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Descriptions - VETERINARY MEDICINE (Colleg• of) of Courses

594. Veterinary 317. Principles ofDevelopment 400H. Honors Work (530.) Spring. 4(4-0) Ninth-term Fall, Spring. 3(3-0) B S 212. Fall, Winter, Spring. Variab{e credit. Veterinary Medicine stu"dents. Development of , especially . Juniors. Pharmacological basis and pathological features Principles are illustrated by modern experimental of diseases of animals caused by common toxic studies of developmental problems. · chemicals with emphasis on clinical 401. Comparative I manifestations, diagnosis, prevention, and Fail. 4(3-4) PSL 240 orBS 212; CEM treatment. 131 or CEM 141. Interdepartmental with and 318. Principles ofDevelopment administered by the Department ofPhysiology. Laboratory A comparison of osmoregulation, digestion, 596. Diseases ofBones and Joints Fall, Spring. 2(0-6) ZOL 317 or respiration, and other physiological processes in a (536.) Spring. 3(3-0) Ninth-term concurrently; B S 212. wide range of . Veterinary Medicine stuaents. Principles of development illustrated by analysis and pathophysiology of diseases of of the of selected organisms. bones and joints. Diagnosis, prognosis and 402. Comparative Physiology II treatment of abnormalities involving bones and Winter. 4(4-0) PSL 401 or approval of joints. 320. department. Interdepartmental With the Laboratory Department of Physiology. A comparison of sensor:y, motor, endocrine and 602. Veterinary PractiL_ Winter. 2(0-6) ZOL 303. Open to other integrative mechamsms in animals. Zoology majors only; others: approval of Management department. Spring. 2(2-0) Ninth-term Veterinary Systematics, and of 404. Biological and Ecological Medicine students, approval ofcollege. vertebrate animals as illustrated by representative Concepts for Engineers and Establishment of a veterinary practice. within the seven classes. Mathematicians Winter. 3(3-0) Approval of department. 610. Veterinary Externship Interdepartmental with Systems Science. Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. 8 to /6 325. Invertebrate Systematics Biological and ecological concepts important to credits. May reenroll jar a maximum of 16 Laboratory formal analysis of livmg systems, vital properties, credits. Veterinary Medicine students; Winter. 2(0~6) ZOL 303. Open to processes, and limitations; dynamics, completion o(preclinical courses and approval of Zoology majors only; others: approval of selection, competition, and predation; ecological college. Students may not receive credit in both V department. and ; industrialized M610andLSM674. Comparative morphology and of the . Clinical or research experience in an off-campus major invertebrate phyla and an examination of setting. the1r characteristic and physiology. 405H. Experiments in Zoology I (405.) Fall. 4(0-12) Approval of instructor. 337. The Record ofOrganic An integrated series of selected experiments in the topics of behavior, , morphology and ZOOLOGY ZOL Spring. 3(3-0) One course in a natural physiology. science; Juniors. flllerdepartmental with and administered by the Department ofGeology. 406. Experiments in Zoology II College of Medicine The direct evidence for organic evolution in the fossil record. Evolution of from prebiological Winter. 5(2-9) Approval of instructor. College of systems to man. Impact of fossil discoveries on An integrated series of selected experiments in College of Osteopathic Medicine human thought. topics ofcell , and .

