1999-2014
Historical Curriculum Updates
| Date | Department | Number | Course Title | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28/99 | Forestry | 312 | Wood Identification | Removed from curriculum (Appendix I: 5e) |
| 10/28/99 | Forestry | 410 | Principles of Silviculture | Added under Appendix I: 5e |
| 10/28/99 | Forestry | 415 | Tree Physiology | Added under Appendix I: 5e |
| 3/14/00-effective Summer 2000 | EnvTox | 625 | Toxicology I | Moved from Appendix I: 5a, to Appendix I: 5e |
| 3/31/00 | Neurosci | 625 | Brain Cell Cultures: A Laboratory Course | Added under Appendix I: 5a |
| 4/14/00 –effective Fall 2000 | Zoology/Anthro/Psych/Neurosci | 619 | Biology of Mind | Moved from Appendix I: 5b, to Appendix I: 5d |
| 5/11/00 | Zoology | 625 | Development of the Nervous System | Moved from Appendix I: 5b, to Appendix I: 5a |
| 9/8/00–effective Fall 2000 | FoodSci | 530 | Food Processing I | Incorrectly listed under Appendix I: 5e as having 2 hrs of lab/week. This is a lecture course only. |
| 10/24/00–effective Fall 2000 | Zoology | 430/431 | Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates | Combined course including both lecture & lab: Zoo 430 @ 5credits/6 hours of lab/week. (The separate Zoo 431 lab has been eliminated.) Effective this term, students who complete the 5 credit Zoo 430 course will have it count towards their 3 hr lab requirement for Requirement 5. |
| 11/8/00–effective Fall 1999 | Hort | 370 | World Vegetables: history, culture, and distribution | Added to Appendix I: 5e |
| 11/10/00–effective Fall 2000 | Entom/AHABS/Zoology | 371 | Medical Entomology | Should count for a student’s 3 hrs of lab requirement under Requirement 5 (course was previously listed as a lecture only). |
| 11/8/01 | Zoology | 675 | Modern Biological Microscopy | Added to Appendix I: 5e Biology and 5e for Neurobiology |
| Prev Med | 797 | Introduction to the Strategy and Methods of Epidemiology | Added to Appendix II: 5e | |
| Envir St/Prev Med | 502 | Air Pollution and Human Health | Added to Appendix I: 5e and Neurobiology 5e | |
| 11/8/01 | Psych | 484 | Honors-Behavioral Neurosciences | Added as a substitute for Neuro 524 in NB under requirement 5 and added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 11/8/01 | Neurosci/Physiol | 610 | Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | Added to Appendix II: 5a |
| 11/8/01 | Neurosci/Physiol | 625 | Brain Cell Cultures Lab Courses | Moved from Appendix I: 5a to Appendix II: 5a |
| 11/8/01 | Neurosci | 675 | Cell Death | Added to Appendix II: 5a |
| 11/8/01 | Physiol | 615 | Cellular Physiology | Added to Appendix II: 5a |
| 11/8/01 | Zoology | 630 | Cellular Signal Transduction Mechanisms | Added to Appendix II: 5a |
| 11/8/01 | Com Dis | 503 | Neural Mechanisms of Speech, Hearing and Language | Added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 11/8/01 | Kines | 721 | Neural Basis of Movement | Added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 11/8/01 | Kines | 861 | Principles of Motor Control and Learning | Added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 11/8/01 | Neurosci/Physiol | 611 | Systems Neuroscience | Added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 11/8/01 | Neurosci | 630 | Neuronal Mechanisms for Sensation and Memory in the Cerebral Cortex | Added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 