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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Undergraduate Bulletin of Information 2001-2002The biological activities of microorganisms;their importance in the pharmaceutical, foodindustries, and related areas.BIOL 4368. MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek. Prerequisite: BIOL 3770.Chemical and structural composition ofmicroorganisms. Emphasis will be given to theirphysiological and genetical properties andmechanisms valuable to mankind.BIOL 4369. PRACTICE IN INDUSTRIALMICROBIOLOGY. Two credit hours. Four tosix hours of practice per week. Prerequisites:BIOL 3770 and BIOL 4367.Practical experience in Industrial Microbiologyin cooperation with private industries or withgovernment.BIOL 4375. CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY.Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture andone three-hour laboratory per week.Prerequisite: BIOL 3770.Etiology, pathogenicity, epidemiology, andlaboratory analysis for the diagnosis of diseasescaused by microorganisms. Emphasis will beplaced on those diseases of high incidence inPuerto Rico.BIOL 4376. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY.Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture andone three-hour laboratory per week.Prerequisites: BIOL 3770 and BIOL 3125.Analysis of the freshwater ecosystem and itsimportance to human life. Field work isrequired.BIOL 4426. ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY.Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and onethree-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites:BIOS 3002 or BIOL 3022 or BIOL 4015 or BIOL3043 and BIOL 3044 or BIOL 3052.General principles and origin of parasitism. Studyof the principal pathogenic protozoas andhelminths, their life cycles, host relationships andcontrol measures.BIOL 4428. GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY.Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture andone three-hour laboratory per week.Prerequisite: BIOL 3022 or BIOL 3425.Introduction to the study of birds, their structure,classification, ecological relations, and economicstatus. Considerable field work is done, andpractice is given in the methods of collection andpreparation of study skins.BIOL 4446. INTRODUCTION TOENTOMOLOGY. Three credit hours. Twohours of lecture and one three-hour laboratoryper week. Prerequisite: BIOL 3022 or BIOL3425 or BIOL 4015.An introduction to entomology based on thestudy of the biology of insects. Students arerequired to make an insect collection, andpractice is given in the determination andrecognition of the most important orders andfamilies.BIOL 4465. TAXONOMY OF VASCULARPLANTS. Three credit hours. Two hours oflecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.Prerequisite: BIOL 3435 or BIOL 3417 or BIOL3052.The principles of taxonomy and their application.A general survey of the groups of vascularplants, with the identification and classificationof representatives of the local flora. Field trips.BIOL 4467. COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATEANATOMY. Three credit hours. Two hours oflecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.Prerequisite: BIOL 3022 or BIOL 3425.Comparative anatomy of typical vertebrates;interrelation of organ systems of various groupsof vertebrates.BIOL 4505. HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY. Fourcredit hours. Three hours of lecture, and onethree-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites:(BIOL 3052 and CHEM 3031 or CHEM 3461)or (BIOS 3002 or BIOS 3032 and CHEM 3031).Physiological principles of the human body.BIOL 4556. COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATEPHYSIOLOGY. Three credit hours. Threelectures per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 251 oCHEM 260. CHEM 3031 o CHEM 3071.113