"Considering both my time in the Nicholas School masters program ('83) and now my return to academia (current PhD sudent), the associations I have developed at the school, including those with students, faculty, and staff, strengthen every aspect of my professional experience—past, current, and future."

--Charlotte Clark, T '79, MEM '83
PhD Candidate

Biology Courses (BIOLOGY)

taught in Beaufort

155L. Biochemistry of Marine Animals. The molecular basis of behavioral and physiological responses of organisms. Evolution of molecular endocrinology and signal transduction pathways. Focus on the theory and research methodology used to study the evolution of molecular signaling and control systems. Research projects using local invertebrates to study behavioral and physiological responses to environmental signals. Field trips include night walks in local environments and marine fossil expeditions to local strip mines involved with production of fertilizer, food additives, cement, and gravel.

Prerequisites: Biology 25L; and Chemistry 11L and 12L, or 21L and 22L.

Instructor: Rittschof.

Variable credit. One course (fall); one and one-half courses (summer).