The Lab, BI 303L, MUST be taken concurrently. Lab permits detailed examination of selected species. Lab sessions involve examination of representative organisms using microscopes and dissection techniques. Course is taught every other year, so about 18-20 students are usual. Students practice techniques of microscopy and dissection.
Students study phylogeny using examples from the animal kingdom.
Students develop more understanding or organism morphology, animal physiology, and animal behavior. Students continue to add to the basic knowledge of scientific information, which is the foundation for later understanding of relationships and processes. Students take practical examinations in laboratory. During some semesters students have presented papers, but this has not been done every semester. This is a course particularly appropriate for further work in Animal Behavior, Evolution, Ecology, Invertebrate Zoology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, etc.