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Undergraduate Bulletin of Information 2001-2002COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCESBIOL 5416. HERPETOLOGY. Three credithours. Two hours of lecture and one three-hourlaboratory per week.A study of the biology, classification andmorphology of amphibians and reptiles, withemphasis on local species. Field trips.BIOL 5417. ICHTHYOLOGY. Three credithours. Two hours of lecture and one three-hourlaboratory per week.A study of the biology, classification andmorphology of fishes, with emphasis on localspecies. Field trips.BIOL 5585. MEDICAL AND VETERINARYENTOMOLOGY. Three credit hours. Twohours of lecture and one three-hour laboratoryper week.This course offers the student interested inentomology, animal husbandry or veterinaryscience, an opportunity to become familiar withthe recognition, characteristics, habits andcontrol of insects, ticks mites, and otherarthropods that attack man and domestic animals.BIOL 5736. CYTOLOGY. Three credit hours.Two hours of lecture and one three-hourlaboratory per week.Cell function and organization revealed bymicroscopic and ultra-microscopic structures,related to the metabolic, synthetic and replicatingsystem in cells.BIOL 5755. VIROLOGY. Three credit hours.Two hours of lecture and one three-hourlaboratory per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 3770.The classification, structure, physiology andbiochemical activities of viruses.BIOL 5765. MYCOLOGY. Three credit hours.Two hours of lecture and one three-hourlaboratory per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 3770.A study of the morphology, physiology,classification and relation of fungi to man.Emphasis is given to the isolation andidentification of the different groups.BIOL 4516 and PHCS 3151) or (BIOL 4505 andPHCS 3151) or consent of the Director of theDepartment.A systematic study of the dysfunctions of thecardiovascular, digestive, respiratory,genitourinary and endocrine systems.BIOL 5815. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR. Threecredit hours. Two hours of lecture and onethree-hour laboratory per week.A study of activities and responses of animals inmeeting their life requirements. Field trips.BIOL 5955. INTRODUCTION TORESEARCH METHODS IN ECOLOGY. Threecredit hours. One hour of lecture and two threehourlaboratory periods per week. Prerequisite:BIOL 3125.Field and laboratory exercises serve to introducethe student to the basic methods used inecological research. The student is trained in theuse of computers for the analysis of ecologicaldata.BIOL 5990. FIELD BIOLOGY WORKSHOP.One to three credit hours. Thirty to sixty hoursof workshop/practice per credit. Prerequisite:Consent of the Director of the Department.Intensive practical experience in selected areasof field biology, in or outside of Puerto Rico. Afinal written report will be required.BOTANYUNDERGRADUATE COURSEBOTA 4995-4996. SPECIAL PROBLEMS INBOTANY. One to three credit hours persemester. One to three research classes per weekeach semester. Prerequisite: Consent of theDepartment Director.Designed for students to undertake specialproblems or investigations. A written report isrequired upon completion of the course.BIOL 5786. PATHOLOGIC HUMANBIOLOGY. Three credit hours. Three hours oflecture per week. Prerequisites: (BIOL 4515 and116