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Courses

Descriptions are provided for courses offered at Scripps College and offered as part of joint or cooperative programs in which Scripps participates. For those courses that may appear under more than one discipline or department, the full course description appears under the discipline or department sponsoring the course and cross-reference is made under the associated discipline or department. Numbers followed by, for example, “AA,” “AF,” or “CH,” indicate courses sponsored by The Claremont Colleges as part of joint programs, i.e., Asian American Studies, Africana Studies, and Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies.

Please refer to the Schedule of Courses published each semester by the Office of the Registrar for up-to-date information on course offerings.

All courses are 1.0 credit unless otherwise stated.
 

Art History
  

  • ARHI 186Q PO - Reading the Art Museum

    Investigation of the art museum through history. The emphasis is on reading the ways in which museums structure the experience of art as they relate to intellectual history of “experience” as a form of knowledge, integration, and consumption. Our field is the Euro-American museum from the 19th century to the present. Includes field trips.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission. First-year students require instructor permission to enroll. Letter grade only.
    Instructor: K. Howe
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ARHI 186T PO - Art and Time

    Technological developments over the past 200 years have altered relations between art and time. How has moving from painting to lithography, photography, film, and digital media influenced the creation of art and its relation to beholders? Considering North America and Europe since 1800, we explore relations between still and moving images and ask how artists manipulate our experience of time. First-year students require instructor permission to enroll.

    Instructor: A. Reed
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ARHI 186W PO - Whiteness: Race, Sex and Representation

    Interrogation of linguistics, conceptual and practical solipsisms that contribute to the construction and normalization of whiteness in aesthetics and visual culture. Questions dialectics of “Blackness” and “Whiteness” that dominate Western intellectual thought and popular culture, thereby informing notions and representations of race, gender & Women’s or Media studies. Recommend completion of one: AFRI, ARHI, MS or GWS course. Letter grade only.

    Instructor: P. Jackson
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ARHI 186Y PO - WMDs: Cinema Against War, Imperialism, and Corporate Power

    Documentary films (weapons for mind decolonization) by human rights advocates offer critical narratives effectively silenced by the blare of commercial mass media and post-9/11 nationalism. This study of visual culture and representational theories explores how documentary filmmakers raise historical awareness, deconstruct the rhetoric of power elites, debunk the conceits of imperialism, and dismantle the deceits of transnational corporations. Course promotes active spectatorship and creativity as the antidote to fear. Requires production of a mini-documentary.

    Instructor: P. Jackson
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ARHI 187 SC - Old New Media

    Beginning with the birth of photography in the 1830s, attending to telegraphy, telephony, radio, and television, and ending with video, this seminar explores the history of the fascination, fear, and peculiar associations that have accompanied new technological developments in Europe and the United States.

    Prerequisite(s): One previous art history course or permission of the instructor.
    Instructor: J. Koss
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ARHI 188 SC - Representing the Metropolis

    Concentrating on the visual arts and incorporating film and literature, this seminar examines selected 20th-century representations of such cities as Vienna, Paris, London, Moscow, Berlin, New York, and Los Angeles. We will explore the cultural and political configuration of the metropolis as modern, cosmopolitan, and urban.

    Instructor: J. Koss
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ARHI 189 SC - European Modernism 1840-1940

    Beginning with Courbet and ending with surrealism, this course surveys European art between 1840 and 1940 with particular emphasis on the relationship of modernism and mass culture, the relationship of art and commerce, and the role of gender.

    Instructor: J. Koss
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ARHI 190 SC - Senior Seminar

    This course will examine methodological and theoretical issues in art history through readings and student-led discussions. Guidance on research and writing the thesis. Students meet with their first readers throughout the semester and turn in one thesis chapter at the end of the semester. Offered fall.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ARHI 191 SC - Senior Thesis. Offered spring

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ARHI 199 SC - Independent Study in Art History: Reading and Research

    Projects of particular value not possible within existing courses. Full or half course. May be repeated once for credit. Open to qualified juniors and seniors with permission of instructor. Offered annually.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.

Asian-American Studies
  

  • ASAM 022 AA - Asian American Wellness

    This course will examine the social, cultural, historical, and political pressures experienced by the Asian American community, and its impact on mental health. Within the Asian American community there are more than thirty different ethnic groups, each with very specific histories and experiences in the US; students will be exposed to the ways in which race, class, (im)migration have shaped this experience. Specific mental health issues prevalent in the Asian American community will be explored. With a foundational exposure and understanding of the Asian American community, students will be given tools to record theirs and their family’s experiences with mental health. Students will learn creative writing as a means to connect to social, historical, and contemporary issues, and also as a means of self-expression. Students will create public education materials, including a blog and video that discusses pressures experienced by Asian Americans and strategies to mediate these pressures.

