Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
BIOL 4993. SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGY I.
One to four credit hours. One to four hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: Authorization of the
Director of the Department.
Selected topics in biology, botany, microbiology,
and zoology.
BIOL 4994. SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGY II.
One to four credit hours. One to four hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: Authorization of the
Director of the Department.
Selected topics in biology, botany, microbiology,
and zoology.
BIOL 4998. CO-OP PRACTICE. Three to six
credit hours. Supervised practice in private industry
or government. Prerequisite: Authorization of the
Director of the Department.
Practical experience in Biology in cooperation with
the private industry or government to be jointly
supervised by the academic department, the CO-OP
program coordinator, and an official from the
cooperating organization.
Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate
Courses
BIOL 5005. ELEMENTARY PLANT
ANATOMY. Three credit hours. Two hours of
lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3417 or BIOL 3435 or
authorization of the Director of the Department.
The study of simple and complex tissues of the
organs of vascular plants; the study of the
characteristics of parenchyma, sclerenchyma and
collenchyma cells, as well as the elements
composing the xylem and phloem tissues.
BIOL 5007. GENERAL PLANT
MORPHOLOGY. Three credit hours. Two hours
of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: BIOL 3417 or BIOL 3435 or
authorization of the Director of the Department.
The general principles of plant morphology,
including evolutionary tendencies, phylogenetic
lines and the life cycles of the principal groups of
plants.
BIOL 5009. PTERIDOLOGY. Three credit hours.
Two hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory
per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 3417 or BIOL 3435
or authorization of the Director of the Department.
Lectures and laboratories on the morphology,
taxonomy and ecological distribution of the local
ferns and their allies. Assigned readings and field
trips.
BIOL 5016. PLANT EVOLUTION. Two credit
hours. Two hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
BIOL 3417 or BIOL 3435 or authorization of the
Director of the Department.
Analysis of the geological, morphological,
anatomical, physiological, and geographical
evidence showing how the different plant phyla
have evolved, with emphasis on the evolution of
tracheophytes. Assigned reading reports.
BIOL 5017. TROPICAL BRYOLOGY. Three
credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one threehour
laboratory per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 3417
or authorization of the Director of the Department.
The biology of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts,
emphasizing the structure, identification,
reproduction, and ecology of the native species of
Puerto Rico. Field trips are required.
BIOL 5018. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. Four credit
hours. Three hours of lecture and one laboratory of
three hours per week. Prerequisites: BIOL 3417 or
BIOL 3435 or authorization of the Director of the
Department. Corequisite: QUIM 3032 or QUIM
3062 or QUIM 3463 or authorization of the
Director of the Department.
Plant physiology: diffusion, transpiration,
absorption and transport, mineral nutrition,
metabolism, growth and development, hormones,
effects of environmental factors.
BIOL 5045. SCANNING ELECTRON
MICROSCOPY (SEM). Three credit hours. Two
hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per
week. Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director of
the Department.
Theoretical and practical aspects of the scanning
electron microscope (SEM) with emphasis on
sample preparation for SEM, detection of the
different types of signals emitted by the specimen,
and image analysis.
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