Out-standing students obtain additional experience through independent study. May be repeated to a total of 3 credit hours. BIO 500 History of Biology. The origin and development of unifying generalizations of biology together with a survey of The developments of twentieth century biology. BIO 508 Environmental Microbiology.
Emphasis is placed on common solid and aquatic prokary otes.
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 function of antigens and antibodies, ant igen antibody interactions, other serologic reactions, im munoglobulin formation, immunochemistry, immunogenetics, autoimmuniy, immunosuppression, transplantation immunology and immunologic methods. Laboratory emphasis on immunologic techniques for investigative as well as clinical application.