404 GENETICS (3) Laws of heredity and their significance in plants, animals, and humans; laboratory experimentation with drosophilia and neurospora. Two hours lecture, three hours labora tory. Alternate years, offered 1970-71. 405 GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (4) Selected topics from general and cell physiology; comparison of systems and their func tion in species representative of a broad spectrum of animal life with emphasis on ver tebrates; modern methodology such as respirometry, electrophysiology, and physiograph techniques emphasized in laboratory. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. Pre requisite: 202. 408 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (4) Molecular level applied to the physical, chemical, physiological, and morphological organization of the living cell; common and contrasting features in the breadth of living organisms; laboratory experimentation at the molecular cell physiology level. Three hours lecture, four hours laboratory. Prerequisites: 312, 422. 422 BIOCHEMISTRY (5) Fundamental concepts of biochemistry, including chemistry of proteins , amino acids, peptides, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and nucleotides, enzymes, metabolism, and energy transfer process. Three hours lecture, six hours laboratory. Prerequisites: Chem istry 301. 450 DIRECTED STUDY (1-3) Literature and laboratory research of a specific subject or technique in biology; advanced students gain experience in experimental design, laboratory invest igation , and technical writing. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 units . Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing and consent of instructor. Either semester . 452 ADVANCED FIELD BIOLOGY (4) Plants and animals in their natural habitat; emphasis given to taxonomy, morphology, and population dynamics . Group and individual study in a four-week summer expedi tion. May be substituted for 401. Not open to those who have taken 252. 470, 471 BIOLOGY SEMINAR (1, 1) Directed research (literature or laboratory) followed by oral presentation, group dis cussion, and evaluation; independent thought and study stressed.
CHEMISTRY All courses in chemistry have a $15 laboratory fee.
103 CHEMISTRY SURVEY (4) Principles and theories of general, organic, and biological chemistry and their appli cations to medicine. Three hours lecture, six hours laboratory. Prerequisite: high school chemistry. 105, 106 GENERAL CHEMISTRY (5, 5) Principles and theories of chemistry. Quali tative analysis included in 106. Chemistry of the inorganic compounds significant to mankind. Prerequisite: high school chemistry. 202 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS (4) Principles of quanitative ana lysis, including calculation and laboratory technique in gravimetric and columetric analysis . Two hours lecture, six hours laboratory. Pre requisite: 105, 106 or consent of instructor. 86
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