Laboratory work includes, sectioning and staining of material. The course takes a systemic approach to the anatomical study of the human skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardio-vascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, reproductive, and urinary systems. Laboratory activity includes examination of tissues at the microscopic level and organs at the macroscopic level using models, photographic images, and dissection of representative animal organs. A survey of the chlorophyll-bearing members of the Phylum Cyanophyta and the Kingdom Protoctista. Topics include taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, collection and culture, life cycles and reproduction, ecology, evolution and phylogenetic relationships.
Special attention is given to selected important groups of Canadian fauna.
Techniques of collection and preservation are practised. A survey of the slime moulds, protoctistan fungi and true fungi. Topics include taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, collection and culture, life cycles and reproduction, ecology, evolution and phylogenetic relationships. The relationships of fungi with other organisms are considered, with special emphasis on lichens. Bryology 0.5 Comparative studies of the morphology, life histories and ecology of Division Bryophyta.