Timeroom: Fall 2024

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 805 (01) - Population Genetics

Population Genetics

Credits: 3.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 5
CRN: 12524

Exploration of the forces (mutation, selection, random drift, inbreeding, assortative mating) affecting the frequency and distribution of genetic variation in natural populations. Quantifying the structure of populations. Methods of analysis for theoretical and practical applications. One semester of genetics and one semester of statistics recommended.

Equivalent(s): ZOOL 805

Cross listed with : GEN 705.01

Instructors: Jeffrey Miller

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	SLS G25

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 812 (01) - Programming for Bioinformatics

Programming for Bioinformatics

Credits: 5.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 11
CRN: 11689

Development of programming skills that enable life science students to ask fundamental biological questions that require computers to automate repetitive tasks and handle query results efficiently. Topics include: computer values of important parameters of biological sequence data; pattern search and motif discovery scripts; accessing, querying, manipulating, retrieving, parsing, analyzing, and saving data from local and remote databases. One semester of bioinformatics and one semester of genetics recommended. Computer Lab.

Cross listed with : GEN 712.01

Instructors: Anthony Westbrook

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MWF	8:10am - 10:00am	NESM 125

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 817 (01) - Molecular Microbiology

Molecular Microbiology

Credits: 5.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 4
CRN: 11302
Special Fees: $90.00

Fundamental physiological and metabolic processes of archaea bacteria and fungi with a strong emphasis on prokaryotes. Literature-based course with lab. Topics include regulation and coordination of microbial metabolism, bacterial cell cycle, global control of gene expression, signal transduction, and microbial cell differentiation. Introductory microbiology and microbiology lab and one semester of genetics recommended. Lab.

Equivalent(s): MICR 817

Cross listed with : GEN 717.01

Instructors: Louis Tisa

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	KEND 106
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	W	1:10pm - 5:00pm	RUDMAN G40

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 825 (01) - Population Genetics Lab

Population Genetics Lab

Credits: 2.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 5
CRN: 12525

Hands-on approach to exploration of evolutionary forces affecting the frequency and distribution of genetic variation in natural populations. Wet lab techniques include DNA extraction, restriction enzyme digestion, PCR, DNA fragment size-selection. Computational skills include high-throughput sequencing data control, identifying allelic variants, and generation of population genetic summary statistics. One semester of genetics and one semester of statistics recommended.

Co-Requisite: GEN 805

Cross listed with : GEN 725.01

Instructors: Jeffrey Miller

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	M	1:10pm - 5:00pm	RUDMAN G51

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 871 (01) - Molecular Genetics

Molecular Genetics

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 5
CRN: 10552

Structure, organization, replication, dynamics, and expression of genetic information in eukaryotes. Focus on molecular genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of gene expression and its control; molecular genetic control of cell division and differentiation during development. One semester of genetics recommended.

Equivalent(s): BCHM 871

Cross listed with : GEN 771.01

Instructors: Anna O'Brien

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	11:10am - 12:30pm	HORT 207

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Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 872 (01) - Evolutionary Genetics of Plants

Evolutionary Genetic of Plants

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 5
CRN: 14668

Mechanisms of genetic change in plant evolution, both in nature and under human influence. Topics include neo-Darwinian theory; speciation and hybridization; origins and co-evolution of nuclear and organelle genomes; gene and genome evolution; transposable elements; chromosome rearrangements; polyploidy; genetic modification. Lab introduces methods in information gathering, bioinformatics, genome analysis, plant breeding, and genetic manipulation. One semester of genetics recommended prior to taking this course. Lab.

Equivalent(s): PBIO 872

Instructors: Chris Hernandez

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	MURK 104

Durham Liberal Arts :: Geography

GEOG 401 (01) - World Regions: Europe and the Americas

World Regions I

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 110
CRN: 10312

Examines the rich diversity of human life in the following world regions: North America; Middle and South America; Europe; Russia and the post- Soviet states; and Oceania. We will examine the geography of these regions focusing on the following thematic concepts: Environment; Globalization and development; power and politics; urbanization; and population patterns. This course also serves as an introduction to geography.

Equivalent(s): GEOG 401H

Attributes: World Cultures(Discovery)

Instructors: Solomon Maingi

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MWF	11:10am - 12:00pm	HS 205

Durham Liberal Arts :: Geography

GEOG 405 (01) - There Is No Planet B

There Is No Planet B

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 65
CRN: 12799

Introduces human-environment relations as a central focus of geography, spanning social and environmental sciences. Considers mapping, natural resource use, commons and markets, hazards, political ecology, and land use change. Case studies link core concepts with examples from local to international scales.

Attributes: Environment,Tech&Society(Disc)

Instructors: Jennifer Brewer

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	PARS N104

Durham Liberal Arts :: Geography

GEOG 560 (01) - Natural Hazards and Human Disasters

Natural Hazards

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 50
CRN: 14042

A survey of natural hazards, including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami, floods drought, hurricanes and severe weather, and the human disasters they cause. The geography of community vulnerability to natural hazards and the factors that influence risk and recovery are also examined.

Attributes: Environment,Tech&Society(Disc)

Instructors: Solomon Maingi

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MWF	9:10am - 10:00am	HS G34

Durham Liberal Arts :: Geography

GEOG 580 (01) - Human Geography: People and Places

Human Geography

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 32
CRN: 16152

Why do people live, work, and play differently in different places? How are our realities shaped by local to global influences, both social and environmental? What does this mean in terms of "place" and lived landscapes? This course provides an overview of human geography as a social science, including the "why of where" and human-environment relationships. Topics may include urban, rural, and suburban development, globalization and governance, borders and migration, conservation and development, and different understandings of knowledge, economy, technology, race, gender, and class.

Equivalent(s): GEOG 581O

Attributes: Social Science (Discovery)

Instructors: Cristina Faiver

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	MURK 202