Courses

This course will focus on the biology, husbandry, and management of zebrafish used as an animal model of human disease in biomedical research. The course is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students. Topics will include anatomy, physiology, systems design, water quality management, behavior and enrichment, spawning and larviculture, nutrition and live feeds, diseases, quarantine, biosecurity, and regulatory compliance. GGSC 650. Special Topics in Genetics and Genomic Sciences. 1-3 Hour.

This course includes an introduction to methods and theories of zooarchaeological research. Practical experience in processing, identification, and interpretation of animal bone remains from archaeological sites forms a large part of class time.

Identification, taxonomic classification, phylogeny, distribution, life history, and economic/medical importance of protozoans, invertebrates and vertebrates.

The study of the means by which multi-celled organisms solve their peculiar problems of life, principles of classification and phylogenetics, evolution, reproduction, and behavior population. Three lecture hours and a two-hour laboratory per week.

This course is a comparative study of the morphology, anatomy, physiology, and taxonomy of the various animal phyla along with the molecular basis for evolutionary theory and classification. Three hours of lecture, two hours of laboratory per week.

Lab component to accompany corresponding course. Total Hours: 18 Junior Year Fall Semester

Laboratory exercises in the identification, taxonomic, classification, phylogeny, distribution, life history, and economic/medical importance of protozoans, invertebrates and vertebrates.

This course presents a comparative approach to infectious disease in humans and animals, while specifically highlighting zoonoses (diseases shared between humans and animals). Students will learn infectious disease epidemiologic concepts, as well as delve into foodborne, vaccine-preventable, sexually transmitted, and vector-transmitted pathogens, as well as common systems-associated infections in both animals and humans.

This course presents a comparative approach to infectious disease in humans and animals, while specifically highlighting zoonoses (diseases shared between humans and animals). Students will learn infectious disease epidemiologic concepts, as well as delve into foodborne, vaccine-preventable, sexually transmitted, and vector-transmitted pathogens, as well as common systems-associated infections in both animals and humans.

The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to Zumba consisting of safety considerations, techniques, and Zumba exercises for health related fitness.