Courses of Study 2013-2014 
    
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Courses of Study 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BIOEE 4700 - [Herpetology, Lectures]


Spring. 2 credits. Letter grades only. (S-U grades by permission of instructor)

Recommended prerequisite: BIOEE 2740  or BIOSM 2740 . Next offered 2014-2015. (Offered alternate years) Enrollment limited to: 50 students.

H. Greene, K. Zamudio.

Lectures cover various aspects of the biology of amphibians and reptiles, including evolution, zoogeography, ecology, behavior, and physiology.

Outcome 1: Students will acquire knowledge of the major groups of amphibians and reptiles, with respect to their main diagnostic characteristics

Outcome 2: Students will be able to move freely back and forth between classifications and evolutionary trees of amphibians and reptiles on a global basis

Outcome 3: Students will be able to synthesize, integrate, and discuss details of morphology, ecology, behavior, and physiology for major lineages of amphibians and reptiles

Outcome 4: Students will have a working familiarity with the characteristics that distinguish ~50 species of amphibians and reptiles, including primarily those found in NY, as well as construct a key to an initially unknown fauna

Outcome 5: Students will be able to think integratively and synthetically about the biology and future of amphibians and reptiles on a global and local basis



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