    Instructor: K. Yep
    Course Credit: 0.5


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 030 PZ - A Taste of Asian American Food Politics: An Exploration of Asian American Identity, Culture and Community Through Food

    This seminar course will investigate Asian American identity, culture and community through the exploration of food. Notions of culture, politics, taste, authenticity, emotions and memory will be invoked through readings and eatings. This course will explore the origins of iconic “Asian” food such as Chop Suey and fortune cookies as well as investigate the relationship of Asian Americans to the labor of production of food and the use of food in Asian American literature. This course examines ideas of colonization, immigration, globalization, nationalism and transnationalism.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 075 PZ - Asian American and Queer Zines

    This course examines do-it-yourself politics through independetly produced zines. We will focus on Asian American and queer zine subcultures to understand various aspects of contemporary media, including: production and consumption, representation and self-expression, identity-construction and place-making, creativity and resistance, and the relevance of print in an increasingly digital world.

    Instructor: T. Honma
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 077 AA - Tattoos in American Popular Culture

    This course examines how tattoos are depicted in U.S. popular culture and the meanings and significations that accompany these representations. Through close readings of texts and other visual materials, we will investigate how corporeal difference is constructed with regard to race, class, gender, sexuality, and belonging in the United States.

    Instructor: T. Honma


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 082 PZ - Racial Politics of Teaching

    This class examines how race and ethnicity are constructed in schooling from sociological, linguistic, and ethnic studies standpoints. Specifically, we will discuss how race and ethnicity are constructed in schooling and ways teachers/educators may refine their pedagogies in relation to race and ethnicity. Students will do a research project.

    Instructor: K. Yep
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 084 PZ - Social Movements: Asian Americans

    Asian American Studies emerged out of the longest student strike in the history of the United States. The third world liberation front used social protest to call for educational relevance and greater success to higher education. This class takes a comparative racial approach to examine the history, philosophy, and practice of nonviolent social change. Linking the local and global, this course draws from case studies in India, South Africa, Chile, Poland, United States, and Vietnam.

    Instructor: K. Yep
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 086 PZ - Social Documentation and Asian Americans

    Viewing of films and other documentary forms by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) for critique and discussion. Basic instruction in use of digital video technology to document social issues relevant to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Community project.

    Instructor: K. Mak
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 090 AA - Asian American and Multiracial Community Studies

    Introduces students to studying and working in Asian American and interracial communities. Issues to be addressed in the course include field research and community organizing; major issues in Asian American communities; nation-centered organizing; and interracial coalition-building. A major project for this course will be a community-based internship or other community research project. Occasional all-day site visits will take place on Fridays.

    Instructor: T. Honma
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 102 PZ - Fieldwork in Asian American Communities

    (half credit) The goals of this class are for students to understand the difference between service-learning and social justice education and to understand the roles of power, privilege, and positionalities in working in partnership with community members. The college students will provide English conversation support, or provide coaching one-on-one with adult immigrants who have naturalization exam dates. Offered fall and spring.

    Instructor: K. Yep
    Course Credit: 0.5


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 103 PZ - Asian American Voices

    This introductory course uses Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) experiences to explore the politics of silence, storytelling, and collective voice. Through feminist pedagogies and community-based learning, we will examine creating counterpublics and a sense of place amidst displacement. Class includes community engagement, co-creating an anthology, and public presentation.

    Instructor: K. Yep
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 111 PZ - Asian Americans and Education

    The broader social processes of racialization and contestation are explored using the educational experiences of Asian Americans. We will analyze access to education and curricular marginalization. Issues like bilingual education, Asian American feminist and critical pedagogies, education as a workplace, and racialized glass ceilings will be investigated.

    Instructor: L. Yamane, K. Yep
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 115 PZ - Theories and Methods in Asian American Studies

    This course identifies methodological tools that distinguish Asian American Studies as a field of investigation. Asian American Studies not only documents the experience of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders but also provides an approach to teach, community-build, and research. Offered annually.

    Instructor: K. Yep
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 120 PZ - Critical Readings in Filipino American Studies

    An intensive study of Filipinos in the United States within the nexus of colonialism, capitalism, and racism. Course will introduce students to recent critical theoretical scholarship in Filipano American Studies that interrogates the role of U.S. imperialism in the construction of identity, community, culture, and strategies of resistance.

    Instructor: T. Honma
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 128 PZ - Tattoos, Piercing, and Body Adornment

    Course introduces students to various body modification practices, with particular focus on regional developments in Asia, Pacific, and America. Key issues include: identity and community formation; agency, power, and social control; colonialism and post-colonialism; cultural property and appropriation; global circulations of bodies, aesthetics, and labor.

    Instructor: T. Honma
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 130 AA - Science, Technology, Asian America

    This course explores the implications of Western science and technology on the Asian American experience. By interrogating how science has been defined in the “West” in relation to “non-Western” peoples, we will explore questions related to epistemology, racialization, migration, education, professionalization, and research, and the political stakes therein.

