Radford University Undergraduate Catalog, 2011-2012

BIOL 392. Environmental Toxicology. (4)
Three hours lecture, three hours lab.
Prerequisites: Eight credits of Biology and eight
credits of Chemistry, or permission of instructor.
Designed to provide Biology majors with an
understanding of important pollution problems
facing society, and to provide the student with
practical experience in environmental sampling
and analysis.
BIOL 401, 402, 403. Medical
Technology. (3,3,3)
Prerequisites: Senior standing in Biology, Medical
Technology Concentration, and acceptance
into a clinical internship by a program-affiliated
or –associated hospital.
A 12-month clinical internship working in one
of the hospitals affiliated/associated with Radford
University. Students study various clinical
phases of medical technology with daily lectures
and laboratory classes taught by pathologists
and medical technologists at the hospital.
replication cycles, host-virus interactions, evolution,
transmission, non-viral agents, and
medically and agriculturally important viruses.
Emphasis will be placed on reading, presenting,
and discussing primary literature. The laboratory
will demonstrate handling, propagation,
diagnosis, and evolution of viruses.
BIOL 419. Introduction to Molecular
Bioinformatics. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: STAT 200 and either BIOL
132:231 and CHEM 102, or BIOL/CHEM
471/472; or permission of instructor.
Provides a broad introduction to the area of
bioinformatics. Topics include: molecular biology
background, protein structure and function,
sequence alignment algorithms, protein structure
prediction, structure-structure alignment,
public sequence/structure databases and search
tools, introductory phylogenetic analysis, and
introduction to systems biology.
BIOL 405. Histology. (4)
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory.
Prerequisite: BIOL 132:231:232 or BIOL 322.
Introduction to components, arrangement and
adaptations of animal tissues with special emphasis
on mammalian tissues and mammalian
organ systems.
BIOL 408. Principles of Microbiology. (4)
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory.
Prerequisites: BIOL 132 and BIOL 231
A course on prokaryotic biology. Topics include
bacterial cell biology, bacterial genetics, bacterial
metabolism, microbial evolution and ecology, and
bacterial interactions with humans, with a particular
emphasis on bacteria as pathogens. Emphasis
will be placed on reading primary literature and
writing. Laboratory exercises will include sterile
and bacterial culturing techniques, and exercises
in bacterial genetics and physiology.
BIOL 409. Virology. (4)
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory.
Prerequisite: BIOL 132, BIOL 231
An introduction to viruses, with emphasis on
pathogens of humans. Topics include viral
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BIOL 425. Evolution. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: BIOL 231 and BIOL 232.
Introduction to modern hypotheses on the
mechanisms of genetic change in populations,
speciation, evolution of societies, origins of
higher taxa, causes of extinctions and modern
approaches to classification. Concepts will be
applied to a discussion of human evolution.
BIOL 430. Genes and Development. (4)
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory.
Prerequisite: BIOL 132 and BIOL 231; or permission
of instructor.
An introduction to the molecular, physiological,
and morphological events of developmental
systems with emphasis on vertebrates. Emphasis
will be placed on gene regulation during gametogenesis,
fertilization, early development,
organogenesis, and cellular differentiation.
Laboratory will involve a comparative morphological
study of embryos and analysis of gene
expression during development.