May 17, 2024  
2021-22 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2021-22 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

NOTE: Certain courses and programs require the use and/or handling of hazardous materials or equipment. Students are expected to follow all safety instructions and to take the required safety precautions including, but not limited to, the use of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the course or program to prevent incidences of injury to self or other students.
 

Athletic Training
  
  
  

  • ATHT 4975 - Psychosocial Aspects of Sport, Health, and Rehabilitation

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: PSY 1410 , ATHT 3960 , or permission of instructor. Explores psychosocial issues of sport, health, and rehabilitation. Mental health and psychological problems and referrals; intervention strategies, interaction skills, and psychological techniques for injury, rehabilitation, return to play, adherence, sport performance, and sport enhancement. Introduces substance abuse, disordered eating and nutritional issues, and catastrophic injury and illness. Offered every other spring.


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  • ATHT 4980 - Advanced Evidence-Based Medicine in Athletic Training

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ATHT 3980 . Evidence-based medicine is used to produce clinical relevant questions and the research process to investigate those questions. Emphasis on writing and developing sound research question and proposal, literature review, experimental design and methodology, and presentation techniques explored. Taught fall semester, odd years.


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  • ATHT 4990 - Senior Seminar in Athletic Training

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ATHT 4950 . Offers preparation for the BOC examination and discussion of current research in athletic training and sports medicine. Engages students in the process of reviewing, analyzing, discussing, and synthesizing research. Includes an athletic training field experience.


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  • ATHT 4999 - Independent Research in Athletic Training

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Gives students the opportunity to complete the project begun in ATHT 4980  or a new project with the potential for local, regional, national, or international presentations and publications. Course set up independently depending on the type of research project the student is going to perform.


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Biology
  

  • BIOL 1000 - Introduction to the Biology Major

    1 credit hour
    Required for all Biology majors. Development of skill sets essential for success in the Biology major. Topics include the understanding of departmental and university resources and expectations, development of personalized academic plans, and development of skills for professional interactions.


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  • BIOL 1030 - Exploring Life

    4 credit hours
    Corequisite: BIOL 1031 . Designed for non-majors. Offers understanding, experiences, and skills related to common biological issues. Includes class discussions, small group activities, lectures, selected readings, and laboratory investigations. Students earning an A in BIOL 1030/1031 and wishing to declare a major or minor in Biology may substitute BIOL 1030/BIOL 1031 for BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111  toward meeting the requirement for the major or minor. Three hours lecture and one two-hour laboratory.


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  • BIOL 1110 - General Biology I

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1710  with C- or better of MATH ACT of 19 or higher. Corequisite: BIOL 1111 . Primarily for Biology majors and minors and other science-oriented students. Biological principles and processes, including introduction to the nature of science, cells (structure, function, metabolism, division), genetics, evolution, viruses, bacteria, protists, and fungi. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory. While BIOL 1110 can be used to fulfill half the 8-hour General Education requirement for Natural Sciences, it is the first semester of a two-semester sequence primarily designed for science majors. TBR Common Course: BIOL 1110


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  • BIOL 1120 - General Biology II

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111 . Corequisite: BIOL 1121 . Primarily for Biology majors and minors and other science-oriented students. Survey of plants and animals emphasizing evolution, structure, function, reproduction, growth, and ecology. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory. TBR Common Course: BIOL 1120


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  • BIOL 2000 - Orientation to the Medical Lab

    2 credit hours
    Corequisite: BIOL 2001 . Open to anyone in medical and allied medical careers, but may not be taken as part of Biology major. Survey of medical lab careers, curricula, and affiliated laboratory programs; experience in medical laboratory testing procedures. One hour lecture and one two-hour laboratory.


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  • BIOL 2010 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I

    4 credit hours
    Completion of    and    or a grade of C or better in high school chemistry and biology within the last five years is strongly recommended. Corequisite:    . Meets requirements for many pre-health professional programs including nursing. Structure and function of the cell, integumentary, skeletal, muscle, and nervous systems. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.
     


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  • BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: C or better in BIOL 2010 /BIOL 2011 . Corequisite: BIOL 2021 . Meets requirements for many pre-health professional programs including nursing. Structure and function of endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, urinary, digestive, and reproductive systems. Biology majors passing both BIOL 2010/BIOL 2111 and BIOL 2020/BIOL 2021 with a C or better may substitute both courses for BIOL 3020 . However, the substitution is not recommended for pre-med students and does not count for upper-division hours. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.


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  • BIOL 3000 - Life Science for Elementary Teachers

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 8 hours of science including BIOL 1030 /BIOL 1031  or equivalent. A process-oriented approach to the study of life with emphasis on execution and analysis of activities and experiments suited to the elementary school classroom. Six hours lecture and laboratory. (May not be used for Biology majors or minors.)


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  • BIOL 3010 - Embryology

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3250 /BIOL 3251 . Corequisite: BIOL 3011 . Early development of the frog, chick, pig, and human. Living material, whole mounts, and serial sections are used for studying cleavage, germ layer formation, histogenesis, and organogenesis. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.


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  • BIOL 3250 - Genetics

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111  and  BIOL 1120 /BIOL 1121 . Corequisite: BIOL 3251 . An introductory course in genetics. Surveys and explores the sub-disciplines of genetics, including classical, molecular, and evolutionary genetics. Emphasis on the experiments, techniques, and theories forming the foundation of modern genetic research and its applications. Three hours lecture and one two-hour laboratory.


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  • BIOL 3350 - Principles of Radiation in Medicine

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3150 , PHYS 2010 /PHYS 2011  and PHYS 2020 /PHYS 2021 . Basic concepts and theories of radiation physics. Detailed analysis of the structure of matter, properties of radiation, nuclear transformations, x-ray production, and interactions of ionizing radiation emphasized. Treatment units used in external radiation therapy, measurement and quality of ionizing radiation produced, absorbed dose measurement, dose distribution, and scatter analysis presented. Restricted to students in the Allied Health Technology or Allied Health Science Program.


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  • BIOL 3500 - Evolution

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3250 /BIOL 3251 . Evolutionary biology for majors. Topics include history of evolutionary thinking, mechanisms of evolution, basic quantitative and population genetics, life-history theory, evolution of sex, correlated responses to selection, speciation, macroevolution, molecular evolution, fossil record and geologic time scale, phylogenic inference, and the emergence of life. Three hours lecture.
     


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  • BIOL 3890 - Biology Instruction Internship

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3250 /BIOL 3251 , successful completion of target courses, and permission of instructor. A course to refine thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills through exposure to on-the-spot technical questions and a laboratory teaching experience as an assistant in a biology laboratory. Credits will not count toward a major or minor in Biology. May be repeated for up to three credits.


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  • BIOL 4070 - Economic Botany

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3250 /BIOL 3251 . Useful plants which have shaped civilization. Topics include origin of agriculture, fruits and nuts, grains and legumes, vegetables, spices and herbs, oils and waxes, medicinal plants, psychoactive plants. Three hours lecture.


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  • BIOL 4090 - Forest Ecology

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in BIOL 3250 /BIOL 3251 , BIOL 3400 , and BIOL 3500  or permission of instructor. Ecological form and function of forested systems with a particular emphasis on communities of the southeastern U.S. and Tennessee. Topics include dendrology, community assembly and disassembly over time, abiotic and biotic drivers of forest community succession, phylogeography and biogeography, and threats and sustainable practices. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.


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  • BIOL 4270 - Transmitting Electron Microscopy

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Tissue fixation, dehydration, embedding, and thin sectioning for examination and development of micrographs using a Zeiss electron microscope. Seven hours lecture/laboratory.


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  • BIOL 4280 - Undergraduate Research in Biology

    1 to 4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Selection, design, and conduction of projects typically allied with an instructor’s research program. May be repeated for a total of twelve credits. Only four credits may count toward the Biology major.


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  • BIOL 4290 - Scanning Electron Microscopy

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Preparation of biological and non-biological materials for examination and development of micrographs using an ISI electron microscope. Seven hours lecture/laboratory.


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  • BIOL 4540 - Topics in Environmental Education

    1 to 4 credit hours
    Prerequisites:Junior standing or above and permission of department.  An intensive classroom and field study of natural science and resources in Tennessee. Special emphasis on data collection, analysis, and problem solving. Target groups are upper-division students in biology and education. Consult the department chair for specific credits and costs. THIS COURSE DOES NOT APPLY TO THE BIOLOGY MAJOR OR MINOR.


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  • BIOL 4560 - Neurobiology

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3250 /BIOL 3251 . Corequisite: BIOL 4561 . Introduces comparative neurobiology. Topics include the basic structure and function of the nerve cell and organization of nervous systems of representative species of invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.


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  • BIOL 4740 - Research Methods

    3 credit hours
    (Same as ABAS/CHEM/GEOL/PHYS/MATH 4740.) Prerequisites: YOED 3520  and BIOL 3250 /BIOL 3251 . Provides secondary science and mathematics teacher candidates with the tools that scientists use to solve scientific problems. Students will use these tools in a laboratory setting, communicate findings, and understand how scientists develop new knowledge.


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  • BIOL 4750 - Plant Biotechnology

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3250 /BIOL 3251 . Processes and reasoning behind the human manipulation of plant species for agricultural and technological purposes. Topics include traditional breeding techniques, tissue culture, plant cell transformation, and general plant molecular biology techniques as well as current debate over genetically modified organisms. Six hours lecture/laboratory.


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