Three lectures and one laboratory per week. The approach is scientific rather than biblical. A detailed study of the gross and fine structure of the cells and tissues that comprise the organs and organ systems of the vertebrate body. Three lectures and one laboratory per week. A study of the major functional systems of animals and their physiological interactions with the environment.
Emphasis is on a comparative physiology approach.
Three lectures and one laboratory per week. It considers the major non-biotic factors of the bay including geology, salinity gradients, tides and circulation, as well as major habitats of the bay, including plant and animal species typical of each habitat. It also considers the economic and political issues that help determine present and future uses of the Chesapeake Bay watershed and its biota. Sunday laboratory field trips. An in-depth analysis of the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells both as organisms and as subunits constituting multicellular organisms.