2020-21 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.
What is a CURE course?
SEM |
BANNER NUMBER | COURSE TITLE |
PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR | *FYS/SOPH SEM/LAB/ WRIT/CONF/DIV/CURE |
ONLINE or HYBRID |
| 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 | CURE/LAB/WRIT | |
| 1 | BIOL XLIST: NEUR 1530 | Communication In the Brain: What We Know and How We Know It | O'Connor-Giles, Kate | ||
| 1 | 0030 | Principles of Nutrition | Flynn, Mary | Online | |
| 1 | 0100 | Living Biology at Brown & Beyond | Smith, Katherine | FYS/DIV/WRIT | Online |
| 1 | 0140T | Communicating Science Through Visual Media (Brown/RISD course) |
Stein, John |
Hybrid | |
| 1 | 0170 | Biotechnology in Medicine | Achilli, Toni Marie |
Online | |
| 1 | 0190P | Pride & Prejudice in the Development of Scientific Theories | Helfand, Stephen | FYS | Online |
| 1 | 0190U |
The Lives of Plants |
Heywood, Peter | FYS/WRIT | Online |
| 1 | 0210 | Diversity of Life | Kellner, James | DIV | Online |
| 1 | 0380 | The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease | Weinreich, Daniel | Hybrid | |
| 1 | 0410 | Invertebrate Zoology | Ewanchuk, Patrick | LAB/DIV | Hybrid |
| 1 | 0470 | Genetics | Johnson, Mark/Larschan, Erica |
LAB | Online |
| 1 | 0480 | Evolutionary Biology | Rand, David | CONF/DIV | Hybrid |
| 1 | 0530 | Principles of Immunology | Brossay, Laurent |
Hybrid | |
| 1 | 0600 | Genetic Screening in Model Organisms | Lapierre, Louis | CURE/LAB |
Hybrid |
| 1 | 0800 | Principles of Physiology | Stein, John | LAB | Online |
| 1 | 0940A | Viral Epidemics |
Atwood, Walter | SOPH/WRIT | Online |
| 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 | Online |
| 1 | 1070 | Biotechnology and Global Health | Schell, Jacquelyn | Online | |
| 1 | 1090 | Polymer Science for Biomaterials | Mathiowitz, Edith | Online | |
| 1 | 1110 | Signal Transduction | Oancea, Elena | Hybrid | |
| 1 | 1140 | Tissue Engineering | Hoffman-Kim, Diane |
DIV | Hybrid |
| 1 | 1160 | Principles of Exercise Physiology | Hai, Chi-Ming | DIV | Online |
| 1 | 1260,2260 | Physiological Pharmacology (Grad students register for 2260) |
Marshall, John | Online | |
| 1 | 1270,2270 | Advanced Biochemistry (Grad students register for 2270) | Lisi, George/Deaconescu, Alexandra | Online | |
| 1 | 1290 | Cancer Biology | Zhitkovich, Anatoly |
Online | |
| 1 | 1300,2300 | Biomolecular Interactions (Grad students register for 2300) | Fawzi, Nicolas | WRIT | Online |
| 1 | 1310,2310 | Developmental Biology (Grad students register for 2310) |
Wharton, Kristi | LAB | Hybrid |
| 1 | 1470 | Conservation Biology | Sax, Dov | Online | |
| 1 | 1515,2015 | Conservation in the Genomics Age | Kartzinel, Tyler | CURE/LAB | Hybrid |
| 1 | 1520 | Innate Immunity | Brossay, Laurent |
Hybrid | |
| 1 | 1560,2560 | Virology (Grad students register for 2560) |
Jamieson, Amanda | Hybrid | |
| 1 | 1565 | Survey of Biomedical Informatics | Sarkar, Neil |
Hybrid | |
| 1 | 1575,2075 | Evaluation of Health Information Systems (Grad students register for 2075) |
Fraser, Hamish | Hybrid | |
| 1 | BIOL 1630/ NEUR 1630 | Big Data Neuroscience Lab | Fleischmann, Alexander | LAB | Hybrid |
| 1 | BIOL 1650/ NEUR 1650 | Structure of the Nervous System | Berson, David | LAB | Online |
| 1 | 1950 | Directed Research/Independent Study - See Research | Faculty Advisors | LAB | |
| 1 | 2000A | Current Topics in MCDB - RNA Regulation: Beyond the Central Dogma | Mowry, Kimberly/Gerbi, Susan | Online | |
| 1 | 2010A | Introduction to Molecular Research in the Life Sciences | Bender, Judith | Online | |
| 1 | 2020 | Biotechnology Science and Industry | Scott, Jeffrey | Hybrid | |
| 1 | 2030 | Foundations for Advanced Study in the Life Sciences | DeLong, Alison/Salomon, Arthur | CONF | Hybrid |
| 1 | 2089 | Biotechnology IP | Morgan, Jeffrey/Holmander, Daniel |
Online | |
| 1 | 2110 | Drug and Gene Delivery | Mathiowitz, Edith | Online | |
| 1 | 2150 | Scientific Communication | Bender, Judith/Ramachandran, Sohini |
CONF | Online |
| 1 | 2170 | Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology | Horrigan, Diana/Zimmerman, Anita/Bowen, Wayne |
Online | |
| 1 | 2180 | Experiential Learning Industry (ELI) | Achilli, Toni-Marie | Hybrid | |
| 1 | 2190 | MPP Professional Development Seminar | Horrigan, Diana | Hybrid | |
| 1 | 2230 | Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Seminar | Darling, Eric/Hoffman-Kim, Diane |
Online | |
| 1 | 2340 |
