There are field trips to local lakes, streams, and water and wastewater facilities. Laboratories develop skills in water and wastewater chemistry, sampling, identification and quantification of algae, aquatic plants and animals, and the quantitative presentation of data. A small-scale research project is required. This course is not recommended for first-year students, except by permission of instructor. This course is an elective for molecular biology concentrators and is available to qualified non-molecular concentrators.
Exercises require participation two afternoons per week.
This course is an introduction to animal structure and function, at the level of cells, tissues and organs. In addition to basic mechanisms, consideration is given to how physiological differences among species relate to differences in their natural environments and evolutionary histories. Major topics include structure and function of nerves and the nervous system, muscle, heart and circulatory system, endocrine system, lungs, digestive system and kidneys. Laboratory exercises apply computer-aided data acquisition to the study of physiology of living tissues. Three lectures and one laboratory per week.