生物的生物学

生物的生物学 is is subdiscipline of biology focused on physiology, ecology, and evolution. If you are interested in understanding how different organisms function or how they interact with their environment, 有机体生物学可能是你的专业.

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学习生理学的基本原理, 生态, 以及通过实践研究和实地考察来学习进化生物学.
研究是Pitzer有机体生物学项目的核心. We have extensive lab facilities at the Nucleus, our brand-new, 65,000-square-foot science building.
You can conduct fieldwork with faculty on almost 100 acres of protected land at the Robert Redford Conservancy and Bernard Field Station, 毗邻克莱蒙特学院.
Conduct research abroad and work to restore Costa Rica’s lowland rainforests at Pitzer's Firestone Center for Restoration 生态.

启动应用程序请求的信息

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文学学士

字段组

生物(自然科学系)

项目类型

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研究范围

这个项目是由自然科学系提供的

生物的生物学 & 我们的价值观

匹泽的核心价值观贯穿于我们所有的学术课程. Learn how our 生物的生物学 program addresses interdisciplinary learning and social responsibility.

学生参与

We’ve consistently been a top producer of Fulbright students: Over the past five years, 生物的生物学 students have received three Fulbright grants to continue their undergraduate research abroad.

3 研究富布赖特项目

Three Pitzer students have received Fulbright grants for their research, 还有几个人通过我们的海外学习项目进行了实地考察.

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环境可持续性

You’ll have the chance to conduct biological fieldwork on campus with our Robert Redford Conservancy and Bernard Field Station providing ample research opportunities in 生物学, 生态, 环境分析.

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97 英亩

The Robert Redford Conservancy and Bernard Field Station sit on a combined 97 acres of conserved land, providing students a chance to study California’s native wildlife just steps from their dorms.

0 净能源使用量

The Redford Conservancy draws its power from two 21 kW solar arrays onsite, making it one of the first buildings to accomplish net zero energy usage.

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参与

研究

莉莉·盖恩， 有机生物学专业; conducted research on the role that a protein 呼叫ed titin plays in muscle movement, and won a Keck Summer 研究 fellowship to continue her research in labs at the Department of 自然科学 and Northern Arizona University.

奖

Alyssa Dunn ' 23， 有机生物学专业; 获得美国富布赖特奖学金.S. 学生计划资助在波兰进行研究. Her work focused on the ways that blood-borne infections and parasites interact with each other and their hosts.

有机体生物学课程细节

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作为一名有机体生物学的学生, you’ll gain the skills and knowledge to engage with and evaluate issues in 生物学 and the wider world, 让你在很多领域都处于领先地位.

你会学到什么

如何理解, 善于表达, and apply foundational scientific principles and findings in Physiology, 生态, 和进化生物学.
如何批判性思考, 分析, and scientifi呼叫y by developing scientific questions and using research tools and methods to answer them.
如何阅读和评论原创研究文章.
How to use quantitative approaches to data analysis, presentation, and modeling.
如何阐明科学与当前问题的关系, 尤其是在环境保护方面, 气候变化, 生态系统退化.

要求的课程

基础课程

生物学-选择以下课程组合之一:
- BIOL 043L KS – Introductory 生物学 (fall) and BIOL 044L KS – Introductory 生物学 (spring)
- biol042lks -综合生物学 & 化学和生物044L KS -入门生物学(春季)
化学 – Choose one of the following courses or course combinations:
- CHEM 014L KS – Basic Principles of 化学 (fall) and CHEM 015L KS – Basic Principles of 化学 (spring)
- CHEM 014L KS – Basic Principles of 化学 (fall) and CHEM 042L KS – Integrated 生物学 & 化学
- 化学029lks -加速一般化学
数学: 数学030pz -微积分I
物理: PHYS 030L KS – General Physics for the Life Sciences (fall) and PHYS 031L KS – General Physics for the Life Sciences (spring)
研究基础: 生物工程120ks -研究工具在有机生物学

高年级课程

高年级课程分为四个不同的组. 学生必须从每个组中至少选修一门课程, 至少选三门第一组或第三组的课程. Three of these courses must include a lab component (indicated by an "L" next to the course number).

Group One: Anatomy and Physiology – Take at least three courses from this group or Group Three
- 健康与疾病中的神经肌肉生理学
- 脊椎动物生理学
- 生物学132lks -比较生理学
- BIOL 133L KS – Dynamical Diseases: Introduction to Computational Neuroscience
- BIOL 140 KS -神经科学选择主题
- 脊椎动物解剖学
- 神经科学2:系统
- BIOL 150AL KS – Functional Human Anatomy and Biomechanics: Limbs and Movement
- BIOL 150BL KS – Functional Human Anatomy and Biomechanics: Back and Core Stabilization
- 植物生理与生物技术
- 动物生理生态学
- 生物167ks -感觉进化
- 营养生物学
- biol185lks -生化生理学
- BIOL 187C KS – Special Topics in 生物学: Neural Organization of Behavior
Group Two: Microbiology, Cell 生物学, and Genetics – Take at least one course from this group
- 极端环境下的生命
- 生物学143ks -遗传学
- 药物与分子医学
- 神经科学1:细胞，分子
- 发育生物学
- 基因组学与生物信息学
- 细胞生物学
- 细胞周期、疾病与衰老
- biol164ks -病毒学
- 生物168lks -微生物学
- 分子生物学
- 生物学杂志
- 生物化学177ks
- 神经系统疾病的分子基础
- BIOL 187A KS -生物学专题:表观遗传学
- BIOL 187bks -主题生物学:分子生态学
- BIOL 187F KS – Special Topics in 生物学: Unsolved Problems in Genetics
Group Three: Zoology – Take at least three courses from this group or Group One
- 生物学杂志133lks -鸟类学
- 极端环境下的生命
- 生物学135lks -野外生物学
- 应用生态与保护实验室
- 生物工程学报[j]
- 生物145ks -进化
- 生物学报146lks -生态学与实验室
- 生物地理学
- 动物行为学
- 动物行为实验室
- 环境生物学高级专题
- 海洋生态学
- 热带生态学
- 应用系统遗传学
- 疾病生态学与进化
- BIOL 187M KS -生物学专题:未命名的飞行器
第四组:研究统计-选择以下任意一种
- BIOL 174lks -生物研究统计入门
- 应用生物统计学

毕业论文

作为一个有机体生物学专业的学生, you are required to complete a one– or two–semester thesis in an area of your choosing. This is a great opportunity to pursue field research away from campus over the summer through Pitzer's study abroad programs, 或者在罗伯特·雷德福保护区和伯纳德野外站. 论文要求可以通过以下方式完成:

学期论文: 生物学191 KS -生物学一学期论文
学期论文: BIOL 188L KS – 毕业论文研究 Project in 生物学 and BIOL 190L KS – 毕业论文研究 Project in 生物学 (Second Semester)
两学期论文与暑期研究: BIOL 189L KS – 毕业论文 Summer 研究 Project and BIOL 190L KS – 毕业论文研究 Project in 生物学 (Second Semester)

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