407. Experiments in Zoology III 341. Human /DC. Ecology and Man Spring. 3(0-9) ZOL 405 or ZOL 406, For course description, see Fall, Winter, Summer. 4(4-0) Three approval of instructor. Interdisciplinary Courses. terms o( Natural Science; Sophomores; not open Special problems. to zoology majors. Students may not receive credit in more than one of the following: ZOL 301. and Man 34/, ZOL 44/. 408. Fresh~ater Ecology Fall. 4(2-6) Three terms of natural Inheritance of human physiological, and Summer. 6 Credits. B S 212 or science; not open to zoology majors. psychological traits. Forces that influence human approval of department. Given at W. K. Kellogg evolution. Applications of heredity in fields of Relates man to his . Chief education, sociology, , psychology, Biological Station. Interdepartmental with emphasis on identifying characteristic life dentistry, and med1cine. Biological Science and the Department of in broad areas of nature and how man fits or and amf administered by misfits into these. Lectures, laboratory and field Biological Science. trips illustrate this relationship. The ecology of freshwater ecosytems, their biotic 344. lntroductoryAnimal structure and the functional interrelationships of Systematics Laboratory environmental variables regulating population 302, Vertebrate Life ofthe Past Fall. 2{1-3) ZOL 303 concurrently. dynamics, and commumty structure. Fall 3(3-0) One course in physical or Interdepartmental with and administered by Extensive field investigations. biological science or Juniors. Interdepartmental Lyman Briggs College. with and administered by the Department of Laboratory examination of form and function of 410. Terrestrial Ecology . representative vertebrate and invertebrate Fossil vertebrates from to man. animals. Summer. 6 credits. B S 212 or approval of department. Given at W. K. Keilogg Biological StatiOn. Interdepartmental with Biological 303. IntroductoryAnimal Science and the Department of Botany and Plant 389. Animal Ecology Pathology and administered by Biological Systematics Science. Fail. 5(5-0) B S 212. Winter. 4(3-4) B S 212 or concurrently. Animals in relation to their environment. Factors Factors determining distribution and abundance. General survey of animals including ori~in, affecting the distribution and abundance of Interrelationship of , animals, and evolution and dispersal, morphological animals. Interrelationships between climate, soils, environment. Extensive field investigations of characteristics, reproductive ratterns, behavior, vegetation, geologic history and animal life. several types of terrestrial communities in light of ecology and zoogeography o invertebrates and Population characteristics as related to current theory. vertebrates. and mortality factors. 413. Animal Behavior 304. Biology, Behavior and Man Spring. 4(4-0) B S 212. Winter 3(3-0) Juniors; not open to 391. Zoological Problems Description of the known behavior of the various :oology majors. Fall, Winter, ~ring, Summer. 1 to 8 vertebrate and invertebrate phyla with emphasis Examines philosophical and biological issues credits. May reenroll or a maximum of 12 upon ada~tive significance. Thus, special which make the study of animal behavior relevant credits. Juniors; B S 2 2; 6 credits in zoology; attention will be given to mating, defensive, and to man. Emphasizes history of animal behavior, approval of department. nutritive behavior. The genetics and ontogeny of current theories, and experiments relating Advanced work in morphology, field zoology, behavioral patterns will be presented where biological and environmental determinants of genetics, , , or known. Behavior will be related to the ecology of adaptive and non-adaptive behavior patterns. . various animal . A-214 ZOOLOGY- Descriptions of Courses

