Not open to students who have received credit in BIO 320. Basic principles of insect life. Anatomy, physiology, life cycles, classification, ecology, and control methods. Laboratory studies of the frog, chick, and pig embryos, with reference to human development. A study of destructive and beneficial insects.
Emphasis is on recognition and control.
Basic principles, mechanisms, and patterns of evolution including a historical survey of related ideas. Suggested background BIO 341 or equivalent. The anatomy of seed plants. Physiological functions of cells. A survey of plant activities and processes.