1952-1953 Academic Catalog

DEPARTMENTS AN.D COURSES 43 202 BoTANY A course required of all majors and minors in which the principles of plant organization and function are studied with particular emphasis on spermatophytes. Some plant ecology and genetics are included. 3 lectures and one 3 hour laboratory per week-4 hours credit. 221-222 GENERAL ZOOLOGY A comprehensive full year's study required of all majors and minors. The principles of organization, physiology, ecology, development, gen– etics, and evolution in animals are thoroughly presented, and a survey of representative animal forms both invertebrate and vertebrate is in– cluded. 3 lectures and one 3 hours laboratory per week-4 hours credit per semester. Given every year. 260 HUMAN HEREDITY AND EUGENICS Application of hereditary principles to man. Discussion of methods of analyzing human pedigrees and the gene frequencies of human popu– lations and races. Role of eugenics in human betterment. Three lectures and one laboratory per week. Four hours credit. Prerequisites: A course in biology. 351 ENTOMOLOGY A comprehensive study of insects and their near relatives in which principles of external and internal morphology, histology, physiology, development, and life histories are emphasized. Considerable time is also devoted to taxomy and economic importances and the student is expected to classify his own insect collection to families. Prerequisite– Zoology 221-222. Required of all majors. 3 lectures and two 3 hour laboratories per week-4 hours credit. 401 EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY Advanced. Laboratory work in certain phases of animal physiology, both invertebrate and vertebrate. Emphasis is on experiments with respiration, endocrine, neural and behavior physiology particularly in aguatic forms. Prerequisite- Zoology 221-222, college courses in physics and chemistry. Required of all majors-5 hours of laboratory per week-2 hours credit. 412 p ARASITOLOGY A study in medical zoology in which the principles of parasitism are encountered and a complete survey made of the protozoan, helminth, and arthropod parasites of man and domesticated animals. Emphasis is given the morphology, identification, life history, ecology, pathology and control of each individual parasite. Attention is also given to the labora– tory preparation of parasites and diagnostic techniques. Prerequisite