Division of Biology and Medicine
Biology Undergraduate Education

Course Offerings

From Anatomy to Zoology, a comprehensive look at all the course offerings in the biology program.

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Course Offerings

From Anatomy to Zoology, a comprehensive look at all the course offerings in the biology program.

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).

Courses that are unavailable in the current academic year but offered in alternate years have been italicized and noted. 

BANNER NUMBER COURSE TITLE PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR *FYS/SOPH SEM/LAB/
WRIT/CONF/DIV/COEX		 ONLINE/HYBRID/REMOTE ACCESSIBLE
0500 Cell and Molecular Biology Freiman, Richard   Online
0800 Principles of Physiology Sobieraj, Andrea LAB Online
1000 Quality Improvement Science and Application Monteiro, Kristina   Online
1255 Climate Change & Health: Infections and Inequalities Martin, Kyle   Online
1455 Planetary Health: Global Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Disease Smith, Katherine   Online

BANNER NUMBER

COURSE TITLE

PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR

*FYS/SOPH SEM/LAB/
WRIT/CONF/DIV/COEX

ONLINE/HYBRID/REMOTE ACCESSIBLE
BIOL XLIST: CLPS 1195 Life Under Water in the Anthropocene Colwill, Ruth COEX/LAB/WRIT  
BIOL XLIST: NEUR 1530 Communication In the Brain: What We Know and How We Know It O'Connor-Giles, Kate    
0170-S01 Biotechnology in Medicine Achilli, Toni Marie CONF  
0170-S02 Biotechnology in Medicine Achilli, Toni Marie CONF Hybrid
0190F Foundations: Darwinian Medicine   Tatar, Marc FYS/DIV  
0190P Pride & Prejudice in the Development of Scientific Theories Helfand, Stephen FYS  
0190R Foundations: Phage Hunters, Part 1 Taylor, Sarah FYS/LAB/COEX  
0200 The Foundations of Living Systems Holmes, William/Stein, John/Hall, Jody LAB/DIV  
0210 Diversity of Life Kellner, James DIV  
0380 The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Weinreich, Daniel CONF  
0410 Invertebrate Zoology Ewanchuk, Patrick LAB/DIV  
0470-S01 Genetics  Johnson, Mark LAB  
0470-S02 Genetics Johnson, Mark LAB Hybrid
0470-S03 Genetics Johnson, Mark LAB Online
0480 Evolutionary Biology Rand, David CONF/DIV Remote Accessible
0530 Principles of Immunology Dugan, Aisling CONF  
0940A  Viral Epidemics Atwood, Walter SOPH/WRIT  
0940D Rhode Island Flora: Understanding and Documenting Local Plant Diversity Kartzinel, Rebecca SOPH/LAB  
0946 Research Design + Quantitative Methods for the Health Sciences Monteiro, Kristina    
0960 Independent Study in Science Writing Faculty Advisors    
1070  Biotechnology and Global Health Schell, Jacquelyn    
1090 Polymer Science for Biomaterials Mathiowitz, Edith LAB  
1110, 2220 Signal Transduction Oancea, Elena    
1140 Tissue Engineering Hoffman-Kim, Diane DIV  
1160 Principles of Exercise Physiology Sobieraj, Andrea DIV  
1260, 2260-S01 Physiological Pharmacology (Grad students register for 2260) Marshall, John    
1260, 2260-S02 Physiological Pharmacology  Marshall, John   Online
1270,2270 Advanced Biochemistry (Grad students register for 2270) Deaconescu, Alexandra/Lisi, George    
1290 Cancer Biology  Zhitkovich, Anatoly    
1300,2300 Biomolecular Interactions: Health, Disease and Drug Design (Grad students register for 2300) Fawzi, Nicolas WRIT **Inactive Fall 2023
1310,2310 Developmental Biology (Grad students register for 2310) Wharton, Kristi LAB  
1430 Population Biology Weinreich, Daniel   *Offered every other year
1440 Coral Reef Ecology Witman, Jon    
1465 Human Population Genomics Huerta-Sanchez, Emilia WRIT *Offered every other year
**Inactive Fall 2023
1470 Conservation Biology Sax, Dov    
1515,2015 Conservation in the Genomics Age (Grad students register for 2015) Kartzinel, Tyler LAB/COEX/WRIT *Offered every other year
**Inactive Fall 2023
1520 Innate Immunity Brossay, Laurent    
1560,2560 Virology (Grad students register for 2560 Advanced Virology) Jamieson, Amanda/Lee, Sanghyun    
1565 Survey of Biomedical Informatics Sarker, Neil    
1575,2075 Evaluation of Health Information Systems (Grad students register for 2075) Fraser, Hamish WRIT (1575 ONLY)  
BIOL 1630/ NEUR 1630 Big Data Neuroscience Lab Fleischmann, Alexander    
1650 Structure of the Nervous System Berson, David LAB  
1800 Animal Locomotion Swartz, Sharon WRIT *Offered every other year
**Inactive Fall 2023
1945 Outbreaks and Infections: Harnessing History and Preventing Future Epidemics Dugan, Aisling    
1950 Directed Research/Independent Study - See Research Faculty Advisors LAB  
1970A Stem Cell Biology Freiman, Richard    
2010A Introduction to Molecular Research in the Life Sciences Dawson, Michelle    
2020 Biotechnology Science and Industry Huang, Eric    
2030 Foundations for Advanced Study in the Life Sciences DeLong, Alison    
2089 Biotechnology IP Morgan, Jeffrey/Holmander, Daniel    
2110 Drug and Gene Delivery Mathiowitz, Edith   *Offered every other year
**Inactive Fall 2023
2150-S01 Scientific Communication Valdez, Gregorio/Reenan, Robert    
2150-S02 Scientific Communication Ramachandran, Sohini    
2180 Experiential Learning Industry (ELI) Schell, Jacquelyn    
2230 Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Seminar Darling, Eric/Hoffman-Kim, Diane    
2250 Survey of Modern Therapeutics Horrigan, Diana    
2430-S01, S2 Topics in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Fuxjager, Matthew DIV  
2860 Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease Bartnikas, Thomas DIV  
BANNER NUMBER COURSE TITLE PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR *FYS/SOPH SEM/LAB/
WRIT/CONF/DIV/COEX		 ONLINE/HYBRID/REMOTE ACCESSIBLE
0940G Antibiotic Drug Discovery: Identifying Novel Soil Microbes to Combat Antibiotic Resistance Achilli, Toni-Marie COEX/LAB Hybrid
1000 Quality Improvement Science and Application Monteiro, Kristina   Online
1445 Medicine in Austere Settings Martin, Kyle Denison   Online
1455 Planetary Health: Global Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Disease Smith, Katherine   Online
BANNER NUMBER COURSE TITLE PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR *FYS/SOPH SEM/LAB/
WRIT/CONF/DIV/COEX		 ONLINE/HYBRID/REMOTE ACCESSIBLE

