Environmental study trips throughout North America. Emphasis on ecology and community composition. Five-week summer program with approximately three weeks away from campus. The course is integrated with a survey of current molecular techniques for genetic engineering, DNA and protein analysis, and eukaryotic cell structure. Comparative examination of selected organ systems in animals, from protozoa through chordates, with an emphasis on vertebrates.
Laboratory employs current methods and instrumentation of experimental physiology.
May be repeated as topics vary. Lecture and laboratory experiences present the fundamental principles of the function of mammalian organ systems. Laboratory experiments include both human and animal models, employing contemporary methods and instrumentation of experimental physiology. An in-depth study of the invertebrate phyla. Emphasis on morphology, life history, physiology, ecology and evolutionary histories.