The laboratory consists of field experience, along with dissection of representative forms. This lecture-laboratory course concerns the study of amphibians and reptiles and focuses on the taxonomic, morphological, physiological, behavioral, ecological and evolutionary relationships. Environmental and quantitative approach to behavior illustrating basic principles, with emphasis on physiological bases, ecological correlates, and evolutionary aspects. Lecture-laboratory course involving the basic principles and concepts in the classification and nonmenclature of vascular plants. Discusses gametogenesis, fertilization, cleavage, differentiation and mechanisms controlling these processes.
Laboratory includes study of living invertebrate specimens.
Analyzes ultrastructural cytology, with emphasis on current techniques in transmission and scanning electron microscopy and cytochemistry. Study of the structure, biochemistry, and biologic relations of viruses. Lecture-laboratory course in which the pathways of etiological agents of disease, methods of identification and therapy, and control measures are considered. Methods of prevention and identification are considered. An introduction to quantitative methods of measuring biological processes, evaluating and interpreting experimental data, and monitoring biological phenoma.