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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will provide an in-depth examination of insect diversity at the order and family level with an emphasis upon identification of adults. Topics will include taxonomy, evolutionary relationships, approaches to classifications, nomenclature, zoogeography, ecology, morphology, and techniques of collection. One or more field trips may be required. Since this course is also offered for graduate credit, a differentiation of requirements will be made. Prerequisite:    BIOL114 AND BIOL115
  • 3.00 Credits

    Environmental field experience is gained by on-the-job experience under direct professional supervision. Interns have served with state, local, federal, and overseas agencies. Opportunities continue to expand as present interns open new positions for future internships. Must be at least a second semester junior or senior studying Enviornmental Studies.
  • 1.00 Credits

    This experience is taken upon the initiative of a student who seeks to study with a knowledgeable faculty member in order to deepen a specific interest in a particular academic discipline. Independent study is a process through which a student either sharply increases his/her already advanced knowledge of a subject matter or increases his/her appreciation about an academic discipline that is correlative with a student's advanced knowledge of a subject. The proposed independent study must be submitted to the department for approval. The faculty member supervising the independent study must provide a minimum of five (5) hours of time per credit hour upon request of the student.
  • 1.00 Credits

    This experience is taken upon the initiative of a student who seeks to study with a knowledgeable faculty member in order to deepen a specific interest in a particular academic discipline. Independent study is a process through which a student either sharply increases his/her already advanced knowledge of a subject matter or increases his/her appreciation about an academic discipline that is correlative with a student's advanced knowledge of a subject. The proposed independent study must be submitted to the department for approval. The faculty member supervising the independent study must provide a minimum of five (5) hours of time per credit hour upon request of the student.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will include the theory and the practice of raising organisms for food and for the aquarium trade. Techniques of raising economically important organisms from the egg stage to marketable size and their food supplies will be studied. Prerequisite:    BIOL114 AND BIOL115
  • 1.00 Credits

    Laboratory topics will introduce students to experimental design, data acquisition, and behavioral observation techniques under laboratory and field conditions using a variety of invertebrate and vertebrate organisms and plants. Some Saturday laboratories will be required. BIOL 114, BIOL 115 AND BIOL 457 or concurrent. Prerequisite:    BIOL114 AND BIOL115 AND BIOL457
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is a continuation of Mechanisms of Disease I. The mechanisms of diseases affecting the organ system will be studied; namely, to provide a concise account of important aspects of the pathology of human disease. Prerequisite:    BIOL424
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to impart a thorough understanding of tropical ecology and the role played by the tropics in maintaining both our global environment and biodiversity. Lectures are conducted at ESU and during a week-long field experience where excursions into the field provide an opportunity to become familiar with forest structure and organisms that typify the tropical environment. Students will meet for a total of 15 hours prior to and after the field trip.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is an experimental investigation selected by the student in consultation with a member of the faculty and carried out under the guidance of the faculty member. Instruction will be given on how to design, pursue, analyze, and report on independent research. This course seeks to enrich undergraduate learning, by promoting opportunities for students to experience firsthand the research experience. At leasy junior standing and permission from instructor.
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course is designed to lead senior students into current scientific literature. Students who are assigned independent problems as well as readings in their areas and are expected to analyze the literature and orally report their findings to the class. Every attempt will be made to secure the services of experts in their field to present learned papers. This course is required of all Biology majors in the arts and sciences in their senior year and secondary education majors who are student teaching in the spring semester. Prequisites: Senior standing and completion of Writing level II course.