2021-22 Biology Course Offerings
*FYS (First-Year Seminar); SOPH (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); COEX (engages students in addressing a research question or knowledge gap of interest to scholarly communities).
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/COEX |
ONLINE/HYBRID/REMOTE ACCESSABLE |
| 1 | BIOL XLIST: AFRI 1920 | Health Inequality in Historical Perspective | Braun, Lundy | DIV/SOPH/WRIT | |
| 1 | BIOL XLIST: CLPS 1195 | Life Under Water in the Anthropocene | Colwill, Ruth | COEX/LAB/WRIT | |
| 1 | 0030 | Principles of Nutrition | Flynn, Mary | Online | |
| 1 | 0100 | Living Biology at Brown & Beyond | Smith, Katherine/Hall, Jody |
FYS/DIV/LAB | Hybrid |
| 1 | 0170 | Biotechnology in Medicine | Achilli, Toni Marie |
CONF | Hybrid |
| 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 1 |
Taylor, Sarah |
COEX/FYS/LAB | |
| 1 | 0210 | Diversity of Life | Kellner, James | DIV | Remote Accessable |
| 1 | 0380 | The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease | Weinreich, Daniel | CONF | |
| 1 | 0410 | Invertebrate Zoology | Ewanchuk, Patrick | LAB/DIV | |
| 1 | 0470 | Genetics | Johnson, Mark |
LAB | |
| 1 | 0480 | Evolutionary Biology | Rand, David | CONF/DIV | Remote Accessable |
| 1 | 0530 | Principles of Immunology | Dugan, Aisling |
CONF | |
| 1 | 0600 | Genetic Screening in Model Organisms | Lapierre, Louis | COEX/LAB |
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| 1 | 0800 | Principles of Physiology | Stein, John/Sobieraj, Andrea | LAB | Online |
| 1 | 0940A | Viral Epidemics |
Atwood, Walter | SOPH/WRIT | |
| 1 | 0940D | Rhode Island Flora: Understanding and Documenting Local Plant Diversity | Kartzinel, Rebecca | SOPH | |
| 1 | 0960 | Independent Study in Science Writing | Faculty Advisors | ||
| 1 | 1050,2050 | Biology of the Eukaryotic Cell (Grad students register for 2050) | Gerbi, Susan |
CONF | |
| 1 | 1070 | Biotechnology and Global Health | Schell, Jacquelyn | Remote Accessable | |
| 1 | 1090 | Polymer Science for Biomaterials | Mathiowitz, Edith | CONF/LAB | Hybrid |
| 1 | 1110 | Signal Transduction | Oancea, Elena | ||
| 1 | 1140 | Tissue Engineering | Hoffman-Kim, Diane |
DIV | |
| 1 | 1260,2260 | Physiological Pharmacology (Grad students register for 2260) |
Marshall, John | ||
| 1 | 1270,2270 | Advanced Biochemistry (Grad students register for 2270) | Deaconescu, Alexandra | Remote Accessable |
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| 1 | 1290 | Cancer Biology | Zhitkovich, Anatoly |
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| 1 | 1300,2300 | Biomolecular Interactions (Grad students register for 2300) | Fawzi, Nicolas | ||
| 1 | 1420 | Experimental Design in Ecology | Witman, Jon | ||
| 1 | 1430 | Population Genetics | Weinreich, Daniel | CONF | |
| 1 | 1465 | Human Population Genomics | Huerta-Sanchez, Emilia |
WRIT |
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| 1 | 1470 | Conservation Biology | Sax, Dov | ||
| 1 | 1480 | Terrestrial Biogeochemistry and the Functioning of Ecosystems | Porder, Stephen | ||
| 1 | 1560,2560 | Virology (Grad students register for 2560) |
Jamieson, Amanda | ||
| 1 | 1565 | Survey of Biomedical Informatics | Sarkar, Neil |
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| 1 | 1575,2075 | Evaluation of Health Information Systems (Grad students register for 2075) |
Fraser, Hamish | ||
| 1 | 1800 | Animal Locomotion | Swartz, Sharon | WRIT | |
| 1 | 1950 | Directed Research/Independent Study - See Research | Faculty Advisors | LAB | |
| 1 | 1970A | Stem Cell Biology | Freiman, Richard | Remote Accessable |
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| 1 | 2010A | Introduction to Molecular Research in the Sciences | Mowry, Kimberly/Gerbi, Susan | ||
| 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 | Holmander, Daniel |
Remote Accessable |
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| 1 | 2150-S01 | Scientific Communication | Bender, Judith |
CONF | |
| 1 | 2150-S02 | Scientific Communication | Mowry, Kimberly | CONF | Remote Accessable |
| 1 | 2170 | Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology | Horrigan, Diana |
Remote Accessable |
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| 1 | 2180 | Experiential Learning Industry (ELI) | Schell, Jacquelyn | Remote Accessable |
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| 1 | 2190 | MPP Professional Development Seminar | Horrigan, Diana | ||
| 1 | 2230 | Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Seminar | Darling, Eric |
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| 1 | 2245 | Blood Substitutes: Principles and Therapeutics Development | Kim, Hae Won | ||
