GENETICS COURSE
New Move By University
Extension of the teaching of genetics in the zoology department of the University of Canterbury is part of a longterm plan to give a common flrst-year course in biology to students of both zoology and botany.
In the past flrst-year students of zoology have had some basic genetics and stage II has had about a fortnight on this topic. New entrants will now get more and stage II will have about six weeks with eight hours a week on genetics. The study will carry on to higher stages. This is part of a change of emphasis in the department which will now provide more experimental work at all levels, more physiology, and more practical ecology (previously largely covered on field trips). In this framework there will be more attention to statistical procedures. All this is part of a worldwide “revolution” in the teaching of biology which, in New Zealand, is also expected to extend down to secondary schools where a radically new biology syllabus is now being planned for introduction next year.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31001, 5 March 1966, Page 19
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178GENETICS COURSE Press, Volume CV, Issue 31001, 5 March 1966, Page 19
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