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Course Information
2009-2010 Biology Course Offerings
This information is current as of 7/28/09 and all courses are subject to change. The Time Schedule became available starting 08/01/09 on Axess. For course descriptions, please see the ExploreCourses website. For University rules, regulations, and degree programs, see the online Stanford Bulletin.
PLEASE NOTE: These courses are only available to matriculated Stanford undergraduate or graduate students.
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Autumn 2009-10
Winter 2009-10
Spring 2009-10
Not offered 2009-10
Never offered again (recently discontinued)
Autumn 2009-2010
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INTRODUCTORY COURSES
- BIO 3: Frontiers in Marine Biology (Hopkins Faculty), 1 unit
INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS
- BIO 11N: Biotechnology in Everyday Life (Walbot), 3 units
- BIO 34N: Hunger (Barton), 3 units
 BIO 38N: Photosynthesis: From Basic Mechanisms to Biofuels (Grossman), 3 units
CORE
- BIO 41: Genetics, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology (Simoni, Bergmann), 5 units
INTERMEDIATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 101: Ecology (Dirzo, Vitousek), 3 units Area 4
- BIO 141: Biostatistics (Boik), 4-5 units
- BIO 143/243: Evolution (Watt), 3 units Area 4
- BIO 151: Mechanisms of Neuron Death (Sapolsky), 3 units
- BIO 153: Cellular Neuroscience: Cell Signaling and Behavior (Wine), 4 units Area 3
- BIO 160A: Developmental Biology I (Simon), 4 units Area 1 or 2
- BIO 163/263: Neural Systems & Behavior (Fernald), 4 units Area 3
- BIO 171/271: Principles of Cell Cycle Control (Skotheim), 3 units Area 2
- BIO 185/285: Evolution of Reproductive Social Behavior (Roughgarden), 3 units Area 4
- BIO 459: Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences (staff), 1 unit
ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 230: Molecular and Cellular Immunology (Jones), 4 units Area 1 or 2
- BIO 230A: Molecular and Cellular Immunology Literature Review (staff), 1 unit
PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
- BIO 203: Advanced Genetics (Stearns, Barsh, Sidow, Kim), 4 units
- BIO 294: Cellular Biophysics (Fisher), 3 units
- BIO 301: Frontiers in Biology (Skotheim, Morrison), 1-3 units
- BIO 302: Current Topics and Concepts in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution (staff), 1 unit
- BIO 306: Current Topics in Integrative Organismal Biology (Heller, Fernald, Sapolsky), 1 unit
- BIO 312: Ethical Issues in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Ehrlich), 1 unit
- BIO 315: Seminar in Biochemical Evolution (Watt), 1-3 units
- BIO 342: Plant Biology Seminar (Walbot), 1-3 units
- BIO 383: Seminar in Population Genetics (Feldman), 1-3 units
Winter 2009-2010
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INTRODUCTORY COURSES
- BIO 96A: Jasper Ridge Docent Training (Dirzo, Wilber), 4 units
INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS
- BIO 14N: Plants and Civilization (Mooney), 3 units
- BIO 37N: Green Revolution and Plant Biotechnology (Wang), 3 units
CORE
- BIO 42: Cell Biology and Animal Physiology (Cyert, Jones, Heller, Sapolsky), 5 units
- BIO 44X: Core Experimental Laboratory (Malladi), 4 units
INTERMEDIATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 104/200: Advanced Molecular Biology (Frydman, Gozani), 5 units Area 1
- BIO 106: Human Origins (Klein), 5 units
- BIO 109A/209A: The Human Genome and Disease (R. Heller), 3 units
- BIO 112/212: Human Physiology (Garza), 4 units Area 3
- BIO 117: Biology and Global Change (Vitousek, Arrigo), 4 units
- BIO 129A: Cellular Dynamics I: Cell Motility and Adhesion (Nelson), 4 units Area 2
- BIO 141: Biostatistics (Feldman), 4-5 units
- BIO 144: Conservation Biology (Boggs), 3-4 units Area 4
- BIO 146: Population Studies (Feldman), 1 unit
- BIO 160B: Developmental Biology (Simon), 4 units Area 1 or 2
- BIO 165/265: Cellular and Molecular Therapeutic Approaches to Neurological Disorders (Sorrells), 1 unit
- BIO 178/278: Microbiology Literature (Long), 3 units
- BIO 188/288: Biochemistry I (Zare, Altman, Cegelski), 3 units Area 1
- BIO 191: Research in Bird Biology (Root), 1-4 units
- BIO 459: Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences (staff), 1 unit
- BIOHOPK 161H/261H: Invertebrate Zoology (Watanabe)
- BIOHOPK 166H/266H: Molecular Ecology (Palumbi)
- BIOHOPK 170H/270H: Topics in Marine Biology (B. Block, Thompson)
- BIOHOPK 172H/272H: Marine Ecology (Micheli) Area 4
- BIOHOPK 187H/287H: Sensory Ecology (Thompson)
ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 207: Life and Death of Proteins (Frydman), 3 units
- BIO 213: Biology of Viruses (Campbell), 3 units Area 3
- BIO 214: Advanced Cell Biology (Kopito, Theriot, Pfeffer, Straight), 2-5 units
- BIO 217: Neuronal Biophysics (Schnitzer), 4 units
- BIO 267: Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Disease (Kopito, Reimer, Wyss-Coray) - next offered Winter 09-10
PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
- BIO 301: Frontiers in Biology (Bergmann, Skotheim), 1-3 units
- BIO 303: Current Topics and Concepts in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution (Watt), 1 unit
- BIO 315: Seminar in Biochemical Evolution (Watt), 1-3 units
- BIO 326: Foundations in Biogeography (Hadly, Fukami), 2 units
- BIO 342: Plant Biology Seminar (Walbot), 1-3 units
- BIO 383: Seminar in Population Genetics (Feldman), 1-3 units
Spring 2009-2010
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INTRODUCTORY COURSES
- BIO 1: Human Evolution and Environment (Ehrlich), 3 units
- BIO 96B: Jasper Ridge Docent Training (Dirzo, Wilber), 4 units
INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS
- BIO 13N: Environmental Problems and Solutions (Ehrlich), 3 units
- BIO 16N: Island Ecology (Vitousek), 3 units
- BIO 26N: Maintenance of the Genome (Hanawalt), 3 units
- BIO 27N: Nature & Nurture in Brain Development (McConnell), 3 units
- BIO 33N: Conservation Science and Practice (Daily), 3 units
- BIO 39N: Networks in Biology (Rhee), 3 units
CORE
- BIO 43: Plant Biology, Evolution and Ecology (Petrov, Roughgarden, Mudgett), 5 units
- BIO 44Y: Core Experimental Laboratory (Malladi), 4 units
- BIOHOPK 43: Plant Biology, Evolution and Ecology (Denny, Palumbi, Watanabe)
- BIOHOPK 44Y: Core Experimental Laboratory (Denny, Palumbi, Watanabe)
INTERMEDIATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 102: Demography: Health Development, Environment (Tuljapurkar), 3 units
- BIO 109B/209B: The Human Genome and Disease: Genetic Diversity and Personalized Medicine (R. Heller), 3 units
- BIO 113/244: Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution (Petrov), 4 units Area 1 or 4
- BIO 118/218: Genetic Analysis of Biological Processes (staff) tentative Area 1 or 2
- BIO 122: Along the Track of the Yellowstone Hotspot: Fusion of Art and Science (Hadly, Wight, Dunbar), 4 units
- BIO 125: Ecosystems of California (Mooney), 3 units
- BIO 129B: Cellular Dynamics II: Building a Cell (Nelson), 4 units Area 2
- BIO 132/232: Advanced Imaging Lab in Biophysics (S. Block, Ehrhardt, Schnitzer, S. Smith, Stearns), 4 units
- BIO 137/237: Plant Genetics (Walbot), 3-4 units
- BIO 150/250: Human Behavioral Biology (Sapolsky), 5 units
- BIO 152: Imaging: Biological Light Microscopy (Smith), 3 units
- BIO 166/266: Faunal Analysis - Animal Remains for the Archaeologist (Klein), 5 units
- BIO 175: Tropical Ecology and Conservation (Dirzo), 5 units
- BIO 177: Plant Microbe Interaction (Long, Mudgett), 3 units
- BIO 183/283: Theoretical Population Genetics (Feldman), 3 units
- BIO 186/286: Natural History of the Vertebrates (Hadly, Terry), 4 units
- BIO 189/289: Biochemistry II (Dunn) Area 1
- BIO 191: Research in Bird Biology (Root)
- BIO 459: Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences (staff), 1 unit
- BIOHOPK 162H/262H: Comparative Animal Physiology (B. Block), 5-8 units
- BIOHOPK 171H/271H: Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology (Somero), 4 units Area 3
- BIOHOPK 173H/273H: Marine Conservation Biology (B. Block), 1-3 units
- BIOHOPK 174H/274H: Experimental Design and Probability (Watanabe), 3 units
- BIOHOPK 175H: Problems in Marine Ecology and Ecophysiology (staff), 3-10 units
- BIOHOPK 184H/284H: Holistic Biology: Monterey Bay and the Sea of Cortez (Gilly), 16 units
- BIOHOPK 188H/288H: Experimental Sensory Ecology (Thompson), 3 units
ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 205: DNA Repair and Genomic Stability (Hanawalt, Ford), 3 units
PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
- BIO 223: Stochastic and Nonlinear Dynamics (Fisher), 3 units
- BIO 388: Communication & Leadership Skills (Root), 3 units
- BIO 304: Current Topics and Concepts in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution (Watt), 1 unit
- BIO 315: Seminar in Biochemical Evolution (Watt), 1-3 units
- BIO 342: Plant Biology Seminar (Walbot), 1-3 units
- BIO 383: Seminar in Population Genetics (Feldman), 1-3 units
Not offered 2009-2010
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Please note: the next offering is not known for all courses; where it is known, it is noted.