    Instructor: T. Honma


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 134 AA - South Asian American Experiences

    This course looks at the historical, cultural, social, and political issues which confront the South Asian American community today. Issues such as citizenship and transnational experiences, minoritization, economic opportunity, cultural and religious maintenance and adaptation, changes in family structure, gender roles, and generational shifts are explored.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 135 PZ - Filipino American Experiences

    Examines the interplay of historical, social, political, and cultural factors that have influenced, and continue to influence, Filipino American experiences in the U.S., similarities and differences within the Filipino American community, as well as with other Asian American and ethnic/racial groups, will be examined. Course includes a community engagement project.

    Instructor: T. Honma
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 160 AA - Asian American Women’s Experience

    This course is an interdisciplinary examination of Asian and Pacific Islander American women. It will examine the history and experiences of Asian American women in the United States. The class will include both lecture and discussion and will cover various issues, such as gender roles, mass media stereotypes, Asian women’s feminism versus mainstream feminism, and the impact of sexism and racism on the lives of Asian American women through education, work, and home life. Offered spring.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 179B AA - Asian Americans and the Law

    See Harvey Mudd College catalog for details.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 187 AA - Arts Activism, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders

    The course will focus on the role that different artistic forms, including but not limited to music, fine arts, street art, poetry, have played in social justice work. The participatory course analyzes the transformative power and potential of art within the context of Asian American social movements seeking transformative social and political changes. The course will put students directly into contact with the performance and display of Asian American art events, and seek to integrate their active participation in these events as a means to develop both creative outlets as well as critical thinking. Individual and class projects will include the production of creative works, publications or workshops, and conferences.
     

    Instructor: G. O’Brien
    Offered: Every year


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 188 PZ - Decolonizing Education

    This project-based seminar will explore theoretical work on decolonizing education drawing from Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander scholar/activists. For this upper-division seminar, students should have familiarity with theories of coloniality, intersectionality, and racial formations. Work-load is high. Community teaching. Pre-requisite: One (1) Asian American Studies course

    Instructor: K. Yep
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 189 PZ - Globalization and Oceania: Hawai’i and Tonga

    Globalization in Oceania has included the multidirectional circulation of goods, information, people, and ideologies. This class examines the experience and impacts of globalization as traced through the histories, migrations, and the current economic, health, and education status of Pacific Islander communities.

    Instructor: C. Johnson, K. Yep
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 190 PO - Asian American Studies Senior Seminar: Applications, Analysis and Future Directions

    Capstone seminar for senior Asian American studies majors (minors optional). The seminar is designed to bring seniors together to discuss and assess their understanding of Asian American studies practice and theory at The Claremont Colleges and beyond. We will engage in minor research activities, read and analyze provocative books and articles, and revisit key issues and controversies. Offered fall.

    Instructor: S. Goto
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 191 SC - Asian American Studies Senior Thesis

    Students will work with one or more faculty on original thesis research toward completion of senior thesis (one or two semesters). Offered spring.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 197 AA - Special Topics in Asian American Studies

    Special topics courses typically provide advanced study of selected topics in Asian American studies. Intensive faculty-student collaboration; students take on the responsibility of planning and running the course. Course topic varies depending on the socio-political climate on campus, as well as in the surrounding community. Repeatable for credit with different topics. Offered spring.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASAM 199 SC - Independent Study in Asian Studies: Reading and Research

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PSYC 155 CM - Seminar in Ethnic Minority Psychology and Mental Health

    This course examines the roles and influences of ethnicity, race, and culture on psychology and mental health. Students will learn about intergroup dynamics, racism and White privilege, ethnic identity development, acculturation and immigration, ethnic differences in the expression of distress, differential patterns and barriers to help-seeking, mental health disparities, and ethnocultural issues that influence treatment processes.


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.

Astronomy
  

  • ASTR 006 PO - Archaeoastronomy/World Cosmology

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: B. Penprase
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • ASTR 066L KS - Elementary Astronomy

    A survey of modern astronomy, emphasizing the interrelationships among phenomena. The subject matter includes the solar system, stars and stellar systems, galaxies and cosmology. Enrollment limited to 45.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $30.
    Instructor: T. Dershem
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every year


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.

Biology
  

  • BIOL 002A PO - Biology, Gender and Society

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: R. Levin
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 039L KS - Analyses of Human Motor Skills

    Neurobiology of motor skills, expertise, and performance. Noninvasive methods of motion analysis (observation, motion capture, EEG/EMG, multimodal imaging). Teaching interventions. Laboratory examines development of basic sporting skills in children, athletes, and those with disabilities. This course will fulfill the science general education requirement. This course will not count towards the biology major. Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: J. Milton
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 040L KS - Introduction to Biological Chemistry

