BIOG 1440

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BIOG 1440
Introductory Biology: Comparative Physiology

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

An introductory physiology course intended for freshman and sophomore biology majors and other students majoring in life sciences. The course integrates physiology from the cell to the organism with comparisons among animals, plants and microbes. Emphasis is on understanding of basic physiological concepts, stressing structure-function relationships and underlying physio-chemical mechanisms.

When Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.

Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will not receive credit for both BIOG 1440 and BIOG 1445.

Distribution Category (BIO-AG, PBS-AS)

Comments Biological sciences majors must take course for a letter grade.

Outcomes
  • To understand the principles of how organisms work at the molecular, cellular, and systems levels, how these principles are based on the rules of physics and chemistry, and how the processes of physiology at one level emerge from processes at the lower levels.
  • To be able to think like a physiologist. This involves understanding how the properties of cells determine function at all higher levels of biological organization including how cellular membranes create selective barriers and how substances cross these barriers, how biological processes are regulated, and how cells and organisms exchange energy and matter with the environment, respond to their environment (including stimulus transduction, intercellular communication, and information processing), and generate mechanical forces and movement.
  • To appreciate the similarities and differences between the physiologies of humans and other organisms, and so to appreciate how the study of comparative physiology is relevant to understanding your own life, and to understanding how evolution explains both the unity and diversity of life.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3037 BIOG 1440   LEC 001

  • Biological Sciences majors must take this course for a letter grade. If enrollment in lecture and sections for BioG 1440 is closed/full, you can attend the first lecture and the discussion section of your choice during the first week of classes in August. There you will have the opportunity to fill out a form requesting to add or change section in the course. Students will be notified if space becomes available. This course will require a permission code to add and switch sections on the first day of class. Do not try to switch your section without a permission code.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3080 BIOG 1440   DIS 201

    • R Stimson Hall 102

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3081 BIOG 1440   DIS 202

    • R Stimson Hall 104

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3082 BIOG 1440   DIS 203

    • R Stimson Hall 102

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3083 BIOG 1440   DIS 204

    • R Stimson Hall 104

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3084 BIOG 1440   DIS 205

    • F Stimson Hall 102

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3085 BIOG 1440   DIS 206

    • F Stimson Hall 104

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3086 BIOG 1440   DIS 207

    • F Stimson Hall 102

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3087 BIOG 1440   DIS 208

    • F Stimson Hall 104

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3088 BIOG 1440   DIS 209

    • F Stimson Hall 102

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3089 BIOG 1440   DIS 210

    • F Stimson Hall 104

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3090 BIOG 1440   DIS 211

    • F Stimson Hall 102

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3091 BIOG 1440   DIS 212

    • F Stimson Hall 104

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3092 BIOG 1440   DIS 213

    • F Stimson Hall 102

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3093 BIOG 1440   DIS 214

    • F Stimson Hall 104

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3257 BIOG 1440   DIS 215

    • R Stimson Hall 102

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3258 BIOG 1440   DIS 216

    • R Stimson Hall 104

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3393 BIOG 1440   DIS 217

    • R Stimson Hall 102

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  3394 BIOG 1440   DIS 218

    • R Stimson Hall 104

    • Buchon, N

      Gilbert, C

      Selvaraj, V

      Shapleigh, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)