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Undergraduate Course Offerings in ZOOLOGY (ZOOL)

107. Zoology. (3-3). Credit 4.
Structure, physiology and development of animals; emphasis on vertebrate animals. Not open to students who have taken BIOL 113 and 114.s

225. Physical Anthropology. (3-3). Credit 4.
Human biology to include examination of evolutionary processes acting on human populations; human genetics; non-human primate anatomy, classification and ecology of primates; the primate paleontological record, and human variation and adaptation. Prerequisites: BIOL 113/123, ZOOL 107 or equivalent. Cross-listed with ANTH 225. Credit cannot be given for both ANTH 225 and ZOOL 225.

289. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4.
Selected topics in an identified area of zoology. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

318. Chordate Anatomy. (3-3). Credit 4.
Classification, comparison, anatomy, biology and phylogeny of chordates. Animals: Protochordates, fish, amphibia and mammals studied in laboratory. Prerequisites: BIOL 114, 124.

319. Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology I. (3-3). Credit 4.
Integrated approach to cellular, neural, skeletal, muscular anatomy and physiology; includes some histology, histopathology, radiology and clinical correlations. Prerequisites: BIOL 113; BIOL 114 strongly recommended.

320. Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology II. (3-3). Credit 4.
Continuation of ZOOL 319. Integrated approach to cellular, neural, skeletal, muscular anatomy and physiology; includes some histology, histopathology, radiology and clinical correlations. Prerequisites: ZOOL 319 or approval of instructor.

335. Invertebrate Zoology. (3-3). Credit 4.
Morphology, taxonomy, biology and phylogeny of invertebrate animals. Prerequisites: BIOL 114 and 124 or approval of instructor.

344. Embryology. (3-3). Credit 4.
Introduction to general and comparative vertebrate embryology; early development of frog, chick and pig. Prerequisite: ZOOL 318.

388. Principles of Animal Physiology . (3-3). Credit 4.
Introduction to how animals function, broadly comparative in approach and stressing the principles of function which govern the degree of adaptiveness to the available environment; laboratory stresses techniques for monitoring and investigating physiological mechanisms and responses to environmental changes. Prerequisites: BIOL 113, CHEM 228.

405. Comparative Endocrinology. (3-O). Credit 3.
Basic principles of endocrinology; structure and functions of endocrine glands in vertebrates; hormonal control of reproduction; invertebrate hormones and development; mechanism of action of hormones. Prerequisite: ZOOL 319, WFSC 416 or ZOOL 388 or approval of instructor.

434. Regulatory and Behavioral Physiology. (3-0). Credit 3.
Bioelectricity; nerve cell functions; brain functions; physiological basis of behavior. Prerequisites: ZOOL 319, WFSC 416 or ZOOL 388.

435. Laboratory for Regulatory and Behavioral Physiology. (0-3). Credit 1.
Laboratory study of topics covered in ZOOL 434: principles of hormone action; bioelectricity; nerve cell function; brain function and physiological basis of behavior. Prerequisite: ZOOL 434 or concurrent enrollment.

489. Special Topics in ... Credit 1 to 4.
Selected topics in an identified area of zoology. May be repeated once for credit.

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