Prerequisite(s): BIOL 213 with a grade of C- or higher or BIOL 230 with a grade of C- or higher or departmental approval. This course will acquaint the student with recent developments and specialized content in organismal biology. Examples of topic areas are: physiology under extreme environments, comparative physiology, structural biology and infectious disease. This course is designed to fulfill elective requirements of the biology and the molecular biology major. Variable credit 3-4 semester hours. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 semester hours.