11/8/01 | NeuroPhy | 730 | Sensory Mechanisms of Audition | Added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 11/8/01 | Psych | 406 | Psychology of Perception | Added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 11/8/01 | Psych | 411 | Psychobiology of Stress and Coping | Added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 11/8/01 | Psych | 414 | Cognitive Psychology | Added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 11/8/01 | Psych | 486 | Psychology of Perception (honors) | Added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 11/8/01 | Zoology | 510 | Ecology of Fishes | Added to Appendix II: 5c |
| 11/8/01 | Botany | 430 | Tropical Plant Diversity | Added to Appendix I: 5d Biology and NB 5d |
| 11/8/01 | Envir St | 400 | Special Topics in Environmental Studies | will not be accepted in 5 in the Biology Major |
| 1/10/01 | Path | 404 | Pathophysiologic Principles of Human Disease | Added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 1/10/01 | Genetics | 545 | Genetics Laboratory | Added to Appendix I: 5b Biology and to 5f NB |
| 1/10/02 | Pharm Sci | 558 | Laboratory Techniques in Pharmacology and Toxicology | Added to Appendix II: 5a |
| 2/22/01 | Zoology | 521 | Ornithology | Added to Appendix I: 5b and added to 5f NB 5f |
| 8/9/02 | Neurosci | 675 | Neuroethology | Added to NB 5b and Appendix II: 5b |
| 8/9/02 | Psychology | 509 | Abnormal Psychology | Added to NB 5b and Appendix II: 5b |
| 8/9/02 | Psychology | 618 | Neurobiology of Working Memory | Added to NB 5f |
| 8/9/02 | – Revised Wording – | – | – | NB new wording: In addition to the above two required courses, students must take a minimum of three more courses: two from the combined lists for categories “a” and “b” and one from categories “c” or “d”. |
| 8/9/02 | WL Ecol | 561 | Wildlife Management Techniques | Added to Appendix I: 5e and NB 5e |
| 8/9/02 | Zoology | 677 | Internship in Ecology | Added to Appendix I: 5c and NB 5c |
| 3/4/03 | WL Ecol | 379 | Principles of Wildlife Management | Added to Appendix I: 5c and NB 5c |
| 7/3/03 | Neurosci/ Zoology | 635 | Neurobiology of Disease | Added to NB 5b and Appendix II: 5b |
| 7/3/03 | Psych | 484 | Honors- Behavioral Neurosciences | Removed as an option for Neurosci 524 in NB |
| effective Fall 2003 | – Revised Wording – | – | – | NB new wording: In addition to the above two required courses, students must take a minimum of three more courses: one from category “a”, one from category “b” and one from categories “c” or “d”. |
| 10/16/03 | Physiology | 533 | Molecular Physiology | Added to Appendix I: 5a |
| 11/25/03 | AHABS/Hort | 500 | Molecular Biology Techniques | Added to Appendix I: 5e and NB 5e |
| 11/26/03 | Biochem/Genetics | 703 | Topics in Eukaryotic Regulation | Added to Appendix II: 5a replacing Biochem/Genetics 603 |
| 11/26/03 | Biochem/Pharm | 620 | Eukaryotic Molecular Biology | Added to Appendix II: 5a |
| 1/20/04 | Anatomy/Pop Hlth | 575 | The Biological Processes of Aging | Added to Appendix I: 5b |
| 1/26/04 | Obs&Gyn | 410 | Biological Determinants of Health Disparities | Added to Appendix I: 5e |
| effective Fall 2004 | Psych | 509 | Abnormal Psychology | Not accepted in 5 for the Biology Major & NB |
| effective Fall 2004 | Foundational Courses | – | – | Foundational Courses will be included in Introductory Biology Options A and C |
