This page offers brief descriptions of most of our courses. Here they are arranged in groups determined by the Bowers Hall Laboratory Room in which they are common held. You may want to see the complete listing of all Biology courses.
In parentheses, after each course title, is a code which indicates when the course is offered. The frequency of offering code is as follows:
| (A) = Every semester | (F) = Fall |
| (B) = At least once per year | (S) = Spring |
| (C) = At least once every two years | (W) = Winter |
| (O) = Occasionally | (M) = Summer |
BIO 307: FIELD NATURAL HISTORY
(F) Natural
history of plants and animals with emphasis on ecosystems of New York State. Collections
of flora and fauna required. Two lectures, one three-hour field trip. Not open to Biology
majors. Prerequisites: None. (3 cr. hr.) This course is frequently taught by Dr. Broyles in Bowers Hall 319.
BIO 313: TAXONOMY OF VASCULAR PLANTS
(F)
Identification of vascular plant families, taxonomy history, classification, nomenclature,
economic importance, and natural history. Herbarium collection of vascular plants flora
required. Two lectures, one three-hour laboratory. BIO 110-111 or BIO 201. Lab coupon
required. (3 cr. hr.) This course is frequently taught by Dr. Broyles in Bowers Hall 319.
BIO 319: BIOLOGICAL LITERATURE
(F) Techniques
in use of library resources resulting in a comprehensive technical bibliography and oral
presentation. Recommended before second semester of junior year. (1 cr. hr.) This course
is frequently taught by Dr. Gatto in Bowers Hall 319.
BIO
422: BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION (F) Analysis of
mechanisms of organic evolution and examination of empirical evidence for patterns of
evolution. Two lectures, one two-hour discussion/lecture. Prerequisite or corequisite: A
Genetics course. (3 cr. hr.) This course is frequently taught by Dr. Ducey in Bowers Hall 319.
BIO 402: BIOLOGY OF VERTEBRATES
(F-C) Evolution,
functional morphology, and behavioral ecology of extinct and living vertebrae taxa. Three
lectures, one three-hour laboratory. Prerequisite: BIO 111 or 202. Lab coupon required. (4
cr. hr.) This course is frequently taught by Dr. Ducey
in Bowers Hall 319.
BIO 405: CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(S) Origin and
preservation of biotic diversity, including species diversity, genetic variation, and
ecosystem variety. Two lectures, one three-hour laboratory/field trip. Prerequisite: BIO
110-111 or 201-202. (3 cr. hr.) This course is frequently taught by Dr. Klotz in Bowers Hall 319.
BIO 411: ORNITHOLOGY
(S) Behavior,
environmental relationships, classification and identification of birds, especially those
of Central New York. Early morning field trips. Two lectures, one three-hour laboratory.
Prerequisite: BIO 111 or 202. (3 cr. hr.) This course is frequently taught by
Dr. Broyles in Bowers Hall 319.
BIO 306: HUMAN GENETICS
(F) Introduction to
inheritance of similarities and differences in humans. Emphasis on genetic causes of
diseases and defects. Not open to Biology majors. Two lectures per week. (3 cr. hr.)
This course is frequently taught by Dr. Conklin
and the laboratories are held in Bowers Hall 355.
BIO 312: GENETICS
(S) Genetic, cytogenetic,
biochemical aspects of inheritance. Three lectures, one three-hour laboratory. To be taken
by Biology majors before the end of the junior year. Prerequisite: BIO 210. Lab coupon
required. (4 cr. hr.) This course is frequently taught by Dr. Conklin
and the laboratories are held in Bowers Hall 355.
BIO 512: LIMNOLOGY
(F) Aquatic biology
covering thermal, physical, chemical attributes of fresh water and their effect on
composition of an aquatic ecosystem. Two lectures, one three-hour laboratory.
Prerequisites: BIO 110-111 or BIO 201-202, CHE 222. (3 cr. hr.) This course is frequently
taught by Dr. Klotz in Bowers Hall 362.
BIO
201:
Biological Sciences I (A) Principles of biology from a botanical perspective,
emphasizing structure, function, ecology, and the evolutionary diversity of the moneran,
protistan, fungal and plant kingdoms. For Biology majors. Not open to students with credit
in both BIO 110 and 111. Three lectures, one three-hour laboratory. Lab coupon required.
(4 cr. hr.) This course is frequently taught by Drs. Baroni,
Broyles and Klotz and
the laboratories are held in Bowers Hall 363.
Laboratories held on the Second Floor of Bowers Hall