414. Biological !tfecltallisms of 442- Adwsnced Genetics 481. ltwertebrate Zoology Animal Beltavior Winter. 3(3-0) ZOL 441 or approval of Fall. 5(3-6) ZOL 325 or approval of Winter of odd-numbered years. 3(3-0) instructor. department. or 5(3-6) ZOL 413 recommended. Classical and molecular examination of ei~ht to Biology of invertebrates with special reference to Consideration of neurological and hormonal ten advanced topics and recent discovenes in their natural history, classification, distribution, mechanisms controlling behavior. Emphasis will genetics. and economic importance. be upon mammalian systems, and will deal with the assumptions which underlie current concepts in the biology of behavior. 441 De11elopmenta/ Genetics 482. Biology of the Spring. 4(4..()) ZOL441 and ZOL 317. Winter. 3(3-0) or 5(3-6) B S 212. Mechanisms of action. Role of in the and functions of animal-like, 415. Eco/ogictd Aspects ofAnimal embr:tology, morphology, and physiology eukaryotic . Behavior orgamsms. Fall. 4(4-0) ZOL 413. 483. Physiological Ecology Con.'iideration of orientation, navigation and 450- Comparatille homing behavior, food preferences, Winter. 4(3-2)BS 212. selection, exploration, behavioral periodicity, Fall. 4(3-3) 8 S 212. Aspects of physiology that bear particularly on communication, social organization and the The comparative structure of cells of selected the interrelationships between ammals and their embryology of behavior. In both vertebrates and invertebrate and vertebrate organisms and their environments. invertebrates. interactions to form tissues. 484. 456. Foundations of 417. Advanced Deve/opmenttd De11elopmental Biology Spring. 5(3-6) ZOL320or ZOL428. Biology Classification and natural history of Winter of even-numbered years. 3(3-0) and , with emphasis on Michigan species. Spring. 3(3-0) or 5(3-6) ZOL 317. ZOL 317; ZOL41i recommended. Molecular and cellular biology of development. Reading and discussion of original research which Complementary laboratory exercises with posed significant problems of modern 486. Mammalogy cmpliasis on experiments. . Fall. 4(2-6) ZOL 320or ZOL 428. Classification distribution, natural history of 420. Ecology ofAnimal Parasites 460. Field Ornithology with emphasis on Michigan species. Summer. 6 Credits. BS 212 or Summer. 3 credits. 8 S 2 I 2 or approval Field studies, preparation of study specimens. approval of department. Given at W. K. Kellogg of department. Given at W. K. Kellogg Biological Biological Station. Interdepartmental with the Statwn. 489. Animal Distribution de~rtmenrs of and Public Health, The study of of the regional area, with and Fi.fheries and . Administered by the emphasis on field techniques in relation to Fall. 3(3-0) ZOL 303 or approval of Department of Microbio(ogy and Public Health. problems in avian identification, ecology and instructor. Parasitism of animals by protozoa, helminths and behavior. Principles and patterns of animal distribution. anthrooods with emphasis on the Emphasis on major faunal regions, centers of interrelationships of host-parasite associations origms, and concepts relating to the distribution with the natural environments. 461. Ornithology of modern vertebrates. Winter. 4(3-2) ZOL 320or ZOL 428. Principles of classification, structure, distribution, 418. Morphology ofthe migration, population biology and life history of 492. Cytochemistry (114.) Winter, Spring. 5(3-6) B S 212. birds. Identification of birds by size, form and Spring. 4(3-3) 8 S 212. Comparative and functional morphology of song. General principles of , microtomy, chordates. Laboratory includes of fixation, embedding and sectiomng of animal representatives of most vertebrate classes. tissues; study of various cellular and 462- Laboratory in Ornithology the localization of , , , Spring. 3(0-9) ZOL 461. nucleic acids and various hydrolytic in 430. Vertebrate Field work with avian populations, foraging the cells. Winter. 4(3-3) ZOL 428. or approval of behavior, territoriality, time-activity, habitat selection and selected research topics. department. Interdepartmental with and 495. Undergraduate Seminar administered by the Department ofGeology. Fall, Wlnter, Spring. 1(1-0) May Fossil vertebrates with emphasis on the evolution 471. Ichthyology reenroll for a maximum of 3 credits. Juniors. and of major groups. Laboratories on modern techniques and on the identification and Spring. 3(2-3) F W 301 or ZOL 320 or approval of department. Reading and discussion of articles relating to interpretati~n of . ZOL 428. Interdepartmental with and administered by the Department of Fisheries and economic, social and environmental impact of Wildlife. new discoveries in biological sciences. 437. lnt~ertebrate Paleontology Classification and Natural history of . Emphasis on food, game, and forage fishes. Fall. 4(3-4} GLG 202 or ZOL 303 or 497. Principles of Endocrinology approval of department. Interdepartmental with Winter. 4(4-0) One year organic and admimstered by the Department of Geology. 476. Limnology chemistry; ZOL 117. Interdepartmental with the Systematics and evolution of marine Winter. 3(3-0) CEM 131 andCEM 161; Department of Physiology. invertebrates; uses of fossils in correlation and BOT 450 or ZOL 389. Students may not receive Hormonal principles, illustrated by experimental delineation of geologic time; structure and credit for both F W 376 and F W 476. observations, in vertebrates and invertebrates. morphology of fossils as related to evolutionary lnterdeparzmental with and administered by the Emphasis on cellular endocrinology. Group development. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. discussion, background in organic chemistry ana Ecology of lakes and streams with special biology strongly recommended. Term paper reference to physical, chemical and biological required. 438. Paleoecology factors affecting their productivity. Spring. 4(3-4) GLG 202 or ZOL 389 or approval of department. Interdepartmental with 499. Undergraduate Thesis and administered by the Department ofGeology. 477. Limnological Methods Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. I to 6 Distribution and abundance of marine fossils; Winter. 3(0-9) ZOL 481; F W 476 credits. May reenroll Jor a maximum of 12 response of skeletal morphology to environmental concurrently; ENT 30/, ENT 302 recommended. credits. Juniors. written approval of instructor. conditions; uses of fossils in reconstructing Interdepartmental with and administered by the Laboratory research culminating in the ancient climates and depositional environments. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. preparation and defense of an undergraduate Methods and instruments of limnological field thesis. investigation on lakes and streams. 