Graduate Catalog: 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

of life cycles, biology and control of insect parasitesof humans. Lab Fee: Level 3. (Prerequisite: BIO 361and 455 or Consent of Instructor)BIO 652 Advanced Applied Entomology - Foursemester hours. Economic thresholds, economicinjury levels, population dynamics, residues in foodcrops, chemical control, insect transmission of plantand livestock diseases. (Prerequisite: GeneralEntomology)BIO 653 Taxonomy of the Immature Insect(AAMU and UAH) - Four semester hours. Studiesof the literature, comparative morphology, andtechniques of identification of the immature stagesof the insect, methods of collecting and preservingthe immature stages. (Prerequisite: BIO 455 orConsent of Instructor)BIO 660 Ecosystem Dynamics (UAH) - Foursemester hours. An analytical study of thefunctional energetics, interrelationships and adaptiveinteractions of living organisms in terrestrial aquaticand marine environments. Methodology includessimulations, modeling, field and laboratoryexperimentation, and other predictive andinvestigational procedures. One four-hour lab perweek. Lab Fee: level 3. Field trips required.(Prerequisites: BIO 564 and 565)BIO 661 Advanced Population Ecology (UAH) -Four semester hours. Interaction of populationstructure, genetic properties, and ecology factors incontrolling the dynamics and evolutionary characterof natural populations. One four-hour lab per week.Lab Fee: Level 3. (Prerequisites: BIO 312, 564, or565 or approval of instructor)BIO 690 Seminar (AAMU and UAH) - Onesemester hour. Students report on current journalarticles and research.BIO 691 Special Topics (AAMU and UAH) - Oneto four semester hours. Literature search relative totopics of special interest under direct supervision ofan instructor. For graduate students.BIO 692 Research (AAMU and UAH) - Two orfour semester hours. Individual investigations at thegraduate level into biological problems under thedirect supervision of a member of the graduatefaculty. A special problem may be carried out at theMarine Environmental Sciences Consortium,Dauphin Island, Alabama. Available to thesisstudents.BIO 699 Master's Thesis (AAMU and UAH) -One to three semester hours. Individual researchtowards completing the thesis requirement for theM.S. degree in Biology. Each Semester.BUSINESS EDUCATIONBED 501 Principles of Teaching BusinessSubjects - Three semester hours. Organization andpresentation of appropriate content in instructionalstrategies for business subjects in secondary schools.Internship experience in a school setting is required.BED 515 Management Information Systems -Three semester hours. An awareness of informationand systems in the society. Introduces the student toconcepts of system approaches to management andrelates the management information system tooperating systems of an organization.BED 521 Foundations of Business Education -Three semester hours. Principles, philosophy, andobjectives of business education and the relationshipof these factors to curriculum developments, testsand measurements, and guidance.BED 522 Functions of the Business/MarketingCoordinator - Three semester hours. An evaluationof the history, status, and philosophy ofadministration and supervision, and the role ofcoordination in business education at the state andlocal levels in high schools and colleges.BED 523 Current Problems in BusinessEducation - Three semester hours. A criticaloutlook on the administrative, curricular, evaluative,and instructional problems facing business educatorsat the high school and collegiate levels. Theproblems examined and evaluated in this course willbe discerned from current research and literature inthe field of business education.BED 524 Business and Office EducationPrograms - Three semester hours. Programplanning, organization, and implementation,curriculum construction, and evaluation in businessand office education.BED 526 Improvement of Instruction in GeneralBusiness Subjects - Three semester hours.Objectives, teaching procedures, instructionalmaterials, and curricular organization of basicbusiness courses.111