Students will gain experience with methods of systematic observation through an individual project. One of the above courses may be counted toward the major in biology. Lab work will emphasize microbial and cellular forms on topics such as morphology, mutation and selection, enzyme action, growth and reproduction. May meet the GE requirement in biological sciences. The molecular organization and function of eucaryotic cells, including membrane phenomena, signal transduction, gene regulation and translation.
Lab includes vertebrate developmental morphology and experimental projects.
Lab work involves axonal and synaptic functions, as well as characteristics of skeletal, smooth and cardiac effectors. On-line data acquisition to Macintosh software systems is featured. Subject matter includes cellular structure and metabolism, adaptation, reproduction, the organ systems and their functions, and a survey of the major animal groups. May meet the GE requirement. The course covers plant structure, respiration, photosynthesis, mineral nutrition and water relations, growth regulators, flowering and reproduction, seeds, plant adaptations to the environment, and the diversity of major plant groups.