Biology Course Syllabus
The following courses will be offered in the 2023-2024 academic year.
Note: updated sylllabus will be uploaded as they come in.
Note: All courses link to the academic timetable course description.
| Course number | Course name | Term | Course Syllabus |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIOL 1010 | Principles of Biology Part l | Fall | PDF-222kB | |
| BIOL 1011 | Principles of Biology Part ll | Winter | PDF-255kB | |
| BIOL 1020 | Introductory Biology l | Fall |
PDF-208kB | |
| BIOL 1020 | Introductory Biology l | Summer | PDF-208kB | |
| BIOL 1021 | Introductory Biology ll | Fall | PDF-205kB | |
| BIOL 1021 | Introductory Biology ll | Summer | PDF-205kB | |
| BIOL 1021 | Introductory Biology ll | Winter | PDF-580kB | |
| BIOL 2003 | Diversity of Life l | Fall | PDF-367kB | |
| BIOL 2004 | Diversity of Life ll | Winter | PDF-185kB | |
| BIOL 2020 | Cell Biology | Fall | PDF-202kB | |
| BIOL 2020 | Cell Biology | Winter |
PDF-184kB |
|
| BIOL 2030 | Genetics and Molecular Biology | Fall | PDF-684kB | |
| BIOL 2030 | Genetics and Molecular Biology | Winter | PDF-696kB | |
| BIOL 2040 | Evolution | Fall | PDF-212kB | |
| BIOL 2040 | Evolution | Winter | PDF-212kB | |
| BIOL 2111_SCIE 2112 | Dal Scholars & Leaders: Becoming a Scientist 1 & 11 | Fall_Winter | PDF -206kB | |
| BIOL 2060 | Introductory Ecology | Fall | PDF-112kB | |
| BIOL 2060 | Introductory Ecology | Winter | PDF-668kB | |
| BIOL 2601 |
Flora of Nova Scotia | Summer |
PDF-872kB | |
| BIOL 2605 | Marine Life of Nova Scotia | Summer | PDF-232kB | |
| BIOL 3003 | Introduction to Field Oceanography |
Summer | PDF-648kB | |
| BIOL 3037 | Life Rewritten: Gene Editing & Synthetic Biology | Winter | PDF-307kB | |
| BIOL_MARI 3042 | Molecular Ecology | Winter | PDF-188kB | |
| BIOL 3044 | Ecological Genetics | Winter | PDF-844kB | |
| BIOL 3046 | Molecular Evolution | Fall | PDF-224kB | |
| BIOL 3050 | Developmental Biology | Fall | PDF-184kB | |
| BIOL 3060 | Environmental Ecology | Winter | PDF-588kB | |
| BIOL 3061 | Communities & Ecosystems | Fall | PDF-228kB | |
| BIOL 3062 | Behavioural Ecology | Winter | PDF-181kB | |
| BIOL 3063 | Resource Ecology | Winter | PDF-180kB | |
| BIOL 3065 | Conservation Biology | Winter | PDF-268kB | |
| BIOL 3078 | Animal Physiology Part I | Fall | PDF-221kB | |
| BIOL 3079 | Animal Physiology Part II | Winter | PDF-184kB | |
| BIOL_MARI_3080 | Ecology and Evolution of Fishes | Winter | PDF-204kB | |
| MARI 3090 | Marine Mammalogy | Fall | PDF-428kB | |
| BIOL 3101 | Microbial Ecology | Fall | PDF-204kB | |
| BIOL 3102 | Microbial Eukaryotes: Biodiversity & Evolution | Fall | PDF-193kB | |
| BIOL 3221 | Diversity of Algae |
Summer | PDF-156kB | |
| BIOL 3225 | Plants in the Human Landscape | Winter | PDF-562kB | |
| BIOL 3226 | Economic Botany, Plants and Civilization | Fall | PDF-584kB | |
| BIOL_MARI_3301 | Invertebrate Biology | Winter | PDF-604kB | |
| BIOL 3322 | Parasitology | Fall | PDF-136kB | |
| BIOL 3326 | Vertebrate Design: Evolution & Function | Fall | PDF-528kB | |
| BIOL 3327 | Entomology |
Summer | PDF-88kB | |
| BIOL 3328 | Medical Entomology |
Summer | PDF-92kB | |
