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Topics and Concepts of Core Courses
| BIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE | 107 | 108 | 200 | 300 | 301 | 315 | 405 |
| Scientific Mode of Inquiry | |||||||
| Experimentation | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Comparative Biology | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| Historical Inferences | ● | ||||||
| Statistical Inferences | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| History & Philosophy of science | ● | ||||||
| CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | |||||||
| Macromolecules | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| Molecular Origins (Origins of Life) | ● | ||||||
| Cell Structure: Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote | ● | ||||||
| Cell Structure: Membranes & Organelles | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| Membrane Transport | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| Photosynthesis & Respiration | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| Origin of the Eukaryotic Cell (Endosymbiosis) | ● | ● | |||||
| Enzymes | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| Metabolic Pathways | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| Energy & Thermodynamics | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| Mitosis and the Cell Cycle (and Asexual Reproduction) | ● | ● | |||||
| Biosynthesis of Macromolecules | ● | ● | |||||
| Cell Signaling Transduction Pathways | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| GENETICS | ● | ● | |||||
| Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance | ● | ● | |||||
| Meiosis | ● | ● | |||||
| Patterns of Inheritance (Includes Mendelian Genetics) | ● | ● | |||||
| Gene Structure & Function | ● | ● | |||||
| - Structure of Genes | ● | ● | |||||
| - Transcription & Translation | ● | ● | |||||
| - Gene Regulation/Control of Expression | ● | ||||||
| - Developmental Genetics | ● | ||||||
| EVOLUTION & DIVERSITY OF LIFE | |||||||
| History of Evolutionary Thought | ● | ● | |||||
| Microevolutionary Processes: Natural Selection; Population Genetics (HW) | ● | ● | |||||
| Species & Speciation | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| Historical Patterns of Evolution (Macrevolution) | ● | ● | |||||
| Phylogeny and Systematics | ● | ● | |||||
| Geological Time Scale; Abiotic Time Change; Plate Tectonics | ● | ||||||
| Major Events in the History if Life; Origin of PS, proks vs euks, multicellularity, etc | ● | ● | |||||
| Prokaryotic Diversity & Evolution | |||||||
| Eukaryotic Diversity & Evolution - Protists | ● | ||||||
| Eukaryotic Diversity & Evolution - Plants | ● | ||||||
| Eukaryotic Diversity & Evolution - Fungi | ● | ||||||
| BIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE | 107 | 108 | 200 | 300 | 301 | 315 | 405 |
| Eukaryotic Diversity & Evolution - Animals | ● | ||||||
| STRUCTURE & FUNCTION | |||||||
| - General Functional Morphology & Anatomy | ● | ||||||
| - Homeostatic Control | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| - Neural Control | ● | ||||||
| - Sensory Systems | ● | ||||||
| - Hormonal control | ● | ● | |||||
| - Muscle Structure & Function | ● | ||||||
| - Transport Systems | ● | ● | |||||
| - Gas Exchange | ● | ● | |||||
| - Regulation of Water & Ions | ● | ● | |||||
| - Nutrient Acquisition & Processing | ● | ● | |||||
| - Energy Metabolism/Regulation/Dissipation | ● | ● | |||||
| - Responses to Stress (wounding/pathogen attack) | ● | ||||||
| - Seed & Plant Development | ● | ● | |||||
| BEHAVIOR | ● | ● | |||||
| ECOLOGY | |||||||
| The Abiotic Environment/Physiological Ecology | ● | ● | |||||
| Population Ecology | ● | ||||||
| Species Interactions | ● | ● | |||||
| Community Ecology | ● | ||||||
| Ecosystem Ecology | ● | ||||||
| Conservation Biology | ● |