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                      | 2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG] 
 
   |  BI 334 Vertebrate BiologyStudy of local and global vertebrate communities and the careers of people who work with them. Human-caused interactions between evolution, ecology, development, life history, behavior and functional morphology of fishes, mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles are emphasized. Natural history observations and a service learning project are required. A bound weatherproof field notebook is required for lab notes, field trips and natural history observations. We will focus on reading current primary literature and using field guides. This is a science communication course with many short written responses, observations, hypothesis papers, a service learning project and a research project.
 
 Three lecture/discussion hours and three field/laboratory hours weekly.
 
 Prerequisite: BI 211   and BI 242   or written permission of the instructor and Department Chair.
 Corequisite: BI334L
 
 
 
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