Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
BIOL 3055. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LIBRARY
RESEARCH IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. One
credit hour. One hour of lecture per week.
Introduction to the use of the library: the card
catalogue, periodical indices, abstracts,
encyclopedias, dictionaries, monographs, and other
reference resources in the biological sciences.
BIOL 3125. PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: CIBI 3002 or BIOL 3052 or (BIOL
3043 and BIOL 3044).
The general principles of the interrelation between
organisms and their environment.
BIOL 3146. ECONOMIC BOTANY. Three
credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one threehour
laboratory per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 3052
or BIOL 3435 or (CIBI 3002 or CIBI 3032).
Origin, classification, characteristics, and human
utilization of plants and their products. Field trips
are required.
BIOL 3206. PRINCIPLES OF MICROSCOPY.
Two credit hours. One hour of lecture and one
three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
BIOL 3052.
History, types, and use of microscopes.
Construction, parts, and functions of the compound
microscope; techniques to obtain its maximum
resolution. Preparation of drawings with the
"camera lucida". Basic photomicrography
techniques.
BIOL 3225. BIOLOGY OF SEX. Two credit
hours. Two hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3052 or authorization of the
Director of the Department.
Comparative study of the sexual processes in
animals and humans emphasizing the
sociobiological and evolutionary aspects.
BIOL 3300. GENETICS. Three credit hours.
Two hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory
per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 3022 or BIOL 3052
or BIOL 3435 or BIOL 4015 or (CIBI 3032 or CIBI
3002).
Study of nuclear and non-nuclear organisms; their
nature and the transmission and mode of action of
genetic material.
BIOL 3417. PLANT ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY.
Four credit hours. Three lectures and one three-hour
laboratory per week. Prerequisite: CIBI 3002 or
(BIOL 3043 and BIOL 3044) or BIOL 3052.
An introductory study of the structure and
physiology of the flowering plants. A general survey
of the plant kingdom, with emphasis on
classification, evolution of vegetative and
reproductive structures, and the study of selected life
cycles.
BIOL 3425. ANIMAL ORGANISMAL
BIOLOGY. Four credit hours. Three hours of
lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: (CIBI 3002 or CIBI 3032) or BIOL
3052.
A survey of the different phyla of the animal
kingdom. A general account of the morphology,
physiology, ecology and evolution of the different
groups, with references to their importance to
human welfare.
BIOL 3435. ELEMENTARY BOTANY. Four
credit hours. Three hours of lecture and one threehour
laboratory per week.
An introductory study of the structure and function
of the flowering plants, and a brief survey of the
plant kingdom.
BIOL 3715. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week.
A study of the structure and function of man with
emphasis on the physiological principles.
BIOL 3716. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
LABORATORY. One credit hour. Three hours
laboratory per week. Prerequisite or corequisite:
BIOL 3715.
Laboratory experiments with emphasis on the study
of the structure of the human body.
BIOL 3725. MICROBIOLOGY. Four credit
hours. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour
laboratory per week. Not equivalent to BIOL 3770.
A survey of the basic principles of microbiology,
with emphasis on the study of microorganisms in
relation to human health and disease.
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