An upper-division, inquiry-based, experimental course which may be used toward fulfillment of the natural/physical/mathematical science requirement in the UK Core curriculum. All proposals must demonstrate that the course provides an environment for substantive, meaningful inquiry and must be approved by the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education.

An upper-division, experimental course which may be used toward fulfillment of the composition and communication I requirement in the UK Core curriculum. All proposals must demonstrate that the course engages students in composing and communicating ideas using speech, writing, and visuals in an active learning environment. Proposals must be approved by the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education.

An upper-division, experimental course which may be used toward fulfillment of the composition and communication II requirement in the UK Core curriculum. All proposals must demonstrate that the course engages students in composing and communicating ideas using speech, writing, and visuals in an active learning environment. Proposals must be approved by the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education.

An upper-division experimental course which may be used toward fulfillment of the quantitative foundations requirement in the UK Core curriculum. All proposals must demonstrate that the course has an applications-driven, problem solving focus, with particular attention to problems of potential ?real-life? relevance. Students should be actively engaged in modeling and problem-solving. Proposals must be approved by the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education.

An upper-division experimental course which may be used toward fulfillment of the Global Dynamics requirement in the UK Core curriculum. Proposals must show how the course focuses on the student?s civic role and place in the world and the dynamic interaction between locale (place and people) and global processes (international and transnational). Proposals must be approved by the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education.

A study of animal sanitation and disease control management. The course will acquaint students with the more important infectious, toxic, metabolic and parasitic diseases of domestic animals and will emphasize preventive concepts.

May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.

Current trends in virology. Typical topics include DNA tumor viruses, RNA tumor viruses, persistent virus infections, and interference. Emphases of molecular mechanisms.

BIO 525 is intended to bring students with a baseline knowledge of ecology to a deeper understanding of and experience with the way that ecological studies are conceived, conducted, analyzed and interpreted. BIO 525 is a series of modules that introduce students to the field site and most basic methods and then to a set of research systems for which the group is challenged to come up with the study design, analysis, and interpretation. These modules will address important issues in contemporary ecology and will build on what students learned in previous undergraduate ecology courses.

This course introduces students to both the role religion can play in human experience and the principles of the interpretation of historical, especially religious, texts by exploring the literary, historical, and cultural dimensions of the Christian Bible, the New Testament.