Some emphasis will be given to economically important species chosen from agronomic and non-agronomic situations. This course is a survey of the animal kingdom with an emphasis on its history and organization. Particular attention is paid to special structures and mechanisms evolved by selected representatives of major phyla for solving problems of life in various environments. The lab exercises in this course have been selected to provide the skills needed to study living organisms at the cellular level, and to emphasize the basic principles of biology. Students will gain experience with procedures, equipment and lab skills common to all biology fields.
Emphasis is on precise data collection, analysis and interpretation of biological data.
Chemistry CH 1010. The next topic is the important and timely subject, nuclear chemistry. Following this is some fundamental inorganic reaction chemistry and then a discussion of the three phases of matter, gasses, solids and liquids, and the changes that occur between phases. The discussion of liquids in CH 1010 is extended to the study of solutions. This is followed by a discussion of chemical equilibrium and its relationship to chemical thermodynamics.