BIOL XLIST: ENVS 0490

 Environmental Science in a Changing World Kartzinel, Tyler    
0080 Biotechnology Management Bready, Barrett    
0100 Living Biology at Brown & Beyond Monteiro, Kristina/Hall, Jody FYS/DIV/LAB  
0150D Techniques in Regenerative Medicine: Cells, Scaffolds, and Staining Achilli, Toni-Marie FYS/LAB  
0190S Foundations: Phage Hunters, Part II Zhou, Yang/Taylor, Sarah FYS/LAB/COEX  
0280 Biochemistry Holmes, William/Jogl, Gerwald/Taylor, Sarah/Deaconescu, Alexandra CONF  
0285-S01, S02

Inquiry in Biochemistry: From Gene to Protein Function

 Sobieraj, Andrea LAB/CONF/COEX/WRIT  
0420

Principles of Ecology

 Ewanchuk, Patrick CONF  
0430-L1, L3 Evolution of Plant Diversity Kartzinel, Rebecca LAB  
0430-L2 Evolution of Plant Diversity Kartzinel, Rebecca LAB Hybrid
0440 Inquiry in Plant Biology: Analysis of Plant Growth, Reproduction and Adaptive Responses DeLong, Alison/Johnson, Mark LAB *Offered every other year
**Inactive Spring 2024
0450 Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology Fuxjager, Matt   *Offered every other year
0495

