Comparative relationships of major invertebrate groups stressing morphology, physiology, and classification. Extensive laboratory exercises with living and preserved invertebrate forms. Principles of human structure and function. Laboratory exercises using traditional and modern physiological techniques. The physiological basis of exercise and training.
Laboratory techniques involve the evaluation of physical conditioning.
Federal certification standards satisfied after successful completion of course. Interpretation and implementation of governmental environmental and industrial regulations pertaining to employee safety. The relationships of organisms, populations, communities and ecosystems. The geographic distributions of organisms, species and higher taxa and the ecological and historical factors responsible. Lecture-discussion, a weekend field trip to the ONU Nature Center, and a paper analyzing data collected from the literature are core activities in the course.