2008-2009 Course Offerings
Note: This information is current as of 09/03/08 and all courses are subject to change. The Time Schedule was available starting 08/18/08 on Axess. For course descriptions, please see the online Stanford Bulletin.
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Autumn 2008-09
Winter 2008-09
Spring 2008-09
Not offered 2008-09
Never offered again (recently discontinued)
Autumn 2008-2009
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INTRODUCTORY COURSES
- BIO 2: Current Research Topics in Biology (Lee)
- BIO 20: Introduction to Brain & Behavior (Fernald)
- BIO 30: Frontiers in Marine Science (Hopkins faculty)
INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS
- BIO 23N: Microbes, Mysteries, and Metagenomics (Bhaya)
- BIO 25N: Biogeography of Disease (Hadly)
CORE
- BIO 41: Genetics, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology (Simoni, Bergmann)
INTERMEDIATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 101: Ecology (Dirzo, Vitousek) Area 4
- BIO 130: Current Issues in Paleoanthropology (DeGusta)
- BIO 133: Genetics of Prokaryotes (Burkholder) Area 1 or 2
- BIO 141: Biostatistics (Rogosa)
- BIO 143/243: Evolution (Watt) Area 4
- BIO 151: Mechanisms of Neuron Death (Sapolsky)
- BIO 154/254: Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology (Luo, Shen, Clandinin) Area 2 or 3
- BIO 185/285: Evolution of Reproductive Social Behavior (Roughgarden) Area 4
ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 230: Molecular and Cellular Immunology (Jones) Area 1 or 2
- BIO 230A: Molecular and Cellular Immunology Literature Review (staff)
- BIO 235: Challenges for Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America (Galleti)
PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
- BIO 203: Advanced Genetics (Stearns, Barsh, Sidow, Kim)
- BIO 301: Frontiers in Biology (Bergmann, Gozani)
- BIO 302: Current Topics and Concepts in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution (Watt)
- BIO 306: Current Topics in Integrative Organismal Biology (Heller, Fernald, Sapolsky)
- BIO 312: Ethical Issues in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Ehrlich)
- BIO 342: Plant Biology Seminar (Walbot)
- BIO 384: Theoretical Ecology (Roughgarden)
- BIOHOPK 310H: Intertidal Natural History (Watanabe)
Winter 2008-2009
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INTRODUCTORY COURSES
- BIO 2: Current Research Topics in Biology (Lee)
- BIO 96A: Jasper Ridge Docent Training (Dirzo, Wilber)
- BIOHOPK 56H: History and Philosophy of Science (Somero)
INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS
- BIO 14N: Plants and Civilization (Mooney)
- BIO 15N: Environmental Literacy (Schneider)
CORE
- BIO 42: Cell Biology and Animal Physiology (Cyert, Jones, Heller, Sapolsky)
- BIO 44X: Core Experimental Laboratory (Malladi)
INTERMEDIATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 104/200: Advanced Molecular Biology (Gozani, Frydman) Area 1
- BIO 106: Human Origins (Klein)
- BIO 109A/209A: The Human Genome and Disease (R. Heller)
- BIO 112/212: Human Physiology (Garza) Area 3
- BIO 117: Biology and Global Change (Vitousek, Arrigo)
- BIO 130: Current Issues in Paleoanthropology (DeGusta)
- BIO 134: Replication of DNA (Burkholder) Area 1 or 2
- BIO 144: Conservation Biology (Boggs) Area 4
- BIO 146: Population Studies (Tuljapurkar)
- BIO 147/247: Controlling Climate Change in the 21st Century (Schneider)
- BIO 149/249: Neurobiology of Sleep (Heller)
- BIO 160A: Developmental Biology and Signal Transduction I (Simon) - next offered Autumn 09-10) Area 1 or 2
- BIO 164/264: Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions (Field, Berry)
- BIO 165/265: Cellular and Molecular Therapeutic Approaches to Neurological Disorders (Sorrells)
- BIO 178/278: Microbiology Literature (Long)
- BIO 188/288: Biochemistry I (Zare, Cegelski) Area 1
- BIO 191: Research in Bird Biology (Root)
- BIOHOPK 161H/261H: Invertebrate Zoology (Watanabe)
- BIOHOPK 163H/263H: Oceanic Biology (Denny, Somero) Area 4
- BIOHOPK 164H/264H: Marine Botany (staff)
