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This course addresses the general question: Why do animals behave the way they do? Answering this question involves a consideration of both the proximate and ultimate issues of animal behavior. The emphasis in this course is on integration of proximate and ultimate analyses. Throughout the semester, we will use lectures, laboratories, and selected readings to both survey important topics in animal behavior and learn how to perform rigorous research in behavioral biology.

An introduction to core principles that underlie, all of biology, illustrated through, evidence-driven examples centered on integrative, organismal biology and organisms' interactions, with the biotic and physical environment. We will, explore the evolution of life, flow of information, within and among individuals, the influence of, structure on function at scales from individuals, to ecosystems, the transformations of energy and, matter in space and time, and the dynamic systems, that characterize Earth and its inhabitants., Topics will vary according to faculty expertise., See department website for specific section, details. Can be taken before or after BIO 202.

An introduction to core principles that underlie

all of biology, illustrated through

evidence-driven examples centered on interactions

among molecules and cells within organisms. We

will explore mechanisms of inheritance and

mutation fundamental to the evolution of life,

flow of information from DNA through proteins to

cellular and organismal function, the relationship

between structure and function at scales from

molecules to individuals, the transformations of

energy and matter through biochemical and

physiological pathways, and the dynamic systems

within and between cells. Topics will vary

according to faculty expertise. See department

website for specific section details. Can be taken

before or after BIO 201.

Advanced study of current issues in biology, as determined by student and/or faculty interest. May extend existing areas of the curriculum or
explore new subjects. Offering contingent on student interest and faculty availability.

DISABILITY STUDIES AND UNIVERSAL DESIGN:
Every educator will encounter students who meet the criteria for disability within public education and grapple with how to successfully foster learning, equity and inclusion in diverse classrooms and schools. This online course, introduces Disability Studies in Education-- a liberation movement discipline distinct from Special Education-- that offers unique insight into these endeavors and proposes Universal Design as a guiding principle.

Disability Studies proposes that "disability" is contextualized within particular social, cultural and political environments according to the acceptable limits of human variability in those environments. This contrasts with the "medical, model," which positions disability as a deficit inherent to an individual, to be rehabilitated, remediated or cured. Contrasting these two different theoretical models helps us to explore the ideology that may underlie ableism, stigma and privilege. Our inquiry will include lived experience and counter culture narratives associated with various disability groups. We will conclude by investigating how we may employ the principle of Universal Design to create embracive learning environments where all students feel valued and empowered, as well as how we may work to dismantle systemic barriers to equity and inclusion within Education.

Disability Studies intersects with other critical disciplines such as Critical Race Studies, Feminist Studies and Gender Studies, all of which foreground lived experience and de-center dominant narratives that cast particular individuals or groups as the "Other." These intersections are also considered in the course, shedding light on the persistent over-representation of minorities in Special Education and exploring whether disablement may function as a mechanism of marginalization for various groups.

Through assigned readings and communal online discussion among professional peers, we will investigate the philosophical, pedagogical, and pragmatic approaches to dis/ability, equity, and, inclusion in education. Teachers, counselors, administrators, psychologists, specialists and academics should all emerge from this course with the historical context, intellectual framework, and practical skills to deepen their professional practice and help promote social justice-both within the sphere of education and in the wider world.