ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: BBS20350f14Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Behaviour of Laboratory Animals
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 0
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Wojciech Kruszyński
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 has a general knowledge on different forms of laboratory animals behaviour; student knows basic law and ethics aspects connected with investigation using animals; student has a knowledge on investigative methods used in laboratories with laboratory animals. Skills: student evaluates observed animals’ reactions and interprets them; student uses scientific literature and other sources of information.
Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): student understands the necessity of knowledge update on different biology branches.
Prerequisites: zoology, genetics, animal physiology
Course content: Characterization of laboratory animals species; their biology. Physiological basis of animals’ behaviour (especially learning). Different forms of laboratory animals behaviour. Animal welfare; law aspects of animals use in laboratories.
Recommended literature: 1. Sadowski B., Chmurzyński J., A.: Biologiczne mechanizmy zachowania. PWN, Warszawa, 2006; 2. Breed M.D., Moore J.: Animal Behavior. Elsevier, Academic Press, 2012; 3. Scott G.: Essential Animal Behavior. Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
Assessment methods: Final grade on the base of written test.
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