The course includes lectures, laboratories, and field trips to investigate population and community ecology to emphasize an evolutionary perspective. An integrated approach to studying the role of microorganisms in environmental waste management. The microbiology of air, water, soil and sewers are addressed. Emphases are placed on the public health implications of microbes and their products in the environment, and the role of microbes in bioremediation of hazardous chemical wastes. Treats the endocrine system systematically, beginning with a discussion of basic concepts, such as the properties of hormones, mechanism of action, hormone assay, and then such recognized endocrine glands as the hypothalamus and adrenal cortex.
Emphasis is placed on vertebrate endocrine physiology, with some invertebrate comparisons.
Functions of animals requirement for survival. This course covers homeostasis, circulation, osmoregulation, digestion, respiration, metabolism and reproduction. Introduction to Neurobiology. The function of nervous systems from a molecular and cellular prospective. Topics include cellular neurophysiology, synaptic transmission, processing of sensory information and motor control of movement.