    This course is designed for first-year students and must be taken concurrently with Chemistry 40L. The two courses together cover the topics in and provide an alternative to CHEM 014L KS - Basic Principles of Chemistry  and BIOL 043L KS - Introductory Biology  and highlight areas of overlap between the two disciplines. Chemistry topics covered include stoichiometry, periodicity, atomic and molecular structure, bonding theory, enthalpy, and phases of matter. Biology topics include introductory material in the fields of cell biology, biochemistry and genetics, including cell structure, metabolism, gene expression, and inheritance. In total, Biology 40L and CHEM 040L  will include six hours of lecture and eight hours of lab per week. Enrollment is by written permission of the instructors.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: B. Thines, M. Hatcher- Skeers
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 043L KS - Introductory Biology

    This course explores life at the molecular and cellular level as an introduction to the cellular processes and gene expression patterns that underlie organismal physiology and evolution through lectures, discussion, and laboratory exercises. Topics include cell and molecular biology, genetics and biochemistry. Prior or concurrent enrollment in CHEM014L KS  or CHEM029L KS  is recommended.

    Fee: $50.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 044L KS - Introductory Biology

    Topics discussed in lecture, and demonstrated in laboratory, include structure, function, and evolution of plant and animal forms, physiology of plant and animal systems, and the principles of ecology. Required field trips.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every spring.


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 056L KS - Genetics of Human Disease

    The course will examine various aspects of human heredity and social and ethical implications of the Human Genome Project. Topics include basic genetic mechanisms, the identification and characterization of “disease genes,” and the social and political uses of genetic information. Enrollment limited to 45.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $30.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 057L KS - Concepts in Biology

    This course is an introduction to college-level biology and deals with evolution, ecology, inheritance, biotechnology, anatomy, and physiology. Course work will include lectures, student-led discussions, and laboratories. Discussions will cover topics such as the biology and ethics of gene therapy, conservation, science and the media, and use of animals in research. Enrollment limited to 45.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $30.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 062L KS - Environmental Science

    A course dealing with environmental and organismal structure and human interactions with the environment. The course broadly covers resources and pollution as well as political, economic, and psychological approaches to environmental problems. Enrollment limited to 45.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $30.
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 071L KS - Biotechnology

    An examination of the basic concepts of molecular biology and their applications for human welfare. Topics include cell biology and division, genetics, DNA and proteins, DNA manipulation, immunology, reproduction, and agriculture. Exercises include chromosome analysis, genetic screening, cloning, and testing for mutagens. Enrollment limited to 45.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $30.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 080L KS - Behavioral Neurobiology: How Nervous Systems Produce Behavior

    This course will examine interesting behavioral systems and the ways in which nervous systems produce these behaviors. Among other things we will investigate the molecules and systems involved in bee colony organization, how birds sing, reproductive behavior in monogamous and promiscuous voles, and behavior of the parasitic wasp.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $30.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every year


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 082L KS - Plant Biotechnology in a “Greener” World

    This course introduces the principles underlying the development of crops for agriculture, emphasizing modern plant biotechnology and potential applications of genetically engineered plants. Basic concepts used in modern agriculture will be reviewed in light of emerging technologies affecting production practices and new plant and food products. Emphasis will be on understanding the tools and strategies involved in optimizing plant productivity and development of new uses for plants. A lab component will be included that will introduce the common part manipulation technologies that are currently being used. Environmental, regulatory, patent, economics and social issues related to commercialization of GE crops will also be discussed.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $30.
    Instructor: L. Grill
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 084L JT - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

    This course introduces the molecular concepts and techniques underlying genetic engineering for commercial purposes including pharmaceutical development/production, cloning, tissue generation, genetic testing, and biological enhancement. Through discussing primary experimental papers and case studies, students are introduced to the scientific method, and promises, limitations, pitfalls, and concerns in various biotechnology-dependent fields.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 085L JT - Global Public Health: Physiology and

    This course introduces students to the physiological basis of major threats to human health and clinical approaches to combating these threats, including drug development. Class time will be devoted to a combination of lectures, student-led discussions of papers from the primary literature, case studies, and project-based laboratories.

    Fee: Lab fee $30
    Instructor: M. Preest, S. Casper


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 095L JT - Foundations of Neuroscience

    For description, see Neuroscience major .

    Instructor: M. Coleman, D. Scott- Kakures, S. Wood
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 120 KS - Research Tools in Organismal Biology

    This half course, normally taken in the sophomore year, provides a common foundation for students in the Organismal Biology major. An introduction to statistical concepts, software, literature searching and current research in the discipline.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Instructor: D. McFarlane
    Course Credit: .50
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 131L KS - Vertebrate Physiology

    Lectures and laboratory exercises focus on mechanisms of physiological regulation with a major emphasis on humans. Topics to be covered include circulation, respiration, regulation of extracellular water and electrolytes, the senses, and neural and hormonal communication. Enrollment limited to 36.  Students may not also take BIOL132L KS  , Comparative Physiology; BIOL140L PO, Animal Physiology; BIOL101 HM, Comparative Physiology; or BIOL103 HM, Comparative Physiology Lab, for credit.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L , BIOL 044L ; or BIOL040L KS   and BIOL044L KS ; CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM040L KS  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM 029L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Fee: $50.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 132L KS - Comparative Physiology

