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Course code: BBS10035o14Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Invertebrate Zoology I
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Joanna Mąkol
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 [KB_W06, KB_W11, KB_W12, K_W13]; W2 – possesses the general knowledge of life functions of representatives of the kingdoms Protista and Animalia [KB_W07; KB_W08]; W3 – describes the external and internal morphology of animals [KB_W06]; W4 – understands the increasing complexity of animal structure, resulting from the sequence of evolutionary events [KB_W06]; W5 – knows the methods of collecting, preservation, storing and labeling of invertebrates [KB_W17]. Skills: Student: U1 – operates the light– and stereomicroscopes; safely deals with the preserved material (invertebrate animals) [KB_U06]; U2 – operates the equipment serving for collecting the invertebrate animals [KB_U06]; U3 – correctly carries out the field observations, interprets and describes their results and also forwards the conclusions using the adequate biological terminology [KB_U06]; U4 – 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) [KB_U10, KB_U19]; U5 – applies the adequate study techniques (methods of collecting, preservation, dissection, observation and identification) used in relation to various groups of invertebrates [KB_U13].
Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student: K1 – understands the increasing complexity of animal architecture, being in concordance with the evolutionary process [KB_K04]; K2 – is aware of the collective responsibility for fulfilling the tasks assigned to the team [KB_K02]; K3 – is responsible for the equipment he/she was entrusted with [KB_K08].
Prerequisites:
Course content: General characteristics of unicellular heterotrophs (protozoans) and of invertebrates. Origin. Living environment. Basics of classification, systematics and phylogeny. Structure and functions. Life cycles. Ontogeny and phylogeny. Origin of major groups of Metazoa. Systematic review of Protozoa and Metazoa, with special reference to the Polish fauna (Part 1: Animalia: Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Blastocoelomata). Characteristics of qualitative and quantitative methods of collecting of invertebrate fauna. Extraction of invertebrates from soil samples in Tullgren funnels. Direct sampling, sampling with sweep net. Sorting and identification of the material under stereomicroscopes.
Recommended literature: 1. Błaszak Cz. (red.): Zoologia t. 1. Bezkręgowce. PWN, Warszawa, 2009; 2. Brusca, R. C. and G. J. Brusca. Invertebrates. Second edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publ., 2004; 3. Czapik A.: Podstawy protozoologii. PWN, Warszawa, 1992; 4. Deryło A. (red.): Parazytologia i akaroentomologia medyczna. PWN, Warszawa, 2002; 5. Futuyma D.J.: Ewolucja. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2005.
Assessment methods: Grade component – practicals: at eight practicals – short tests scored in points (grade points available – 4 per test); during the semester three large tests (grade points available – 16 per test). 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. Grade component – field course: obligatory attendance in the course; proper application of the study technique
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