2017-18 Biology Course Offerings
*FYS (First-Year Seminar); SOPH SEM (Sophomore Seminar); LAB (Lab or Field Trip Course); WRIT (designated-course offering considered to fulfill the writing requirement); CONF (discussion group in addition to primary course section); DIV (content addresses issues of diversity including race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, inequality, and other related areas of inquiry as relevant to topics and careers in the biological sciences).
For courses offered in alternate years, view course summaries from previous academic years at Related Files, below.
SEM |
BANNER NUMBER | COURSE TITLE |
PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR | *FYS/SOPH SEM/LAB/ WRIT/CONF/DIV |
| 1 | 0030 | Principles of Nutrition | Flynn, Mary | |
| 1 | 0100 | Living Biology at Brown & Beyond | Smith, Katherine | FYS/DIV |
| 1 | 0140C | Communicating Science: Animating Science | Stein, John | |
| 1 | 0150A | Techniques and Analyses Using DNA-Based Biotechnology | Hall, Jody | FYS/LAB |
| 1 | 0170 | Biotechnology in Medicine | Achilli, Toni Marie |
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| 1 | 0180 | Biology of AIDS | Shank, Peter | |
| 1 | 0190F | Foundations: Darwinian Medicine | Tatar, Marc | FYS/DIV |
| 1 | 0190P | Pride & Prejudice in the Development of Scientific Theories | Helfand, Stephen | FYS |
| 1 | 0190R | Foundations: Phage Hunters, Part I | Taylor, Sarah |
FYS/LAB |
| 1 | 0190U |
Plant Development, Structure and Function | Heywood, Peter | FYS/WRIT |
| 1 | 0210 | Diversity of Life | Kellner, James | DIV |
| 1 | 0380 | The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease | Weinreich, Daniel | |
| 1 | 0400 | Biological Design | Swartz, Sharon | WRIT |
| 1 | 0410 | Invertebrate Zoology | Ewanchuk, Patrick | LAB/DIV |
| 1 | 0430 | The Evolution of Plant Diversity | Jackson, Fred |
LAB |
| 1 | 0455 | Coastal Ecology and Conservation | Bertness, Mark | |
| 1 | 0470 | Genetics | Johnson, Mark | LAB |
| 1 | 0480 | Evolutionary Biology | Rand, David | CONF/DIV |
| 1 | 0530 | Principles of Immunology | Bungiro, Richard | |
| 1 | 0800 | Principles of Physiology | Stein, John | LAB |
| 1 | 0940A | Viral Epidemics |
Atwood, Walter | SOPH SEM/WRIT |
| 1 | 0940B | Life in a Shell |
Jackson, Donald | SOPH SEM |
| 1 | 0940D | Rhode Island Flora: Understanding and Documenting Local Plant Diversity |
Whitfeld, Timothy | SOPH SEM/LAB |
| 1 | 0960 | Independent Study in Science Writing | Faculty Advisors | |
| 1 | 1050,2050 | Biology of the Eukaryotic Cell (Grad students register for 2050) | Miller, Kenneth/Gerbi, Susan | CONF |
| 1 | 1070 | Biotechnology and Global Health | Schell, Jacquelyn | |
| 1 | 1090 | Polymer Science for Biomaterials | Mathiowitz, Edith | LAB |
| 1 | 1110 | Signal Transduction | Oancea, Elena | |
| 1 | 1140 | Tissue Engineering | TBD | DIV |
| 1 | 1160 | Principles of Exercise Physiology | Hai, Chi-Ming | DIV |
| 1 | 1222A,2222B | Functional Genomics (Grad students register for 2222B) | Neretti, Nicola | |
| 1 | 1260,2260 | Physiological Pharmacology (Grad students register for 2260) | Marshall, John | |
| 1 | 1270,2270 | Advanced Biochemistry (Grad students register for 2270) | Deaconscu, Alexandra | |
| 1 | 1290 | Cancer Biology | Zhitkovich, Anatoly | |
| 1 | 1310,2310 | Developmental Biology (Grad students register for 2310) | Wharton, Kristi | LAB |
| 1 | 1420 | Experimental Design in Ecology | Witman, Jon | |
| 1 | 1430 | Population Genetics | Weinreich, Daniel | |
| 1 | 1470 | Conservation Biology | Sax, Dov | |
| 1 | 1495 | 500 Million Years of Land Plants | Leslie, Andrew | |
| 1 | 1520 | Innate Immunity | Brossay, Laurent | |
| 1 | 1565 | Survey of Biomedical Informatics | Sarkar, Neil | |
| 1 | 1950 | Directed Research/Independent Study - See Research | Faculty Advisors | LAB |
| 1 | 1970A | Stem Cell Biology | Freiman, Richard | |
| 1 | 2020 | Biotechnology Science and Industry | Scott, Jeffrey | |
| 1 | 2030 | Foundations for Advanced Study in the Life Sciences | DeLong, Alison | CONF |
| 1 | 2089 | Biotechnology IP | Morgan, Jeffrey | |
| 1 | 2125 | Bioinformatics in the Discovery, Development, and Use of Medicines | Campbell, Robert | |
| 1 | 2150 | Scientific Communication | Bender, Judith | CONF |
