Three classroom meetings and two laboratory periods weekly. One and one-fourth course credits. Not offered 2000-2001. An introduction to the current state of knowledge in molecular biology, with emphasis on the molecular biology of genes and recombinant DNA technology. One and one-fourth credits.
Students dissect selected representative vertebrates.
Three classroom meetings and two laboratory periods weekly. One and one-fourth course credits. Alternate years Not offered 2000-2001. An investigation of how fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals survive and reproduce in nature, with an emphasis on adaptations to the environment in which they live. Lecture and laboratory work will be supplemented by studies of local species in the field and by group research projects.