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BIO102

Sensory Biology

Subject code

BIO

Course Number

102

Department(s)

Course Long Title

Sensory Biology

Description

This course examines the biology of sensation in humans and other organisms. It focuses on the chemical (taste, smell) and mechanical (touch, hearing) senses, and includes other topics such as electroreception in fish, magnetoreception in migrating animals, and vision in vertebrates and invertebrates. Not open to students who have received credit for BIO 103 or s27.

Modes of Inquiry

Scientific Reasoning [SR]

Writing Credit

No writing designation

GEC This Course Belongs To

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