A study of the behavior of animals, with emphasis on the ecology and evolution of behavior and the applicability of the principles of animal behavior to humans. A study of the biology of the vertebrates, including the evolutionary history and structure and function of the major vertebrate groups. Emphasis in lab on dissection of representative vertebrates. Offered alternate years. A comparative study of the functioning of selected physiological systems in a variety of animal groups, with an emphasis on the ecological significance of differences among animals.
Laboratory includes the design and statistical analysis of experiments.
Laboratory work on chick and pig development. Introduction of both theories and techniques in the field of immunology. An analysis of the process of evolution. Topics cover the history of evolutionary thought, evidence of the evolution of life, mechanisms of evolutionary change, and the history of life on earth. Special emphasis will be placed on current research and developing an experimental evolutionary approach.