    An investigation of fundamental physiological processes including circulation, respiration, movement, digestion, and neural and endocrine communication, in animals with an emphasis on vertebrates. Some topics in the physiology of plants will also be discussed. Attention will be given to how an organism’s physiology reflects adaptation to its environment. Students may not also take BIOL131L KS  , Vertebrate Physiology; BIOL140L PO, Animal Physiology; BIOL101 HM, Comparative Physiology; or BIOL103 HM, Comparative Physiology Lab, for credit

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L ;or BIOL040L KS  and BIOL044L KS  ; CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM040L KS  and CHEM 015L  or CHEM 029L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Fee: $50.
    Instructor: M. Preest
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 133L KS - Dynamical Diseases: Introduction to Mathematical Physiology

    This course concerns the mathematical analysis of biological oscillators, excitable media, and feedback control. Predictions from models will be compared to observations. Information developed in the course will be used to design dynamic therapeutic strategies. Computer skills sufficient to explore dynamical systems will be developed in the laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): Calculus and linear algebra or permission of the instructor. Students will need a laptop computer with Internet access. Students who do not have a laptop computer should see the instructor for other options.
    Instructor: J. Milton
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 135L KS - Field Biology

    A laboratory course on field methods and advanced topics in ecology and evolution. The class covers experimental design, field sampling techniques and basic species identification skills, with particular emphasis on plants and invertebrates. The course combines lectures, discussions of recent literature, and field labs. In lab, students will design, carry out and present research experiments, using the Bernard Field Station and other sites near campus. Enrollment limited to 18.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 044L .
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 137 KS - EEP Clinic

    Students work as a team on a specific project each semester, which involves an examination of political and economic aspects of environmental issues. The course involves library research, field interviews, data collection, analysis, report production and presentation. Emphases include both oral and written communication methods.

    Instructor: E. Morhardt
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 138L KS - Applied Ecology and Conservation with Lab

    This course covers advanced topics in population biology, community ecology and population genetics, as applied to conservation and resource management and with an emphasis on quantitative methods. The computer laboratory involves learning basic programming skills through the development and analysis of models addressing problems in conservation research and management. Enrollment limited to 12.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 044L 
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: D. Thomson
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 139 KS - Applied Ecology and Conservation

    This course covers advanced topics in population biology, community ecology and population genetics, as applied to conservation and resource management and with an emphasis on quantitative methods. Enrollment limited to 18.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 044L 
    Instructor: D. Thomson
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 140 KS - Selected Topics in Neuroscience

    A half-credit seminar course in which students will choose a topic (up to two topics) of interest and read a broad range of primary literature on the topic(s). Potential topics include Learning and Memory, Circadian Rhythms, Homeostasis, and Social Attachment. Enrollment limited to 16.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ;  CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L , or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L  or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Instructor: M. Coleman
    Course Credit: .50
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 141L KS - Vertebrate Anatomy

    Morphology, ontogeny, and evolution of vertebrate organ systems, with emphasis on the evolutionary aspects of vertebrate development. The laboratory includes dissection of major vertebrate types and examination of basic histologic and embryologic materials. Enrollment limited to 36.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 143 KS - Genetics

    This course provides an overview of the mechanisms of inheritance at the molecular, cellular, and population levels. Topics include the genetics of human disease, mapping genes, the analysis of genomes (genomics), and quantitative genetics. Enrollment limited to 36.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L , or BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or CHEM 029L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), or permission of instructor.
    Instructor: P. Ferree
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 144 KS - Drugs and Molecular Medicine

    This course explores the biochemical actions of different types of pharmaceuticals and the biological variables in their efficacies. The second half examines the modern world of molecular medicine: new approaches to treating diseases through molecular biology. This course is appropriate for a range of students with different backgrounds. Enrollment limited to 24.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or (CHEM 029L ), or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Instructor: E. Wiley
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 145 KS - Evolution

    A course focusing on the underpinnings of the modern synthetic theory of evolution. Topics will include historical development of evolutionary thinking; major events in the history of life; molecular mechanisms of evolution; speciation; systematics biogeography; evolutionary ecology and evolutionary aspects of behavior. Enrollment limited to 24.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L  or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ) or permission of instructor.
    Instructor: D. McFarlane
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 146L KS - Ecology

    An exploration of the factors and interrelationships influencing the distribution and abundance of organisms. Theoretical models and empirical data are applied to questions of biogeography, life histories, population regulation, community structure, and resource management. Laboratory component will include an introduction to computer modeling in ecology, and the processing of quantitative data from field and laboratory investigations. Enrollment limited to 18.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L , BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: D. McFarlane
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 147 KS - Biogeography

