Biology (Biol)
1A. Plant Biology (3)
Not open to students with credit in Biol 2A or Bot 1. Structure,
function, ecology, and economic study of plants including heredity
and evolution. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
1B. Animal Biology (3)
Not open to students with credit in Biol 2A or Zool 1. Structure,
function, ecology and economic study of animals; physiology as
applied to man. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
2A. Life Science (3)
Not open to students with credit in Biol 1A, 1B, Bot 1 or Zool
1. Principles of biology related to the cell, maintenance, and
rciation of living organisms, heredity and elementary processes
of evolution. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
2B. Life Science (3)
Prerequisite: Biol 2A. Principles of biology related to reproduction,
mechanisms of evolution, diversity of life, populations and communities,
biogeography, history of life. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
66. General Human Anatomy (3)
Recommended: an introductory college biology course. Structure
of the human body. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
101. Nature Study (2)
Concurrently with Biol 102. Prerequisite. 9 units of natural science
including a general biology, botany, or zoology course. Choice
and development of natural science materials for elementary schools.
102. Nature Study Laboratory (1)
Concurrently with Biol 101. Problems and projects for elementary
school. (3 lab or field hours)
112. Field Biology (3)
For biology minors only. Prerequisite: Biol 1A-B, 2A-B or equivalent.
Local environmental and biotic interdependencies. (2 lecture,
3 lab or field hours)
116. Microscopic Technique (3)
Prerequisite: 3 units of biology. Preparation of plant and animal
tissues for microscopic study. (9 lab hours)
120. Genetics (3)
Prerequisite: college zoology or botany. Principles of biological
inheritance, including gene structure, gene function, statistical
methods, problem solving, and human genetics.
120L. Genetics Laboratory (2)
Prerequisite or concurrently: Biol 120. Experimental studies on
inheritance in plants and animals, including man. (6 lab hours)
133. Aquatic Biology (4)
Prerequisite: one year college biology, one semester college chemistry.
Geology, chemistry, physics of inland waters as related to biology;
community structure, ecological interactions, adaptations, and
identification of aquatic organisms. (2 lec- ture, 6 lab or field
hours)
151. Heredity and Evolution (3)
Not open to students with credit in Zool 175 or Biol 120. Prerequisite:
Biol IB, 2A-B or equivalent. Heredity of man and principles of
organic change.
157. Conservation of Natural Resources (3) (Same as E Ed
157)
(Same as T Ed 157.) Prerequisite: biological and physical science.
Problems in conservation of natural resources in the United States;
water supply, soils, minerals, metals, petroleum, natural gas,
grasslands, forests, fisheries, wildlife, and recreational areas;
local, state, and national plans and organizations for conservation;
educational implications and techniques.
162. Biological Techniques (3)
Open to credential candidates in the life science or physical
science waiver program; course meets the professional education
requirement of 30 units for the clear credential. Collection and
preparation of biological materials and specimens for instruction
in secondary schools.
173. Great Men of Science (2)
Prerequisite: college botany or zoology. Men from all fields of
science and their contributions.
180. Cytology (4)
Prerequisite: Biol 130. Methods of cell research; cellular ultrastructure,
cell function as an expression of structure. (3 lecture, 3 lab
hours)
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
(See Course Numbering System.)
Biology (Biol)
200. Principles and Great Experiments in Biology (2)
Development and influence of current biological thought.
204. Biology of Speciation (2)
Prerequisites: major in the Biology Department, Biol 120, and
an approved field course. Evolution as a process with emphasis
on evolutionary mechanisms of plants.
206. Principles of Taxonomy (2)
Zoological nomenclature and related fields.
208. Field Work in Biology (1-6; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Botanical and zoological
field studies. Field trips may be required.
220. Insect Toxicology (3)
Prerequisite: Ent 101, Chem 8. Mode of action of insecticides
and other toxicants in insects and other animals; physical and
chemical properties. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
225. Insect Taxonomy (2; max total 4)
Prerequisite: Ent 101, 115. Indentification and classification
of major and specific groups of family and generic status. (6
lab hours)
250. Scientific Research Reporting (2)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Techniques of scientific
photography and writing, illustrating emphasized. (1 lecture,
3 lab hours)
255. Topics in Botany (2; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Investigation of selected
area in the field of botany.
258. Experimental Virology (3)
Prerequisite:permission of instructor. Experimental procedures
used in bacteriophage and animal virus research, collection and
presentation of data.
259. Experimantal Infectious Pathology (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. The production and
study of tissue changes resulting from infection with microscopic
organisms.
260. Topics in Microbiology (2; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Intensive investigation
of selected areas in microbiology.
265. Topics in Physiology (2; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Investigation of selected
areas in the field of physiology.
270. Topics in Zoology (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Investigation of new fields,
areas not in current courses, or advanced studies in a given area.
Topics may include animal behavior, taxonomic methodology, taxonomy
of immature insects, experimental embryology.
281T. Seminar in Biological Science (1; max see below)
Maximum total credit 5 units; not more than 2 units in each field.
