FUNGI

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151 , BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101 , BIOCORE 381 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Biological Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the biodiversity of true tungi (Eumycota) and other organisms traditionally included in studies of mycology. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe the fundamentals of fungal systematics, life cycles, genetics, pathology, evolution, ecology. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe the practical uses of fungi in agriculture, industry, medicine, and as model organisms. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Manipulate fungi in the laboratory by isolating and culturing them from the environment, use both dissecting and compound microscopes to see living and preserved organisms, extract and sequence their DNA, and implement bioinformatics pipelines. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Elucidate major unanswered questions in the field of mycology. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the biodiversity of true tungi (Eumycota) and other organisms traditionally included in studies of mycology. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe the fundamentals of fungal systematics, life cycles, genetics, pathology, evolution, ecology. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe the practical uses of fungi in agriculture, industry, medicine, and as model organisms. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Manipulate fungi in the laboratory by isolating and culturing them from the environment, use both dissecting and compound microscopes to see living and preserved organisms, extract and sequence their DNA, and implement bioinformatics pipelines. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Elucidate major unanswered questions in the field of mycology. Audience: Graduate