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4.00 Credits
Independent Study For Departmental Honors
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4.00 Credits
Independent studies may be undertaken in most areas of astronomy.
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4.00 Credits
Each student planning to teach Biology in secondary schools will attend a series of seven seminars, conducted prior to student teaching, during the spring semester of the junior year. These seminars will be conducted by members of the biology faculty. In addition to pertinent teaching issues, students will also be exposed to procedures for laboratory set up and maintenance, and safety procedures for students and materials in a laboratory. Special arrangements will be made for non-degree students. Non-credit course.
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3.00 Credits
While food, oxygen and medicines are all necessary for human existence, the importance of plants and fungi are often ignored by our society. Plants and fungi play an essential role in our planet's ecology and are central in human cultural evolution. Topics covered by this course include the ways plants and fungi work, how humans have used plant and fungal products for their benefit and pleasure through out history, and how different phytochemicals can influence human health. We will also examine human impacts on plant and fungal biodiversity, how we have altered the environment in our quest for food and the perfect American lawn, and the impacts of genetic engineering. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week. This course does not count towards the biology major.
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3.00 Credits
The study of the principles of ecology with emphasis on the role of chemical, physical, and biological factors affecting the distribution and succession of plant and animal populations and communities. Included will be field studies of local habitats as well as laboratory experimentation. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: BIO 110-111.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the structure, development, function, classification, and use of plants and related organisms. The study will comprise four general topic areas: form, including morphology and anatomy of plants in growth and reproduction; function, concentrating on nutrition and metabolism peculiar to photosynthetic organisms; classification systems and plant identification, and human uses of plants. Three hours of lecture and one three hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: BIO 110-111.
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4.00 Credits
A field-oriented course dealing with freshwater ecosystems. Studies will include a survey of the plankton, benthos, and fish-as well as the physical and chemical characteristics of water that influence their distribution. Several local field trips and an extended field trip to a field station will familiarize students with the diversity of habitats and techniques of limnologists. Alternate years. Prerequisites: BIO 110-111.
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4.00 Credits
A field-oriented course where students study the creatures of the fringing reefs, barrier reefs, lagoons, turtlegrass beds and mangrove swamps at a tropical marine laboratory. Studies will include survey of plankton, invertebrates, and fish as well as the physical and chemical characteristics that influence their distribution. Prerequisites: BIO 110-111. Alternate May terms.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of plants that produce physiologically active substances that are important to humans and animals. Major themes include: Mechanisms and symptoms of poisoning, and plant chemicals with useful physiological effects. Laboratory topics include plant classification and techniques for compound identification. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: BIO 110-111, or consent of instructor. Alternate years.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Comparative study of the invertebrate phyla with emphasis on phylogeny, physiology, morphology, and ecology. Two three-hour lecture/laboratory periods per week. Prerequisites: BIO 110-111. Alternate years.
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