Form Feeds Function in Vertebrate ESvolution (lecture series)

UMass Lowell
Undergraduate
Course not available for
UMass Amherst, UMass Chan Medical School
This course provides a solid functional-comparative understanding of how vertebrates, including ourselves, are built, function and evolve. Lectures explore how form (anatomy or morphology) feeds function (physiology and biomechanics) in movement biology (locomotion, feeding, sensing, cardiorespiratory). Only by understanding comparative evolutionary history can you appreciate how animals came on land, vertebrates became Olympian movers, humans and birds became bipedal, why we use parts of the ancestral jaw to hear, and how we avoid choking when swallowing. Such knowledge is key for medical and veterinary school and will support you in biomedical and biotechnology fields, and in various general science disciplines. The course emphasizes modes of thought, including the differences between evidence and inference, and between correlation and causality. Tuning your way of thinking and dealing with information will aid you for the rest of your life, not just in your profession.
Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechancs
Course Number
BIOL.4480
Section
101A
Credits
3
Instructor Name
Jerome Delhommelle
Instructor Email
Nicolai_Konow@uml.edu

Prerequisite

Lab section of same course

Schedule & Modality

WF, 11:00am - 12:15 PM
In-Person

Enrollment Numbers

Capacity
16

How to Register

In order to register for an ICX course, students must fill out the ICX registration form.  The form must be signed by the student's advisor or graduate coordinator, by the department chair or appropriate person.  The form is sent to the host campus and is signed by the department chair and instructor of the course. If there are seats available, the student will be enrolled.  A shadow course will be created on the student’s home campus allowing the credit to be added to the student’s transcript.  The UMass registrars will ensure that proper credits are given to the student and that no charges incur from the host campus.