BIOL 195 - Topics in Biology

Credits: 3 credits in Fall and Winter, 4 credits in Spring
Topics vary with instructor and term. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

Spring 2014 topic:

BIOL 195: Human Biology and Nutrition (4). No prerequisites. Open to all classes. This course for non-majors examines the importance of nutrition in the context of normal human biology and as it relates to poor nutritional choices on human disease states. Potential related topics covered include obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, osteomalacia, and colorectal disorders. Discussion includes nutritional impacts on health, economics, and society. Credits do not apply toward the biology major. (SC) Muir. Spring 2014