100-Level Courses
BIO 101 : Principles of Biology Laboratory.
(1:0:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Elementary education or early childhood education pre-major or major status; concurrent enrollment in Bio 100. |
200-Level Courses
BIO 220A : Biological Diversity: Animals.
(4:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | PDBIO 120 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Comparative organization and evolutionary significance of morphological, physiological, reproductive, and ecological differences in invertebrates and vertebrates. Laboratory included. |
BIO 220B : Biological Diversity: Plants.
(4:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | PDBIO 120 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Comparative organization and evolutionary significance of morphological, physiological, reproductive, and ecological differences in fungi, algae, and principal groups of land plants. Laboratory included. |
BIO 276R : Exploration of Teaching in Biological Sciences.
(3:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Blk 1 |
| PREREQUISITE: | FBI fingerprint and background clearance; minimum GPA of 2.85 in Chem 105, PDBio 120, Bio 220A, B. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Field-based initial teaching experience directed at helping prospective teachers experience demands and opportunities associated with teaching secondary students. |
BIO 291R : Veterinary Medicine Seminar.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Preview into veterinary medicine as a profession. Application procedure and preparation for veterinary school. |
300-Level Courses
BIO 347 : Religion and the Environment.
(3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Introductory biology or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | The role religion has played historically in defining how humans relate to nature and its creatures. How religion frames environmental values and ethics today, emphasizing LDS viewpoints. |
BIO 350 : Ecology.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | PDBIO 120 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Distribution and abundance of organisms and their interactions with the physical and biotic components of the earth. |
BIO 365 : Computational Biology.
(3:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | C S 240 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Computational analysis of DNA data; introduction to bioinformatics databasing using Perl and SQL; configuration of UNIX workstations for bioinformatics analyses. |
BIO 370 : Bioethics.
(2:1:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Introductory biology course. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | In-depth lecture and small group discussion of varied bioethical issues. LDS Church positions emphasized when appropriate. |
BIO 377 : Teaching Methods and Instruction in Biology.
(3:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | BIO 276R; concurrent enrollment in Bio 378, 379, Sc Ed 380. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Developing meaningful and engaging instruction for secondary students in biological sciences; developing critical thinking, problem solving, literacy, and democratic character; assessing learner performance. |
BIO 378 : Practicum in Biology Teaching.
(1:0:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Concurrent enrollment in Bio 377, 379, Sc Ed 380. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Implementing meaningful and engaging instruction for secondary students in biology; developing critical thinking, problem solving, literacy, and democratic character; assessing learner performance. |
BIO 379 : Classroom Management and Laboratory Safety.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Concurrent enrollment in Bio 377, 378, Sc Ed 380. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Current theory, research, and application in classroom management; creating positive teacher-student and peer relationships; developing optimal learning environments. |
BIO 380 : Comparative Animal Physiology and Anatomy.
(4:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Bio 220A or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Structure and function of animal organ systems; structural and physiological responses to demands of and changes in environment; evolutionary constraints on anatomy and physiology. |
BIO 392R : Preveterinary Preceptorship.
(3:1:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Supervised on-the-job exposure to veterinary medicine under a clinical setting, supplemented with academic assignments. |
400-Level Courses
BIO 420 : Evolutionary Biology.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBIO 240 & PWS 340 |
| RECOMMENDED: | Concurrent enrollment in Bio 421. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Intensive examination of evolution as the conceptual cornerstone of biology. |
BIO 421 : Evolutionary Biology Laboratory.
(1:0:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBIO 240 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Hands-on applications and analytical tools of evolutionary biology; emphasizing inference methodology and evidence complementing the theoretical constructs introduced in Bio 520, including comparative anatomy, phylogenetic inference, population genetics, species concepts, and human evolution. |
| NOTE: | Concurrent enrollment with Bio 420 is strongly recommended. |
BIO 430 : Plant Classification.
(3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Bio 220B or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | General principles of taxonomy and classification, emphasizing family identification and use of keys to the temperate flora. |
BIO 441 : Entomology.
(3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Bio 220A or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | External morphology, natural history, evolution, distribution, and phylogeny of insects. Insect collection required. |
BIO 442 : Advanced Invertebrate Zoology.
(5:6:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | BIO 220A |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Functional morphology, cladistics, ecology, behavior, and interrelationships of invertebrates. |
BIO 445 : Herpetology.
(4:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter Even Yrs. |
| PREREQUISITE: | BIO 220A |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Reptile and amphibian evolution, systematics, morphology, distribution, and natural history. Lab emphasizes taxonomy, classification, and distribution of western U.S. species. |
BIO 446 : (Bio - PWS) Ornithology.