| BIOL 3336 | Vertebrate Functional Morphology | Winter | PDF-152kB | |
| BIOL 3370 | Comparative Animal Physiology | Fall | PDF-228kB | |
| BIOL 3421 | Comparative Vertebrate Histology | Winter | PDF-24kB | |
| BIOL 3430 | Introduction to Human Histology |
Fall |
PDF-20kB | |
| BIOL 3580 | Philosophy of Biology | Fall | PDF-108Kb | |
| BIOL 3601 | Nature Conservation | Winter | PDF-609kB | |
| BIOL 3602 | History of Biology | Fall | PDF-121kB | |
| BIOL_MARI 3603 | Practical Aquaculture | Winter | PDF-198KB | |
| BIOL 3622 | Ornithology | Summer | PDF-228kB | |
| BIOL 3623 | Coastal Ecology |
Summer | PDF-424kB | |
| BIOL 3626 | Field Studies of Marine Mammals | Summer | PDF-508kB | |
| BIOL 3628 | Marine Ornithology | Summer | PDF-700kB | |
| BIOL 3630 | Field Methods in Animal Behaviour | Summer | PDF-184kB | |
| BIOL 3633 | Spatial Information and GIS in Ecology | Summer | PDF-564kB | |
| BIOL 3634 | Agroforestry | Summer | PDF-718kB | |
| BIOL 3639 | Herpetology | Summer | PDF-396kB | |
| BIOL 3640 | Tropical Ecology & Biodiversity Field Class | Summer | PDF-344kB | |
| BIOL 3664 | Intertidal Ecology and Diversity | Summer | PDF-776kB | |
| BIOL 3761 | Marine Ecology | Fall | PDF-184kB | |
| BIOL 3872 | The Biologist's Toolkit | Fall | PDF-215kB | |
| BIOL 4001 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Fall | PDF-195KB | |
| BIOL 4004 | Principles of Indigenous Medicine | Winter | PDF-261kB | |
| BIOL 4020 | Advanced Cell Biology | Fall | PDF-228kB | |
| BIOL 4020 | Advanced Cell Biology | Winter | PDF-228kB | |
| BIOL 4062 |
Analysis of Biological Data | Fall | PDF-939kB | |
| BIOL 4065 | Sustainability and Complexity |
Fall | PDF-166kB | |
| BIOL4069 | Statistical Rethinking: Applied Bayesian | Fall | PDF-477kB | |
| BIOL 4080 | Laboratory Study of Fishes | Winter | PDF-628kB | |
| BIOL 4220 | Plant Cell Biology | Fall | PDF-211kB | |
| BIOL 4323 | Biologging & Biotelemetry | Winter | PDF-244kB | |
| BIOL 4369 | Fisheries Oceanography | Winter | PDF-140kB | |
| BIOL 4370 | Deep-Sea Biology | Fall | PDF-160kB | |
| BIOL 4510 | Cultural Evolution | Fall | PDF-198 kB | |
| BIOL 4660_MARI_5660 | Ecosystem Modelling for Aquaculture | Fall | PDF-301kB | |
| BIOL 4661 | Biological Oceanography | Winter | PDF-196kB | |
| BIOL 4662 | Biology of Phytoplankton | Winter | PDF-152kB | |
| BIOL_MARI_4664 | History of Marine Sciences | Summer | PDF-270kB | |
| BIOL 4806_07_09 | Independent Research I,II, and III BIOL 4806_4807_4809 | F/W/S | PDF-491KB | |
| BIOL 4880 | Communicating science for societal impact |
Winter | PDF-304kB | |
| BIOL 4811 | Special Topics | Winter | PDF-426kB | |
| BIOL 4850 | Geographic Info Science Research Project | Winter | PDF-220kB | |
| BIOL 4901_4902 |
Honours Research and Thesis I & II |
F/W | PDF 220kB | |
| BIOL 5062 | Analysis of Biological Data | Fall | PDF-242kB | |
| BIOL 5220 | Plant Cell Biology | Fall | PDF-250kB | |
| BIOL 5510 | Cultural Evolution | Fall | PDF -248KB | |
| BIOL 5660 |
Ecosystem Modelling for Aquaculture | Fall | PDF-805KB |
|
| BIOL 5602 |
Introduction to Aquaculture | Winter | PDF-213kB | |
| BIOL5604_MARI_3604 | Field Aquaculture | Summer | PDF-395kB | |
| BIOL 5665 | Hacking the blue planet | Fall | PDF-616kB |