Laboratory exercises cover experimental design and methods of collecting and processing host and parasite samples, with emphasis on parasites of laboratory hosts. ZOOL 352 or consent of Department. Principles and concepts of wildlife population dynamics, and applications for management, harvesting and conservation. Credit cannot be obtained for ZOOL 465 by students who already have credit for BIOL 467 or ZOOL 467. ZOOL 332 or BIOL 331 .
Students conduct individual research in animal behavior.
Weekly scheduled meetings deal with experimental design, paper critiques, and preparation and presentation of oral and written research reports. Research is conducted outside of scheduled class time. Students intending on taking this course should consult the instructor in the Fall term to discuss their proposed research. Individual projects and seminars emphasize the use of parasites as model systems to study fundamental questions in biology.