INTEGRATIVE STUDIES IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Course:  ISB 200
Title:  History of Life
Semester:  Fall, Spring, and Summer Semester of every year
Credits:  Total Credits: 3
  Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 (3-0)
Prerequisite:  (MTH 103 or concurrently or MTH 110 or concurrently or MTH 116 or concurrently or LBS 117 or concurrently or MTH 124 or concurrently or MTH 132 or concurrently or MTH 201 or concurrently or STT 200 or concurrently or STT 201 or concurrently)or designated score on Mathematics placement test.
Description:  Life from its origin to the dawn of human history. Living things as both the products of evolutionary processes and as a major force driving evolution and altering the environment of planet earth.  

Course:  ISB 200H
Title:  History of Life
Semester:  Fall, Spring, and Summer Semester of every year
Credits:  Total Credits: 3
  Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 (3-0)
Prerequisite:  (MTH 103 or concurrently or MTH 110 or concurrently or MTH 116 or concurrently or LBS 117 or concurrently or MTH 124 or concurrently or MTH 132 or concurrently or MTH 201 or concurrently or STT 200 or concurrently or STT 201 or concurrently) or designated score on Mathematics placement test.
Description:  Readings and discussion from four contemporary texts in the History of Life.  Issues involve the origin and history of life on earth, the nature of fossils, and the impact of human society of ideas related to fossils and life's history.

Course:  ISB 201
Title:  Insects, Globalization, and Sustainability
Semester:  Fall, Spring, and Summer Semester of every year
Credits: Total Credits: 3
  Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 (3-0)
Prerequisite:  (MTH 103 or concurrently or MTH 110 or concurrently or MTH 116 or concurrently or LBS 117 or concurrently or MTH 112 or concurrently or MTH 124 or concurrently or MTH 132 or concurrently or MTH 201 or concurrently or STT 200 or concurrently or STT 201 or concurrently) or designated score on Mathematics placement test.
Description:  The relationship between insects, human society, and the environment with an emphasis on ecological and evolutionary processes. Critical evaluation of current regional and global environmental problems and how they are effecting the development of a sustainable society.

Course:  ISB 201L
Title:  Insects, Globalization, and Sustainability Laboratory
Semester:  Fall, Spring, and Summer of every year
Credits:  Total Credits: 2
  Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 2 (1-2)
Prerequisite:  (ISB 201 or concurrently)
Description: Problem-based learning activities involved with observing, hypothesizing, experimenting, and analysis of data related to environmental science.

Course:  ISB 202
Title:  Applications of Environmental and Organismal Biology
Semester:  Fall, Spring, and Summer Semester of every year
Credits:  Total Credits: 3
  Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 (3-0)
Prerequisite:  (MTH 103 or concurrently or MTH 110 or concurrently or MTH 116 or concurrently or LSB 117 or concurrently or MTH 124 or concurrently or MTH 132 or concurrently or MTH 201 or concurrently or STT 200 or concurrently or STT 201 or concurrently) or designated score on Mathematics placement test.
Description:  Historical and recent development of ideas about behavior, ecological, and evolutionary processes. Critical evaluation of the use and misuse of human understanding of nature, emphasizing recent findings.

Course:  ISB 204
Title:  Applications of Biomedical Sciences
Semester:  Fall, Spring, and Summer Semester of every year
Credits:  Total Credits: 3
  Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 (3-0)
Prerequisite:  (MTH 103 or concurrently or MTH 110 or concurrently or MTH 116 or concurrently or LSB 117 or concurrently or MTH 124 or concurrently or MTH 132 or concurrently or MTH 201 or concurrently or STT 200 or concurrently or STT 201 or concurrently) or designated score on Mathematics placement test.
Description:  Historical and recent development of knowledge about cellular developmental or genetic processes. Critical evaluation of the use and misuse of scientific discoveries in these areas.

Course:  ISB 208L
Title:  Integrative Studies Biology Lab 
Semester:  Fall and Spring Semester of every year. 
Credits:  Total Credits: 2
  Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1   Lab Hours:  2 (2-1)
Prerequisite:  ISB 202 or concurrently or ISB 204 or concurrently
Corequisite:  ISB 202 or ISB 204
Description:   Problem solving activities based on observation and interpretation of selected biological systems
Alias:  ISB 202L, ISB 204L