ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   [Archived Catalog]
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog
   

BIOSC 1870 - ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Course is a survey of the current state of our knowledge of how animals work. The emphasis will be on physiological mechanisms for survival in natural environments. A comparative approach will stress the diversity of physiological adaptations throughout the animal kingdom. Topics include nutrition, metabolism, muscle, respiration, circulation, osmoregulation, sensory and neural physiology, and hormones. The material will stress multi-cellular systems of organization at the levels of tissues, organs, and whole animals.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0160 or 0716 or 0191 or 0180 or BIOL 0102 or 0120 (MIN GRADE 'C')


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