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2026-2027 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

BIOL 446 - Biochemical and Physiological Responses to Climate Change

(3 units)

Prerequisites: BIOL 342 or BIOL 345 with a grade of “C” or better; BIOL 312 - Evolutionary Biology. Recommended: CHEM 448 or CHEM 441A. (Undergraduates enroll in BIOL 446; graduates enroll in BIOL 546 .)
Study basic data on climate change and its biological consequences. Emphasis on the role of biochemical, physiological and molecular responses through evolutionary adaptation and/or organismal acclimatization. Climate variables to be discussed include temperature, pH, oxygen and salinity.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs) Double Numbered with: BIOL 546.