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Required course in the first year medical student curriculum.
FAE third year students only: TA in Human Anatomy labs.
Contact Dr. Ruff with course specifics.
Course in the evolution of primates.
The course will cover the foundations of cladistics, introduction to cladistic algorithms, and cladistic implicat ions to functional morphology, biogeography, and oher evoluationay disciplines.
TA in Summer Anatomy lab; actual course dates are June 5, 2017 thru June 30, 2017
This course provides the foundations for the statistical analysis of biological shape including both theoretical underpinnings as well as applied methodologies. Topics will include collection of landmark and continuous data, superimposition methods, statistical analyses and methods for visualization of shape variation.
Lecture only portion of SFM Human Anatomy
This course will explore the evolutionary history of the mammals. Topics covered will include mammalian origins, Mesozoic mammal diversity, early Cenozoic mammals, and the evolution and adaptations of extant Monotremata, Metatheria, and Eutheria. Evolutionary theory, phylogeny reconstruction techniques, biogeography, and continental drift and the geological history of the earth will also be discussed in the context of mammalian evolution.
Lecture only portion of SFM Human Anatomy
This course examines the theory and techniques of evolutionary analysis with special emphasis on vertebrate anatomical and developmental systems. We will examine and critique classic and emerging viewpoints regarding core evolutionary concepts, review basic approaches to tree construction, and investigate methods for studying evolution in a comparative phylogenetic context.
Introduction to basics of histology, using online M-scope imagery and Inversuse-lecutres developed for Scientific Foundations of Medicine, plus individual instruction by FAE faculty.
Supervised small group cadaveric dissection focusing on more detailed understanding of specific systems and regional anatomy, anatomical variation, clinical correlations, and comparative anamony.
Training in lecturing, small group leadership for presentation of anatomical material; including giving one lecture and assisting in labs in ME:130.300.
Introduction to basics of histology, using online M-scope imagery and Inversus e-lectures developed for Scientific Foundations of Medicine, plus individual instruction by FAE faculty.
A supervised small group cadaveric dissection course focusing on more detailed understanding of specific systems and regional anatomy, anatomical vartiation, clinical correlations, and comparative anatomy.
Training in lecturing, small group leadership for presentation of anatomical material; includes giving one lecture and assisting in labs in SOM ME:130.300.
This course is designed to give graduate students the fundamentsl to all aspects of human anatomy, and includes demonstrations using human cadavers.
Research and preparation of dissertation.
The course will cover dinosaur diversity, functional morphology, systematics, evolutionary biology (including the origin of birds), and their end-Mesozoic mass extinction.
Predissertation research course for 2nd year FAE students only.
For 1st year FAE students only.
Functional Anatomy and Evoluation research rotation
This course will explore the range of diets known for extant primates, and the degree to which the evolution of diet ecology has shaped the morphology and physiology of skeletal and soft tissues. Students will be introduced to different ways to characterize diet, test hypotheses concerning adaptation, and to recover ecological signal in a paleontological context.
This course provides the foundations for the statistical analysis of biological shape including both theoretical underpinnings as well as applied methodologies. Topics will include collection of landmark and continuous data, superimposition methods, statistical analyses and methods for visualization of shape variation.