A course designed to provide students with an appreciation of thestructure, function, and development of their own bodies. Some diseases and other causes of body malfunction are discussed. This course will familiarize the student with the methods and importance of behavioral investigation in animals. Emphasis on past and current human-animal relationships, the impact on animal populations and increasing need for wildlife protection. A survey of plants emphasizing those aspects of plant biology that have affected the lives of people.
Attention is given to modes of inquiry or ways in which scientists carry out their investigations.
A non-technical introduction to the scientific method used in studies of marine biology. Major emphasis is given to the natural history of marine animals and plants and their relationship with the oceanic environment. As part of a two-course core program, BIOL 215 is an introductorysurvey of organismal form and function. Analysis of fundamental biological functions including nutrition, gas exchange, reproduction, natural selection, and ecology using representative living organisms. Three class hours and six lab hours per week.