| 8/17/04 | Zoology | 555 | Laboratory in Developmental Biology | Added to Appendix I: 5a and NB 5f |
| 9/1/04 | Pathology | 751 | Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging | Added to NB 5a and Appendix II: 5a |
| 11/17/04 | Anthro | 438 | Functional and Evolutionary Biology of Primates | Added to Appendix II: 5b |
| 11/17/04 | Botany | 563 | Phylogenetic Analysis of Molecular Biology | Moved from Appendix II: 5d to Appendix I: 5d |
| 11/17/04 | Envir St/Pop Hlth | 471 | Introduction to Environmental Health | Added to Appendix I: 5e for Biology and NB 5e |
| 12/6/04 | Neurosci | 629 | Molecular Mechanisms of Memory | Added to NB 5a and Appendix II: 5a |
| effective Fall 2005 | Anthro/ Neurosci/ Psych/ Zoology | 619 | Biology of Mind | Moved from Appendix I: 5d to Appendix I: 5b and removed from NB |
| effective Fall 2005 | Zoology | 425 | Evolution of Behavior | Added to Appendix I: 5d for Biology and NB 5d |
| 4/26/05 | Agronomy | 338 | Plant Breeding and Biotechnology | Removed from Appendix I: 5e and added to Foundational Courses |
| 5/24/05 | Pl Path | 300 | Introduction to Plant Pathology | Added to Appendix I: 5e for Biology and NB 5e |
| 5/24/05 | Zoology | 470 | Introduction to Animal Development | Moved from Appendix I: 5b to Appendix I: 5a |
| 5/24/05 | Zoology | 603 | Endocrinology | Added to Appendix II: 5b for Biology |
| 9/12/05 | Nutri Sci | 320 | Nutrition for Health and Disease | Added to Appendix I: 5e |
| 10/25/05 | Neurosci/ Zoology | 635 | Neurobiology of Disease | Moved from NB 5b and Appendix II: 5b to 5a |
| 10/25/05 | Neurosci | 675 | Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Damage | Added to Neurobiology and Biology 5a |
| 10/25/05 | Neurosci | 675 | Stem Cells in Neurobiology | Added to NB and Biology 5a |
| 10/25/05 | Neurosci | 675 | Reproductive Neuroendocrinology | Added to NB and Biology 5a |
| 10/25/05 | Zoology | 765 | Developmental Neurobiology | Added to NB and Biology 5a |
| 10/25/05 | Neurosci/Zoology | 675/932 | Brain, Behavior and Evolution | Added to NB and Biology 5b |
| 10/25/05 | Neurosci/Zoology | 675 | Neuroethology | Added to NB and Biology 5b |
| 10/25/05 | Psych | 486 | Psychology of Perception honors credit | Added to NB and Biology 5b |
| 10/25/05 | Psych | 411 | Sex Differences in the Brain | Added to NB and Biology 5b |
| 3/27/06 | Path | 751 | Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging | Removed from NB and Biology 5a |
| 4/10/06 | Agronomy/Botany/Hort | 339 | Plant Biotechnology Principles and Techniques I | Added to Biology 5a |
| 4/10/06 | Agronomy/Botany/Hort | 340 | Plant Biotechnology Principles and Techniques II | Added to Biology 5a |
| 5/18/06 | Neurosci | 675 | Functional Imaging of Cognitive Disorders | Added to NB and Biology 5b |
| 8/10/06 | Anatomy | 329 | Human Anatomy Lab | Added to NB 5f |
| 8/10/06 | Bact | 527 | Physiology of Microorganisms Laboratory | Added to NB 5f |
| 8/10/06 | Bact | 551 | Physiological Diversity of Prokaryotes Lab | Added to NB 5f |
| 8/10/06 | Biochem | 651 | Biochemical Methods | Added to NB 5f |
| 8/10/06 | Entom | 331 | Taxonomy of Mature Insects | Added to NB 5f |
| 8/10/06 | Kines | 314 | Physiology of Exercise | Added to NB 5f |
| 8/10/06 | MM&I | 302 | Medical Microbiology Laboratory | Added to NB 5f |
