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GIS 107 Crime Scene Investigation (5) NW
Laboratory-based course analyzing biological material left at a crime scene using molecular methods to analyze small samples, genomic methods for creating optimal tools for that analysis, population-genetic approaches that let one single out individuals from a large number of candidates, and bioinformatics methods used to analyze DNA.
GIS 122 Inuit and the Circumpolar North (5) I&S Fabbi
An introduction to the Artic and Inuit people through lectures that include video clips, music, art, and photographs.
GIS 203 Learning from Ants and Bees: the Science of Biological Swarms (5) NW Arabshahi
A look into the world of social insects and their behaviors. Studies phenomena such as flocking, shoaling, collective nest building, foraging, hunting, and attacking. Investigates ants and bees as natural models for solving numerous problems of interest in business and engineering.
Instructor Course Description:
Payman Arabshahi
GIS 204 From Quarks to the Cosmos (5) NW
Explains how the basics of mechanics and the theory of relativity and the basic properties of particles and nuclei all come together in cosmology, nuclear, and particle astro-physics. Provides an understanding of how all these pieces fit together and form the basis of our scientific description of nature.