441. Fundamental Genetics Fall. Spring. 5(5-0) 8 S 212. Students 804A. Laboratory I may not receive credit in more than one of the 480. Biology of Fresh-Water and Winter. 4(2-4) Approval of instructor. following: ZOL 34/. ZOL 441. Terrestriallnt~ertebrates Interdepartmental with the departments of Survey of principles of heredity in animals, Summer. 6 credits. ZOL 325 or . Physiology, and Psychology. plants, .and mic.roorganism~. Se_rves as single approval o[ department. Given at W. K. Kellogg Administered by the Department of Psychology. course m genetiCS for majors 1n any of the BiOlogical Station. Development of skills in the methods, techniques biolo~ical sc1ences, and as prerequisite for further Systematics and ecology of invertebrates with and instrumentation necessary for reseach m a work 1n genetics. emphasis on the local . variety of areas concerned with neuroscience. A-215 Descriptions -ZOOLOGY of Courses D. De,.elopmental Paleontology 804B. Neuroscience Laboratory II Fall. 3(2-4) GLG 437 or GLG 438, ZOL 857. Experimental Morphology Spring. 4(2-4) PSY 804A. 317 or approval of department. Spring. 4(3-1) ZOL317. Interdepartmental with the departments of Interdepartmental with and administered by the Analysis of mechanisms of morphogenesis, Biophysics, Physiology, and Psychology. Department ofGeology. particularly as these occur in post-gastrular stages Administered by the Department of Psychology. Application of the principles of development to of development. The significance of Continuation of ZOL 804A. the ontogeny and phylogeny of fossil interactions in developing and regenerating invertebrates as known from skeletal morphology. systems will be emphasized. E. El"olutionary Paleontology 817. EcologyofZooplankton Fall. 3(2-4) GLG 437 or GLG 438. Summer of every third year. Given in Interdepartmental with and administered by the 859. Analysis of Action 1977. 3 credits. Given at W. K. Kellogg Department ofGeology. Spring. 4(4-0) ZOL 317 or approval of Biological Station. Aspects of that can be department. Interdepartmental with the Biology, distribution, and abundance of studied in the fossil record, w1th emphasis on Department of Physiology. planktonic animals with special emphasis on life . Discussion of recent work on the molecular and tables, filtering rates, food selection, production developmental aspects of hormone action in dynamics, fish predation, niche and species vertebrates and invertebrates. Selected topics to diversity. 834. Advanced Vertebrate Paleontology vary from year to year. Winter of even-numbered years. 3(3-0) 820. Behavior ofAnimal GLG 430 or apJ!.roval of department. 865. Advanced Neurobiology Populations Interdepartmental wuli and administered by the Department ofGeology. Spring. 4(4-0) BPY 827. Fall. 4(4-0) ZOL 413 and written Interdepartmental with the departments of approval of department. Recent advances and controversial issues in Anatomy, Biophysics, Physwlogy, and Behavior on the ecological leveL Characteristics vertebrate paleontology mcludmg origin, Psychology. Administered by the Department of of populations rather than individuals will be classification, phylogeny, and stratigraphic Anatomy. stressed. Evolution will be considered on the relationships of fossil vertebrates. Basic organization, structure and function of population level. neural networks comprising sensory, motor, and autonomic systems including examples from 839. invertebrates and vertebrates. Attendance at 823. Neurological and Hormonal Summer. 6 credits. Approval of neuroscience seminar is required. Correlates ofAnimal Behavior department. Given at W. K. Kellogg Biological Spring. 4(4-0) ZOL414, ZOL 415. Station. Interdepartmental with the Department Lectures, papers and discussions on the neural of Botany and Plant Pathology. 871. EcologyofFishes and hormonal determinants of animal behavior. An experimental-field approach to the study of Summer. 3( 1-6) Approval of instructor Emphasis will be placed upon mammalian populations and commumties. Selected topics will or ZOL 389 or F W 473. Given at the W. K. behavior. deal with population growth, composition, Kellogg Biological Station. Interdepartmental predation, community structure and species with the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. abundance. This course is intended to Exploration of ecological problems with 825. Tropical Biology: An complement ZOL 892. particular emphasis on growth, food and habitat Ecological Approach selection, population biology and niche relations. Winter, Summer. J 2 credits. Approval Field and experimental mvestigations of fish of department and acceptance by Organization 843. Ecosystem Analysis, Design communities. for Tropical Studies. Interdepartmental with and and Management administered by the Department of Botany and Spring. 3(3-0) SYS 442 or ZOL 404. 878. Comparative Limnology Plant Pathology. Interdepartmental with and administered by An introduction in the field to the principles of Systems Science. (478.) Summer. 6 credits. Approval of ecology as they operate in the tropics, especially Groups of students from various biological and department. Given at W. K. Kellogg Biological concerning the tropica: environment and biota, non-biological disciplines will synthesize and Station. Interdepartmental with the Department ecologic relations, communities and evolution in analyze models of selected biological systems. of Botany and Plant Pathology. the tropics. Given in Costa Rica by Organization Projects should yield information relevant to Theoretical concepts and methods of analysis of for Tropical Studies. solution of contemporary ecological problems. environmental parameters influencing productivity of freshwaters. Comparative field mvestigations of lakes, streams, and" other aquatic 827. Basic Neurobiology . Fall. 4(4-0) Approval of department. 844. Problems in Human Genetics Interdepartmental with and administered by the Spring. 5(5-0) ZOL 441 or approval of Department ofBiophysics. department. 881. Biology ofthe Arthropoda Neural structure and function at cellular and Methods used in the study of human genetics and Winter. 5(3-6) ZOL 481 or approval of intercellular levels. Membrane and synaptic their application to medical, physiological and department. Interdepartmental with the potentials, receptor transduction, and social problems. Laboratory consists of field trips Department of . mtracellular transport with an introduction to and independent study selected by the student m Ecology, life cycles, morphology, taxonomy, and comparative and evolutionary aspects. consultation with the instructor. distribution of arthropoda other than insects.

