Teaching
Vertebrate Functional Morphology (BSC 400/500)
The main objective of this course is for students to gain an understanding of the comparative anatomy of vertebrates and the evolutionary changes and trends in vertebrate morphology. Students become familiar with the relationship between form and function, and how these two features have co-evolved with the evolution of the vertebrates. In the laboratory segment of this course students become familiar with the basic anatomy of vertebrates, with an emphasis on the shark, salamander, and cat, and describe the anatomy of another vertebrate of choice.
Recent syllabus for Vertebrate Functinoal Morphology
Human Physiology (BSC 424/524)
Students in this course gain an understanding of the principles of physiological design and the underlying mechanisms of physiological performance among different organ systems. The course focuses on the integration of physiology and structure at different levels of organization (cellular to organismal) to explain the operation and regulation of physiological processes within the human body.
Recent syllabus for Human Physiology
Human Physiology Laboratory (BSC 425/525)
This course allow students to gain hands-on an understanding of the principles and mechanisms of the physiology of organ systems within the human body by undertaking measurements using a variety of physiological instrumentation. Students measure neural conductance and performance and the response of the cardiac and pulmonary system to varying levels of demand in the first half of the course. The second half of the course it devoted to human energetics where each student measures their metabolic rate under different levels of activity, quantify their ingested energy, and construct a weekly energy budget.
Recent syllabus for Human Physiology Laboratory