Prerequisite: one of the majors on the biology department. Reviews
and reports on recent literature and problems in biology, botany,
entomology, microbiology and zoology.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement Independent Study.
299. Thesis (2-4; max total 4)
Prerequisite: See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation,
completion, and submis sion of an acceptable thesis for the master's
degree.
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* Late afternoon, Satruday, and/or overnight field trips may
be required.
(See Course Numbering System.)
Biology (Biol)
302T. Topics in Biology (3; max total 6)
104. Plant Physiology (4)
Prerequisites: College botany, Chem 1A or 2A-B. General metabolism
and related processes. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
106. Plant Taxonomy (4)
Prerequisite: college botony. Principles of plant classification;
local flora. (1 lecture, 9 lab or field hours)*
107. Plant Ecology (3)
Prerequisite: college botany. Interrelations of plants and environment.
(2 lecture, 3 lab or field hours)*
134. Plant Anatomy (4)
Prerequisites: college botany. Inititation, development and structure
of cells, tissue systems in roots, stems, leaves. (2 lecture,
3 lab hours)
135. Morphology of Nonvascular Plants (3)
Prerequisites: college botany. Comparative structure and phylogeny
of the fungi, algae, mosses, and liverworts. (2 lecture, 3 lab
hours)
136. Morphology of Vascular Plants (4)
Prerequisites: college botany. Comparative structure and phylogeny
of ferns and seed plants. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
137. Plant Morphogenesis (4)
Prerequisites: Bot 1 or Biol 1A. Morphological and physiological
factors involved in the organization and development of plants.
(2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
140. General Mycology (4)
Prerequisites: college botany or college microbiology. Structure,
development, physiology, classification and economic importance
of representative genera and species of the fungi. (3 lecture,
3 lab hours)
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
200 Series
Graduate courses are listed under Biology.
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* Late afternoon, Satruday, and/or overnight field trips may
be required.
106. Economic Entomology (3)
(See Ag 106)
107. Medical Entomology (3)
Arthropod-borne diseases of man and animals and arthropod vectors
of the diseases.
107L. Medical Entomology Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite or concurrently: Ent 107. (3 lab hours)
110. Insect Physiology (3)
Prerequisite: Ent l01. Principles of physiology as applied to
insects; functions of insect body, tissues, and organs. (2 lecture,
3 lab or demonstration hours)
115. Insect Morphology (4)
Prerequisite: Ent l01. Comparative study of the form and structure
of insects; external and internal anatomy. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
190. Independent Study (l-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement - Independent Study.
200 Series.
Graduate courses are listed under Biology.
104. Microbiology (5)
For majors. Prerequisites: organic chemistry; Biol 1A or Bot 1.
Morphological and physiological consideration of the Schizomycetes
and selected unicellular Eumycetes; techniques; illustration of
principles and determinative bacteriology in the laboratory. (3
lecture, 6 lab hours)
117. Serology and Immunology (4)
Prerequisites: Mcrb 104 and Chem 8. Principles and applications
of plasma changes in presence of antigens. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
118. Bacteriology of Human Disease (5)
Prerequisite: Mcrb 104, 117, Chem 8. Bacterial, mycotic and viral
etiological agents of human disease. (3 lecture, 6 lab hours)
150. Medical Mycology (4)
Prerequisite: Biol 1A or Bot 1 and Mcrb 140 or 20. Morphology,
physiology, and principles of pathogenicity of mycotic agents
of human and animal disease. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
161. Microbial Physiology (4)
Prerequisite: Mcrb 140, Chem 8. Structure, and physiological functions
in the microbial cell. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
185. Virology (4)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Biological and chemical
aspects of viruses. Techniques of viral cultivation, detection
and assay; illustration of principles.(2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
189. Microbial Genetics (4)
Prerequisite: Biol 140A-B. The nature of genetic information,
its mutation, transfer, and recombination in cells. (2 lecture,
6 lab hours)
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
200 series. Graduate courses are listed under Biology.
140. Comparative Animal Physiology (4)
Prerequisite: Biol 140A-B. Evolution of physiological systems;
functional adaptations to different environments; physiological
principles as applied to animals. (3 lecture, 3 lab hours)
170. Cell Physiology (4)
Prerequisites: organic chemistry. Methods, structural bases, cytoplasmic
organoid, molecular components, metabolism. (3 lecture, 3 lab
hours)
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study. .
200 Series
Graduate courses are listed under Biology.
(See also Bot 130, 133, 137; Genet 172; Mcrb 161 .)
