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Course code: BŻS10003o12Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: ZOOLOGY
Major: Food Safety
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Joanna Mąkol, prof. UP
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: W1 – knows the backgrounds of systematics and classification of selected groups of Protista and of invertebrate animals, knows their origin, structure, biology and importance [BZ_W01, BZ_W10]; W2 – describes the external and internal morphology of animals [BZ_W01]; W3 – understands the increasing complexity of animal structure, resulting from the sequence of evolutionary events [BZ_W01, BZ_W10]; W4 – possesses the general knowledge of life functions of representatives of the kingdoms Protista and Animalia and of relations between the different groups of heterotrophs [BZ_W01, BZ_W02]; W5 – knows the phylogenetic relationships between the major taxa of Animalia [BZ_W01]; W6 – knows the regulations concerning the protection of animals in Poland; knows the methods of collecting, preservation, storing and labeling of invertebrates [BZ_W16]; W7 – describes the taxa of economic importance (pests, parasites, invertebrates applied in biological control and used in food industry) [BZ_W01]. Skills: Student: U1 – operates the light– and stereomicroscopes; safely deals with the preserved material (invertebrate animals); carries out, under close supervision and direction, basic research tasks [BZ_U04]; U2 – identifies the representatives of particular classes of animals and – in case of native fauna – the representatives of orders (or lower taxonomic categories, as far as protected taxa and taxa of economic importance are concerned); is able to analyze the potential threat and to indicate critical check-points at each phase of food processing; applies the methods of analysis and evaluation of raw materials, animal products and fodder [BZ_U07, BZ_U11]; U3 – can select the adequate study techniques (methods of collecting, preservation, dissection, observation and identification) applied in relation to various groups of organisms; is able to estimate the condition of agricultural environment as well as of animals in terms related to food safety [BZ_U13, BZ_U14].
Competences: Student: K1 – understands the increasing complexity of animal architecture, being in concordance with the evolutionary process; is aware of the importance of environment condition around the centers of plant and animal production, aiming at minimizing the food safety risks in the food processing industry [BZ_K04]; K2 – is aware of the collective responsibility for fulfilling the tasks assigned to the team [BZ_K03]; K3 – is responsible for the equipment he/she was entrusted with [BZ_K03].
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Course content: Course contents: General characteristics of unicellular organisms (Protista) and of animals (Animalia), origin of animals, living environment; basics of classification, systematics and phylogeny; structure and functions of heterotrophic organisms; life cycles; ontogeny and phylogeny; origin of major groups of Metazoa; systematic review; pests and parasites; invertebrates applied in biological control and in food industry; methods applied in the forensic entomology and acarology; methods of collecting of animals; review of the Polish fauna, regulations concerning the animal protection in Poland.
Recommended literature: Recommended literature: 1. Błaszak Cz. (red.). Zoologia t. 2. Stawonogi. PWN, Warszawa, 2011; 2. Błaszak Cz. (red.): Zoologia t. 1. Bezkręgowce. PWN, Warszawa, 2009; 3. Rajski A.: Zoologia. T. I i II. PWN, Warszawa, 1998; 4. Czapik A.: Podstawy protozoologii. PWN, Warszawa, 1992; 5. Deryło A. (red.): Parazytologia i akaroentomologia medyczna. PWN, Warszawa, 2002; 6. Futuyma D.J.: Ewolucja. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2005.
Assessment methods: Grade component – practicals: at nine practicals – short tests scored in points (grade points available – 4 per test at maximum); during the semester three large tests (grade points available – 16 per test at maximum) containing the topics included in lectures and practicals. Obligatory attendance in practicals. In case of absence (followed by an excuse note) – the need for passing the adequate part of material. Grade level depends on the number of points earned. Total grade: lecture and practi
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