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BIO 501 - Evolutionary Theory and Application
This course is a graduate-level survey of modern evolutionary theory. The course emphasizes an understanding of the interplay between different evolutionary forces in wild populations. Through lecture, student-led discussion, and problem sets students will gain a working familiarity with modern evolutionary theory and practice many of the quantitative approaches used to study evolution in wild populations.
Prerequisites & Notes
None.
Credits: 3
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BIO 504 - Advanced Developmental Biology
Cellular mechanisms of animal development, including fertilization, cell cleavage, cell movement, cellular interactions, extracellular matrix, developmental genetics and cancer.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 336 or BIO 438 or permission.
Credits: 3
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BIO 505 - Professionalism in Biology
A graduate-level survey of the fundamental principles of professional development, including oral and written communication skills, the roles of mentors and colleagues, professional ethics, career planning and the job application process.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing.
Credits: 2
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BIO 510 - Climate, Culture, and the Biosphere
Explores the coupled dynamics of humans and the biosphere through time, from hominid evolution more than 2.5 million years ago to the present era. Curriculum draws from anthropology, geography, paleoecology, and climate science to inform on the integrated human-environment relationship in the context of global change. This course is identical to ANT 510.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: e
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BIO 512 - Advanced Seminar in Biology
Readings, presentations, and student-led discussions of recent primary literature in specific areas of biology. Topics vary and may involve both theoretical and applied studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1-3
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BIO 515 - Thermal Ecology-Animals and Climate Change
This seminar will focus on providing an understanding of the thermal physiology and energetics of animals. Students will become familiar with animal physiology, and the relationships between environmental temperatures, performance, and fitness, The course will include a tutorial on compiling and interpreting long-term temperature datasets including use of UMaine’s Climate Reanalyzer. By the end of the course, students will be familiar with the literature and techniques used for predicting the vulnerability of vertebrates to global change using mechanistic physiological models.
Credits: 3
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BIO 525 - Community Ecology
An advanced discussion of the organization of biological communities including community structure, stratification and patterns, niche division and species diversity, competition, predation, community classification and description, biogeography of communities, succession and climax. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 319 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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BIO 530 - Biology of the Fungi
The major taxa of fungi are examined in relation to their ecology and physiology.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 100 or equivalent and/or a basic ecology course or permission.
Credits: 3
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BIO 531 - Fungal Biology Laboratory
An optional laboratory to accompany BIO 530. Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: BIO 532.
Credits: 1
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BIO 532 - Biology of the Fungi
Ecology, physiology and classification of the major groups of fungi and their impact on human affairs. Laboratory and fieldwork will emphasize current techniques used to study fungi. (This course is identical to BIO 432.) . Lec 2, Lab 4.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 100 and BIO 200 or equivalents or permission.
Credits: 4
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BIO 550 - Biogeochemistry of Terrestrial Ecosystems
Biogeochemical patterns and processes in forest ecosystems. Comparative data from the ecological literature are used to examine the important processes of element cycling, including atmospheric deposition, canopy processes, plant nutrient circulation, decomposition, animal-insect interactions, soil chemical phenomena, weathering, leaching, gaseous fluxes, forest hydrology and overall watershed biogeochemical responses to disturbance. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission plus BIO 319 and one year of college chemistry.
Credits: 3
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BIO 555 - Biological Invasions
Analysis of mechanisms behind species establishment in new areas, their impact on native ecology, theoretical bases of invasion-related phenomena, and economic and sociopolitical costs inflicted by exotic species. (Note: BIO 455 and BIO 555 cannot both be taken for degree credit).
Prerequisites & Notes
graduate standing and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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BIO 572 - Paleoecology
Explores how paleoecology expands the temporal scale of ecology, how climate change has affected terrestrial and freshwater systems over the Quaternary, and how lake ecosystems have changed in recent centuries. BIO 572 and BIO 476 can not both be taken for degree credit. Lec 3, Lab 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
An ecology course, e.g. BIO 319 or permission.
Credits: 4
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BIO 574 - Neurophysiology
A biophysical approach to the detailed workings of peripheral and central nervous systems connecting structure (molecular, subcellular and specialized tissues) to function (physical and neural), through wet lab experiments on living cells, and/or computer-assisted exercises. Lec 2, Lab 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
graduate standing and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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BIO 580 - Cell Biology
Examines the fundamental cellular, sub-cellular and molecular characteristics of cells with emphasis on structure and function of organelle systems common to eukaryotic cells. Note: Because of overlap, BIO 480 and BIO 580 cannot both be taken for degree credit. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 200 or BIO 208 or SMS 201, and either CHY 252 or BMB 322; or consent of instructor.
Credits: 3
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BIO 583 - Cell Biology (Lab)
A laboratory course consisting of exercises employing techniques commonly utilized in cell biological research, with an emphasis on skills essential for a career involving cell biology lab work including mammalian cell culture and cellular energetics. Note: Because of overlap, BIO 483 and BIO 583 cannot both be taken for degree credit. Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 580 or concurrently; or consent of the instructor.
Credits: 1
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BIO 593 - Advanced Biometry
A course in advanced graduate statistics oriented towards the environmental sciences. This course is intended as a breadth-oriented survey course that will expose the student to all types of statistics one might encounter in environmental research. It will review and place into a more general context ANOVA and regression, cover philosophy of science/modes of statistics (Bayesian and Monte Carlo), random/mixed/hierarchical models, generalized linear models (including logistic and Poisson regression), modern regression (robust, non-linear, machine-learning), multivariate statistics, and spacial/temporal statistics.
Prerequisites & Notes
None
Credits: 4
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BIO 597 - Special Topics in Biology
As available.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1-6
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BIO 687 - Problems in Biological Sciences I
Individual research projects conducted by graduate students under faculty supervision. Research topics should be different from topics of their thesis research.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1-6
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BIO 688 - Problems in Biological Sciences II
Varies.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor
Credits: 1-6
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BIO 699 - Graduate Thesis/Research
Graduate thesis or research conducted under the supervision of student’s advisor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have not yet completed a “Responsible Conduct of Research” course approved by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the Graduate School (https://umaine.edu/graduate/students/rcr/) must receive permission to enroll in thesis/ research credits. Students must enroll in an RCR course before or concurrent with their third credit of thesis/research.
Credits: Ar
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