830. Advanced 845. Organic Evolution 882. Cellular Morphogenesis Winter. 4(4-0) May reenroll for a Winter. 4(4-0) ZOL 441 and a course in Winter. 2(2-0) One course in maximum of 12 credits. ZOL 303; two years of comparative biology. , approval of department. undergraduate zoology and approval of Selected topics on the structure, biological department. A historical view of evolutionary thought, a presentation of the evolution of prebioTogical processes and differentiation of living cells. Advanced vertebrate biology including systems and a critical evaluation of the evolution systematics, ecology, distribution, morphology. of genetic systems. 883. Laboratory in Cellular 833. Advanced Invertebrate Morphogenesis Paleontology 847. Analysis ofGene Winter. 2(0-6) Approval of department. B. Quantitative Paleontology Organization and Transmission Laboratory work in cellular morphogenesis accompanying ZOL 882. Fall. 3(2-4) GLG 437 or GLG 438. Winter of odd-numbered years. 4(4-0) Interdepartmental with and administered by the ZOL 441 and approval of department. Department ofGeology. Formal and molecular analysis of gene 885. Vertebrate Neural Systems/ Application of mathematical to organization and transmission in higher paleontological problems, including statistical eucaryotes. Intended for graduate students with Fall of odd-numbered years. 5(3-4) applications and numerical taxonomy; computer background in genetics and/or . Approval of department; ANT 815 and BPY 827 applications. recommenJed. Interdepartmental with the departments of Biophsysics, Physiology, and C. Paleocology Psychology. Administered by the Department of Fall. 3(2-4) GLG 437 or GLG 438. 850. Ultrastructure Psychology. Interdepartmental with and administered by the Fall. 4(2-6) BOT 427. Structure and function of major component Department ofGeology. New developments in instrumentation and systems of vertebrate brains, their evolution, Advanced problems in population, community, techniques of electron microscopy and their ontogeny and comparative analysis in mammals, and province level paleoecology, primarily of practical application in studying morphological birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. Interrelation marine invertebrates, includmg study of and physiological changes in various of behavioral, anatomical and physiological taxonomy, diversity, and . systems. studies. A-216 ZOOLOGY- Descriptions of Courses

