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Course Criteria
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6.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, five hours. Requisites: Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 4. Study of vertebrate morphology, function, and evolution from viewpoint of comparative anatomy of adult forms, biomechanics, development, and paleontology. Laboratory study of selected vertebrates. Letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours; four one- to two-day field trips. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Adaptations, behavior, and ecology of vertebrates. Letter grading.
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6.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, six hours; field trips. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Highly recommended: courses 110, 111. Biology of freshwater and marine fishes, with emphasis on their evolution, systematics, morphology, zoogeography, and ecology. Field trips to examine fishes of Southern California shoreline, tidepools, and coastal streams. Letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours; field trips, three and one half days per term. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Recommended: course 100. Vertebrate zoology course restricted to biology of reptiles and amphibians of world, covering current systematics, ecology, behavior, morphology, and physiology of these animals. Letter grading.
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8.00 Credits
Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Recommended: courses 100, 111. Two weeks of off-campus research projects followed by two-week lecture course and offered only as part of Field Biology Quarter. Biology, particularly ecology and behavior, of reptiles and amphibians in their natural habitat. Students carry out supervised research projects, then write up and orally present their results in seminar fashion. Letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory/ field trips, three hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Recommended: course 100. Systematics, distribution, physiology, behavior, and ecology of birds. Letter grading.
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8.00 Credits
Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Recommended: course 100. Two to three weeks of off-campus research projects followed by lecture course and offered only as part of Field Biology Quarter. Biology, particularly ecology and behavior, of birds in their natural habitat. Letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Topics in mammalian biology, including evolution, ecology, behavior, functional morphology, systematics, physiology, and biogeography. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Recommended: course 100. Not open for credit to students with credit for Environment 121. Study of ecological and evolutionary principles as they apply to preservation of genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity. Discussion sections focus on interactions of science, policy, and economics in conserving biodiversity. Oral and written student presentation on specific conservation issues. Letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours. Requisite: course 110. Recommended: one general geology course. Fossil record of evolution of vertebrates, with emphasis on paleobiology and morphology of tetrapods. P/NP or letter grading.
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