BIOL 360 - Biological Clocks

(4 credits)
Prerequisite: BIOL 200 with a minimum grade of “C-” or BIOL 251 with a minimum grade of “C-“; or consent of instructor
Corequisite: BIOL 360L
See Addenda to the 2023/2024 Catalog   for changes to this course effective Spring 2024

This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of biological oscillations. The course will provide an understanding of the behavioral, genetic and anatomical aspects of the endogenous biological clock. An explanation of how circadian rhythms regulate and mediate cellular, behavioral and physiological processes of organisms will occur. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory weekly. Offered alternate fall semesters. (CWRM)