Courses of Study 2022-2023 
    
    Feb 12, 2025  
Courses of Study 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BIOEE 4501 - [Mammalogy, Laboratory]


     
Fall. Not offered: 2022-2023. Next offered: 2023-2024. 1-2 credits, variable. Letter grades only (S/U grades with permission of instructor).

Prerequisite or corequisite: BIOEE 4500 . Travel to Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates (CUMV) at the Laboratory of Ornithology is necessary. Some laboratories involve studies of skeletons and museum specimens; dissection of both preserved and fresh material is possible. Techniques relating to the ecology of mammals in the field will be presented; an all-weekend field trip is intended. Normally 1 credit, but up to 5 students in the class may do an additional project for 1 further credit involving field/museum-based mammalogy.

J. Searle.

Laboratory topics include the methodology of mammalogy, and the characteristics and diversity of mammals. Focus is on terrestrial mammals of North America.

Outcome 1: Use the basic techniques of mammalogy as applied in museums, in the field and to captive mammals.

Outcome 2: Describe the functional anatomy of a mammal.

Outcome 3: Look at different types of mammal, identify them to major groups and make logical predictions about their ways of life and how they may have evolved.

Outcome 4: Students in the 2-credit option will be able to execute all stages of a research project, including experimental design, data collection, analysis, interpretation in the light of existing literature, and write-up.



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