Courses in the Biological Sciences
Some of the courses now offered will be changed. The schedule of courses offered each
term will be in a bit of flux, too. So watch out! And keep posted.
For brief descriptions of each course we offer, go to Course Descriptions As an additional
service, you can now click on the course number in this document, and go directly to the
description of that course, in the course description page. For a simple list of
courses continue on here.
Table of Contents
- UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
- ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE--GRADUATE COURSES
- GRADUATE COURSES IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
- MARINE SCIENCES (MS) (Courses at Dauphin Island Marine Lab)
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
- BYS 100 Introduction to
Health Professions 1 hr.
- BYS 119 Molecular
Biology 4 hrs.
- BYS 120 Organismal
Biology 4 hrs.
- BYS 214 Infection and
Immunity 4 hrs.
- BYS 221 General
Microbiology 4 hrs.
- BYS 238 Local Flora 2
hrs.
- BYS 301 Elementary
Biochemistry 3 hrs.
- BYS 312 Principles of
Ecology 4 hrs.
- BYS 313 Anatomy and
Physiology I 4 hrs.
- BYS 314 Anatomy and
Physiology II 4 hrs.
- BYS 315 Ichthyology 4
hrs.
- BYS 317 Vertebrate
Zoology 5 hrs.
- BYS 318 Vertebrate
Reproduction 3 hrs.
- BYS 319 General Genetics
3 hrs.
- BYS 320 Genetics
Laboratory 1 hr.
- BYS 340 Introduction to
Cellular and Developmental Biology 4
- BYS 361 General
Biochemistry 3 hrs.
- BYS 362 General
Biochemistry Laboratory 1 hr.
- BYS 363 General
Biochemistry II 3 hrs.
- BYS 364 Biogeography 3
hrs.
- BYS 365 General
Biochemistry Laboratory II 1 hr.
- BYS 371 Nonvascular
Cryptogamic Botany 5 hrs.
- BYS 372 Biology of
Vascular Plants 5 hrs.
- BYS 378 Invertebrate
Zoology 5 hrs.
- BYS 421 Introduction to
Medical Microbiology 5 hrs.
- BYS 430 Immunology 4
hrs.
- BYS 435 Bacterial
Physiology and Metabolism 4 hrs.
- BYS 436 Physiological
Psychology 3 hrs.
- BYS 464 Evolution 3 hrs.
- BYS 490 Seminar 1 hr.
- BYS 491 Special Topics
in Biological Sciences 1-4 hrs.
- BYS 492 Undergraduate
Research 2-4 hrs.
ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE--GRADUATE COURSES
- BYS 501 Gravitational
Biology 3 hrs.
- BYS 519 Gene Structure
and Function 3 hrs.
- BYS 521 Medical Mycology
4 hrs.
- BYS 525 Medical
Parasitology 4 hrs.
- BYS 531 Plant Physiology
4 hrs.
- BYS 532 Animal
Physiology 4 hrs.
- BYS 543 Cellular and
Developmental Biology 3 hrs.
- BYS 544 Cellular and
Developmental Biology 3 hrs.
- BYS 545 Cellular and
Developmental Biology Laboratory 2 hrs.
- BYS 547 Biochemistry I 3
hrs.
- BYS 548 Biochemistry II
3 hrs.
- BYS 561 Physiological
Ecology 4 hrs.
- BYS 562 Community
Ecology 4 hrs.
- BYS 563 Population
Ecology 4 hrs.
- BYS 564 Limnology 4 hrs.
- BYS 571 Plant Anatomy 4
hrs.
- BYS 578 Aquatic
Arthropod Biology 4 hrs.
GRADUATE COURSES IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
- BYS 621 Pathogenic
Bacteriology 4 hrs.
- BYS 624 Immunology 4
hrs.
- BYS 633 Endocrinology 3
hrs.
- BYS 641 Advanced Cell
Biology (also at A&MU) 4 hrs.
- BYS 643 Microscopy 4
hrs.
- BYS 644 Topics in Cell
and Developmental Biology and Biological Fine Structure 2 hrs.
- BYS 646 Molecular
Genetics (also at A&MU) 3 hrs.
- BYS 647 Enzymology 4
hrs.
- BYS 660 Ecosystem
Dynamics 3 hrs.
- BYS 661 Advanced
Population Ecology 4 hrs.
- BYS 690 Seminar (also at
A&MU) 1 hr.
- BYS 691 Special Topics
(also at A&MU) 1-4 hrs.
- BYS 692 Research (also
at A&MU) 2-4 hrs.
- BYS 699 Master's Thesis
(also at A&MU) 1-4 hrs.
MARINE SCIENCES (MS) (Courses at Dauphin Island Marine Lab)
- MS 202 Marine Biology 4
hrs.
- MS 304 Coastal Zone
Management 2 hrs.
- MS 502 Marine Botany 4
hrs.
- MS 503 Marine
Invertebrate Zoology 4 hrs.
- MS 505 Marine Vertebrate
Zoology 4 hrs.
- MS 506 Marine
Zoogeography 4 hrs.
- MS 507 Physiology of
Marine Animals 4 hrs.
- MS 508 Marine Plankton 4
hrs.
- MS 509 Marine Ecology 4
hrs.
- MS 510 Marsh Ecology 4
hrs.
- MS 511 Benthic Community
Structure 4 hrs.
- MS 512 Fisheries Science
4 hrs.
- MS 513 Fisheries
Economics 4 hrs.
- MS 515 Coastal
Ornithology 4 hrs.
- MS 517 Marine Technical
Methods III 2 hrs.
- MS 525 Marine Biology for
Teachers 6 hrs.
- MS 599 Research 1-4 hrs.
The following courses cannot be taken for credit toward a biological sciences major
or minor but can be used for a marine science minor.
- MS 203 Natural History of
Commercial Invertebrates 3 hrs.
- MS 204 Commercial Marine
Fisheries of Alabama 2 hrs.
- MS 301 Marine Technical
Methods I 2 hrs.
- MS 302 Marine Technical
Methods II 2 hrs.
- MS 303 Coastal
Climatology 2 hrs.
- MS 501 Introduction to
Oceanography 4 hrs.
- MS 514 Estuarine Science
4 hrs.
- MS 516 Scientific Data
Management 2 hrs.
- MS 520 Marine Geology 4
hrs.
- MS 521 Recent Marine
Sedimentation 4 hrs.
- MS 522 Marine
Paleoecology 4 hrs.
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