Course Description
Examination and identification of protists in samples from nature, methods of isolating and culturing protists, and experimental investigations of protists.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be required to 1) isolate and culture a
heterotrophic protist and 2) design an instructor-approved
experimental investigation of a protist of their choice, write
up their study in a lab report and give an oral presentation of
it to the class.
Athena Title
BIOL OF PROTIST LAB
Prerequisite
BIOL 1104L or BIOL 1108L or BIOL 2108L or PBIO(BIOL) 1220L
Corequisite
CBIO(PBIO) 4600/6600
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students will be able to 1) properly use a light microscope, 2) collect a sample of protists from nature, 2) identify the majority of protists in such a sample, 3) draw and label protists seen in the light microscope, 4) isolate and culture protists, 5) use the scientific process to carry out instructor-designed studies on protists. Students will have learned how to isolate and culture a heterotrophic protist and will have used the scientific process to carry out a student-designed experimental study of a protist.
Topical Outline
Use of the light microscope Collecting protists from nature Identification of living and preserved protists Drawing and labeling protists Isolating and culturing protists Experimental manipulation of protists The course syllabus is a general plan for the course; deviations announced to the class by the instructor may be necessary.