1001 INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY
A lecture and laboratory course designed to present a general introduction to the biology of living organisms. A systems approach will be used to explore how living organisms respond to the complex problems encountered while obtaining nutrition, carrying out internal fluid transport and gas exchange, getting rid of wastes, growing and interacting with the environment and other life.

1201 HUMAN BIOLOGY
A lecture and laboratory course based on the application of biological principles to practical human concerns. It will introduce the development, structure and function of the human body, and mechanisms involved in degenerative infectious diseases. This will be followed by a discussion of human reproduction and genetics. The impact of evolutionary theory on our understanding of the human species will be presented, as well as the interdependence between natural ecosystems and human activities. Threats to the environment through pollution and overpopulation will be discussed.

This course is restricted to non-science majors. Science majors require the instructor's permission to enroll.

1211 WORLD ECOSYSTEMS
This course will introduce students to the basic concepts of population, community and ecosystem level ecology. Topics will include population growth, competition, succession, community composition and the cycling of energy. Field and laboratory work will stress direct measurement and observation of natural situations that illustrate these concepts. Students will take this course at a field station that offers adequate housing and laboratory facilities. These field stations may be anywhere in the world, but would most likely be in the Maritimes, the Caribbean or the Canadian Rockies. This course is offered only through Continuing Education and only to non-Science majors. It would be offered when regular classes are not in session.
Prereq: None.

1501 CELL BIOLOGY
A course providing an introduction to the structure, organization and functions of the cell, which is the fundamental structural and functional unit of living organisms. Particular emphasis will be placed on eukaryotic cells. Topics to be discussed include membranes and organelles, communication within and between cells, membrane transport, the cell cycle, meiosis and mitosis. There is a laboratory component to this course.
Prereq: Biology 1001, Chemistry 1001; or permission of the Department.

2101 POPULATION AND COMMUNITY BIOLOGY
A course designed to introduce current concepts of population and community ecology through lectures, field trips and laboratory exercises using local organisms whenever possible. Familiarity with these organisms, principally aquatic insects, will be obtained through field trip and laboratory exercises.
Prereq: Biology 1501; or permission of the Department.

2301 PLANT BIOLOGY
An introductory course in botany designed to present the structure and function of plants with an emphasis on vascular plants. Topics considered will include comparative evolutionary history, development and functional adaptations to the environment.
Prereq: Biology 1501; or permission of the Department.

2401 ANIMAL BIOLOGY
A lecture and laboratory course introducing students to the structure and function of major groups of invertebrate and vertebrate animals on a comparative basis. Topics to be covered in lecture will include comparative anatomy and phylogeny, and the evolution and function of locomotory, digestive, excretory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive systems. Laboratory exercises will be based on observation of both preserved and living material.
Prereq: Biology 1501; or permission of the Department.

2601 GENETICS
An introduction to genetics which will address the seemingly paradoxical phenomena of genetic continuity and genetic variation of living beings. This will be achieved by examining the cellular and molecular basis of gene replication, recombination and mutation. Viruses, bacteria and eukaryotes of various levels of organismic complexity will serve as examples both in lectures and laboratories.
Prereq: Biology 1501, Chemistry 1021; or permission of the Department.

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