Fall Course: Invertebrate Zoology 11:704:324

MATERIALS: Required: Available at the Cook/Douglass Co-op bookstore: No. DL-1, 100 sheet, Quadrille ruled lab notebook. It says Douglass College Cook College on the cover. NO SUBSTITUTES! Start with 1; may need 2. Websites: www.rutgersonline.net, http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html 


COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines the diversity of non-vertebrate animals from evolutionary, ecological, and physiological perspectives.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• Express understanding of the fundamental differences among invertebrate taxa.  Gain an appreciation for the diversity of animals.
  
• Demonstrate knowledge of the relationships among taxa.
  
• Demonstrate the ability to make careful observations of specimens.
• Demonstrate skills in identifying invertebrate animals.
• Gain an appreciation for the diversity of animals.

Spring Course: Limnology
11:704:335

MATERIALS: Required: Introduction to Limnology, S.I. Dodson.  Available at the Co-op Bookstore or Internet sources.  Pond Life, a very small, cheap, but useful book. 

Websites:  www.rutgersonline.net  http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072879351/

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is the study of inland waters with special concern for the factors that influence the living populations within these waters.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• Express understanding of the physical, chemical, and geological factors of inland waters and how these affect the distribution of organisms.


• Demonstrate adeptness in limnological field techniques.


• Demonstrate skills in identifying aquatic organisms and demonstrate knowledge of their relationships.