Timeroom: Spring 2025

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Animal Sciences

ANSC 808 (01) - Ruminant Nutritional Physiology

Ruminant Nutr Physiology

Credits: 3.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 56807

Anatomy of the ruminant gastrointestinal tract, physiological factors related to rumen function, and microbial and whole-body metabolism of carbohydrates, protein, and lipids.

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Instructors: Andre Brito

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	TR	8:10am - 9:30am	KEND 231

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Animal Sciences

ANSC 828 (01) - Advanced Dairy Management II

Advanced Dairy Management II

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 4
CRN: 52080
Special Fees: $100.00

Advanced management evaluation of dairy cattle, housing, milking equipment, milk quality, record keeping, herd health, financial, personnel management, environmental issues. Visits to farms in the area to provide critical assessments of dairy farm businesses.

Instructors: Peter Erickson

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	T	2:10pm - 3:00pm	DNRC 107
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	F	2:10pm - 5:00pm	DNRC 107

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Animal Sciences

ANSC 899 (01) - Master's Thesis

Master's Thesis

Credits: 1.0 to 6.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term - Grad Thesis (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Graduate Credit/Fail grading

Class Size: 5
CRN: 56104

Master's students must enroll for a total of 6 credits of this course. Students may enroll in 1-6 credits per semester.

Instructor Approval Required. Contact Instructor for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025		Hours Arranged	TBA

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Animal Sciences

ANSC 999 (01) - Doctoral Research

Doctoral Research

Credits: 0.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term - Grad Thesis (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Graduate Credit/Fail grading

Class Size: 5
CRN: 56105

Doctoral Research.

Instructor Approval Required. Contact Instructor for permission then register through Webcat.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025		Hours Arranged	TBA

CPS Online Coll of Professional Studies :: Applied Studies

APST 805 (01) - Grant Writing

Grant Writing

Online Course Delivery Method: Online Asynchronous

Credits: 3.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Term 4 (03/24/2025 - 05/16/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 53863

This course prepares participants to effectively write different types of grant narratives based on organizational need(s). Topics may include the strategic purpose of grants, basic grant elements, effective grant-writing strategies, and grant management and stewardship process and tools.

Equivalent(s): APST 805G

Instructors: Robert Levey

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
3/24/2025	5/16/2025		Hours Arranged	ONLINE

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Biochemistry

BCHM 825 (01) - Cell Phenotyping and Tissue Engineering Laboratory

Cell Pheno & Tissue Eng Lab

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 4
CRN: 52573
Special Fees: $140.00

Introduction to culture and phenotyping of mammalian cells (cell line models), with applications to bioengineering and biomedical sciences.. Skills, techniques, and knowledge covered include sterile technique, cell culture, cell line models, cell proliferation, cell survival, cell migration, cell adhesion, and drug response. Inquiry-based team projects investigate cell proliferation, cell death, transfection, flow cytometry, 3D scaffolds, or cell imaging. Introductory microbiology and microbiology lab recommended.

Instructor Approval Required. Contact Instructor for permission then register through Webcat.

Cross listed with : BMS 725.01

Instructors: Sarah Walker

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	R	1:10pm - 2:00pm	SLS 186
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	TR	2:10pm - 5:00pm	SLS 186

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Biochemistry

BCHM 852 (01) - Principles of Biochemistry II

Principles of Biochemistry II

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 50918

In-depth survey of biochemistry: metabolism of amino acids, nucleotides, carbohydrates and lipids; synthesis and regulation of macromolecules; molecular biology of the eukaryotic cell.

Prerequisite(s): BCHM 851 with minimum grade of B-

Cross listed with : BMCB 752.01, BMCB 752.H01

Instructors: Feixia Chu

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	MWF	10:10am - 11:00am	RUDMAN G89
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	R	5:10pm - 6:00pm	RUDMAN G89

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Biochemistry

BCHM 855 (01) - Protein Biochemistry Laboratory

Protein Biochemistry Lab

Credits: 5.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 3
CRN: 53534
Special Fees: $150.00

Application of modern approaches to the characterization and purification of proteins. Emphasis on recombinant protein production and purification, analytical techniques for characterization of proteins, enzyme kinetics, and molecular visualization of protein structure. One semester of biochemistry recommended.

Instructor Approval Required. Contact Instructor for permission then register through Webcat.

Instructors: Rick Cote

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	F	1:10pm - 2:00pm	JAMS G54
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	MW	1:10pm - 5:00pm	SLS 194

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Biochemistry

BCHM 860 (01) - Pharmacology

Pharmacology

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 55771

Introduction to the basic principles and fundamental concepts of pharmacology, with a focus on molecular mechanisms and pathological basis of therapeutics and the curative effects. Foundations of pharmacology including pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics; drugs affecting the nervous system (neuropharmacology); drugs affecting other systems; chemotherapeutic drugs. One semester of biochemistry recommended.

Instructors: Xuanmao Chen

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	MW	5:10pm - 7:00pm	RUDMAN G89

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Biology

BIOL 828 (01) - Marine Bioacoustics

Marine Bioacoustics

Credits: 3.0
Term: Spring 2025 - Full Term (01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 15
CRN: 56690

Marine bioacoustics is a highly interdisciplinary field of science that requires knowledge of marine biology, oceanography, physics, and engineering. This course provides an introduction to the role of acoustics in aquatic biological systems and how acoustics is used to study biological processes and ecosystem dynamics. Topics include: marine animal hearing; sound production; behavior; echolocation; remote sensing; research methods; and the impacts of sounds on marine animals. It is suggested that students have a strong background in biology. College level physics and calculus is suggested.

Instructors: Jennifer Miksis-Olds

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2025	5/5/2025	TR	8:10am - 9:30am	SLS 165