BIOL 356 Comparative Biomechanics (4)

The study of organismal structure and function using Newtonian physics to model and understand structure-function relationships, how structure-function relationships regulate animal behaviors, and more broadly, how these relationships connect with organismal ecology, evolution and diversity. Lectures three hours per week; laboratory three hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 111, BIOL 111L, BIOL 112, BIOL 112L, and BIOL 211(or BIOL 213)
Corequisite(s): BIOL 356L
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): BIOL 305, MATH 250, and PHYS 101, PHYS 101L( or PHYS 111, PHYS 111L)
Course Frequency: Occasional