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Course code: BIS10016o14Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Zoology
Major: Bioinformatics
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr Elżbieta Kowalska
Language of instruction: Polish
The course exclusively in Polish, with a possibility of support in English
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 [BI_W01, BI_W11]; W2 – describes the external and internal morphology of animals [BI_W01, BI_W11]; W3 – understands the increasing complexity of animal structure, resulting from the sequence of evolutionary events [BI_W07, BI_W11]; 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 [BI_W02; BI_W11]; W5 – knows the phylogenetic relationships between the major taxa of Animalia [BI_W02; BI_W07, BI_W11]; W6 – knows the regulations concerning the protection of animals in Poland; knows the methods of collecting, preservation, storing and labeling of invertebrates [BI_W09, BI_W11]; W7 – describes the taxa of economic importance (pests, parasites, invertebrates applied in biological control and used in food industry) [BI_W01, BI_W09, BI_W11]. Skills: Student: U1 – operates the light– and stereomicroscopes; safely deals with the preserved material (invertebrate animals) [BI_U06]; U2 – operates the equipment serving for collecting the invertebrate animals [BI_U06]; U3 – 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); applies the interactive keys in taxa identification [BI_U12]; U4 – can select the adequate study techniques (methods of collecting, preservation, dissection, observation and identification) applied in relation to various groups of organisms [BI_U02, BI_U03].
Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student: K1 – understands the increasing complexity of animal architecture, being in concordance with the evolutionary process [BI_K03]; K2 – is aware of the collective responsibility for fulfilling the tasks assigned to the team [BI_K02]; K3 – is responsible for the equipment he/she was entrusted with [BI_K07].
Prerequisites:
Course content: 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: Błaszak Cz. (red.): Zoologia t. 2. Stawonogi. PWN, Warszawa, 2011 Błaszak Cz. (red.): Zoologia t. 1. Bezkręgowce. PWN, Warszawa, 2009 Rajski A.: Zoologia. T. I i II. PWN, Warszawa, 1998 Czapik A.: Podstawy protozoologii. PWN, Warszawa, 1992 Deryło A. (red.): Parazytologia i akaroentomologia medyczna. PWN, Warszawa, 2002 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
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