Movements. Selected writers, intellectuals and activists in relation to national and international spheres of history, creativity, influence, and experience in the U.S., Europe, African, and the Caribbean. Writers such as Ida B. Wells, DuBois, Damas, Garvey, Hughes, Nadal, West.
AAS 434 - Underground Railroad 3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Crosslisted with: ANT 494 , HST 434
Double Numbered with: AAS 634
Myth and history of the Underground in the context of African American freedom efforts. Emphasis on events, personalities, and sites in upstate New York. Student field research and exploration of archival and Internet resources. Additional work required of graduate students.
AAS 445 - The Caribbean: Sex Workers, Transnational Capital, and Tourism 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SOC 445 , WGS 445
Double Numbered with: AAS 645
A political economy approach to educating students about the human and capital costs of tourism to the Caribbean. The integral relationship between sex work and Caribbean tourism exposes the region’s development that has resulted in its current configuration.
AAS 465 - The Image of Blacks in Art and Film 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Examining images of African Americans in feature length films, beginning with the invention of the moving image to the present day. Comparisons with artistic images are grounded in gender, socioeconomic, political and cultural contexts.
AAS 470 - Experience Credit 1-6 credit(s) Every semester
Supervised internship with a local community agency.
Repeatable
AAS 480 - International Course 1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable
AAS 490 - Independent Study 1-6 credit(s)
In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
Repeatable
AAS 499 - Honors Capstone Project 1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Repeatable
AAS 500 - Selected Topics 1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Interdisciplinary seminar examining various areas of intellectual and research interests related to the American black experience. Integrates knowledge of historical, cultural, sociological, political, and economic issues.
PREREQ: lower-division course in the social sciences
Repeatable
AAS 501 - African American Sociological Practice:1900-45 3 credit(s) Irregularly
Intellectual traditions and histories of African American sociologists between 1900 and 1945. Understanding the nature of their contributions to various strands of American and Pan African social thought. Impacts on public policy.
AAS 503 - Black Paris: Studies in Literature, Culture and Intellectual Life 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Baldwin, “Bricktop”, Cesaire, Conde, Diop, Himes, and Wright. Jazz, Negritude, and Presence Africaine. Literature, films, concepts, and contemporary issues involving: expatriation, colonialism, racism, and immigration; and places such as the Café Tournon, Belleville, the Louvre, and University of Paris.
AAS 510 - Studies in African American History 3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: HST 510
Particular periods or aspects of African American history.
Repeatable
AAS 512 - African American Women’s History 3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Crosslisted with: WGS 512
The intellectual, political, and social history of African American women from pre-colonial Africa to the re-emergence of black feminism in the late 20th-century United States.
AAS 513 - Toni Morrison: Black Book Seminar 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Crosslisted with: WGS 513
A multi-dimensional study of Morrison’s bookwork: fiction, non-fiction, and scholarship. Involves conceptual frameworks and ideas that link this project with broader understandings and interpretations of Blacks in the world. A wide range of questions (i.e., aesthetics, feminisms, knowing-politics, language, race) derives from Morrison’s literary witnessing of Black community life.
AAS 525 - Research Methods in African American Studies 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Conceptual, technical, and ethical tools for research among populations in the African Diaspora. Guidelines and practice in reviewing literature and assessing historiography data gathering and analysis, interviewing, participant observation, and archival research.
AAS 540 - Seminar:African American Studies 3-4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Various areas of intellectual and research interests related to the American black experience. Integrates knowledge of historical, cultural, sociological, political, and economic issues.
Repeatable
AAS 580 - International Course 1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable
AAS 590 - Independent Study 1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Repeatable
ARB 101 - Arabic I 4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Proficiency-based course which prepares students to understand, speak, read, and write in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in Arabic. Students cannot enroll in ARB 101 after successfully completing ARB 102 , ARB 201 or ARB 202 or higher.
ARB 102 - Arabic II 4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Continuing proficiency-based course, which develops communicative abilities in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in Arabic. ARB 102 after successfully completing ARB 201 , ARB 202 or higher.
PREREQ: ARB 101
ARB 201 - Arabic III 4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Continuing proficiency-based course, which refines and expands previously acquired linguistic skills in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in Arabic. Students cannot enroll in ARB 201 after successfully completing ARB 202 or higher.
PREREQ: ARB 102
ARB 202 - Arabic IV 4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Continuing proficiency-based course, which further refines and expands linguistic skills in culturally authentic contexts. Incorporates reading, discussing, and analyzing texts as a basis for the expression and interpretation of meaning. Conducted in Arabic. Students cannot enroll in ARB 202 after successfully completing a course higher than ARB 202.
PREREQ: ARB 201
ARB 290 - Independent Study 1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Repeatable
ARB 301 - Arabic V 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Continuing proficiency-based Arabic language course which focuses on more advanced levels of proficiency in reading, speaking, writing, and listening.
PREREQ: ARB 202
ARB 302 - Arabic VI 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Continuing proficiency-based Arabic language course which focuses on more advanced levels of proficiency in reading, speaking, writing, and listening.
