2019-2020 BSC Catalog

146 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
experiments, and interpreting results. One three-hour meeting per week. Prerequisite: BI
225. Spring of even-numbered years.
BI 442 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (1)
A study of the phylogenetic development of chordate systems with special emphasis on
the comparative morphology of a series of vertebrates. Three lectures, one three-hour
laboratory, and one TBA laboratory per week. Prerequisite: senior standing or instructor
consent. Fall.
BI 471 Directed Research in Organismal Biology or Physiology (1)
An advanced exploration of the practices and techniques of research in organismal
biology or physiology. Focuses on the execution and communication of scientific
research. May be completed as the first of two required units of senior capstone research.
Six hours of lecture/laboratory per week. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: BI
225 and at least junior standing.
BI 473 Directed Research in Field Biology (1)
An advanced exploration of the practices and techniques of research in field biology.
Focuses on the execution and communication of scientific research. May be completed as
the first of two required units of senior capstone research. Six hours of lecture/laboratory
per week. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: BI 225 and at least junior standing.
BI 474 Directed Research in Cell and Molecular Biology (1)
An advanced exploration of the practices and techniques of research in cell and molecular
biology. Focuses on the execution and communication of scientific research. May be
completed as the first of two required units of senior capstone research. Six hours of
lecture/laboratory per week. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: BI 225 and at
least junior standing.
BI 475, 499 Capstone Seminar in Biology (1)
A weekly seminar on current research topics and literature in biology. Students develop
and present a seminar focused on the capstone project. Constitutes the second of two
required units of senior capstone research. Instructor consent required. Prerequisite:
completion of or concurrent enrollment in a research-intensive course or rise 3
independent research experience. BI 475: Fall, Spring; BI 499: Exploration term.
BST – Black Studies
BST 201 Introduction to Black Studies (1)
An examination of the history of Black studies as a movement and an exploration of the
complexities of the field through a transdisciplinary perspective. The course focuses on
the genealogy of Black studies; the historical construction of Africa; the evolution of
blackness as a category and how that has materialized socially and politically across
regions of the globe; the ways in which African diasporic people remember and
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2019-2020