Sr Sem in Biology

Required for all majors who do not select the year-long Senior Thesis Research ＆ Seminar (BIOL BC3593 ＆ BC3594) to fulfill their senior capstone requirement. These seminars allow students to explore the primary literature in the Biological Sciences in greater depth than can be achieved in a lecture course. Attention will be focused on both theoretical and empirical work. Seminar periods are devoted to oral reports and discussion of assigned readings and student reports. Students will write one extensive literature review of a topic related to the central theme of the seminar section. Topics vary per semester and include, but are not limited to: Plant Development, Animal Development ＆ Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Microbiology ＆ Global Change, Genomics, Comparative ＆ Reproductive Endocrinology, and Data Intensive Approaches in Biology