- BIOHOPK 166H/266H: Molecular Ecology (Palumbi)
- BIOHOPK 170H/270H: Topics in Marine Biology (B. Block, Thompson)
- BIOHOPK 171H/271H: Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology (Somero) Area 3
- BIOHOPK 172H/272H: Marine Ecology (Micheli) Area 4
- BIOHOPK 187H/287H: Sensory Ecology (Thompson)
ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 213: Biology of Viruses (Campbell) Area 3
- BIO 214: Advanced Cell Biology (Kopito, Theriot, Pfeffer, Straight)
- BIO 215: Biochemical Evolution (Watt)
- BIO 217: Neuronal Biophysics (Schnitzer)
PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
- BIO 301: Frontiers in Biology (Bergmann, Gozani)
- BIO 303: Current Topics and Concepts in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution (Watt)
- BIO 342: Plant Biology Seminar (Walbot)
- BIO 384: Theoretical Ecology (Roughgarden)
Spring 2008-2009
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INTRODUCTORY COURSES
- BIO 1: Human Evolution and Environment (Ehrlich)
- BIO 96B: Jasper Ridge Docent Training (Dirzo, Wilber)
INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS
- BIO 13N: Environmental Problems and Solutions (Ehrlich)
- BIO 25Q: The Molecular Basis of Genetic Disease (Kopito)
- BIO 26N: Maintenance of the Genome (Hanawalt)
- BIO 31Q: Ants: Behavior, Ecology and Evolution (Gordon)
- BIO 33N: Conservation Science and Practice (Daily)
CORE
- BIO 43: Plant Biology, Evolution and Ecology (Petrov, Gordon, Mudgett)
- BIO 44Y: Core Experimental Laboratory (Malladi)
- BIOHOPK 43: Plant Biology, Evolution and Ecology (Denny, Palumbi, Watanabe)
- BIOHOPK 44Y: Core Experimental Laboratory (Denny, Palumbi, Watanabe)
INTERMEDIATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 102: Demography: Health Development, Environment (Tuljapurkar)
- BIO 109B/209B: The Human Genome and Disease: Genetic Diversity and Personalized Medicine (R. Heller)
- BIO 118/218: Genetic Analysis of Biological Processes (staff) TENTATIVE Area 1 or 2
- BIO 121: Biogeography (Hadly) Area 4
- BIO 125: Ecosystems of California (Mooney)
- BIO 130: Current Issues in Paleoanthropology (DeGusta)
- BIO 132/232: Advanced Imaging Lab in Biophysics (Block)
- BIO 137/237: Plant Genetics (Walbot)
- BIO 139: Biology of Birds (Root) TENTATIVE
- BIO 157/257: Plant Biochemistry (Mudgett)
- BIO 158: Developmental Neurobiology (McConnell, Shen, Garner) Area 2 or 3
- BIO 160B: Developmental Biology and Signal Transduction II (Simon) - next offered Winter 09-10 Area 1 or 2
- BIO 161: Molecular Basis of Biological Communication (Bergmann)
- BIO 166/266: Faunal Analysis - Animal Remains for the Archaeologist (Klein)
- BIO 175: Tropical Ecology and Conservation (Dirzo)
- BIO 180/280: Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture (Naylor)
- BIO 189/289: Biochemistry I (staff) Area 1
- BIO 191: Research in Bird Biology (Root)
- BIOHOPK 167H/267H: Nerve, Muscle and Synapse (Gilly) Area 3
- BIOHOPK 174H/274H: Experimental Design and Probability (Watanabe)
- BIOHOPK 175H: Problems in Marine Ecology and Ecophysiology (staff)
- BIOHOPK 178H/278H: Polar Biology (Somero)
- BIOHOPK 182H/282H: Stanford at Sea (B. Block, Dunbar, Micheli)
- BIOHOPK 188H/288H: Experimental Sensory Ecology (Thompson)
ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 205: DNA Repair and Genomic Stability (Hanawalt, Ford)
- BIO 206: Field Studies in Earth Systems (Chiariello, Dirzo, Field, Fendorf)
- BIO 207: Life and Death of Proteins (Frydman)
- BIO 216: Terrestrial Biogeochemistry (Vitousek)
- BIO 231: Evolution of Life Histories (Tuljapurkar)
- BIO 258: Neural Development (McConnell, Shen, Garner)
PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
- BIO 304: Current Topics and Concepts in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution (Watt)
- BIO 315: Seminar in Biochemical Evolution (Watt)
- BIO 342: Plant Biology Seminar (Walbot)
- BIO 384: Theoretical Ecology (Roughgarden)
Not offered 2008-2009
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Please note: the next offering is not known for all courses; where it is known, it is noted.
INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS
- BIO 5N: Solving Environmental Problems: Science vs. Dogma (Root)
- BIO 6N: Climate Change: Drivers, Impacts and Solutions (Field)
- BIO 11N: Biotechnology in Everyday Life (Walbot) - next offered Autumn 09-10
- BIO 16N: Island Ecology (Vitousek) - next offered Spring 09-10
- BIO 22N: Infection, Immunity and Global Health (Jones)
- BIO 24N: From Bread to Genomics: Using Yeast to Study Biology (Cyert)
- BIO 28N: Molecular Basis of Cancer (Fang)
- BIO 34N: Hunger (Barton) - next offered Autumn 09-10
- BIO 35N: Nobel Prize Winning Research in Biology & Medicine (Shen)
- BIO 36N: Physiology of Human Performance (Heller) - next offered Autumn 09-10
INTERMEDIATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 113/244: Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution (Petrov) - next offered Spring 09-10
- BIO 114: Field Course on Tropical Biogeochemistry: Amazon as Case Study (Vitousek) - next offered Autumn 10-11
- BIO 129A: Cellular Dynamics I: Cell Motility and Adhesion (Nelson) - next offered Winter 09-10
- BIO 129B: Cellular Dynamics II: Building a Cell (Nelson) - next offered Spring 09-10
- BIO 135: Biological Clocks (Heller)
- BIO 136: Evolutionary Paleobiology (Hadly)
- BIO 140: Population Biology of Butterflies (Ehrlich)
- BIO 145/245: Behavioral Ecology (Gordon) - next offered Spring 09-10
- BIO 150/250: Human Behavioral Biology (Sapolsky) - next offered Spring 09-10
- BIO 152: Imaging: Biological Light Microscopy (Smith)
- BIO 163/263: Neural Systems and Behavior (Fernald) - next offered Autumn 09-10
- BIO 177: Plant Microbe Interaction (Long, Mudgett) - next offered Spring 09-10)
- BIO 183/283: Theoretical Population Genetics (Feldman)
- BIO 193: Undergraduate Journal Club (Meier)
- BIOHOPK 162H/262H: Comparative Animal Physiology (B. Block)
- BIOHOPK 168H/268H: Molecular Ecology Data Analysis (Palumbi)
- BIOHOPK 173H/273H: Marine Conservation Biology (B. Block)
- BIOHOPK 184H/284H: Holistic Biology: Monterey Bay and the Sea of Cortez (Gilly)
ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 222: Exploring Neural Circuits (Luo) - next offered Winter 10-11
- BIO 223: Stochastic and Nonlinear Dynamics (Fisher) - next offered Spring 09-10
- BIO 267: Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Disease (Kopito, Reimer, Wyss-Coray) - next offered Winter 09-10
- BIO 294: Cellular Biophysics (Fisher) - next offered Autumn 09-10
PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
- BIO 325: Evolution of Body Size (Payne, Hadly)
- BIO 383: Seminar in Population Genetics (Feldman) - next offered Autumn, Winter, Spring 09-10
- BIO 385: Speaking About Science (McConnell) - next offered Spring 09-10
Never offered again (recently discontinued courses)
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INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS
- BIO 106Q: The Heart of the Matter (Simoni)
INTERMEDIATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 115: Signal Transduction and Development (Simon)
- BIO 142/242: Topics in Theoretical Ecology (Roughgarden)
- BIO 159/259: Chromatin Biology in Health and Disease (Gozani)
ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
- BIO 221: Methods of Theoretical Population Biology (Tuljapurkar)
- BIO 261A & B: Advanced Topics in Behavioral Biology (Sapolsky)
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