VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY BIO
254.01 and BIO256.01
Syllabus, Spring 2007
TR 8:15-9:05 am
Yancey 120
Course
Description and Objectives:
The purpose of this course
is to acquaint the student with the diversity, biology and comparative anatomy of the
Subphylum Vertebrata. In lab the student is expected to master the anatomy of the
shark, Necturus and cat and become
familiar with the anatomy of other vertebrates.
Prerequisite: BIO205, 207,
Invertebrate Zoology
Text: Pough, F.H., C.M. Janis, and J.B. Heisser. 2005. Vertebrate Life. 7th edition. Prentice Hall Publishers 684 pp.