Study the general biology and behaviors of birds. Laboratory emphasis will be on field identification of birds. Field trip required. Learn the biology of the principal orders of insects by collecting and classifying specimens. Agents and vectors of disease are stressed.
Insect collection is required, see instructor.
Investigate invertebrate phyla through a phylogenetic approach, stressing form, function and evolutionary relationships. Study examples of available groups in the laboratory. Insects and parasites not stressed. Study the symbiotic relationships of parasitism as exemplified by typical parasites of humans, domesticated and wild animals, stressing life cycles, pathogenesis, systematics and host-parasite relationships. Study the functional biology, ecology and behavior of mammals.