| Course Title: Introductory Biology II: How Organisms Develop with Laboratory |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: Developmental biology is a topic full of fantastic questions: how does a single egg transform into an organism with many cells and tissue types? What controls gene expression? What is the interplay between environmental signal and plant hormones? In this course, plant and animal development will be studied at the level of genes, cells and tissues, in model organisms such as sea urchins, ferns, chicks and lilies. The laboratory is at the heart of the course, and classwork is designed around the live material students will meet each week. |
| Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Rachel Fink | 413-538-2359 | rfink@mtholyoke.edu |
| Amy Frary | 413-538-3015 | afrary@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 016 | Weekly |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Fourth Hour of Class | Friday | 10:00AM - 10:50AM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 016 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: BIOL-145 or BIOL-160, or NEURO-100. | Take previously | Required |
| Coreq: BIOL-200L. | Take concurrently | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| ENVST-NS | ENVST-NS: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Natural Science | This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Natural Science area. |
| ENVST-CRSE | ENVST-EL: Env Studies Electives | This course is an approved elective for the Environmental Studies major and minor. |
| NEURO0001 | NEURO: Neuroscience & Behavior Major | This course has been approved to count towards the Neuroscience and Behavior major. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 144 | Enrollment: 142 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Raven Biology of Plants Author: Evert, Copyright: 2013 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1464119287 Publisher: Freeman |
Optional | 136.00 |
| Title: Developmental Biology Author: Barresi, Copyright: 2019 Edition: 12 Volume: ISBN: 1605358223 Publisher: Sinauer |
Optional | 120.00 |
| Title: Developmental Biology Author: Gilbert & Barresi, Scott & Michael Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781605354705 Publisher: Sinauer |
Optional | 155.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |