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2021-22 Graduate Catalog 
    
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2021-22 Graduate 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 Coaching
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Athletic Training
  
  
  
  

  • ATHT 5970 - Therapeutic Modalities in Sports Medicine

    3 credit hours
    Methods and techniques in the application of selected therapeutic modalities and the evaluation of injuries relative to modalities. The N.A.T.A. Competencies in Athletic Training will be a guideline for knowledge that each student should obtain. Reviewing, analyzing, discussing, synthesizing, and reflecting about athletic training.


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Biology
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • BIOL 5420 - Plant Ecology and Evolution

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 1110/BIOL 1111, BIOL 1120/BIOL 1121, and BIOL 3250/BIOL 3251 (or permission of department). Major themes in the ecology and evolution of plants. Topics include how plants sense, respond, and adapt to their environment; life history; species; and patterns of diversity and abundance of plants. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.
     


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  • BIOL 5540 - Topics in Environmental Education

    1 to 4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing or above. 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 graduate students and upper-division undergraduates in the areas of biology and education. Consult the department chair for specific credits and costs. This course will not apply to the biology major or minor.


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  • BIOL 6090 - Advanced Forest Ecology

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Graduate standing and a grade of C or better in each of the following: BIOL 3250/3251, 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 6190 - Animal Physiological Ecology

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Graduate standing and one course in either ecology or physiology. A study of how animals function in and respond to their natural environments with special interest at the biochemical, physiological, morphological, and behavioral levels. Topics include allometry, heat transfer, thermoregulation, energetics, blood circulation, respiration, osmoregulation, locomotion, control systems, and sensory perception. Six hours lecture/laboratory.


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  • BIOL 6700 - Plant-Animal Interactions

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 1110/1111, 1120/1121. Corequisite: BIOL 6701 . Evolutionary and ecological perspectives on how plants attract and repel symbionts and how those symbionts influence plant fitness. Topics include angiosperm evolution, the coevolution of plants with pollinators, herbivores, mycorrhizae, and N-fixing bacteria, and how plant secondary metabolites facilitate or mitigate these interactions. Two hours lecture and three hours lab.


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  • BIOL 6750 - Advanced Plant Biotechnology

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 1110/1111, 1120/1121, 3250/3251. 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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  • BIOL 6760 - Bioinformatics

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 1110/1111 and 1120/1121 and CSCI 1170 or consent of instructor. Explores the emerging field of bioinformatics which involves the application of computer science to biological questions. Bioinformatics applies to the computational aspects of data gathering, processing, storage, analysis, and visualization methods used in revising and testing biological hypotheses. Student should have a strong background in either computer science or biology, be willing to learn about the other field in an accelerated fashion, and be willing to work cooperatively as part of an interdisciplinary team. Four hours of lecture/problem solving per week.


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  • BIOL 6999 - Comprehensive Examination and Preparation

    1 credit hours
    Open only to students who are not enrolled in any other graduate course and who will take the master’s comprehensive examination during the term. The student must contact the graduate advisor during the first two weeks of the term for specifics regarding the details of this comprehensive examination preparatory course. Credit may not be applied to degree requirements.


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