Course Specifics: Fall Semester, 1995 Special Studies, Biol 2984 Index Number 9309 Wednesdays, 4-4:50pm 110 Randolph Hall

Course Instructor: Dr. Donald Mullins Entomology Department 319 Price Hall Phone: 540/231-5978 Email: mullinsd@vt.edu

• To assist students in developing an awareness and appreciation of biology as part of human history, and how it will provide for our future environmental, technological, cultural, social and governmental needs.
• To assist students in selecting an area of career-oriented study in the biological sciences or closely related fields.

• One credit hour; one lecture per week.
• A field trip visit to each of the participating colleges will be arranged during one lecture period.
• An A-F grading scale will be used.

Students enrolled in this course will be required to:

1. Attend all lectures (30% of final grade "pop" quizzes)
2. Develop a plan of study for their undergraduate degree (10%)
3. Describe a professional day (8:00 am-5:00 pm) ten years from the present (10%)
4. Describe a graduate program related to their area of interest and outline the steps which are required to enter such a program (15%)
5. Take a final exam (35%)

• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
• College of Forestry and Wildlife Resources
• College of Human Resources
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• University Academic Advising Center