Graduate-Level Seminar Courses
These courses are intended to fulfill the seminar requirements for our Ph.D. Biology graduate students; however, we encourage and welcome graduate students from other programs to enroll who have relevant interest in the topics. Please note that the schedules below reflect the currently planned classes, but schedules and offerings could change. Department consent may be required for some of these courses. Please contact Kenlyn Merritt for assistance.
| SPRING 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course # | Instructor(s) | Course Title | Topic |
| BIOL 625 | Jones, Copenhaver, Sekelsky | Seminar in Genetics | Mechanism of meiosis, recombination, DNA repair and the evolution of sexual reproduction |
| BIOL 635 | Salmeron | Seminar in Biotechnology | |
| BIOL 649 | Maddox, P. | Seminar in Cell Biology | |
| BIOL 659 | Kingsolver | Seminar in Evolutionary Biology | Research Frontiers in Ecology and Global Change |
| BIOL 669 | Pfennig, K. | Seminar in Ecology | Role of Behavior in Ecological and Evolutionary Processes |
| BIOL 669 | Waitt, D. | Seminar in Ecology (meets at Botanical Gardens) | |
| BIOL 680 | Nimchuk | Advanced Seminar in Recent Biological Research and Methods | Advances in Genome Editing |
| BIOL 704 | Slep | Seminar in Biophysics |
| FALL 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course # | Instructor(s) | Course Title | Topic |
| BIOL 639 | Reed, J. | Seminar in Plant Molecular and Cell Biology | |
| BIOL 649 | Maddox, P. | Seminar in Cell Biology | |
| BIOL 658 | Vision, T. | Seminar in Evolutionary Biology | |
| BIOL 669 | Bruno, J. | Seminar in Ecology | |
| BIOL 669 | Yitbarek, S. | Seminar in Ecology | Microbial Population Biology |
| BIOL 891 | Willett, C. | Graduate Seminar in Biology (1st and 2nd year students) | |
| ENEC 569 | Mitchell, C. | Current Issues in Ecology | Grant Writing |
| SPRING 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course # | Instructor(s) | Course Title | Topic |
| BIOL/ENEC 602 | Pfenning, K. | Professional Development Skills for Ecologists and Biologists | |
| BIOL 635 | Salmeron, J. | Seminar in Biotechnology | |
| BIOL 680 | Shiau, C. | Advanced Seminar in Recent Biological Research and Methods | |
| BIOL 669 | McCoy, S. | Seminar in Ecology | Theoretical and Empirical Community Ecology |
| BIOL 669 | Waitt, D. | Seminar in Ecology | |
| BIOL 669 | Yitbarek, S. | Seinar in Ecology |
Please click here to see seminar courses from previous semesters.