INTRODUCTORY COURSES
- BIO 2: Current Research Topics in Biology (staff), 1 unit
- BIO 20: Introduction to Brain & Behavior (Fernald), 3 units - next offered Autumn 10-11
INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS
- BIO 5N: Solving Environmental Problems: Science vs. Dogma (Root)
- BIO 6N: Climate Change: Drivers, Impacts and Solutions (Field)
- BIO 15N: Environmental Literacy (Schneider) - next offered Winter 10-11
- BIO 22N: Infection, Immunity and Global Health (Jones)
- BIO 23N: Microbes, Mysteries, and Metagenomics (Bhaya)
- BIO 24N: From Bread to Genomics: Using Yeast to Study Biology (Cyert)
- BIO 25N: Biogeography of Disease (Hadly) - next offered Autumn 10-11
- BIO 25Q: Molecular Basis of Genetic Disease (Kopito)
- BIO 31Q: Ants: Behavior, Ecology and Evolution (Gordon)
- BIO 36N: Physiology of Human Performance (Heller)
INTERMEDIATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 114: Field Course on Tropical Biogeochemistry: Amazon as Case Study (Vitousek), 3 units - next offered Autumn 10-11
- BIO 121: Biogeography (Hadly), 3 units - next offered Spring 10-11
- BIO 130: Current Issues in Paleoanthropology (Klein), 1 unit
- BIO 133: Genetics of Prokaryotes (Burkholder, Campbell), 4 units
- BIO 135: Biological Clocks (Heller), 3 units
- BIO 136: Evolutionary Paleobiology (Hadly), 4 units
- BIO 139: Biology of Birds (Root), 3 units - next offered Spring 10-11
- BIO 140: Population Biology of Butterflies (Ehrlich), 2-5 units
- BIO 145/245: Behavioral Ecology (Gordon), 4 units
- BIO 147/247: Controlling Climate Change in the 21st Century (Schneider), 3 units - next offered Winter 10-11
- BIO 149/249: Neurobiology of Sleep (Heller), 4 units - next offered Winter 10-11
- BIO 154/254: Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology (Luo, Shen, Clandinin), 4-5 units - next offered Autumn 10-11
- BIO 157/257: Plant Biochemistry (Mudgett), 3-4 units - next offered Autumn 10-11
- BIO 158: Developmental Neurobiology (McConnell, Shen, Garner), 4 units - next offered Spring 10-11
- BIO 161: Molecular Basis of Biological Communication (Bergmann), 4 units - next offered Spring 10-11
- BIO 164/264: Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions (Field, Berry), 4 units - next offered Winter 10-11
- BIOHOPK 163H/263H: Oceanic Biology (Denny, Somero), 4 units
- BIOHOPK 164H/264H: Marine Botany (staff), 5 units
- BIOHOPK 167H/267H: Nerve, Muscle and Synapse (Gilly) , 5 units
- BIOHOPK 168H/268H: Molecular Ecology Data Analysis (Palumbi)
- BIOHOPK 178H/278H: Polar Biology (Somero), 2 units
- BIOHOPK 182H/282H: Stanford at Sea (B. Block, Dunbar, Micheli), 16 units
ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 215: Biochemical Evolution (Watt), 3 units
- BIO 216: Terrestrial Biogeochemistry (Vitousek), 3 units - next offered Spring 10-11
- BIO 222: Exploring Neural Circuits (Luo), 3 units - next offered Winter 10-11
- BIO 231: Evolution of Life Histories (Tuljapurkar), 3 units - next offered Spring 10-11
- BIO 258: Neural Development (McConnell, Shen, Garner), 4 units - next offered Spring 10-11
PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
- BIO 206: Field Studies in Earth Systems (Chiariello, Dirzo, Field, Fendorf), 5 units - next offered Spring 10-11
- BIO 323: Detecting Climate-Driven Changes in California Plant Ranges (Root, Anderegg)
- BIO 324: Interpreting Ecological Data (Root), 4 units
- BIO 325: Evolution of Body Size (Payne, Hadly)
- BIO 384: Theoretical Ecology (Roughgarden), 1-3 units
Never offered again (recently discontinued courses)
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INTRODUCTORY COURSES
- BIO 30: Frontiers in Marine Science
INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS
- BIO 28N: Molecular Basis of Cancer
- BIO 35N: Nobel Prize Winning Research in Biology & Medicine
- BIO 106Q: The Heart of the Matter
INTERMEDIATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 115: Signal Transduction and Development
- BIO 134: Replication of DNA
- BIO 142/242: Topics in Theoretical Ecology
- BIO 159/259: Chromatin Biology in Health and Disease
- BIO 180/280: Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture (BIO listing only)
- BIO 193: Undergraduate Journal Club
ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 221: Methods of Theoretical Population Biology
- BIO 235: Challenges for Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America
- BIO 261A & B: Advanced Topics in Behavioral Biology
PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
- BIO 385: Speaking About Science
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