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Course code: VVSS00219o12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Biology
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 0
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Zenon Sołtysiak
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: During this course students receive theoretical knowledge and practical skills allowing them to identify and classify species plant and animal. They will know the impact and adaptation of those organisms to the environment. The student can design a herbarium by himself.
Competences: After passing the course students are able to recognize and differentiate typical plant and animal species, their organs and macro- and microscopic structure.
Prerequisites: Basic Biology
Course content: Rules of plant and animal contemporary taxonomy and the species definition. The course of zoology includes protozoology, phylogeny and nomenclature of the Invertebrates. It also contains a presentation and observation of the anatomy, breed and evolution of chosen examples and coexistence of the structure and function as well as adaptation to the natural environment. The botany course includes morphology and life cycles of mosses, ferns and seed plants and also the economic importance of plants with particular reference to their medical importance, poisoning possibilities of forage crops and protected species.
Recommended literature: Dobrowolski K. A. 1974. Zoologia, Wyd. Szkolne i Pedagogiczne, Warszawa.; Grabda E.1972. Zoologia, PWN, Warszawa; Szeykowscy A. i J. 1993. Botanika, PWN, Warszawa.
Assessment methods: Passing grades of practical course and written exam. Minimum required knowledge for passing: 70%.
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