| 1 | 2340 |
Neurogenetics and Disease |
Reenan, Robert | ||
| 1 | 2860 | Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease | Bartnikas, Thomas | DIV | |
| Winter Session | 1455 | Planetary Health: Global Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Disease | Smith, Katherine | Online | |
| 2 | 0040 | Nutrition for Fitness and Physical Activity | Flynn, Mary | Remote Accessable | |
| 2 | 0080 | Biotechnology Management | Bready, Barrett | Remote Accessable | |
| 2 | 0150D | Techniques in Regenerative Medicine: Cells, Scaffolds, and Staining | Achilli, Toni-Marie | FYS/LAB | |
| 2 | 0160 | Plants, Food, and People | Heywood, Peter | ||
| 2 | 0190S | Foundations: Phage Hunters, Part II |
Zhou, Yang | COEX/FYS/LAB | |
| 2 | 0200 | The Foundations of Living Systems | Miller, Kenneth | LAB/DIV | |
| 2 | 0280 | Biochemistry | Lisi, George | CONF | |
| 2 | 0285-S01, S02 |
Inquiry in Biochemistry: From Gene to Protein Function |
Jogl, Gerwald/Sobieraj, Andrea | COEX/WRIT/CONF | |
| 2 | 0420 |
Principles of Ecology |
Witman, Jon | CONF | |
| 2 | 0430 | Evolution of Plant Diversity | Kartzinel, Rebecca | LAB | |
| 2 | 0450 | Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology | Fuxjager, Matthew | ||
| 2 | 0495 |
Statistical Analysis of Biological Data |
Huerta-Sanchez, Emilia | CONF | Remote Accessable |
| 2 | 0500 |
Cell and Molecular Biology |
Webb, Ashley | ||
| 2 | 0510 |
Introductory Microbiology |
Belenky, Peter |
CONF/LAB | |
| 2 | 0940G |
Antibiotic Drug Discovery: Identifying Novel Soil Microbes to Combat Antibiotic Resistance |
Achilli, Toni-Marie |
COEX/SOPH/LAB | |
| 2 | 0946 | Research Design & Quantitative Methods for the Health Sciences | Monteiro, Kristina | ||
| 2 | 0960 |
Independent Study in Science Writing |
Faculty Advisors |
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| 2 | 1040,2040 | Ultrastructure/Bioimaging (Grad students register for 2040) | Williams, Geoffrey | LAB | |
| 2 | 1100 |
Cell Physiology and Biophysics |
Horrigan, Diana |
Remote Accessable |
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| 2 | 1120 | Biomaterials | Scott, Jeffrey | ||
| 2 | 1150 | Stem Cell Engineering | Darling, Eric | LAB | |
| 2 | 1160 | Principles of Exercise Physiology | Sobieraj, Andrea | DIV | Remote Accessable |
| 2 | 1222A,2222B | Current Topics in Functional Genomics (Grad students register for 2222B) | Fairbrother, William | ||
| 2 | 1250 | Host-microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease | Belenky, Peter | ||
| 2 | 1330 | Biology of Reproduction | Wessel, Gary | DIV | |
| 2 | 1450 | Community Ecology | Kellner, James | Online | |
| 2 | 1530 | Emergency Medical Systems: An Anatomy of Critical Performance | Becker, Bruce/Karim, Naz |
CONF | Hybrid |
| 2 | 1540,2540 | Molecular Genetics (Grad students register for 2540) | Bender, Judith | ||
| 2 | 1545,2545 | Human Genetics and Genomics (Grad students register for 2545) | Morrow, Eric | ||
| 2 | 1550 | Biology of Emerging Microbial Diseases | de Graffenried, Christopher | CONF | Hybrid |
| 2 | 1555 | Methods in Biomedical Informatics | Sarker, Neil | COEX | |
| 2 | 1600 | Development of Vaccines to Infectious Diseases | Vaishnava, Shipra |
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| 2 | BIOL 1610/ NEUR 1600 | Experimental Neurobiology | Stein, John | LAB/WRIT | |
| 2 | 1820 | Environmental Health & Disease | Plavicki, Jessica | ||
| 2 | 1865,2865 | Toxicology (Grad students register for 2865) | Spade, Daniel | ||
| 2 | 1885 | Human Anatomy and Biomechanics | Swartz, Shannon/Brainerd, Elizabeth | LAB | |
| 2 | 1960 | Directed Research/Independent Study - See Research | Faculty Advisors | ||
| 2 | 2018 |
Management Strategies in Biotechnology |
Jong, Yong | Remote Accessable | |
| 2 | 2145 |
Molecular Targets of Drug Discovery |
Horrigan, Diana | Remote Accessable |
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| 2 | 2167 |
In Vitro Models for Disease |
Schell, Jacquelyn |
Remote Accessable |
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| 2 | 2180 |
Experiential Learning Industry (ELI) |
Schell, Jacquelyn | Online | |
| 2 | 2240 |
Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Seminar |
Morgan, Jeffrey | ||
| 2 | 2350 |
The Biology of Aging |
Tatar, Marc | DIV | |
| 2 | 2528 |
Innovation and Commercialization in Medical Devices, Diagnostics, and Wearables |
Analoui, Mostafa | Remote Accessable |
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| 2 | 2640A |
Topics in Microbiology and Immunology: Viral Immunology |
Biron, Christine | Online |