Catalog Course Description

Lectures will introduce students to the diversity of amphibians and reptiles on a world-wide basis, with an emphasis on systematics, ecology, morphology, and life history. Laboratories will teach students the diagnostic characteristics and some functional attributes of amphibians and reptiles on a world-wide basis. Field trips will acquaint students with techniques for collecting, preserving, identifying, and studying amphibians and reptiles.

Fall Term

2 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 4 hours of Instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week and 6 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.

Spring Term

2 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 4 hours of Instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week and 6 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.

175L