Dr Finkler's Courses

 


PHSL P215 Basic Human Physiology w/ Lab (5 cr.)

Fall and Spring every year, occasional Summer II.  Recommend completion of A215 and C106 prior to enrollment. Functional aspects of cells, tissues, organs, and systems in mammalian organisms.  Designed for pre-professional students in allied health, nursing, speech and hearing, and HPER
BIOL L367 Cell Physiology (3 cr.)
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Fall alternate years (even-numbered).  Prerequisites: an introductory biology and general chemistry course.  Recommended:  organic chemistry.  Introduction to biochemical structure and metabolic activities of plant, animal and microbial cells; physiology of membranes; locomotion and response; growth, division and differentiation of cells.
PHSL P416 Comparative Animal Physiology (3 cr.)

Fall alternate years (odd-numbered).  Prerequisites: C106, 2 college biology courses, and one college mathematics course.  Physiological principles of respiratory, circulatory, excretory and related systems in a variety of invertebrate and vertebrate animals.  
BIOL L490 Individual Study (credits arranged, 12 cr. max)

Arranged, available fall, spring, summer.  Prerequisites: overall GPA of 2.5; must have written consent of faculty member supervising research.  Assist in Dr. Finkler's ecological physiology research program. Must complete a written assignment as evidence of each semester's work, and must present oral presentation to complete more than 6 credit hours. 

LBST D503 Science Seminar - Dinosaurs: an Introduction to Integrative Science (3 cr.)
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Every third semester beginning Fall 2004.  Students must be enrolled in the Master's of Liberal Studies degree program.  An introduction to the taxonomy, ecology, and physiology of dinosaurs and their contemporaries; the history of dinosaur research and scientific, mathematical, and theoretical techniques used to understand them; the impact of dinosaurs on modern science and culture.