A consideration of various aspects of palynology, including the morphology, structure, development, systematics, evolution, preparation techniques, and analysis of living and fossil pollen grains, spores, and other palynomorphs. Two lecture and six laboratory hours a week. Prerequisites, one graduate course in the biological sciences and permission of the instructor. Three lecture hours a week. Staff of Neurobiology Curriculum.
Course is designed to provide skills associated with being a scientist.
Fall or spring. Bloom, Jones, Edgell, Griffith, Carter. Graduate research for six weeks in two laboratories. Designed primarily to acquaint first-year students with research techniques and to assess their propensity for research. Arranged by mutual agreement of students and faculty members during fall orientation.