专业

生物信息学 Concentration

The 生物信息学 Concentration is offered to students majoring in 生物学, 数学, and 计算机科学.

为了获得生物信息学的专业，学生必须完成一些核心和选修要求. 计电子游戏软件生主要专业的课程可以同时计入生物信息学核心或选修要求. 例如, 生物专业的基本要求将自动达到BIOL 2000或以上水平的必修课要求, 和biol4200, 杂志5240年, or BIOL 6160 courses can double count to fulfill biology 选修课. 计算机科学专业的学生自然会在他们的主要课程中完成三个CS课程的要求. Computer science students taking the B.S. 选项也将自然满足CSCI 2244(随机性和计算)的概率要求。.

One elective course may be substituted by a semester of research in 生物信息学. 希望追求这种选择的学生应该访问生物系(希金斯355)的课程批准.

Concentration in Cell 生物学 and Development

细胞生物学和发育生物学旨在发现细胞的功能和活动, and how these cells 函数 in concert to develop 函数al organisms. Cells vary incredibly in form and 函数, from free-living bacterial spirochetes to meter-long motor neurons. 细胞生物学主要电子游戏正规平台细胞中的分子和大分子结构及其各自的功能, the 生物Chemistry of the reactions underlying a cell’s 函数, and the ways in which cells interact and communicate with each other. 发育生物学电子游戏正规平台单个非特化细胞如何分化并变得更加特化，以及多细胞生物中的细胞群如何进行形态发生, the process of anatomical structure formation. 从根本上, 发育生物学领域试图理解生物体从受精卵到功能的机制, 生殖成人.

本课程将探讨真核细胞的精细结构, the genetic and molecular basis of cell differentiation and morphogenesis, and the molecular biology of basic cell 函数s and organismal development. 本课程将为有兴趣从事相关健康事业或细胞/分子/发育生物学电子游戏正规平台生学习的学生提供极好的准备, direct entry into a research or technical position, 或者其他职业. 对于那些只想了解细胞层面上生命如何运作的学生来说，这也是一个很好的选择.

Concentration in 普通生物学

一般生物学的集中为学生提供了最大程度的课程灵活性. 不确定电子游戏正规平台生目标或希望体验各种生物学子学科的学生可以选择任何3000级或更高的生物学选修课来完成他们的学位. Such course selection can complete the requirements for medical school and allied health, 让学生为电子游戏正规平台和教学做好准备，并为商业等领域的各种职业提供适合的科学机会, public health and law. 一般生物学的浓度是默认的学生没有完成其他更具体的浓度在微生物学, Cell 生物学 and Development, Physiology and Organismal 生物学 or 遗传学 and Genomics. 这些专业的所有课程(生物统计学除外)都可以应用于普通生物学专业

Concentration in 遗传学 and Genomics

遗传学 is the study of genes, 遗传变异, 和遗传, which all have at their core nucleic acid sequences. 遗传学电子游戏正规平台遗传信息是如何从父母传递给后代或从细胞传递给细胞的, 遗传学这个术语也广泛地包括使用突变生物体来赋予DNA序列生物学功能. With advances in DNA sequencing methods, genome-wide analyses have become common. 基因组学电子游戏正规平台包括对整个基因组的结构和进化的调查，以及对生物体基因组中每个基因在特定生物过程或反应中的作用的同时检查, e.g., 识别所有在特定病原体感染时被激活的基因. Because all biological processes are carried out by the products of genes, 遗传学 is relevant to every life form on Earth, 测序技术正在推动遗传学在电子游戏正规平台和人类社会中发挥越来越大的作用, e.g., in the identification of linkage between genes and disease risk.

遗传学和基因组学集中为生物科学许多领域的电子游戏正规平台生学习提供了准备, as well as professional study in medical school or other post-graduate 程序s. 毕业生 with a BS degree may pursue careers in medicine, 遗传咨询, 生物技术, 生物信息学, 取证, or work as technicians in university, 医院, 政府, or industrial research laboratories.

Concentration in 微生物学

微生物学 is the study of organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye. This includes, Bacteria, Archaea, viruses, and single-celled eukaryotes. 微生物, 或微生物, thrive in nearly all environments, 从深海热喷口到人体肠道，据估计人体中存在的细菌比真核细胞还多. Microbes perform important 函数s as part of biogeochemical cycling, 生物修复, 生物技术, and are critical for human health and nutrition, as well as cause human disease. 此外, microbes are important experimental systems to study cell physiology, 光合作用, 生态, 进化, 遗传学, 生物技术, 生物Chemistry, 人类健康, reaching into many areas of biology.

微生物浓度为生物科学的许多领域的电子游戏正规平台生学习提供了准备, as well as professional study in medical, 牙科, 或者兽医学校. 毕业生 with a BS degree may pursue careers in medicine, environmental or food safety, 生物技术, or work as technicians in university, 医院, 政府, or industrial research laboratories.

Concentration in Physiology and Organismal 生物学

Physiology and organismal biology are broad, 综合, 以及重叠的学科，这些学科通常专注于电子游戏正规平台细胞层面以上的生命. Physiology integrates molecular, cellular, systems, and whole-body 函数s of organisms. 本系的相关课程主要强调脊椎动物的电子游戏正规平台，并为理解力学奠定基础, 物理, and biochemical basis of human physiology. Organismal biology focuses on the mechanisms that contribute to the form, 函数, and behavior of whole organisms. Courses in this area approach these subjects in an ecological and 进化ary context. 集中提供了机会，获得实践经验，通过高级选修课，包括实验室部分(e.g., Human Anatomy, Human Physiology) or advanced experience courses (e.g., Vertebrate Biomechanics,  Cancer as a Metabolic Disease). 此外，电子游戏正规平台，指导，或教学机会可能会安排与核心教师.

This concentration prepares students for a wide variety of career paths, 包括阅读人类和兽医学的高级学位以及生态学的电子游戏正规平台生电子游戏正规平台, 进化ary biology, and applied natural sciences. 该专业的毕业生还可以在包括动物科学在内的一系列领域就业, 生物学教育, 生物技术, wildlife and fisheries biology, 运动生理学, pharmaceutical/生物技术 research, natural resource management, 或保护.