    Biogeography is the study of the distribution of organisms across the Earth, and ecological, evolutionary, and geologic processes that shape those distributions. Applications of biogeography to environmental problems will also be covered. Students will practice techniques such as GIS and phylogeography. Enrollment limited to 24.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 149 KS - Neuroscience 2: Systems

    This course will examine the structure, function, and organization of nervous systems. Topics will include signal transduction, electrophysiology, the role of trophic factors, development of the nervous system, and neural networks. Consideration will also be given to neuropathologic conditions such as Parkinson’s’ and Alzheimer’s diseases. Enrollment limited to 24.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or CHEM 029L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Instructor: M. Coleman
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 150AL KS - Functional Human Anatomy and Biomechanics: Limbs and Movement

    Developmental and evolutionary principles of limb design and function; mechanical properties of bone, soft tissues, muscle, nerve; interrelationships between structure, biomechanics, and function; open chain versus closed chain kinematics; mobility of limb girdles; mechanisms of injury and prevention. Laboratory involves dissection of human cadavers. Enrollment limited to 15.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 039L  (or DANC 160  or DANC 163 ); an introductory course in biology (BIOL 043L  or BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L , or equivalent); a course in classical mechanics (PHYS 030L  or PHYS 033L , or equivalent), or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), and permission of instructor.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $100.
    Instructor: J. Milton
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every other year


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 150BL KS - Functional Human Anatomy and Biomechanics: Back and Core Stabilization

    Evolution and development of pronograde versus orthograde stance; development of pelvic diaphragm; mechanical properties of disks and vertebrate (creep); passive versus active stabilization and limb movement; back pain. Enrollment limited to 15.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 039L  (or DANC 160  or DANC 163 ); an introductory course in biology (BIOL 043L  or BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  or equivalent); a course in classical mechanics (PHYS 030L  or PHYS 033L , or equivalent), or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), and permission of instructor.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $100.
    Instructor: J. Milton, C. Kuehn
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every other year


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 151L KS - Developmental Biology

    Lectures, discussions, and laboratory experiments focus on the molecular and cellular processes involved in building a whole animal from a single cell. Topics will include fertilization, establishment of the body plan, cell and tissue differentiation, building limbs, sex determination, stem cells, tissue regeneration, and evolutionary development. Enrollment limited to 18.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; CHEM 014L  CHEM 015L  (or CHEM 029L ), or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), or permission of instructor. BIOL 143 KS - Genetics , is strongly recommended.

     
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: P. Ferree
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 154 KS - Animal Behavior

    Lectures, discussion, and videos covering the biological approach to behavior. Topics covered include the physiological, neurological, genetic, evolutionary, and ecological approaches to behavior, with an emphasis on behavioral ecology. Enrollment limited to 50.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L , BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), or permission of instructor.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every year


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 155L KS - Selected Topics in Computational Neuroscience

    This course will introduce future neuroscientists, physicians, and business entrepreneurs to the way that computational scientists create ideas starting at the black board. A variety of qualitative techniques are introduced together with computer software packages to illustrate the fundamental principles. These tools can be used even by non-mathematically oriented students to learn how to propose key experiments that can be tested at the bench top and bedside. Enrollment limited to 18.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  or BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), or BIOL 133L  (or equivalent)–in addition, permission of the instructor is required. Familiarity with at least one computer programming language and an introduction to differential equations is strongly recommended.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: J. Milton
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 156L KS - Genomics and Bioinformatics

    Access to sequenced genomes and related bioinformatics tools have revolutionized how many biological investigations are approached. This course will cover genome sequencing, organization, and annotation as well as gene expression profiling, reverse genetics, gene networks, and predicting gene function. Students will be introduced to strategies and computational tools required for analysis of large-scale datasets. Enrollment limited to 18.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L , or BIOL 040L ,  CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ,  or CHEM 029L , or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), or permission of the instructor.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: B. Thines
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 157L KS - Cell Biology

    This course examines the function of organisms at the cellular and molecular level through discussion, analysis of scientific literature, and laboratory experimentation. Topics include signal transduction, nuclear structure and function, cell division, and apoptosis (cell suicide). The laboratory uses modern cell biology techniques including fluorescent microscopy and immunodetection of proteins. Enrollment limited to 18. Offered fall and spring.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L , or BIOL 040L , CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L  (or CHEM 029L ), or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or both semesters of the AISS cours (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ) or permission of instructor. One previous upper division Biology course is strongly recommended.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: J. Armstrong
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 158 KS - Cell Cycle, Diseases and Aging

    Introduces properties of cell-division cycle. Explores mechanisms of aging and diseases including cancer based on principles of cell cycle control. Elaborates on signaling pathways and molecular nature of the regulation fundamental to all eukaryotes. Emphasizes the advancements and current understanding of the field. Lectures, paper presentations, and discussions. Enrollment limited to 18.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L , or BIOL 040L ,  CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ,  or CHEM 029L , or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), or permission of the instructor.
    Instructor: Z. Tang
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 159 KS - Natural Resource Management

