BIOL 315 Pathological Processes
A focus on the mechanisms of disease, including structural and functional changes in cells, tissues, and organs of the human body and background for preventive as well as therapeutic health care measures and practices. Topics include: the concepts of heath and disease; altered heath in children and adults; cellular adaptation, injury, and death; genetic control of cell function and inheritance; biology of cancer; stress and adaptation; mechanisms of infectious diseases; inflammation, tissue repair and wound healing; and disorders of immune response. This course fulfills requirements in the biology major. Prerequisites: BIOL 101, BIOL 202, BIOL 203.