Graduate Catalog: 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

and environmental stress factors. Productivityculturing methods and economics. Man's use ofbiotechnology and industry. Terrestrial monitoring.BIO 570 Plant Pathology - Four semester hours.History of non-parasitic and parasitic diseasesincited by bacteria, fungi, plasmodiophorales,nematodes, and viruses will be discussed. Diseasecontrol through exclusion, eradication, protection,and post-resistance mechanisms will be mentioned.(Prerequisite: BIO 344)BIO 571 Plant Anatomy - Four semester hours.Ontogeny, differentiation, and maturation of thevarious tissues and organs of angiosperms.Investigate problems in the growth and developmentof an angiosperm using histological techniques. Twothree-hour labs per week. (Prerequisite: BIO 372 orConsent of Instructor)BIO 572 Plant Taxonomy - Four semester hours.Principles of classifying, naming, and identifyingvascular plants with special emphasis on floweringplants, including a consideration of ecologicalfactors influencing vegetation distribution.BIO 580 Advanced Inveterate Zoology (UAH) -Four semester hours. Phylogenetic consideration ofthe invertebrate, including structural, functional,embryological, and physiological relationships,leading to an understanding of the complexity ofanimals. Includes laboratory and field trips.(Prerequisite: Invertebrate Zoology or Consent ofInstructor)BIO 590 Problems in Biological Sciences - Threesemester hours. Considers the problems ofelementary and secondary school teachers of sciencein all areas of biological sciences. Emphasis onrelations of biological organisms to theirenvironment, stressing climatic and soil factorswhich influence their distribution and adaptations.Provision is made for individual investigation in thebiological science.BIO 620 Applied Environmental Psychology(Toxicology) - Four semester hours. Detailed studyof hazardous pollution in the environment: heavymetals, pesticides, radiation, ozone, hydrocarbons,their fate and impact on the ecosystem; assay ofpollutants and their bioremediation. Risk assessmentof pollutants in the environment and theirmanagement. (Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor)BIO 621 Pathogenic Bacteriology (UAH) - Fivesemester hours. Detailed study of bacteria that causeinfections in humans. Mechanisms of pathogenicityand host-parasite relationships are emphasized. Twothree-hour labs per week. Lab Fee: Level 4.(Prerequisites: BIO 361, 421, and 430 or Consent ofInstructor)BIO 622 Applied and Industrial Microbiology -Four semester hours. Physiological studies andfermentation processes. Function of microorganismsof industrial importance in the biological productionof antibiotics, vitamins, organic acids, alcohol,amino acids, waste treatment and their assay.(Prerequisite: Microbiology)BIO 623 Advanced Virology - Four semesterhours. Outline of field of virology stressing themolecular biology of virus replication. Topicsinclude immunology, genetics, and epidemiology.Emphasis on bacteria and vertebrate viruses,although plant and insect viruses may be discussed.(Prerequisites: Microbiology and Principles ofVirology)BIO 624 Immunology - Four semester hours.Theoretical and practical aspects of immunology.Current areas of immunology that are controversialwill be discussed in detail. One four-hour lab perweek. Lab Fee: Level 4. (Prerequisites: BIO 361 and430 or Consent of Instructor)BIO 625 Medical Mycology (AAMU and UAH) -Four semester hours. Comprehensive study of fungipathogenic to man with emphasis on theirproperties, pathogenesis, and laboratory diagnosis.Topics will include interrelationship between fungi,the environment and food. Two hour labs per week:level 4; (Prerequisites: BIO 421 and 430)BIO 631 Pharmacology - Four semester hours.Lecture and laboratory course. Major topics includedrug-receptor interaction, kinetics of drugabsorption, distribution, and elimination, and adiscussion of drugs affecting different systems. Alsoto be considered are topics such aspharmacogenetics, toxicity, mutagenesis,teratogenesis, carcinogenesis, and drug interactions.Emphasis is on mechanism of action of drugs inrelation to their use as therapeutic agents inmedicine. (Prerequisites: Advanced Physiology Iand II).BIO 632 Cardiovascular Physiology - Threesemester hours. Mechanisms of cardiac muscleexcitation and interaction. Analysis of peripheralcirculation. Neural regulation of circulation.Angiography, Electrocardiography, and109