| 8/10/06 | MM&I | 412 | Medical Mycology Laboratory | Added to NB 5f |
| 8/10/06 | Phm Sci | 558 | Laboratory Techniques in Pharmacology and Toxicology | Added to NB 5f |
| 8/30/06 | Ther Sci | 713 | Neural Basis of Normal and Pathological Movement | Added to NB 5b and Appendix II: 5b for Biology |
| 2/14/07 | Hort | 550 | Molecular Approaches for Crop Improvement | Added to Biology 5e and NB 5e |
| 3/14/07 | Microbio | 450 | Diversity, Ecology and Evolution of Microorrganisms | Added to Biology 5d and NB 5d |
| 4/30/07 | Zoology | 555 | Laboratory in Developmental Biology | Added to NB 5a |
| 9/17/07 | – Revised Wording – | – | – | Addition to requirement five wording: The course or courses used to satisfy any category must be at least, or add up to, 2 credits. |
| 9/17/07 | Agron/ Env Tox/ Entom/ WL Ecol | 632 | Ecotoxicology: The Chemical Players | Added to Biology 5c and NB 5c |
| 9/17/07 | Agron/ Env Tox/ Entom/ WL Ecol | 633 | Ecotoxicology: Impacts on Individuals | Added to Biology 5c and NB 5c |
| 9/17/07 | Agron/ Env Tox/ Entom/ WL Ecol | 634 | Ecotoxicology: Impacts on Populations, Communities and Ecosystems | Added to Biology 5c and NB 5c |
| 9/17/07 | Psych | 449 | Animal Behavior | Moved from Biology 5b to 5d |
| 9/17/07 | Psych | 450 | Animal Behavior – The Primates | Moved from Biology 5b to 5d |
| 9/17/07 | Psych | 550 | Animal Communication and the Origins of Language | Moved from Biology 5b to 5d |
| 9/17/07 | Psych | 484 | Honors—Behavioral Neurosciences | Added to Biology 5b |
| 9/17/07 | Psych | 485 | Honors Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience | Added to Biology 5b |
| 9/17/07 | Zoology | 677 | Internship in Ecology | Removed from Biology 5c and NB 5c |
| 10/15/07 | Anthro | 304 | Heredity, Environment and Human Populations | Added to Biology 5d and NB 5d |
| 10/15/07 | Pl Path | 300 | Introduction to Plant Pathology | Moved from Biology and NB 5e to 5c |
| 10/15/07 | Botany/Entom/Pl Path | 505 | Plant-Microbe Interactions: Molecular and Ecological Aspects | Added to Biology 5a Appendix II |
| 11/19/07 | Microbiology/Soil Sci | 425 | Environmental Microbiology | Added to Biology 5e and NB 5e Appendix II |
| 11/19/07 | – Revised Requirement – | – | – | L&S Honors requires six credits (previously four to six credits) of Senior Honors Thesis |
| 12/17/07 | Dy Sci | 305 | Lactation | Added to Biology 5b Appendix II |
| 12/17/07 | Zoology | 548 | Ecology of Rivers and Streams | Added to Biology 5c and NB 5c Appendix II |
| 3/12/08 | Anthro | 302 | Hominoid Evolution | Added to Biology, Evolutionary Biology, and NB 5d Appendix II |
| 3/12/08 | Anthro | 411 | The Evolution of the Genus, Homo | Added to Biology, EL, and NB 5d Appendix II |
| 3/12/08 | Anthro | 603 | Seminar in Evolutionary Theory | Added to Biology, EL, and NB 5d Appendix II |
| effective Fall 2008 | F&W Ecol | 318 | Principles of Wildlife Ecology | Moved from Appendix I: 5c for Biology, EL, and NB to 5e |
| 4/16/08 | Hort | 382 | Organic Colloquium | Added to Biology, EL, and NB 5e |
| 4/16/08 | Hort | 392 | Tropical Horticulture | Added to Biology, EL, and NB 5e |
| 5/21/08 | Pl Path | 558 | Biology of Plant Pathogens | Added to Biology and EL 5b Appendix II |
| 9/09 | Genetics | 545 | Genetics Lab | Removed from the capstone list |
| 12/18/09 | Neurosci/Zoology | 675/962 | Behavioral Neuroendocrinology | Added to NB 5b |