PREREQ: ARB 301
ARB 480 - International Course 1-12 credit(s)
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable
AST 101 - Our Corner of the Universe 4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Historical and modern understanding of the nature of the solar system. Includes laboratory with observations. May be taken with AST 104 in either order or independently.
AST 104 - Stars, Galaxies & Universe 4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Historical and modern understanding of the nature of the universe beyond the solar system. Includes laboratory with observations. May be taken with AST 101 in either order, or independently.
AST 180 - International Course 1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable
BCM 430 - Journal Club in Molecular Pharmacology & Structural Biology 1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: BCM 630
Critical evaluation of recent journal articles that focus on molecular pharmacology and/or structural biology. Students make at least one presentation per semester and participate in weekly discussion. Additional work required of graduate students.
Repeatable 1 time(s), 2 credits maximum
BCM 460 - Research in Biochemistry 1-3 credit(s) Every semester
Research carried out under the supervision of a faculty member.
Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
BCM 475 - Biochemistry I 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: BCM 675
Structure and function of nucleic acids and proteins. Protein isolation and characterization. Enzyme kinetics, mechanisms, and regulation. Principles and application of thermodynamic concepts to metabolism. DNA replication, transcription, and translation. Students enrolled in 675 will be required to present a special topic lecture or complete a research paper.
PREREQ: CHE 325
BCM 476 - Biochemistry II 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: BCM 676
Continuation of Biochemistry I. Mechanisms, integration, and regulation of intermediary, autotrophic, nitrogen, and energy metabolism. Structure, function, and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Biogenesis and function of subcellular organelles. Students enrolled in 676 will be required to present a special topic lecture or write a research paper.
PREREQ: BCM 475
BCM 477 - Preparation and Analysis of Proteins and Nucleic Acids 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: CHE 477
Double Numbered with: BCM 677
Experimental methods for biologically synthesizing and chemically purifying macromolecules in order to analyze their structure and function, including: polymerase chain reaction; site-directed mutagenesis; Protein expression and purification; nucleic acid and protein electrophoresis. Additional work required of graduate students.
PREREQ: BIO 305 AND (BIO 326 OR 575 OR CHE 474 )
BCM 480 - International Course 1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable
BCM 484 - Biomolecular Modeling 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Double Numbered with: BCM 684
Experience in biomolecular modeling of proteins, nucleic acids, and drug candidates as practiced in biochemical research and technology. Connections with structural and physical principles will be emphasized. Additional work required of graduate students.
PREREQ: CHE 474
BCM 499 - Honors Capstone Project 1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
BIO 105 - Technology Inspired by Nature-Learning from the Natural World 3 credit(s) Irregularly
Investigations into how human technology has been and can be inspired by nature. Research process; production of novel adhesives, building materials, fabrics; solar power, biofuels, aerodynamics, computer design, artificial intelligence, and robotics.
BIO 115 - Ecological Problems and Society 3 credit(s) Irregularly
Current and anticipated ecological problems of societal importance and the basic scientific principles required for informed understanding and assessment of these issues by the non-scientist.
BIO 121 - General Biology I 4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
First course in a survey of biological concepts ranging from the molecular level to global ecology. Units include the nature of science, life chemistry, cell structure and function, photosynthesis and respiration, genetics, and evolution.
BIO 123 - General Biology II 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Second course in a survey of major biological concepts ranging from the molecular level to global ecology. Units include biodiversity, plant structure and function, human and comparative animal anatomy and function, ecology, and evolution.
BIO 124 - General Biology II Laboratory 1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Laboratory course associated with BIO 123 . Includes inquiry-based exploration and practical application of concepts discussed in BIO 123 . One laboratory session per week. Includes inquiry-based exploration and practical application of concepts discussed in BIO 123 .
COREQ: BIO 123
BIO 180 - International Course 1-12 credit(s)
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable
BIO 200 - Selected Topics 1-3 credit(s) Irregularly
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable
BIO 211 - Introduction to Neuroscience 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: NEU 211
Foundations of neurobiology beginning with cellular neurobiology, moving on to integrative systems and ending with higher brain functions. Emphasizes understanding of nervous system operation. Lectures, discussion and demonstrations.
BIO 216 - Anatomy & Physiology I 4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Lecture and laboratory course relating form and function. Structure and function of tissues, bones, joints, muscle, nervous system, and special senses. Biology majors may not receive credit toward the major. Credit cannot be given to for BIO 216 after successfully completing BIO 316 .
PREREQ: BIO 121 AND BIO 123 AND BIO 124
BIO 217 - Anatomy and Physiology II 4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Lecture and laboratory course, continuation of BIO 216 , relating form and function. Structure and function of urinary, digestive, endocrine, reproductive, and cardiovascular systems. Biology majors may not receive credit toward the major. Credit cannot be given for BIO 217 after successfully completing BIO 317 .
PREREQ: BIO 121 AND BIO 123 AND BIO 124
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