Biology 461 - Vertebrate Collections Mgmnt

This course focuses on the creation, maintenance and utlitiy of vbertebrate collections. Students learn to legally obtain, prepre, catalogue and store specimens in the University's collections. Prerequisites: Instructor's permission required to enroll. Grades of C or higher in Biology 100 & 101. In addition it is preferable that the student has recieved a C or higher in a 500 level Biology Lab such as Comp. Vert. Anat., Ichthoyology, Mammalogy, Herpetology, Vert. Fossils and Evol. or Ornithology.