| 3/2/10 | Geosci | 541 | Paleobiology | Added to category “D” |
| 3/2/10 | Geosci | 542 | Invert Paleontology | Added to Biology, EL category “B” |
| 8/23/10 | Botany | 430 | Tropical Plant Diversity | Removed from category “D”, no longer taught |
| 8/23/10 | Botany | 350 | Intro to Plant Physiology | Removed from category “B”, no longer taught |
| 8/23/10 | Botany/Zoology | 578 | Princ&Meth-Systematc Biology | Removed from category “D”, no longer taught |
| 8/23/10 | Botany/Microbiol/Pl Path | 636 | Fungal Ecol & Biotechnology | Removed from category “C”, no longer taught |
| 9/29/10 | Botany | 474 | Ethnobotany | Added to category “E” |
| 9/29/10 | An Sci/Dy Sci | 320 | Animal Health & Diseases Management | Added to category “E” |
| 10/27/10 | Physiol | 435 | Fundamentals of Human Physiology | Added to category “B” for Biology, and “F” for NB |
| Fall 2010 | An Sci/Comp Bio | 404 | Vertebrate Physiology | No longer offered |
| 2/18/11 | Nutr Sci | 631 | Clinical Nutrition | Mistakenly listed in categories “A” and “B”, should be “B” only |
| 7/11 | Neurosci | 675 | Epigenetics in the Central Nervous System | Added to category “A” NB |
| Fall 2011 | F&W Ecol | 318 | Principles of Wildlife Ecology | Enrollment limited to Wildlife Ecology Majors only |
| 3/26/12 | Neurosci/Zoology | 675/400 | Neuroethology | Permanent course number 620. Neuroethology Seminar. Remains category “B” for NB |
| 5/23/12 | Psych | 411 | Neuroeconomics | Added to category “B” for NB option |
| 11/23/12 | Psych | 411 | Neuropharmacology | Title change: Fomerly Neurochemistry of Drugs and Behavior |
| 12/12/12 | NTP/Zoology | 675/400 | Modeling Neurodevelopmental Disease | Category “A” course for NB |
| 12/12/12 | Zoology | 572 | Cell Biology Laboratory | Removed from category “A”, no longer offered |
| 3/19/13 | Agron/Botany/Soil Sci | 370 | Grassland Ecology | Added to category “C” |
| 3/19/13 | Bot/Ento/Pl Path | 505 | Plant-Microbe Interactions: Molecular & Ecol Aspects | Co-listed in “A” and “B”, should only be “A” |
| 3//19/13 | F&W Ecol/Land Arc/Zoology | 565 | Principles-Landscape Ecology | Added to Category “C” |
| 3/19/13 | Zoology | 400 | Mammology | Added to Category “B” |
| 3/19/13 | Zoology | 400 | Marine & Freshwater Invertebrates | Added to Category “B” |
| 3/19/13 | Botany | 563 | Phylogenetic Anal-Molec Data | Moved to advanced pre-reqs for category “D” |
| 3/19/13 | Psych | 454 | Behavioral Neuroscience | Added to category “B” for NB |
| 3/19/13 | Psych | 455 | Lab in Behavioral Neuroscience | Added to category “B” for NB |
| 3/19/13 | Bmolchem | 504 | Human Biochemistry Lab | Approved as capstone course |
| 3/19/13 | Physiology | 435 | Fundamentals of Human Physiology | Approved as capstone course |
| 4/22/13 | Kines | 321 | Intro to the Neural Basis of Movement | Course number changed to 531 |
| 5/21/13 | EdPsych | 326 | Mind, Brain and Education | Added to category “B” NB; will not count towards Biology categories |
| 5/21/13 | Psych | 411 | Epigenetics and the Brain | Added to category “A” for both NB and the Biology Major |
| 8/9/13 | MM&I/Path-Bio | 529 | Immunology Laboratory | No longer offered, removed from category “A” |
| 8/9/13 | MM&I | 412 | Medical Mycology Laboratory | No longer offered, removed from category “B” |
| 8/9/13 | MM&I/Path-Bio | 529 | Immunology Laboratory | No longer offered, removed from category “B” |
