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Course code: BIS10016o11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: ZOOLOGY
Major: Bioinformatics
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 6
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Joanna Mąkol, prof. nadzw.
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: The course provides an integrated overview of systematics and classification of animal phyla, their origin, morphology, anatomy, biology and economic importance; practical skills apply to the ability of identification of major groups of animals at the class level and, in case of the Polish fauna – representatives of particular orders (of lower categories in relation to protected or economically important taxa); the knowledge of research techniques (methods of sampling/collecting, preservation, dissection and identification, with special regard to regulations concerning protected taxa) will constitute an integral part of learning outcomes.
Competences: The knowledge of animal taxa will constitute a starting point at understanding the mechanisms functioning in animal world, it will enable students to diagnose the particular taxa, including those which are protected or economically important, it will also create the background for being employed at the research and commercial laboratories, the research units of national parks and other institutions dealing with nature preservation and at museum collections.
Prerequisites:
Course content: General characteristics of unicellular organisms (Protista) and animals (Animalia), 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 (heterotrophic Protista) and Metazoa, characteristics of qualitative and quantitative methods of collecting of invertebrate and vertebrate fauna, extraction of invertebrates from soil samples in Tullgren funnels, fauna of Poland, regulations concerning animal conservartion.
Recommended literature: BŁASZAK Cz. (red.). (2009). Zoologia t. 1 Bezkręgowce. PWN. BŁASZAK Cz. (red.). (2011). Zoologia t. 2 (A i B). Bezkręgowce. PWN. CZAPIK A. (1992). Podstawy protozoologii. PWN Warszawa. DERYŁO A. (red.). (2002). Parazytologia i akaroentomologia medyczna. PWN Warszawa. RAJSKI A. (1998). Zoologia. T. I i II. PWN, Warszawa. FUTUYMA D. J. (2005). Ewolucja. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. KREBS Ch.J. (2001). Ekologia. PWN, Warszawa.
Assessment methods: Obligatory practical course and lecture grade, 3 tests Written exam Minimum 70% of knowledge to pass
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