Neurogenetics and Disease |
Webb, Ashley/Reenan, Robert | Online | |
| 1 | 2860 | Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease | Bartnikas, Thomas | DIV | Online |
| 2 | BIOL XLIST: AFRI 1930 | Race, Difference, and Biomedical Research: Historical Considerations | Braun, Lundy | DIV/WRIT | |
| 2 | 0150D | Techniques in Regenerative Medicine: Cells, Scaffolds, and Staining | Achilli, Toni-Marie | FYS/LAB | |
| 2 | 0160 | Plants, Food, and People | Heywood, Peter | ||
| 2 | 0190R | Foundations: Phage Hunters, Part 1 | Taylor, Sarah/Zhou, Yang | FYS/LAB/COEX | |
| 2 | 0200 | The Foundations of Living Systems | Miller, Kenneth | LAB/DIV | |
| 2 | 0280 | Biochemistry | Deaconescu, Alexandra & Salomon, Arthur | CONF | |
| 2 | 0285 |
Inquiry in Biochemistry: From Gene to Protein Function |
Ray, Mukulika | CURE/LAB/COEX | |
| 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 |
Smith, Samuel | CONF | |
| 2 | 0500 |
Cell and Molecular Biology |
Heywood, Peter/Webb, Ashley | ||
| 2 | 0510 |
Introductory Microbiology (Not a lab course in Spring 2021) |
Belenky, Peter/Bennett, Richard |
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| 2 | 0860 |
Diet and Chronic Disease |
Flynn, Mary |
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| 2 | 0940G |
Antibiotic Drug Discovery: Identifying Novel Soil Microbes to Combat Antibiotic Resistance |
Achilli, Toni-Marie |
CURE/SOPH/LAB/COEX | |
| 2 | 0960 |
Independent Study in Science Writing |
Faculty Advisors |
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| 2 | 1100 |
Cell Physiology and Biophysics |
Horrigan, Diana/ Zimmerman, Anita |
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| 2 | 1120 | Biomaterials | Scott, Jeffrey | ||
| 2 | 1150 | Stem Cell Engineering | Darling, Eric | LAB | |
| 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 | 1435 | Computational Methods for Studying Demographic History with Molecular Data | Huerta-Sanchez, Emilia | ||
| 2 | 1530 | Emergency Medical Systems: An Anatomy of Critical Performance | Becker, Bruce | ||
| 2 | 1540,2540 | Molecular Genetics (Grad students register for 2540) | Larschan, Erica/ Huang, Yu-Wen Alvin | ||
| 2 | 1550 | Biology of Emerging Microbial Diseases | de Graffenried, Christopher | ||
| 2 | 1555 | Methods in Biomedical Informatics | Sarker, Neil/ Chen, Elizabeth | COEX | |
| 2 | 1595,2595 | Artificial Intelligence in Biomedicine | Eickhoff, Carsten | ||
| 2 | 1600 | Development of Vaccines to Infectious Diseases | Vaishnava, Shipra & Beura, Lalit | ||
| 2 | BIOL 1610/ NEUR 1600 | Experimental Neurobiology | Stein, John | LAB/WRIT | |
| 2 | 1810 | Applied Cell and Molecular Bio | Dawson, Michelle | WRIT | |
| 2 | 1820 | Environmental Health & Disease | Plavicki, Jessica | ||
| 2 | 1885 | Human Anatomy and Biomechanics | Brainerd, Elizabeth & Swartz, Sharon | LAB | |
| 2 | 1960 | Directed Research/Independent Study - See Research | Faculty Advisors | ||
| 2 | 2000C |
Molecular Recognition and Signaling in Self and Non-self Interactions |
Johnson, Mark/ DeLong, Alison | ||
| 2 | 2018 |
Management Strategies in Biotechnology |
Jong, Yong | ||
| 2 | 2145 |
Molecular Targets of Drug Discovery |
Horrigan, Diana | ||
| 2 | 2167 |
In Vitro Models for Disease |
Schell, Jacquelyn/Morgan, Jeffrey |
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| 2 | 2180 |
Experiential Learning Industry (ELI) |
Morgan, Jeffrey | ||
| 2 | 2240 |
Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Seminar |
Morgan, Jeffrey | ||
| 2 | 2350 |
The Biology of Aging |
Helfand, Stephen | DIV | |
| 2 | 2440 S02, S03 |
Topics in EEB: |
Huerta-Sanchez, Emilia | 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 | ||
| 3 | 0080 | Biotechnology Management | Bready, Barrett | ||
| 3 | 0150A | Techniques and Analyses using DNA-Based Biotechnology | Hall, Jody | FYS/LAB | |
| 3 | 0190F | Darwinian Medicine | Tatar, Marc | FYS | |
| 3 | 0190S | Foundations: Phage Hunters, Part II | Taylor, Sarah/Zhou, Yang | FYS/LAB | |
| 3 | 0420 | Principles of Ecology | Witman, Jon | CONF | |
| 3 | 0500 | Cell and Molecular Biology | Valdez, Gregorio & Webb, Ashley | ||
| 3 | 0800 | Principles of Physiology | Hai, Chi-Ming | LAB | |
| 3 | 0940D | Rhode Island Flora: Understanding and Documenting Local Plant Diversity | Kartzinel, Rebecca | SOPH | |
| 3 | 1155 | Hormones and Behavior | Fuxjager, Matthew | ||
| 3 | 1960B | Directed Research/Independent Study - See Research | Faculty Advisors |