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Course code: BBS10156f10Semester: 2010/2011 summer
Name: Arachnology
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Joanna Mąkol
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Completion of the course will provide the student with the theoretical knowledge of arachnid morphology, systematics, phylogeny and importance. Practical learning outcomes will apply to the skill of identification of representatives of major arachnid taxa, with special attention paid to the Polish fauna as well as to the application of various study techniques.
Competences: The acquired knowledge will enable students to distinguish arachnid taxa at family/genus level (including taxa of medical and economic importance). Students will be able to apply the methods of collecting, rearing, preserving and mounting specimens representing different invertebrate taxa, to carry out the courses related to venomous and poisonous animals and to be employed in invertebrate sections of zoological gardens.
Prerequisites: Invertebrate Zoology I and II
Course content: Arachnids and their kins. Origin of arachnids. Morphology. Anatomy and physiology. Reproduction and embriogenesis. Life cycles. Systematic review of arachnids with special attention paid to the Polish fauna. Importance of arachnids (venomous, poisonous and parasitic taxa). Amateur breeding of arachnids.
Recommended literature: Beccaloni J. 2009. Arachnids. Csiro Publishing. Barnes, R. S. K., Calow P., Olive, P. J. W. (eds). 1993. The invertebrates, a new synthesis, (2nd ed.), Blackwell Science. Krantz, J. 1978. A manual of Acarology, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis. Deryło A. (ed.). 2002. Parazytologia i akaroentomologia medyczna. PWN Warszawa.
Assessment methods: Obligatory course grade (minimum knowledge required – 60 %).
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