The origin and development of unifying generalizations of biology together with a survey of the developments of twentieth century biology. BIO 508 Environmental Microbiology. The study of morphological and metabolic activities of major non-pathogenic bacteria.
Emphasis is placed on common soil and aquatic procaryotes.
Lecture and laboratory materials will be based on recent journal publications. BIO 511 Immunology . Fundamental principles of immunology and serology. Lecture emphasis on the structure and functions of antigens and antibodies, antigen-antibody interactions, other serologic reactions, immunoglobulin formation, immunochemistry, immunogenetics, autoimmunity, immunosuppression, transplantation immunology, and immunologic methods. Laboratory emphasis on immunologic techniques for investigative as well as clinical application.