4 credit hours. J C fall, spring. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory each week. Laboratory may include one or more outdoor experiences. Additional topics explained and interpreted include the structure, function, economic importance, and ecological roles of the representative organisms.
Some outside fieldwork is involved.
4 credit hours. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory each week. In this introduction to the animal kingdom, students will be asked to identify and understand animal morphology, development, behavior, relationships with the environment, and the evolutionary history of numerous phyla and classes of animals. This course explains what animals are, what they do, and how they came to be. 4 credit hours.