| 1 | 2170 | Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology | Horrigan, Diana | |
| 1 | 2180 | Experiential Learning Industry (ELI) | Zielinski-Habershaw, Beth | |
| 1 | 2190 | MPP Professional Development Seminar | Horrigan, Diana | |
| 1 | 2230 | Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Seminar | Darling, Eric | |
| 1 | 2245 | Blood Substitutes: Principles and Therapeutics Development | Kim, Hae Won | |
| 1 | 2340 | Neurogenetics and Disease | Reenan, Robert | |
| 1 | 2430 |
Topics in EEB: |
Rand, David | DIV |
| 1 | 2860 | Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease | Bartnikas, Thomas | DIV |
| 2 | 0040 | Nutrition for Fitness and Physical Activity | Flynn, Mary | |
| 2 | 0080 | Biotechnology Management | Bready, Barrett | |
| 2 | 0140A | Topics in Science Communications: Science Journalism Practicum | Turner, Scott | DIV |
| 2 | 0150D | Techniques in Regenerative Medicine: Cells, Scaffolds and Staining | Achilli, Toni-Marie | FYS/LAB |
| 2 | 0190S | Foundations: Phage Hunters, Part II | Taylor, Sarah | FYS/LAB |
| 2 | 0200 | The Foundations of Living Systems | Miller, Kenneth | LAB/DIV |
| 2 | 0280 | Biochemistry |
Lapierre, Louis | CONF |
| 2 | 0285 | Introductory Biochemistry Lab | Taylor, Sarah | LAB COURSE |
| 2 | 0420 | Principles of Ecology | Witman, Jon | CONF |
| 2 | 0440 | Inquiry in Plant Biology: Analysis of Plant Growth, Reproduction and Adaptive Responses | DeLong, Alison | |
| 2 | 0495 | Statistical Analysis of Biological Data | Ramachandran, Sohini | CONF |
| 2 | 0500 | Cell and Molecular Biology | Webb, Ashley | |
| 2 | 0510 | Introductory Microbiology | Bennett, Richard | LAB |
| 2 | 0800 | Principles of Physiology | Hai, Chi-Ming | LAB |
| 2 | 0960 | Independent Study in Science Writing | Faculty Advisors | |
| 2 | 1040,2040 | Ultrastructure/Bioimaging | Williams, Geoffrey | LAB |
| 2 | 1100 | Cell Physiology and Biophysics | Zimmerman, Anita | |
| 2 | 1120 | Biomaterials | Zielinski-Habershaw, Beth | |
| 2 | 1250 | Host-microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease | Belenky, Peter/Vaishnava, Shipra | |
| 2 | 1330 | Biology of Reproduction | Wessel, Gary | DIV |
| 2 | 1450 | Community Ecology | Kellner, James | |
| 2 | 1500 | Plant Physiological Ecology | TBD | |
| 2 | 1540,2540 | Molecular Genetics (Grad students register for 2540) | Bender, Judith/Larschan, Erica | |
| 2 | 1545,2545 | Human Genetics and Genomics (Grad students register for 2545) | Morrow, Eric | |
| 2 | 1550 | Biology of Emerging Microbial Diseases | Bungiro, Richard/de Graffenried, Christopher | |
| 2 | 1555 | Methods in Biomedical Informatics | Sarker, Neil | |
| 2 | 1600 | Development of Vaccines to Infectious Diseases | Bungiro, Richard | |
| 2 | 1820 | Environmental Health and Disease | Plavicki, Jessica | |
| 2 | 1880 | Comparative Biology of the Vertebrates | Chew, Amy | LAB |
| 2 | 1920D | Race, Difference and Biomedical Research: Historical Considerations | Braun, Lundy | DIV |
| 2 | 1960 | Directed Research/Independent Study - See Research | Faculty Advisors | |
| 2 | 2010 | Quantitative Approaches to Biology | Fairbrother, William/Neretti, Nicola |
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| 2 | 2018 | Management Strategies in Biotechnology | Jong, Yong | |
| 2 | 2121 | The Biochemistry of Signaling and Regulation from Prokaryptes to Eukaryotes | Deaconescu, Alexandra/Salomon, Arthur | |
| 2 | 2125 | Bioinformatics in the Discovery, Development and Use of Medicines | Campbell, Robert | |
| 2 | 2156 | Special Topics in Biotechnology Writing | Mathiowitz, Edith | |
| 2 | 2167 | In Vitro Models for Disease | Schell, Jacquelyn | |
| 2 | 2180 | Experiential Learning Industry (ELI) | Zielinski-Habershaw, Beth | |
| 2 | 2240 | Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Seminar | Morgan, Jeffrey | |
| 2 | 2350 | The Biology of Aging | Helfand, Stephen | DIV |
| 2 | 2440 S01 | Topics in EEB: |
Rand, David | DIV |
| 2 | 2528 | Innovation and Commercialization in Medical Devices, Diagnostics, and Wearables | Analoui, Mostafa | |
| 2 | 2640A | Topics in Microbiology and Immunology: Viral Immunology | Biron, Christine |
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