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Courses in the Biological Sciences
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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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