BIS 2 Series Info Night

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BIS 2 Series Info Night!

• Presented by DSAC
• (the Deans Student Advisory Committee)
• With
• Dr. Steven Theg, Associate Dean of the College of
  Biological Sciences
• Mr. Tom Hall, Staff Advisor

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Deans Student Advisory Committee

• Work closely with Dean Theg!
• Learn about College of Biological Sciences
• Write for our Newsletter
• Enhance public speaking skills
• Meet fellow BIO students
• Join and make a difference
• Free food/snacks (sometimes)
• contact Daveshni ddevi_at_dbs.ucdavis.edu

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Tonights Presentation

• CBS Majors and Emphases
• Graduation Requirements
• Changes to BIS series

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• SoMajorEmphasiswhats the difference??

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Majors and Emphases

• There are nine distinct majors in CBS
• Some of the subject areas are available as only
  emphases or only individual majors, while others
  may be offered as both emphases and individual
  majors

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Majors

• Biological Sciences
• Cell Biology
• Exercise Biology
• Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
• Plant Biology
• Genetics

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• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
• Microbiology
• Majors are offered as a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
  and/or a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) depending on
  the major

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Biological Sciences

• Broad in concept, spanning the numerous core
  disciplines of biology.
• Includes courses from mathematics, general and
  organic chemistry, physics, and biology.
• Emphasizes breadthvariety of classes!!!
• Features an emphasis to provide concentrated
  attention at the upper division level.

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Emphases

• Evolution and Ecology
• Marine Biology
• Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Microbiology
• Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
• Plant Biology

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UCD requirements

• Need min. 180 units
• 2.0 GPA in major classes overall
• Entry Level Writing (Subject A)
• American History and Institution (usually
  completed in high school)
• General Education (GEs)
• Residence Requirement

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College of Biological Sciences

• 105-115 units per major
• English Composition Requirement
• Pass/No Pass Options
• 2.0 GPA in major/depth matter classes

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BIS 1 vs BIS 2 Series

• BIS 1A- Genetics
• BIS 1B- Zoology
• BIS 1C- Plant Biology

• BIS 2A- Life on Earth
• BIS 2B- Ecology and Evolution
• BIS 2C- Biodiversity and Tree of Life

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Timeline

• Last Offered
• BIS 1A- Winter 08
• BIS 1B- Spring 08
• BIS 1C- Fall 08
• BIS 2A, 1B and 1C offered summer 2008!!

• First Offered
• BIS 2A- Winter 08
• BIS 2B- Spring 08
• BIS 2C- Fall 08

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BIS 2.0!!

• Integration of topics
• HAVE to take in ORDER
• CANNOT mix and match b/w series
• No chemistry pre-requisites!!
• Updated to include new scientific breakthroughs
• BIS 2A 4 units (BIS 1A 5 units)

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BIS 2A- Life on Earth (4
units-Lecture only!)

• Explore ways of how life began
• Understanding main features of living of
  organisms
• Origin and diversification of cells
• Modern experiments on cell origins

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BIS 2A (contd)

• Main Topics
• Energetics and Synthetic Ability
• ex. Respiration, photosynthesis, proteins, etc.
• Storing Information
• ex. DNA, genetic code, genome changes, etc.
• Maintaining a genome under selection
• ex. Gene families, mutations (X-men! P), etc.

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BIS 2B (5 units-LecLab)

• Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Play
• Mechanisms that control biodiversity
• History of evolutionary thought
• Sexual reproduction- how, what, and why?!

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BIS 2B (contd)

• Main Topics
• The meaning of biodiversity functional,
  taxonomic, and genetic distinctions and
  definitions
• Darwinian Theories
• ex. survival of the fittest
• Challenges that organisms face
• ex. Fight vs flight, avoiding enemies, etc.

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BIS 2C- Biodiversity and Tree of Life (5
units-LecLab)

• Understanding organismal biodiversity
• Structure and function of biochemical, genomic,
  and morphological adaptations
• Current topics, applied aspects of biodiversity,
  and interdisciplinary connections to concepts
  developed in BIS 2A/BIS 2B.

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BIS 2C (contd)

• Main Topics
• Plants and Metazoans
• ex. Vascular plants, cnidarians, bilaterians,
  etc.
• Eukaryotic diversity and origins
• ex. Symbiosis, multicellularity, etc.
• Phylogenetic methods
• ex. Parsimony, disease transmission, metabolism

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For more info

• http//biosci.ucdavis.edu/core/
• Visit your academic advisors
• Ask questions! Now!