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2011 – 2012Course DescriptionsBIOL 405 BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING (4)Three hours lecture and three hours labper weekPrerequisite: CHEM 318Emphasizes quantitative engineeringaspects of biology including the microbialsynthesis of commercial products,environmental biotechnology, and themanufacture of biopharmaceuticalsthrough recombinant microorganisms,transgenic animals, and plants.Consideration will be given to proteinisolation and purification, microbialkinetics and energetics, enzyme kinetics,and operation of bioreactors. A lab fee isrequired.BIOL 406 EVOLUTIONARYBIOGEOGRAPHY (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: BIOL 303Examines the spatial and temporaldistribution of plant and animalgroups with emphasis on historical,environmental and biological processesgoverning current patterns of speciesand habitat geography. Integrates theoryand analytical tools from geology,paleontology, ecology, evolution andgenetics to study the effects of globalchange on biodiversity.BIOL 407 BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: BIOL 200Examination of the evolutionary andecological basis for animal behavior.Topics include: cooperative andcompetitive interactions, mating systems,reproductive behavior and eusociality.BIOL 408 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: BIOL 400This course presents the basis offoundation for understanding howmacromolecules combine to form thestructural and functional units of the intactcell.BIOL 416 RADIOBIOLOGY ANDRADIONUCLIDES (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: BIOL 300, PHYS 201, BIOL/PHYS/HLTH 434Topics include: nature and effects ofionizing radiation on biomolecularstructures and living cells; appliedradiobiology and radionuclides; geneticeffects of ionizing radiation and methodsof protection and dosimetry.Same as PHYS 416BIOL 420 CELLULAR AND MOLECULARIMMUNOLOGY (4)Three hours lecture and three hourslaboratory per weekPrerequisites: BIOL 300 with a grade of Cor better and CHEM 122Study of cellular and molecular aspectsof the immune system and its responsesagainst infectious agents and/orenvironmental insults. Included aredevelopment of the organs and cellsof the immune system, genetics of themolecules of the immune system andtheir functions and interactions duringan immune response, immunologicaldisorders such as immunodeficiencies,autoimmune diseases, transplantation,and contemporary immunologicaltechniques used in clinical diagnosis andother modern research and developmentapplications. A lab fee is required.BIOL 421 VIROLOGY (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: BIOL 301 with a grade of Cor better and CHEM 122Study of aspects of molecular structure,genetics, and replication of viruses andother sub-viral agents such as prionsand viroids, virus-host interactions,pathogenesis of viral infections, diagnosticvirology, and antiviral vaccines anddrugs; emphasis on human pathogens.BIOL 422 MOLECULAR PLANTPHYSIOLOGY (4)Three hours lecture and three hourslaboratory per weekPrerequisites: BIOL 300 with a grade of Cor betterStudy of principles and methods ofplant physiology at the molecular levelcombined with modern plant technology.Topics include plant tissue and cell culture,genetic engineering and transformation,plant defense, genomics and applicationsof DNA technology. A lab fee is required.BIOL 423 CELLULAR AND MOLECULARNEUROBIOLOGY (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: BIOL 300 with a grade of Cor better and CHEM 122Study of the nervous system at cellularand molecular levels including cellularstructure of neurons and their function andinteractions, neurotransmitters and theirfunction and regulation, chemical agentsand their effects on neuronal cells andnormal responses by the cells and themolecules of the nervous system and theirresponses under adverse conditions.BIOL 424 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: BIOL 300 with a grade of Cbetter and CHEM 122Study of human physiology at both thecellular and organ system levels includingneurophysiology, muscle physiology,cardiovascular physiology, respiration,kidney function, hormone function andreproduction.BIOL 425 HUMAN GENETICS (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: BIOL 300 and BIOL 302with grades of C or better andCHEM 122Basic principles of human inheritance,including the transmission of genetictraits, chromosomal abnormalities andtheir effects, gene structure and function,pedigree analysis, gene mapping,cytogenetics, mutations and mutagenicagents, cancer genetics, molecularanalysis of inherited diseases andgenetically controlled phenomena inhumans.BIOL 426 HEMATOLOGY (4)Three hours lectureThree hours laboratoryPrerequisite: BIOL 300Study of human blood, includinghistological, physiological, biochemicaland clinical examination of blood.Topics include blood cell differentiation,development, iron metabolism,pathology, clinical diagnostic technology.Psychological and societal impact ofhuman blood diseases and their impacton world civilizations and economy willbe also studied. A lab fee is required.BIOL 427 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (4)Three hours lecture and three hourslaboratory per weekPrerequisites: BIOL 300 with a grade of Cor better and CHEM 122This course will use descriptive,experimental and comparativeapproaches in the study of animaldevelopment. Developmental stagesincluding gametogenesis, fertilization,cleavage, gastrulation and organogenesiswill be discussed in a variety of animalphyla. The molecular and cellularmechanisms underlying morphogenesisand the evolutionary conservation ofdevelopmental mechanisms in variousanimal phyla will be examined. A lab feeis required.222 www.csuci.edu • California State University Channel Islands • 2011 - 2012 Catalog