Community Healthcare Outreach Concentration Course Descriptions:
(These are the descriptions of the courses required that are taught by the Department of Biology.)

BI 225 - Nutrition:
    The study of the science of foods, their components, and the human body’s needs, including evaluation of diet and nutritional status using a life span approach. Also included are issues such as women’s health research, diet, heart disease, and malnutrition. (Fall 2008 and alternate years Group III)

BI 240 - The Biology of Women:
    This course focuses on the biology of women over their life span. Major topics include normal development from conception to death in women; wellness and illness; life span decision making; problems, process, and solution(s); and the current status of research on women. (Spring 2009 and alternate years Group III BI 250)

BI 250 - The Biology of HIV and AIDS:
    The Biology of HIV and AIDS Explores the biological aspects of AIDS and HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus). Topics include origins of the virus and the disease, perturbation of the human immune system, pathogenesis of the virus, methods of transmission, current and future epidemiology. (Spring Group III)

BI 255 - Animal Behavior:
    Students explore various aspects of species-specific animal behavior with emphasis on the relationship of these behaviors to the animal’s environment and circumstances. Topics include causes, types, and controls of behavior, as well as abnormal behavior. (Spring 2010 Group III)

BI 280 - Ethical Issues in Science and Technology:
    America’s Moral Dilemmas Ethics is the disciplined reflection on the moral intuitions and the moral choices that people make. Bioethics is the analysis of these choices in science and medicine. This course uses a case method of instruction and focuses on the major ethical dilemmas of twenty first century medicine and the natural sciences. (Spring 2008 and alternate years Group III )

BI 330 - Microbiology and Human Infectious Disease: (5 credits)
    Lectures and laboratory provide basic knowledge of the handling and understanding of microorganisms, including their characteristics, activities, distribution, and effects on the human body. Includes study of specific pathogenic organisms and diseases, as well as the body’s natural defense mechanisms and methods of disease prevention and treatment.
Fall Prerequisite: BI 101 or permission Group III

BI - 345 Psychopharmacology:
    Drugs and Behavior Students are introduced to the biological effects of drugs on humans. All major drug classes are studied, with emphasis on those affecting the central nervous system and behavior. Students examine the actions, uses, limitations, and side effects of drugs. Prescription and over-the-counter, as well as illegal drugs, are included. Spring 2008 and alternate years.
Prerequisite: BI 101 or PY 101 or permission Group III

BI 360 - Introduction to Epidemiology:
    This course introduces the basic principles and methods of epidemiology and the basic skills needed to interpret the epidemiological literature of medicine and public health. The course includes both lecture and seminar instructions; in the seminars, class discussion of cases illustrate the principles covered in the lectures. (Fall 2008 and alternate years)
Prerequisites: BI289 Group III

BI 380 - Pathophysiology:
    The Biologic Basis of Disease This upper-level course uses a case method of instruction and focuses on the disease process and on the structural and functional change inherent in the pathology of specific human diseases.
Spring Prerequisite: BI 205 and BI 206 Group III