Invertebrate Zoology and Animal Parasitology Study of selected invertebrates, with emphasis on symbiotic relationships and species parasitic in human beings. Field Biology Introduction to the natural history of selected groups of native animals and plants. Emphasis on techniques for field capture and identification of animals and collection and identification of non-vascular plants. Field Botany Principles and practices in identifying, naming, and classifying vascular plants. Taxonomic principles, descriptive terminology, and use of keys in plant identification are the lecture emphases.
Labs involve the study of vascular plants in their natural environment.
Ecology Study of the environmental interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms. Ecological principles discussed at the level of the organism, the population, the community, and the ecosystem. Marine Biology Study of the complex nature of the physical and biological marine environment. Examination of marine ecosystems, with an emphasis on the diversity of organisms and their ecological adaptations to the sea. Freshwater Biology Study of the complex nature of freshwater ecosystems.