    A course designed to allow students to appreciate the importance of the role of science in understanding environmental systems. Lectures will consist of an intensive analysis of natural resource problems and the impact of human activities on these resources. Appropriate for biology or environmental studies majors with upper-division standing. Enrollment limited to 24.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L , BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Instructor: E. Morhardt
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 161L KS - Neuroscience 1: Cell, Molecular

    Current and historic methods of analysis will be discussed in relation to neurons and nervous system function. The focus will be on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal activity and function. The laboratory will introduce students to methods used for cellular neurobiology. Enrollment limited to 18.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or (CHEM 029L ), or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 163L KS - Plant Physiology and Biotechnology

    This course will provide a basic understanding of plant physiology and plant biotechnology. It will cover plant structure and functional relationships at many levels, including the whole plant, plant tissues, isolated cells and organelles. It will include water relations, respiration, photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, plant hormones and plant molecular biology.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or (CHEM 029L ), or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Instructor: L. Grill
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 164 KS - Virology

    This course will provide a balanced and broad introduction to virology. Animal and human viruses, bacterial phages, plant viruses, insect viruses, and prions will be covered. Topics will include viral classification, replication, expression, pathogenesis, methods of diagnosis, and the current uses of viruses in gene therapy and vaccine applications.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL043L KS  and BIOL044L KS  , or BIOL040L KS   and BIOL044L KS , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS001ALKS  , AISS001BLKS  , AISS002ALKS  , AISS002BLKS  ).
    Instructor: L. Grill
    Offered: Every Fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 165 KS - Advanced Topics in Environmental Biology

    Readings and discussion of current technical journal articles in active areas of environmental biology. Topics are chosen for their current relevance and technical interest. Students present papers for class discussion, and conduct a formal literature review on the topic of their choice. Enrollment limited to 18.


     

     

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL043L KS  and BIOL044L KS  , or BIOL040L KS   and BIOL044L KS , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS001ALKS  , AISS001BLKS  , AISS002ALKS  , AISS002BLKS ).
    Instructor: E. Morhardt
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 166 KS - Animal Physiological Ecology

    This is an animal physiological ecology course that will emphasize physiological interactions of animals with their biotic and abiotic environments. Information about the physiology and ecology of animals will be integrated from the tissue organ, and whole organism levels. We will cover a series of topics that illustrate both the diverse and conservative nature of physiological systems.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL043L KS  and BIOL044L KS , or BIOL040L KS   and BIOL044L KS , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS001ALKS  , AISS001BLKS  , AISS002ALKS  , AISS002BLKS  ) and BIOL 131L , BIOL 132L , or BIOL 146L .
    Instructor: M. Preest
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 167 KS - Sensory Evolution

    This course provides an integrative perspective on the evolution of sensory systems, bridging the fields of organismal biology, macroevolution, and sensory biology. Topics include metazoan phylogenetics, molecular and physiological basis of sensory perception, structure and function of major sensory systems (vision, mechanoreception, chemoreception, electroreception) and macroevolutionary concepts (coevolution adaption).

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL043L KS  and BIOL044L KS  ,or BIOL040L KS  and BIOL044L KS  ; or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS001ALKS  , AISS001BLKS  , AISS002ALKS  , AISS002BLKS  ).
    Instructor: L. Schmitz
    Offered: Every year


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 169L KS - Marine Ecology

    A course designed to expose students to the study of the ecology of marine organisms. Lectures will cover various aspects of marine environments. Laboratories and field trips will include ecological sampling procedures and a survey of local marine plants and animals. Enrollment limited to 18.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL043L KS  and BIOL044L KS , or BIOL040L KS  and BIOL044L KS , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS001ALKS  , AISS001BLKS  , AISS002ALKS  , AISS002BLKS ).
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: S. Gilman
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every year


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 170L KS - Molecular Biology

    An introduction to the molecular biology of viruses, prokaryotic cells, and eukaryotic plant and animal cells. Lecture topics will include DNA structure, replication, mutation, recombination, transposition, recombinant DNA, protein synthesis from the viewpoints of transcription, translation and regulation, and virus structure and function. Laboratory experiments will include DNA isolation from prokaryotes and eukaryotes, restriction and ligation, cloning and isolation of recombinant DNA, and methods of protein analysis. Enrollment limited to 18. Offered fall and spring.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or (CHEM 029L ), or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ) and CHEM 116L . BIOL 143  is strongly suggested.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: J. Massimelli
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every semester


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 173L KS - Molecular Biology Seminar/Lab

    This half course is an introduction to the primary experimental literature and key techniques in molecular biology. It includes a laboratory component for experience with bioinformatics, basic DNA manipulations, and gene expression analysis. One-half course credit.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L , or BIOL 040L  ; CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or CHEM 029L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ). Priority will be given to Molecular Biology majors.

