2022-2023 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog 
    
    Apr 20, 2024  
2022-2023 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Education & All-University Requirements  

 

Zoology

  
  • ZOOL 354 - Herpetology

    Units: 4

    Biology, classification, anatomy, distribution, and life histories of amphibians and reptiles.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 105  and ZOOL 110 ; all with grades of C- or higher.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ZOOL 356 - Mammalogy

    Units: 3

    Comparative mammalian biology. Systematics, morphology, behavior, reproduction, physiology, ecology, zoogeography.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 105  and ZOOL 110 ; all with grades of C- or higher.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • ZOOL 358 - General Entomology

    Units: 4

    Classification, identification, anatomy, physiology, ecology, behavior, control of insects.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 105  and ZOOL 110 ; all with grades of C- or higher.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ZOOL 370 - Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates

    Units: 4

    Anatomy of organs/systems of various vertebrate classes and cephalochordates. Evolutionary derivations; adaptive significance.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 105  and ZOOL 110 ; all with grades of C- or higher.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Lecture 2 hrs. Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ZOOL 430 - Comparative Animal Behavior

    Units: 4

    Vertebrates and invertebrates. Development of modern principles of ethology.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 105  and ZOOL 110 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 2 hrs. Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ZOOL 476 - Principles of Animal Development

    Units: 4

    Mechanisms of differentiation at molecular, cellular, and tissue levels. Descriptive morphology of embryonic development in invertebrate and vertebrate model organisms.
    Division: Upper Division
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 350  and ZOOL 110 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 3 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ZOOL 480 - Selected Topics in Zoology

    Units: 0.5-3

    Topics in response to current advances and as demand warrants.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 0.5-3
  
  • ZOOL 480L - Selected Topics in Zoology

    Units: 0.5-3

    Topics in response to current advances and as demand warrants.
    Division: Upper Division
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: Instructor Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Laboratory hrs TBD

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Units: 0.5-3
  
  • ZOOL 530 - Benthic Ecology

    Units: 3

    Sublittoral marine environment. Original literature on synecological investigations. Field/lab: detailed analysis of benthic communities.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: BIOL 430  and ZOOL 314 , or equivalent.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • ZOOL 552 - Advanced Invertebrate Zoology

    Units: 3

    Typically focuses either on a particular taxon (Crustacea, Mollusca) or special field (behavior, systematics, functional morphology, feeding strategies).
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: ZOOL 314  or equivalent.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 2 hrs. Laboratory 3 hrs.

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Units: 3
  
  • ZOOL 556 - Marine Mammalogy

    Units: 4

    Comparative biology. Systematics, habits, adaptive modifications, history of whaling.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: ZOOL 356  or equivalent.
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Course fees: See class schedule for fee information
    Weekly: Seminar 2 hrs. Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ZOOL 560 - Advanced Mammalogy

    Units: 4

    Assigned readings; field and lab investigations.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: ZOOL 356 .
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar 2 hrs. Laboratory 6 hrs.

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Units: 4
  
  • ZOOL 580 - Selected Topics in Zoology

    Units: 1-3

    Topics based on current advances and as demand warrants.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: grad standing and IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Seminar hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
  
  • ZOOL 580L - Selected Topics in Zoology

    Units: 1-3

    Topics based on current advances and as demand warrants.
    Division: Graduate
    Requisites: Pre-requisite: grad standing and IA.
    Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
    Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
    Grading mode: Optional Grade Basis
    Weekly: Laboratory hrs TBD

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Units: 1-3
 

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