BSCI338A

Special Topics in Biology; Insect Compound Eye & Vision in Invertebrate Animals

Prerequiste: BSCI353 The course will investigate, through original research papers, the structure, development, optics and physiological function of vision in insect and other invertebrate species. We will follow the evolution of vision in insects and explore how general principles of visual signal processing drove an increasing sophistication of eye structure and function. Wherever possible we will draw comparisions with the function and eyes in vertebrates and with human vision. Applicable towards Biological Sciences Specialization arease: PHNB, GENB cell biology/physiology category. Sponsoring Dept. BIOL.

Sister Courses: BSCI338B, BSCI338C, BSCI338E, BSCI338F, BSCI338G, BSCI338K, BSCI338L, BSCI338M, BSCI338N, BSCI338O, BSCI338P, BSCI338Q, BSCI338R, BSCI338T, BSCI338V, BSCI338X, BSCI338Z

Fall 2025

Elizabeth Read-Connole

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Past Semesters

Richard Payne

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Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.65 between 59 students*

A: 67.8%

A+: 15.25%

B: 6.78%

B+: 1.69%

C: 3.39%

W: 5.08%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.