For more details on the courses, please refer to the Course Catalog
| Code | Course Title | Credit | Learning Time | Division | Degree | Grade | Note | Language | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIO3005 | Ecology | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 2-3 | Korean | Yes | |
| Introductions to the relationships of organisms and environment on the perspectives of energy cycle, nutrient cycle, changes and equilibrium of individuals within populations, interrelationships between populations, kinds and dynamics of communities as well as the problems involved between human beings and their environment. | |||||||||
| BIO3009 | Immunology and Human Defense | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | Korean | Yes | |
| The class is designed to introduce the overall principles of the immune system as a natural defense mechanism to maintain homeostasis of the human body. Students will learn the development of immune cells and organs through the mechanism of antigen receptor diversity generation and signal transduction to exhibit immune function. A special emphasis will be made on the establishment of innate and acquired immunity and the integrated role of immune cells and molecules in the regulation mechanisms operated in the immune system. | |||||||||
| BIO3010 | Virology | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | Korean | Yes | |
| The class is designed to introduce basic concepts in modern virology which has contributed to a rapid advance in molecular biology and life science. Systemic analysis of diverse types of viruses will be made for their information transfer,host-parasite relationship and viral pathology. In addition various strategies to develop antiviral agents and role of virueses as a tool of biotechnology will be discussed. | |||||||||
| BIO3015 | Human Reproduction | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | Korean | Yes | |
| As a lecture discussion, this course focuses on the human reproduction, especially the reproductive physiology of male and female and prequancy. In addition, subjects on reproductive health, such as contraception and the prevention of venereal disease will be lectured. | |||||||||
| BIO3016 | Brain Science | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | Korean | Yes | |
| Neurological behavior will be explained by physical-chemical methods. Upon these understandings, animal behavior and cognizance governed by nerve cells will be discussed at the molecular level. | |||||||||
| BIO3017 | Tumor Biology | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | Korean | Yes | |
| Tumor is considered as a micro-evolutionary process of cells in the multi-cullar organism. Based on such notion, this class is designed to offer in dept analysis and discussion on the mechnism of tumorigenesis, emerging concepts and connections, and progression to cancer. A special emphasis is made on the role of cell growth promting factors, abberent regulation of gene expression, intracellular signal transduction, and mechnism of tumor cell metastasis. In addition, mordern approaches for prevention and diagnosis of cancer as well as new advances in anti-cancer therapy will be discussed. | |||||||||
| BIO3018 | Infection Response Biology | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | Korean | Yes | |
| Living organisms recognize infection and environmental changes through a series of cell-cell interactions and/or signaling. They keep their integrity by responding to the each condition appropriately through sophisticate signal transduction pathways. This class covers entire signaling and reponsive pathways from the eary stage of receptor-mediated recognition of infection and/or environmental chages to the intracellular gene expression and regulation, ultimate adaptation of cells or each organism to a new environment. | |||||||||
| BIO3019 | Biomolecular Structure and Function | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | Korean | Yes | |
| This class studies biological processes from three dimensional point of view and includes the following topics. First, the structural characteristics of various biological molecules such as protein and nucleic acids and the structure-function relationships of these molecules. Second, various biochemical andbiophysical methods to study structures of biological molecules. Third, molecular interactions between biological molecules and their physiological meanings. Fourth, protein engineering and design. Fifth, computer modelling of biological molecules. Last, biological application of structural biology. | |||||||||
| BIO3020 | Evolution | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | - | No | |
| The origin of life has attracted the most people's interest during the human history. This class discusses various hypotheses on the origin of life suggested byancient Greek philosophers, the Darwinism and neo-Darwinism, and molecular evol-ution which has brought the evolution to one of the major fields in life scienc-e. In addition, the class includes the following topics; evolution and creation-ism, prebiotic evolution of biological molecules, evolution of cell, evidences of evolution, selectionism and neutral theory, evolution of human being, the fu-ture of evolution and extraterrestrial life, biotechnology of in vitro evolutio-n. | |||||||||
| BIO3026 | Senior Thesis | 1 | 2 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | - | No | |
| In this course, senior students survey new concepts and methods in advanced biological fields through in-depth review and discussions on selected topics from the recent literature. Alternatively, students many learn key biological methods and scientific approach applied to modern biology by conducting experimental research under the supervision of a faculty member. This work will result in the writing of a thesis to be evaluated by committee members. | |||||||||
| BIO3030 | Ecology Laboratory | 2 | 4 | Major | Bachelor | 2-4 | Korean | Yes | |
| This course offers practice in a broad range of experimental ecological methodology with relation to major concepts in ecology, such as distribution and abundance of organisms, population dynamics and community structure. The course is consisted of two field trips:2-3 days for intertidal habitats in Namhae Island and one day trip to tidal mudflat on the west coast. | |||||||||
| BIO3037 | Genetic Engineering | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | - | No | |
| This course will emphasize the basic concepts and principles of genetic engineering ranging from recombinant DNA technology to new aspects of modern bioengineerings such as RNA interference. Through this course, students will understand how basic principles in life sciences are applied to molecular therapeutics of several diseases as well as modern biotechnology. | |||||||||
| BIO3038 | Molecular and Cellular Glycobiology | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | English | Yes | |
| Since protein-glycan interaction seems to play a role in many of the cases, it is essential to elucidate the mechanism. The significance of glycobiology is mainly derived from the findings that cell surface glycans are critically involved in cell adhesion and, thus, cell-cell interaction. The lecture aims to review current knowledge of the roles of carbohydrates in cell adhesion and modulation of protein function, the histological background that led to recent discoveries, and the prospects in this field. The lecture also encompasses the pathological consequences in humans of defects in glycoprotein glycosylation, study of which has shed light on the roles of glycans in human development and in childhood. Change of the cell surface glycosylation is one of the most important modifications that occur in cellular transformation such as development, differentiation, growth, aging, immune system and oncogenesis. These changes in glycosylation have been described for a large number of cancer types and are usually associated with a poor prognosis for the patients. | |||||||||
| BIO3044 | Plant Physiology | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | Korean | Yes | |
| This lecture covers diverse physiological phenomena of plants such as phoitosynthesis, stress physiology, plant development or nutrient movements. For most part, basic biochemical and molecular biological principle will be adopted to understand these processes. The level of this course will be adequate for the students who finished the "general biology" course. | |||||||||
| BIO3045 | Neurogenetics | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | Korean | Yes | |
| In this course, we will discuss where animal behaviors come from and how they controlled by genes. By generating and studying mutant animals that exhibit abnormal behaviour, mistakes in neural wiring, or anomalies in the structure or function of neurons, neurogeneticists can track down the genes responsible for these phenotypes, thereby understanding the function of the genes in producing a normal brain and its associated behaviours. This relationship between the genetic mechanisms in the brain and behavior will be discussed. | |||||||||