2018-19 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 | 0190E | Botanical Roots of Mordern Medicine | Jackson, Fred | LAB |
| 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 | Zhou, Yang |
FYS/LAB |
| 1 | 0190U |
The Lives of Plants |
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 | 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 | 0940E | Precision Medicine or Privileged Medicine? Addressing Disparities in Biomedical Research | Campbell, Robert | SOPH/DIV |
| 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 | 1110 | Signal Transduction | Oancea, Elena | |
| 1 | 1140 | Tissue Engineering | Hoffman-Kim, Diane |
DIV |
| 1 | 1160 | Principles of Exercise Physiology | Hai, Chi-Ming | DIV |
| 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 | 1300,2300 | Biomolecular Interactions (Grad students register for 2300) | Fawzi, Nicolas | LAB |
| 1 | 1470 | Conservation Biology | Sax, Dov | |
| 1 | 1480 | Terrestrial Biogeochemistry and the Functioning of Ecosystems | Porder, Stephen | |
| 1 | 1515,2015 | Conservation in the Genomics Age | Kartzinel, Tyler |
LAB |
| 1 | 1520 | Innate Immunity | Brossay, Laurent | |
| 1 | 1560 | Virology | Jamieson, Amanda | |
| 1 | 1565 | Survey of Biomedical Informatics | TBD | |
| 1 | 1575,2075 | Evaluation of Health Information Systems | Fraser, Hamish | |
| 1 | 1950 | Directed Research/Independent Study - See Research | Faculty Advisors | LAB |
| 1 | 1970A | Stem Cell Biology | Freiman, Richard | |
| 1 | 2015 | Conservation in the Genomics Age | Kartzinel, Tyler |
LAB |
| 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 | 2110 | Drug and Gene Delivery | Mathiowitz. Edith | |
| 1 | 2150 | Scientific Communication | Mowry, Kimberly/Larschan, Erica/ 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 | 0080 | Biotechnology Management | Bready, Barrett | |
| 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 | Taylor, Sarah | FYS/LAB |
| 2 | 0200 | The Foundations of Living Systems | Miller, Kenneth | LAB/DIV |
| 2 | 0280 | Biochemistry |
Lapierre, Louis | CONF |
| 2 | 0285 | Inquiry in Biochemistry: From Gene to Protein Function |
Cohen, Kristina | |
| 2 | 0350 | The Fossil Record: Life on Earth | Leslie, Andrew | LAB |
| 2 | 0420 | Principles of Ecology | Witman, Jon | CONF |
| 2 | 0430 | Evolution of Plant Diversity | Jackson, Fred | LAB |
| 2 | 0495 | Statistical Analysis of Biological Data | TBD | CONF |
| 2 | 0500 | Cell and Molecular Biology | Heywood, Peter/Webb, Ashley | |
| 2 | 0510 | Introductory Microbiology | Belenky, Peter | LAB |
| 2 | 0800 | Principles of Physiology | Hai, Chi-Ming | LAB |
| 2 | 0810 | Applied Cell and Molecular Biology | Dawson, Michelle | |
| 2 | 0860 | Diet and Chronic Disease | Flynn, Mary | |
| 2 | 0940E | Precision Medicine or Privileged Medicine? Addressing Disparities in Biomedical Research | Campbell, Robert | SOPH/DIV |
| 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/ Horrigan, Diana | |
| 2 | 1120 | Biomaterials | Zielinski-Habershaw, Beth | |
| 2 | 1150 | Stem Cell Engineering | Darling, Eric | LAB |
| 2 | 1190 | Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity | Kauer, Julie | |
| 2 | 1250 | Host-microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease | Belenky, Peter | |
| 2 | 1310/2310 | Developmental Biology | Wharton, Kristi | LAB |
| 2 | 1330 | Biology of Reproduction | Wessel, Gary | DIV |
| 2 | 1440 | Marine Biology | Bertness, Mark | |
| 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 | de Graffenried, Christopher | |
| 2 | 1555 | Methods in Biomedical Informatics | Sarker, Neil | |
| 2 | 1600 | Development of Vaccines to Infectious Diseases | Bungiro, Richard | |
| 2 | 1800 | Animal Locomotion | Swartz, Sharon | |
| 2 | 1870 | Techniques & Clinical Application in Pathobiology | Jackson, Cynthia | |
| 2 | 1880 | Comparative Biology of the Vertebrates | TBD | LAB |
| 2 | 1960 | Directed Research/Independent Study - See Research | Faculty Advisors | |
| 2 | 2000C | Protein Biophysics and Structure: Molecular Basis of Disease | DeLong, Alison/Johnson, Mark | |
| 2 | 2010 | Quantitative Approaches to Biology | Neretti, Nicola | |
| 2 | 2018 | Management Strategies in Biotechnology | Jong, Yong | |
| 2 | 2145 | Molecular Targets of Drug Discovery | Horrigan, Diana |
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| 2 | 2156 | Special Topics in Biotechnology Writing | Mathiowitz, Edith | |
| 2 | 2167 | In Vitro Models for Disease | Schell, Jacquelyn/Morgan, Jeffrey |
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| 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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