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BIOL 431 Cellular Basis of Adaptation Units: 3.00
The cellular origins of diversity in physiological processes, with consideration of the role of evolutionary, developmental and molecular mechanisms.
Learning Hours: 108 (6 Lecture, 30 Seminar, 8 Tutorial, 4 Group Learning, 60 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite ([BCHM 218/3.0 or BIOL 330/3.0] and [BIOL 334/3.0 or BIOL 339/3.0 or BIOL 341/3.0] and a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the Biological Foundation List).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Communicate the findings from integrating previous courses, literature synthesis and group discussions in a seminar format. Evaluate the effectiveness of seminars by colleagues.
- Connect the effects of abiotic or biotic stress from genetics and cellular to the physiological and ecological processes of organisms.
- Describe the cellular basis of adaption that organisms use in response to biotic and abiotic stress.
- Integrate single-stressors process within groups to describe the range of adaptations for suite of stressors.
- Prepare a communication strategy to transition scientific insight about adaptation to stressors to a general public audience.
- Synthesize the literature on the effects of a single stressor and critically evaluate the limits of scientific understanding.