Preparation of plant and animal tissues, organs, and entire organisms for microscopic and macroscopic study. Use of contemporary microcomputer software and operating systems for data handling and analysis in biology and natural resources projects. Databases, spreadsheets, graphics, word processing, communication and data transfer. Paleontology Collecting Field Trip. Fourteen-day field course to collect plant and animal fossils.
Lectures describe geology, paleoecology, and history of areas traveled.
Special fee covers transportation, dig and camp fees. Electron Microscope Techniques. Form and structure of plants and plant parts, both vegetative and reproductive. Internal structures of vascular plants, emphasizing development, function, and evolutionary history. Morphology, physiology, classification, and cultivation of bacteria and viruses, with introduction to microbial genetics, pathogenesis, and immunology.