BIOG 1440

BIOG 1440

Course information provided by the 2015-2016 Catalog.

An introductory physiology course intended for freshman and sophomore biology majors. The course integrates physiology from the cell to the organism with comparisons among animals, plants and microbes. Emphasis is on understanding of basic physiological concepts, stressing structure-function relationships and underlying physio-chemical mechanisms.


Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: Students may not receive credit for both BIOG 1440 and BIOG 1445.

Outcomes

  • To understand the principles of how organisms work at the molecular, cellular, and systems levels, how these principles are based on the rules of physics and chemistry, and how the processes of physiology at one level emerge from processes at the lower levels.
  • To be able to think like a physiologist. This involves understanding how the properties of cells determine function at all higher levels of biological organization including how cellular membranes create selective barriers and how substances cross these barriers, how biological processes are regulated, and how cells and organisms exchange energy and matter with the environment, respond to their environment (including stimulus transduction, intercellular communication, and information processing), and generate mechanical forces and movement.
  • To appreciate the similarities and differences between the physiologies of humans and other organisms, and so to appreciate how the study of comparative physiology is relevant to understanding your own life, and to understanding how evolution explains both the unity and diversity of life.

Distribution Category (PBS)

When Offered Fall, spring, summer.

Comments Biological sciences majors must take course for a letter grade.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3440 BIOG 1440   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Biological Science majors are required to take this course for a letter grade. If you have questions concerning enrollment in this course please email slf42@cornell.edu.

  •  3441 BIOG 1440   DIS 201

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  •  3442 BIOG 1440   DIS 202

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  •  3443 BIOG 1440   DIS 203

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  •  3444 BIOG 1440   DIS 204

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  •  3445 BIOG 1440   DIS 205

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  •  3446 BIOG 1440   DIS 206

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  •  3447 BIOG 1440   DIS 207

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  •  3448 BIOG 1440   DIS 208

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  •  3449 BIOG 1440   DIS 209

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  •  3450 BIOG 1440   DIS 210

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  •  3451 BIOG 1440   DIS 211

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  •  3452 BIOG 1440   DIS 212

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  •  3453 BIOG 1440   DIS 213

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  •  3454 BIOG 1440   DIS 214

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  •  3495 BIOG 1440   DIS 215

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  •  3600 BIOG 1440   DIS 216

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  •  3601 BIOG 1440   DIS 217

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  •  3602 BIOG 1440   DIS 218

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  • 18359 BIOG 1440   DIS 219

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  • 18360 BIOG 1440   DIS 220

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