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BIOL 338 Genomics and Bioinformatics 6 credits
The advent of next-generation sequencing technology has revolutionized biology, enabling transformative breakthroughs in fields ranging from agriculture to conservation to medicine. In this course, students will gain experience with the computational and bioinformatics tools needed to analyze “big data,” including sequence searching and alignment, assembly, gene calling and annotation. Students will learn to ask and answer their own scientific questions using sequence data, and to critically assess the conclusions of other genomics and bioinformatics studies. No prior computer programming experience is required. Associated laboratory will focus on wet lab methods for DNA/RNA extraction and preparation as well as computational analysis.
Biology 339 required
- Fall 2023
- Science with Lab Quantitative Reasoning Encounter
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Biology 125 and 126 and one of these upper level courses: Biology 240, Biology 321 or Biology 350
concurrent registration in Biology 339
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BIOL 338.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Rika Anderson 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WAnderson Hall 223 9:50am-11:00am
- FAnderson Hall 223 9:40am-10:40am
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ECON 271 Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment 6 credits
This course focuses on environmental economics, energy economics, and the relationship between them. Economic incentives for pollution abatement, the industrial organization of energy production, optimal depletion rates of energy sources, and the environmental and economic consequences of alternate energy sources are analyzed.
- Fall 2023
- Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Social Inquiry
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Economics 111
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ECON 271.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Aaron Swoboda 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 211 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWillis 211 12:00pm-1:00pm
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ENTS 215 Environmental Ethics 6 credits
This course is an introduction to the central ethical debates in environmental policy and practice, as well as some of the major traditions of environmental thought. It investigates such questions as whether we can have moral duties towards animals, ecosystems, or future generations; what is the ethical basis for wilderness preservation; and what is the relationship between environmentalism and social justice. The Academic Civic Engagement aspect of the course for Spring 2024 will involve beaver monitoring in the Arb and participation in planning the BeaverFest campus and community event in May.
- Fall 2023
- Humanistic Inquiry
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ENTS 215.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- M, WWillis 203 11:10am-12:20pm
- FWillis 203 12:00pm-1:00pm