     

     
    Fee: Laboratory fee $30.
    Instructor: Z. Tang
    Course Credit: .50
    Offered: Every spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 175 KS - Applied Biostatistics

    A hands-on introduction to choosing, applying, and interpreting the results of statistical methods for life scientists. This course will include traditional parametric statistics, such as t-tests, analysis for variance, correlation and regression analysis, together with powerful non-parametric randomization tests. Data presentation and experimental design will be addressed, together with miscellanea of less-common statistical techniques that find use outside of the laboratory setting. The course includes both lectures and a weekly tutorial section in which students analyze data sets and learn to use statistical software.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 176 KS - Tropical Ecology

    Examination of the many facets of tropical biodiversity and community structure, with an emphasis on tropical rainforests and conservation issues. Enrollment limited to 24.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Instructor: D. McFarlane
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 177 KS - Biochemistry

    A study of structure and function in living systems at the molecular level. Discussion centers on intermediary metabolism, cellular control mechanisms, and energy flow, with particular emphasis on how this information is developed. Cross-listed as CHEM177  KS.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  or BIOL 040L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ); CHEM 116L , CHEM 117L , or permission of instructor.
    Instructor: Z. Tang, A. Wenzel
    Offered: Every year


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 187 KS - Special Topics in Biology

    Through critical analysis of classic and current research papers, students will learn hypothesis generation, experimental design, and data analysis. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on instructor.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 187A KS - Special Topics in Biology: Epigenetics

    Epigenetics “above genetics” is an exciting field of science that is beginning to explain the unexpected. This seminar style course allows students to read, analyze, and present the current literature in this quickly evolving field, as well as write a research grant proposal describing novel experiments of their own design. This course is cross-listed with Biology 164 at HMC.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  , or BIOL 040L  ; CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or CHEM 029L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Instructor: J. Armstrong; R. Drewell
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 187B KS - Special Topics in Biology: Molecular Ecology

    An introduction to the use of molecular techniques in ecological research. Review of theory and current literature. Hands-on experience of molecular techniques, including protein electrophoresis and DNA markers. Highly recommended for students considering the study of ecology at the graduate level.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or CHEM 029L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ). BIOL 146L  or BIOL 169L  recommended.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 187C KS - Special Topics in Biology: Neural Organization of Behavior

    This seminar course focuses on central pattern generators (CPGs), neural circuits that underlie rhythmic or patterned behaviors. Discussion of articles will be combined with writing and observations of animal behavior to examine the development and implications of this important concept in neurobiology. Enrollment limited to 24.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ). and either NEUR 95L  or an upper-division course in neurobiology, or instructor’s permission.
    Instructor: N. Copp
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • BIOL 187P KS - Special Topics in Biology: Herpetology

    This is a taxon-oriented course that will focus on the biology of amphibians and reptiles. Within a phylogenetic context, we will learn about the evolution, ecology, behavior, morphology, and physiology of these highly successful animals. The course will comprise lectures, class discussion, and a field trip.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Instructor: M. Preest
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


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  • BIOL 187S KS - Special Topics in Biology: Microbial Life

    This is an upper-division course in which students will examine the structure, function, diversity, and relationship of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms in agriculture, industry and disease. An introduction to the immune system and its mechanism to defend against microbes will be explored. This course should appeal to a wide range of students with different backgrounds. Enrollment limited to 24.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  and BIOL 044L , or BIOL 040L  and BIOL 044L ; CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L ; or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or CHEM 029L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), or permission of instructor.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


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  • BIOL 188L KS - Senior Thesis Research Project in Biology

    Seniors may apply to do laboratory or field investigation with a faculty member. The topic should be chosen by the end of the junior year. In this course, library and lab materials are developed, research begun, and seminar discussions held with faculty and students in the field of concentration. This is the first course for students doing a two-semester senior project. Registration in this course will be followed by registration in BIOL 190L .

    Fee: Laboratory fee $50
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every semester


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  • BIOL 189L KS - Senior Thesis Summer Research Project in Biology

    Students who intend to satisfy a two-semester senior thesis project by conducting a substantial research project during the summer after their junior year, should enroll in this course in the fall semester following their research. No credit towards graduation will be awarded for this course. Typically, registration in this course would be followed by registration in BIOL 190L . This course will be graded Pass/Fail. There is no lab fee for this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


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  • BIOL 190L KS - Senior Thesis Research Project in Biology, Second Semester

    Senior laboratory or field investigation research is culminated and results are summarized in a written thesis and formal presentation. This is the second semester course for those doing a two-semester research thesis.

    Fee: $50
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every semester


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  • BIOL 191 KS - One-Semester Thesis in Biology

    All students who intend to complete a one-semester thesis should enroll in this course. Students are required both to submit a substantive written thesis–which may involve experimental work, analysis of datasets previously collected by other researchers, or a critical analysis of the literature–and to make a formal presentation. Students register for this course during the semester in which the one-semester thesis is written and due. There is no lab fee for this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every semester


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