The course is designed to introduce students to a comparative study of the principal organ systems of vertebrates (i.e., fishes, sea turtles, marine birds, marine mammals) that are specifically adapted to the marine environment. Rather than focusing only on description of anatomical structure, the anatomy of structures are investigated with function, biological role, and evolutionary relationships. Laboratory exercises cover osteology, dissection, behavior and biomechanics. Special fee. Prereq: one year college biology/or permission. Permission required. (Summers only at Shoals Marine Lab.)

This course focuses on practical application of current research and concepts in human behavior in order to understand and analyze organizations. Interpersonal processes, problem-solving, and managerial decision-making are considered through examination of the roles of power, politics, ethics, and conflict in organizations. Topics may include individual behavior, motivation and performance, interpersonal relations, small group relations, the role of leadership, and organizational culture.

Today's workforce is diverse; individuals are frequently interacting with peers, managers and customers, each with different backgrounds, experiences, group affiliations, neurodiversity, sexual orientations, religions, and identities. With equity and respect, these differences can enhance performance and creativity; workplace diversity can also help to increase employee and customer engagement, contentment, and inclusion. This course explores ways in which employees and managers can cultivate an inclusive workplace culture and offers means for expanding appreciation of each individual's uniqueness. This course may review paradigms that limit and promote inclusion, such as unconscious biases, behavioral change, leadership, acknowledgement of the dimensions of diversity, and enforcement of patterns by employers, employees, and society as a whole. Recommended: MGMT 566G Organizational Behavior.

A successful financial manager focuses on maximizing shareholder wealth, while also considering other stakeholders such as employees and communities. This course utilizes financial formulas, tables, and spreadsheets to focus on the financial functions of analysis, planning and decision-making, and control. Topics may include financial statement analysis and forecasting, working capital policy, cost of capital and capital budgeting techniques, interaction with financial markets, and time value of money techniques. NOTE: MATH 504G Statistics is recommended.