Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
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- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
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- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
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- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
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- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
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- PORT: Portuguese
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- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
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- SOCW: Social Work
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- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- BIOL150A: Modern Biology
- BIOL150B: Modern Biology
- BIOL184: Evolution and Biodiversity
- BIOL186: Physiology and Cell Biology
- BIOL215: Principles of Ecology
- BIOL225: Principles of Cell Biology
- BIOL230: Principles of Genetics
- BIOL248: Topics in Organismal Biology
- BIOL307: Chordate Zoology
- BIOL309: Developmental Biology
- BIOL311: Biological Oceanography
- BIOL312: Entomology
- BIOL319: Marine Ecology
- BIOL321: Survey of Invertebrates
- BIOL322: Biology of Marine Invertebrates
- BIOL324: Biology of Land Plants
- BIOL325: Tree Biology
- BIOL326: Development and Genetics of Model Plants
- BIOL329: Biology of the Vertebrates of British Columbia
- BIOL330: Study Design and Data Analysis
- BIOL334: Plants and People
- BIOL335: Ichthyology
- BIOL336: Biology of Algae
- BIOL345: Animal Behaviour
- BIOL346: Freshwater Ecosystems
- BIOL351: The Biology behind the News
- BIOL355: Evolution
- BIOL359: Food, Disease and People
- BIOL360: Cell Biology
- BIOL361: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
- BIOL362: Practical Skills in Genomics
- BIOL365: Animal Physiology
- BIOL366: Plant Physiology
- BIOL367: Neurobiology: Molecules to Behaviour
- BIOL370: Conservation Biology
- BIOL400: History of Biology
- BIOL401A: Biotechnology
- BIOL404: Sensory Biology
- BIOL409B: Experimental Neurobiology
- BIOL410: Herpetology
- BIOL415C: Mycology
- BIOL418: Forest Ecology
- BIOL432: Molecular Endocrinology
- BIOL435: Molecular Evolution
- BIOL436: Human Molecular Genetics
- BIOL438: Nutrient Cycling and Prokaryotes
- BIOL439: Molecular Epidemiology
- BIOL446: Advanced Aquatic Ecology
- BIOL447: Ion Channels and Disease
- BIOL448: Neuroethology
- BIOL449: Flowering Plant Diversity
- BIOL457: Paleoecology and Environmental Change
- BIOL458: Plant Biochemistry and Biochemical Ecology
- BIOL459: Human Microbial Diseases
- BIOL460: Honours Seminar
- BIOL461: Fisheries Ecology and Management
- BIOL462: Community and Ecosystem
- BIOL465: The Molecular Basis of Cancer
- BIOL466: Frontiers in Marine Biology
- BIOL467: Neural Development
- BIOL468: Food Web Ecology
- BIOL470: Advanced Topics in Biology
- BIOL490A: Directed Studies and Research in Botany
- BIOL490B: Directed Studies and Research in Ecology
- BIOL490D: Directed Studies and Research in Marine Biology
- BIOL490E: Directed Studies and Research in Zoology
- BIOL490F: Directed Studies and Research in Cell and Molecular Biology
- BIOL490G: Directed Studies and Research in Evolution
- BIOL490H: Directed Studies and Research in Neurobiology
- BIOL490J: Directed Studies and Research in Forest Biology
- BIOL490K: Directed Studies in Communication in the Biological Sciences
- BIOL499A: Honours Thesis I
- BIOL499B: Honours Thesis II
BIOL351
The Biology behind the News
An examination of the biological science that bears on current environmental, social, ethical and political issues. Emphasis on how an understanding of the science might inform decision-making by individuals and groups.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5