Course Offerings
In addition to our flagship introductory and core courses that are offered every semester
(BLY101, 102, 121, 122, 301, 302, & 303), below is a current listing of our upper
level course offerings. Be aware that some courses may be offered every other year
so please confirm with PAWS and/or our department Chair (Dr. Tim Sherman, tsherman@southalabama.edu) about semester-specific offerings.
Course Bulletin
Undergraduate
Course # |
Section |
Course Name |
Credits |
Semester Offered |
Professor |
BLY 205 |
801 |
Intro to Environmental Science |
3 |
Summer |
Leigh Delaney |
BLY 207 |
801 |
Biology of Aging |
3 |
Fall/Spring |
Lance Russell |
BLY 213 |
102 |
Microbiology |
3 |
Fall/Spring/Summer |
Tray Hamil |
BLY 214 |
802 |
Lab Studies Microbiology |
1 |
Fall/Spring/Summer |
Tray Hamil |
BLY 304 |
101 |
Experimental Designs in Biology |
3 |
Spring |
John McCreadie |
BLY 310 |
101 |
Economic Botany |
3 |
Fall/Summer |
Juan Mata |
BLY 314 |
101 |
Molecular Microbiology - W |
4 |
Fall |
Sinead Ni Chadhain |
BLY 321 |
101 |
Genetics of Development |
3 |
Spring |
Ryan Littlefield |
BLY 332 |
101 |
Biology of Algae |
4 |
Fall |
Kelly Major |
BLY 333 |
101 |
Biomedical Ethics-W |
3 |
Fall/Spring |
Peyton McElroy |
BLY 342 |
101 |
Experimental Cell Biology - W |
2 |
Spring |
Tim Sherman |
BLY 350 |
101 |
Human Physiology |
3 |
Fall/Spring |
Erin Itza |
BLY 352 |
101 |
Biology of Terrestrial Vertebrates |
4 |
Fall |
Joel Borden |
BLY 354 |
101 |
General Entomology |
4 |
Fall |
John McCreadie |
BLY 360 |
501 |
Invertebrate Zoology |
4 |
Fall/Spring |
Ryan Moody |
BLY 411 |
101 |
Developmental Biology |
3 |
Fall |
Tuan Tran |
BLY 414 |
101 |
Experimental Bacterial Genomics - W |
4 |
Spring |
Sinead Ni Chadhain |
BLY 426 |
101 |
Freshwater Ecology |
3 |
Spring |
John McCreadie |
BLY 431 |
101 |
Plant Physiology - W |
4 |
Fall |
Tim Sherman |
BLY 433 |
101 |
Evolution of Vascular Plants |
4 |
Spring |
Laura Frost |
BLY 434 |
101 |
Plant Physiological Ecology |
3 |
Spring |
Kelly Major |
BLY 435 |
101 |
Biology of Fungi |
4 |
Spring |
Juan Mata |
BLY 436 |
101 |
Animal Physiology - W |
4 |
Fall |
Jonathan Perez |
BLY 440 |
101 |
Biochemistry I |
3 |
Fall |
Larry Yet |
BLY 441 |
101 |
Biochemistry II |
3 |
Spring |
Larry Yet |
BLY 443 |
101 |
Lab Studies in Biochemistry |
2 |
Spring |
Marie Migaud |
BLY 445 |
101 |
Computational Genetics - W |
3 |
Fall |
Glen Borchert |
BLY 450 |
101 |
Animal Behavior |
4 |
Spring |
Jonathan Perez |
BLY 455 |
101 |
Ornithology |
4 |
Spring |
Jonathan Perez |
BLY 459 |
101 |
General Parasitology |
4 |
Fall/Spring |
John O'Brien |
BLY 470 |
101 |
Herpetology |
4 |
Spring or Summer |
TBD |
BLY 484 |
101 |
Conservation Biology |
3 |
Fall |
Jeremiah Henning |
BLY 485 |
501 |
Evolutionary Biology |
3 |
Spring |
Jason Strickland |
BLY 490 |
102 |
Special Topics: Advanced Bioinformatics |
3 |
Spring |
Glen Borchert |
BLY 490 |
103 |
Special Topics: Neurobiology of Trauma |
3 |
Fall |
Matilde Tellaetxe |
BLY 490 |
104 |
Special Topics: Paleobotany |
4 |
Fall |
Debra Stults |
BLY 490 |
104 |
Special Topics: Plant-Animal Interactions |
3 |
Spring |
Adam Chupp |
BLY 490 |
106 |
Special Topics: Dendrology |
4 |
Fall |
Laura Frost |
BLY 490/ PSY 490 |
108 |
Special Topics: Global Change |
3 |
Spring |
Jeremiah Henning |
BLY 490 |
601 |
Special Topics: Biology in Costa Rica |
3 |
Spring |
Juan Mata |
Graduate Courses
Course # |
Section |
Course Name |
Credits |
Semester Offered |
Professor |
BLY 510 |
101 |
Professionalism in Science |
3 |
Fall |
Kelly Major |
BLY 511 |
101 |
Developmental Biology |
3 |
Fall |
Tuan Tran |
BLY 514 |
101 |
Experimental Bacterial Genomics |
4 |
Spring |
Sinead Ni Chadhain |
BLY 520 |
101 |
Biometry |
4 |
Fall |
John McCreadie |
BLY 525 |
101 |
Chemical Ecology |
4 |
Spring |
Alison Robertson |
BLY 526 |
101 |
Freshwater Ecology |
3 |
Spring |
John McCreadie |
BLY 530 |
101 |
Marine Microbial Ecology |
3 |
Spring |
Sinéad Ní Chadhain |
BLY 534 |
101 |
Plant Physiological Ecology |
3 |
Spring |
Kelly Major |
BLY 535 |
101 |
Biology of Fungi |
4 |
Spring |
Juan Mata |
BLY 536 |
101 |
Animal Physiology |
3 |
Fall |
Jonathan Perez |
BLY 540 |
101 |
Biochemistry I |
3 |
Fall |
Larry Yet |
BLY 541 |
101 |
Biochemistry II |
3 |
Spring |
Larry Yet |
BLY 543 |
101 |
Lab Studies Biochemistry |
1 |
Spring |
Marie Migaud |
BLY 544 |
101 |
Molecular Biology |
3 |
Fall |
Ryan Littlefield |
BLY 545 |
101 |
Bioinformatics of Genetics |
1 |
Fall |
TBD |
BLY 585 |
501 |
Evolutionary Biology |
3 |
Spring |
Jason Strickland |
BLY 590 |
102 |
Special Topics: Advanced Bioinformatics |
3 |
Spring |
Glen Borchert |
BLY 590 |
104 |
Special Topics: R for Biologists |
1 |
Spring |
Jeremiah Henning |
BLY 590 |
105 |
Special Topics: Biology Education |
3 |
Spring |
Jeremiah Henning |
BLY 592 |
501 |
Seminar |
1 |
Spring |
Tim Sherman |