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Course code: BHS10003o14
Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Zoology
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 6
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr Marcin Popiołek
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course taught in English if the group has ≥6 students. The course taught in Polish with a possibility of support in English if the group has <6 students

Learning outcomes: Knowledge: student knows the backgroundsof systematics and classification of selected groups of Protista and of invertebrate animals, knows their origin, structure, biology and importance; student describes the external and internal morphology of animals; student understands the increasing complexity of animal structure, resulting from the sequence of evolutionary events; student possesses the general knowledge of life functions of representatives of the kingdoms Protista and Animalia and of relations between the different groups of heterotrophs; student knows the phylogenetic relationships between the major taxa of Animalia;student knows the regulations concerning the protection of animals in Poland; knows the methods of collecting, preservation, storing and labeling of invertebrates Skills: student operates the light– and stereomicroscopes; safely deals with the preserved material (invertebrate animals);student 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); student applies the interactive keys in taxa identification; student can select the adequate study techniques (methods of collecting, preservation, dissection, observation and identification) applied in relation to various groups of organisms.

Competences: Student understands the increasing complexity of animal architecture, being in concordance with the evolutionary process, correctly identifies and solves the problems related to animal breeding; student is aware of the collective responsibility for fulfilling the tasks assigned to the team;student takes care for the equipment he/she was entrusted with; takes responsibility for animal safety and protection.

Prerequisites: non

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; methods of collecting of animals; review of the Polish fauna, regulations concerning the animal protection in Poland.

Recommended literature: 1. Błaszak Cz. (red.): Zoologia t. 1. Bezkręgowce. PWN, Warszawa, 2009; 2. Błaszak Cz. (red.): Zoologia t. 2. Stawonogi. PWN, Warszawa, 2011; 3. Hempel-Zawitkowska J. Zoologia dla uczelni rolniczych. PWN, Warszawa, 2007; 4. Jasiński A. Zootomia kręgowców. T I i II. PWN, Warszawa, 1973; 5. Rajski A.: Zoologia. T. I i II. PWN, Warszawa, 1998; 6. Czapik A.: Podstawy protozoologii. PWN, Warszawa, 1992; 7. Futuyma D.J.: Ewolucja. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2005.

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