Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
VIVIAN NAVAS, Professor, Ph.D., 1990, University
of Illinois at Urbana, Illinois.
CARLOS A. PEREZ-MUÑOZ, Professor, Ph.D.,
1991, University of California, Davis.
CARMEN T. PORRATA, Professor, M.S., 1972,
University of Puerto Rico.
CARLOS RIOS-VELAZQUEZ, Assistant Professor,
Ph.D., 2000, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
ILEANA RIVERA, Associate Professor, M.S., 1974,
University of Puerto Rico.
JUAN A. RIVERO, Distinguished Professor, Ph.D.,
1953, Harvard University.
ALEJANDRO RUIZ-ACEVEDO, Professor, Ph.D.,
1981, University of Oklahoma.
ROSA J. SANTIAGO, Professor, M.S., 1963,
University of Puerto Rico.
CARLOS J. SANTOS, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
2001, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
INES SASTRE-DE JESUS, Professor, Ph.D., 1987,
City University of New York.
RICHARD D. SQUIRE, Professor, Ph.D., 1969,
North Carolina State University.
JOHN M. USCIAN, Associate Professor, Ph.D.,
1994, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
MARIA M. VARGAS, Associate Professor, Ph.D.
1997, Arizona State University.
ANA V. VELEZ, Instructor, M.S., 1994, University
of Puerto Rico.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
Undergraduate Courses
CIBI 3031. INTRODUCTION TO THE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES I. Three credit hours.
Two hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory
per week.
Fundamental biological principles as inferred by
studying the varieties of living organisms and their
relationships. Topics include: the scientific
method; the chemistry, structure, and function of
cells; the processes of digestion, circulation,
immunological response, respiration, and excretion.
CIBI 3032. INTRODUCTION TO THE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES II. Three credit hours.
Two hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory
per week. Prerequisite: CIBI 3001 or CIBI 3031.
Fundamental biological principles as inferred by
studying the varieties of living organisms and their
relationships. Topics include: the nervous system
and the senses, the muscular system, the skeletal
system, hormones, reproduction and development,
genetics, and evolution.
BIOL 3010. CELL PHYSIOLOGY. Three credit
hours. Two hours of lecture and one three-hour
laboratory per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 3031 or
QUIM 3461.
Study of the structure and function of life
molecules at the cell level, and the interactions
among them.
BIOL 3021-3022. ANIMAL BIOLOGY. Three
credit hours per semester. Two hours of lecture and
one three-hour laboratory per week each semester.
A survey of the animal kingdom, fundamental
principles of animal biology, and the uses of the
microscope. Structure, functions, habitat, and
economic importance of representative groups of
animals will be studied in detail. First semester:
the nonchordate animals; Second semester: the
chordates.
BIOL 3051-3052. GENERAL BIOLOGY I-II.
Four credit hours per semester. Three hours of
lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Study of the diversity of organisms, the
relationships between them and their environment,
the fundamental aspects of their structure and
function, and the processes that regulate the
perpetuation of life.
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