886. Vertebrate Neural Systems 1I 999. Doctoral Dissertation Winter of even-numbered years. 5(3-4) Research PSY 885. Interdepartmental with the Fall, Winter, Spring. Variable credit. departments of Psychology, Biophysics, and Fifteen graduate credits in organizational behav­ Physiology. ior courses and approval of instructor. Continuation of ZOL 885. Major component Research for the Ph.D. degree in genetics, mor­ systems of vertebrate brains, their evolution, phology, mammalogy, wildlife management, or­ ontogeny, and comparative analysis in mammals, nithology, fisheries bmlogy, limnology. birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. Interrelation of behavioral, anatomical, and physiological studies.

890. Special Problems Fall. Winter, Spring, Summer. 1 to 15 credits. Two years of undergraduate zoology. Approval ofdepartment. Consideration of current problems.

891. Current Topics in Ecological Research Summer. 1 credit. May reenroll for a maximum of 4 credits. Approval of department. Given at W. K Kellogg Biological Station. Discussions and special problem work; current theoretical views and investigations; treatment of the dynamics of and biomass in terrestrial and aquatic ; methods of analysis.

892. Dynamics ofBiologic Populations Winter. 5(4-3) One statistics course, ecology course or approval of department. Grow~h. regulation~ competition_, predator:prey, life history strategies and spatmf dynam1cs of animal populations.

893. Fertilization and Early Embryogenesis Fall. 3(3-0) Developmental biology, biochemistry and approval of department. ZOL 894 recommended concurrently. Developmental biology of early stages of animal life, emphasis on physiology and biochemistry of marine mvertebrate eggs.

894. Methods in Cellular and Developmental Biology Fall. 3( 1-6) Cellular and developmental biology, biochemistry and approval of department. Theory and practice of research methods in cellular and developmental biology, with emphasis on physicochemical approaches.

895. Seminar Topics Fall, Winter. Spring. I credit per term. May reenroll for a maximum of 6 credits. Approval ofdepartment. Graduate level seminars on current research topic~ in biology.

896. Animal Community Ecology Winter. 4(4-0) ZOL 892, approval of instructor. Patterns and processes in animal communities with emphasis on structure, species diversity and stability.

897. Fall. 3(3-0) ZOL 389 or BOT 450. Concepts of ecosystem structure, energy flow, and nutrient cycling in representative terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

899. Master's Thesis Research Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. Variable credit. Approval of department. Research for the master's degree in genetics, morphology, mammalogy, wildlife management, ornithology, fisheries biology, limnology, quantitative biology, invertebrate, experimental embryology, animal behavior, herpetology. A-217