Statistical Analysis of Biological Data

 Ramachandran, Sohini CONF  
0500

Cell and Molecular Biology

 Valdez, Gregorio    
0510

Introductory Microbiology

Dugan, Aisling

 LAB  
0800-S01 Principles of Physiology Stein, John/Sobieraj, Andrea LAB  
0800-S02 Principles of Physiology Stein, John/Sobieraj, Andrea LAB Hybrid
0800-S03 Principles of Physiology Stein, John/Sobieraj, Andrea LAB Online
0960

Independent Study in Science Writing

Faculty Advisors

    
1040,2040 Ultrastructure/Bioimaging (Grad students register for 2040) Williams, Geoffrey LAB  
1100

Cell Physiology and Biophysics

Zimmerman, Anita/ Horrigan, Diana

    
1120 Biomaterials Dingle, Yu-Ting    
1150 Stem Cell Engineering Darling, Eric LAB **Inactive Spring 2024
1155 Hormones and Behavior Fuxjager, Matthew    
1222A,2222B Current Topics in Functional Genomics (Grad students register for 2222B) Fairbrother, William    
1250 Host-microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease Belenky, Peter/Vaishnava, Shipra   **Inactive Spring 2024
1295 Fundamentals of Cancer Immunotherapy Lawler, Sean    
1330 Biology of Reproduction Wessel, Gary DIV  
1435 Computational Methods for Studying Demographic History with Molecular Data Huerta-Sanchez, Emilia    
1525 Pathogenomics: Analysis, interpretation and applications of microbial genomes Siddle, Katherine/Cuomo, Christina CONF  
1530 Emergency Medical Systems: An Anatomy of Critical Performance Becker, Bruce/Karim, Naz    
1540,2540 Molecular Genetics (Grad students register for 2540) Huang, Yu-Wen Alvin    
1545,2545 Human Genetics and Genomics (Grad students register for 2545) Morrow, Eric    
1550 Parasitism: Biology and Disease de Graffenried, Christopher    
1555 Methods in Biomedical Informatics Sarker, Neil/Chen, Elizabeth COEX  
1600 Development of Vaccines to Infectious Diseases Beura, Lalit    
BIOL 1610/ NEUR 1600 Experimental Neurobiology Stein, John LAB  
1810 21st Century Applications in Cell and Molecular Biology Dawson, Michelle WRIT **Inactive Spring 2024
1820 Environmental Health and Disease Plavicki, Jessica   **Inactive Spring 2024
1865,2865-S1 Toxicology (Grad students register for 2865) Spade, Daniel    
1865,2865-S2 Toxicology (Grad students register for 2865) Spade, Daniel   Online
1885 Human Anatomy and Biomechanics Swartz, Sharon/Brainerd, Elizabeth LAB  
1960 Directed Research/Independent Study - See Research Faculty Advisors    
2000C Molecular Recognition and Signaling in Self and Non-self Interactions Delong, Alison/Johnson, Mark   *Offered every other year
2010B-S1,S2 Introduction to Data Science in Molecular Biology Neretti, Nicola   *S01 & S02 will meet on alternate weeks
2018

Management Strategies in Biotechnology

 Jong, Yong    
2078 Regulatory Affairs in Pharma, Med Device and Digital Health Mahoney, Karen    
2135 Pharmacokinetics and Drug Design Christian, Donald    
2145

Molecular Targets of Drug Discovery

 Horrigan, Diana    
2167

In Vitro Models for Disease

 Schell, Jacquelyn    
2170 Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Horrigan, Diana    
2180

Experiential Learning Industry (ELI)

 Schell, Jacquelyn    
2240

Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Seminar

 Tripathi, Anubhav    
2350

The Biology of Aging

 Tatar, Marc/Sedivy, John DIV  
2440 Topics in Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology TBD    
2528

Innovation and Commercialization in Medical Devices, Diagnostics, and Wearables

 Analoui, Mostafa    

Prior Course Offerings