103. Vertebrate Zoology (3)
Prerequisites: college zoology. Study of the vertebrates. (2 lecture,
3 lab hours)
108. Parasitology (4)
Prerequisites: college zoology; Chem 1A or 2A-B. Biology of parasites
living in human beings. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
113. Natural History of Vertebrates (4)
Prerequisite: college zoology. Vertebrate classes; natural history
of local species. (3 lecture, 3 lab or field hours)
114. Invertebrate Zoology (3)
Prerequisites: college zoology. Invertebrates exclusive of insects,
parasitic protozoa and helminths. (2 lecture, 3 lab or field hours)
134. Wildlife Management (3)
Prerequisite: Zool 103 or 113. or permission of instructor. Relation
of vertebrates to human affairs. (2 lecture, 3 lab or field hours)
135. Mammalogy (3)
Prerequisite: Zool 103 or 113. or permission of instructor. Mammals
of the world with emphasis on local species. (2 lecture, 3 lab
or field hours)
137. Herpetology (4)
Prerequisite: Zool 103 or 113. or permission of instructor. Reptiles
and amphibians of the world with emphasis on local species. (2
lecture, 3 lab or field hours)*
138. Animal Ecology (3)
Prerequisite: college biology, including zoology; or permission
of instructor. Environmental relationships of local vertebrates.
(2 lecture, 3 lab or field hours)
140. Ichthyology 4)
Prerequisite: Zool 103 or 113. or permission of instructor. Idnetification,
natural history, distribution, ecology and management of fishes;
freshwater fishes of California, native and introduced.
157. Histology (4)
Prerequisites: college zoology. Identification and study of vertebrate
cells, tissues, and organs. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
158. Elementary Hematology (4)
Prerequisite: Physio 1 or Zool 157. Identification of blood cells
and practice in hematological procedures. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
160. Comparative Embryology of Vertebrates (4)
Prerequisites: college zoology. Principles of development in amphioxus,
frog, chick, and pig and human. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
164. Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates (4)
Prerequisite: college zoology. Comparison of structures in selected
invertibrates. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
165. Ornithology (4)
Prerequisite: Zool 103 or 113. or permission of instructor. Introduction
to the identification and natural history of birds with emphasis
on local species. (2 lecture, 3 lab or field hours)*
175. Vertebrate Evolution (3)
Prerequisite: Biol 135; Zool 103 or 113. The course of evolution
of the higher vertebrates including present concepts of speciation.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
200 Series
Graduate courses are listed under Biology.
Moss Landing Laboratoy Courses
Note: The following courses are offered at the Moss
Landing Marine Laboratories. See Special Programs - Mass Landing
Laboratories; see also Geol 109.
101. General Oceanography (4)
Prerequisite: college chemistry and biology. An interdisciplinary
examination of physical and chemical characteristics of seawater,
distribution and effects of ocean currents, geology of the ocean
floor and relations of organisms to the marine environment, (3
lecture, 3 lab or field hours)
111. Zoology of Marine Vertebrates (4)
Prerequisite: college zoology or equivalent. Field-oriented study
of the natural history, ethology, physiology, identification,
and systematics of vertebrates living in or associated with marine,
estuarine, and shore communities; interrelationships among organisms
within these environments. (2 lecture, 6 lab or field hours)
121. Marine Invertebrate Zoology (4)
Prerequisite: college zoology or permission of instructor. Field-oriented
study of adaptations and responses of invertibrate animals to
their marine and estuarine habitats; inter-relationships or organisms
within these environments. Emphasis on field observation, collection,
identification, and systematics. (2 lecture, 6 lab or field hours)
131. Marine Algology (4)
Prerequisite: college botany or equivalent. Field-oriented study
of the ecological associations, physiology, identification, and
systematics of marine and estuarine algae, with emphasis on community
relationships. (3 lecture, 3 lab and 6 field hours)
133. Micropaleontology (3)
Prerequisite: college general geology or zoology. Fossil micro-organisms:
stratigraphic and environmental significance of foraminifera.
(2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
141. Geological Oceanography (4)
Prerequisite: M Sci 142 or 143 (concurrent enrollment satisfactory.)
Structures, physiography, and sediments of the sea bottom and
shoreline. (3 lecture, 3 lab or field hours)
161. Marine Ecology (3)
Prerequisite: basic ecology, college mathematics and chemistry.
Field-oriented exploration of the physical parameters of marine
estuarine and freshwater environment with emphasis upon ecological
and physiological responses of plants and animals to limiting
factors of these environments. (2 lecture, 3 lab or field hours)
180. Special Problems in Marine Sciences (1-3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Open only to undergraduate
students having adequate subject matter preparation for the selected
problem. Faculty directed study of selected research problems
in the marine sciences. (3 conference, lab and field hours per
unit.)
181. Literature of the Marine Sciences (l)
Prerequisite: college chemistry and biology. Directed studies
of selected works from the pertinent literature as basis for colloquium
and seminar presentations and discussions.
185T. Topics in Marine Science (1-6)
Topics in botany, zoology, chemistry, geography, geology, and
other associated areas of the marine sciences: ichthyology, behavior
of marine animals, chemical oceanography, physical oceanography,
meteorology of the oceans.
Graduate Courses
281. Advanced Studies in the Marine Sciences (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Studies of the historic roots
of the marine sciences and evolution of major principles and concepts;
analyses of selected researches from recent scientific literature,
experience with problem-solving approaches to marine science studies.
298. Research in the Marine Sciences (1-3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Independent investigations
of an advanced character for the graduate student with adequate
preparation. (3 conference, lab, and field hours per unit)