| 12/3/13 | NTP | 675 | Role of Lipids in Brain Injury | No longer offered. Removed from NB Category “A” |
| 1/9/14 | An Sci/Dy Sci | 373 | Animal Physiology | Added to Biology category “B” |
| 1/9/14 | Psych | 504 | Affective Neuroscience | Added to NB option category “B”. Students cannot take both Psych 504 and Psych 411 for major credit. |
| 1/9/14 | NTP/Zoology | 604 | Genes and Disorders Lab | Added to Biology and NB categories “A” |
| 1/27/14 | Pl Path | 517 | Plant Disease Resistance | Added to category “E” |
| 1/27/14 | Psych | 411 | Neural Basis of Cognitive Control | Added to Biology and NB categories “B” |
| 2/6/14 | An Sci/Genetics | 610 | Quantitative Genetics | Removed from “D”, course last taught in 2004 |
| 3/18/14 | Anthro/Zoology | 439 | Comparative Anatomy of Non-human Primates | Removed from “B”, last taught Spring 2000 |
| 3/18/14 | Anthro | 438 | Functional & Evolutionary Biology of Primates | Removed from “B”, last taught Fall 1998 |
| 3/18/14 | Botany | 360 | Bryophytes | Removed from “B”, last taught Fall 2007 |
| 3/18/14 | Anat/Pop Hlth | 575 | The Biological Process of Aging | Removed from “B”, last taught Spring 2008 |
| 3/18/14 | Psych | 411 | Sex Differences in the Brain | Removed from “B” and NB “B”, topic no longer taught |
| 3/18/14 | NTP/Zoology | 675/932 | Brain, Behavior, & Evolution | Removed from “B” and NB “B”, no longer taught |
| 3/18/14 | Zoology | 675 | Modern Biological Microscopy | Removed from “E”, no longer offered |
| 3/18/14 | Botany | 329 | Microtechnique | Removed from “E”, last taught Fall 2000 |
| 3/18/14 | Food Sci | 530 | Food Processing I | Removed from “E”, no longer offered |
| 3/18/14 | Ob&Gyn | 410 | Biological Determinants of Health Disparities | Removed from “E”, last taught Spring 2005 |
| 3/18/14 | An Sci | 509 | Poultry Breeding | Removed from “E”, no longer offered |
| 3/18/14 | Nutri Sci | 320 | Nutrition for Health & Disease | Removed from “E”, last taught Spring 2006 |
| 3/18/14 | Botany/Hort/Soil Sci | 626 | Mineral Nutrition of Plants | Removed from “E”, last taught Fall 2010 |
| 3/18/14 | Microbio | 550 | Physiological Diversity of Prokaryotes | Removed from “A”, no longer offered |
| 3/18/14 | Botany | 468 | Patterns in Biological Design: An Intro to Systems Biolog | Removed from “C”, no longer offered |
| 3/18/14 | Botany/En St/F&W Ecol | 461 | Environmental Systems Concepts | Removed from “C”, no longer offered |
| 3/27/14 | Bmolchem | 503 | Human Biochemistry | Removed from Biol and NB Foundation, and “A” Biol and EL – not offered after Spring 2014. |
| 4/24/14 | Genetics | 620 | Population & Quantitative Genetics | Removed from “D”, class last taught Spr 2003 |
| 9/11/14 | Med Phys/NTP | 471/675 | Methods for Neuroimaging Research | Added to category “B” for NB; “E” for Biology |
| 10/14 | LACIS | 440/401 | Organic Horticulture (Topic) will change to Organic & Sustainable Horticulture | Added to category “E” for Biology, EL, but not PL, NB. No lab hrs approved. |
| 11/14 | NTP/Physiol/Zoology | 675/400(616) | Lab in Neurophysiology & Behavior | Added to Biology and NB category “A” |
| 12/14 | F&W Ecol/Zoology | 660 | Climate Change Ecology | Added to Biology “C”, no options |
| 12/14 | Entom/F&W Ecol | 500 | Insects in Forest Ecosystem Function & Mgmt | Lab component no longer offered |