1967-1968 Academic Catalog

235 PLANT ANATOMY Prerequisite: Biology 134 SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS 83 Plant cells, tissues and organs will be studied in detail. Attention will be given to microtechnique involving the killing, fixing, embedding, sectioning, staining and mounting tissues. Three lectures and two 3-hour laboratories each week. Five credit hours 236 TAXONOMY OF SEED PLANTS Prerequisite: Biology 136 The study includes the classification of the flowering p'Iart with some time given to the history of classification and the various systems by which the angiosperms have been catalogued. A collection of plants will be made by each student. Three lectures and two 3-hour laboratories each week. Five credit hours 238 INTRODUCTORY BACTERIOLOGY Prerequisites: Biology 100, Chemistry 151 A study of plant microorganisms and viruses and their relationship to man's economy and hygiene. Basic laboratory techniques are stressed. Three lectures and three 2-hour laboratories each week. Five credit hours 3 36 ADVANCED BACTERIOLOGY Prerequisite: Biology 238 A detailed study of selected topics covered in Introductory Bacteriology, with emphasis on bacterial physiology. Three lectures and two 3-hour laboratories each week. Five credit hours B. PHYSICAL SCIENCE 160 INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES An introductory study in the sciences of astronomy, geology, physics and chemistry in which basic concepts are emphasized from a non-mathematical point of view. The course is designed especially for the general education program. Four lectures and one 3-hour laboratory each week. Five credit hours 164 DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY Prerequisite: Physical Science 160 or equivalent and High School geometry An introductory study designed to give a general knowledge of concepts, principles and laws pertaining to a God-created universe, with some emphasis on techniques used to obtain this knowledge. Four lectures each week, laboratory by arrangement including field ob- servations at college observatory. Five credit hours 166 INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL GEOLOGY Prerequisite: Physical Science 160 or equivalent and High School geometry An introductory study of the earth and its environment, with emphasis on erosion processes, metamorphism, igneous activity and the structural features of the earth's crust. Four lectures each week, laboratory by arrangement. Five credit hours