(3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | BIO 220A |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Avian systematics evolution, distribution, and natural history. |
| NOTE: | One three-day field trip required. |
BIO 450 : Conservation Biology.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | BIO 220A & BIO 350; or BIO 220B & BIO 350 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Scientific principles of conservation: applying population genetics, and phylogenetic and ecological theory to preservation of biological diversity; developing sustainable ecological systems compatible with human resource use. |
BIO 452 : Marine Ecology.
(3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand; Spring Even Yrs. |
| PREREQUISITE: | BIO 352; Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Principles of marine ecology of planktonic, sublittoral, rocky shore, sandy shore, and mudflat communities. Extensive field trips. |
BIO 453 : Development of Marine Animals.
(3:0:6)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | BIO 352; Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Culturing, studying, and reporting on the development of eggs, embryos, and larvae of marine animals. |
BIO 463 : Genetics of Human Disease.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | PWS 340 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Examining the application of genetics to understanding and treatment of human disease. Functional consequences of mutations; use of model organisms; linkage and association analysis of complex traits; pharmacogenetics; ethical considerations. |
BIO 465 : Bioinformatics.
(3:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBIO 240 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | 3-D protein structural comparisons, hidden Markov models for database comparisons, homology detection, multiple sequence analyses, and protein family comparisons. Exercises in computer programming in genomics. |
BIO 468 : (Bio-MMBio-PWS) Genomics.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBIO 240 & PWS 340 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Current analysis of genes and genomes; computational and statistical approaches for analyzing genomic data, including genome sequencing and annotation, gene expression and the transcriptome, proteomics and functional genomics, and genetic variation and SNPs. |
BIO 470 : History and Philosophy of Biology.
(3:1.5:1.5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Biology core courses through Bio 420. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Development of fundamental generalizations of biology; nature of science; applications to major philosophical issues of current science. |
BIO 476 : Biology Student Teaching.
(12:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Completion of all course work or departmental approval; major GPA of 2.85; at least a C- in Sc Ed 377. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Field-based, semester-long experience in teaching secondary students; demonstrating proficiency in all program standards. Seminar (Sc Ed 490R) required. |
BIO 494R : Mentored Research.
(1-6:0:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Supervisor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Independent student research under faculty supervision. |
: Aquatic Biology.
: Bioinformatics.
: Ecology.
: Electron Microscopy.
: Entomology.
: Evolution.
: Marine Biology.
: Plant Biology.
: Systematics.
: Veterinary Science.
: Medicinal Botany.
: Plant Biochemistry.
: Fungal Biology.
500-Level Graduate Courses (available to advanced undergraduates)
BIO 510 : Biological Systematics and Curation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Even Yrs. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Principles, methods, and tools of taxonomy and systematics as applied to species delimitation, specimen-based research, nomenclatural codes, and the curation of biological specimens. |
BIO 512 : Angiosperm Phylogeny.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Bio 430 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Description, classification, phylogeny, and geographic distribution of flowering plant families. |
BIO 525 : Animal Disease, Biosecurity, and Zoonoses.
(3:3.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Bio 380 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Animal disease emphasizing prevention, organ systems affected, biosecurity, and zoonotic potential. |
BIO 541 : Aquatic Entomology.
(4:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Even Yrs. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Bio 441 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Morphology, classification, biology, and functional ecology of aquatic insects. Field trips required. |
BIO 555 : Evolutionary and Ecological Modeling.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter Even Yrs. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Senior status in bioinformatics program or graduate status; Stat 511, 512, or equivalent; instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Using models in ecology. Practical experience in analytical, simulation, and agent-based models. |
BIO 557 : Stream and Wetland Ecology.
(4:3:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Odd Yrs. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Bio 350, Chem 106; or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Stream and wetland ecology; their biota and their physical/chemical properties. |
BIO 559R : Advanced Topics in Ecology and Evolution.
(1-6:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Current topics in ecology, evolution, and systematics. |
: Advanced Ecology.
: Advanced Systematics.
: Evolutionary Biology.
: Biogeography.
: Physiological Ecology.
: Tropical Biology.
: Biological Science Education.
: Field Biology.
BIO 560 : Population Genetics.
(4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter Odd Yrs. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Bio 420 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic principles of population genetics applied to natural populations; drift, selection, and nonrandom mating; inferring population subdivision, migration, and gene flow. |
BIO 580 : Scanning Electron Microscopy.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Theoretical and practical scanning electron microscopy of biological, physical science, and engineering samples, emphasizing practical applications. |
BIO 581 : Transmission Electron Microscopy.
(3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Theoretical and practical transmission electron microscopy of biological, physical science, and engineering samples, emphasizing practical applications. |
BIO 589R : Advanced Science In-Service.
(1-5:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | ; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | In-service course for science teachers. Topics vary. |
: Ecology Science In-Service.
: Genetics Science In-Service.
: Evolution Science In-Service.
: Botany Science In-Service.
: Meterology Science In-Service.