PCB 3043C ECOLOGY WITH LAB 4 credits

Prerequisites: BSC 2010/2010L and BSC 2011/2011L. This course is designed to teach ecology at four major levels: organismic, population, community and ecosystem. One of the aims is to interrelate the different levels of ecological study and to unify these via evolutionary and behavioral ecology. A second aim is to correlate the concepts of ecology with those learned in physiology to understand physiological ecology. This course will address both theoretical and empirical ecology as well as applied ecology with special emphasis on Florida’s ecosystems and human impacts on them. This course is a combined lecture and lab class. 92 contact hours.

PCB 3063C GENETICS WITH LAB 4 credits

Prerequisites: BSC 2010/2010L, BSC 2011/2011L and CHM 1045/1045L. Pre- or corequisite: CHM 1046/1046L. This course is designed to teach three major areas of genetics: the organization and transmission of genetic material, the molecular biology of gene expression and regulation, and the modification and evolution of genes and genomes. This course also provides an understanding of the history and process of genetics as an experimental science and to provide the student with a foundation for understanding the current advances and rapid changes in genetic engineering and genomics. This course is a combined lecture and lab class. This course addresses specific Sunshine State Standards, subject matter competencies and pedagogy pertinent to the discipline and required for certification. 92 contact hours.

PCB 4674 ADAPTATION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS 3 credits

Prerequisites: BSC 2010/2010L and BSC 2011/2011L. This lecture course is designed to teach both the mechanisms of adaptation and the resulting traits that arise. The course will emphasize the environmental (both biotic and abiotic) pressures that drive adaptation and will investigate the morphological, physiological, behavioral and demographic adaptations resulting from specific environmental pressures. 47 contact hours.

PCB 4723C COMPARATIVE ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY WITH LAB 4 credits

Prerequisites: BSC 2010/2010L, BSC 2011/2011L, CHM 1045/1045L, CHM 1046/1046L, and BCH 3023 or alternative biochemistry class. This course is designed to teach animal physiology from a comparative perspective that focuses on the interplay between environmental conditions and physiological adaptation and highlights the many similarities and differences seen among different types of organisms. It also stresses the significance of homeostasis and addresses the interdependency between structure and function. This course emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach in which concepts from physics and chemistry are merged with concepts from biology and is a combined lecture and lab class. 92 contact hours.