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2006-2007 / Course descriptions / MB102205 Zoology  

MB102205 Zoology

Course Code
MB102205

Course Name
Zoology

Credits
10.00

Target Audience
Students at Biology with chemistry and Marine biology and Food processing

Prerequisites

Minimum University College requirements for the study.

Objectives

Give the students an introduction in basic theories within zoology. The course will also emphasize the animal’s development from unicelled organisms. During the laboratory course it will be carried out experiments within physiology; the students will also perform dissections, besides studying microscopic slides.At the end of the course the students will follow a field course in zoology.

Topics
  • The systematics of the animals
  • Respiration in water and air
  • Gases in blood
  • Sirkulation
  • Reproduction
  • Metabolism
  • Temperature
  • Ions and osmoregulation
  • Excretion
  • Muscles and movement
  • Endocrinal systems
Instruction

Lectures which will start in middle of august and ends in middle of june the next year. Laboratory exercises with the writing of reports. A five-day field course in the middle of june. Both exercises and field courses are compulsive.

Mandatory Assignments

Laboratory exercises must be approved before the students are allowed to meet at the examination.

Evaluation

Four hour written examination, counting 80 % of final grade. After the ended field-course, there will be arranged a short examination. The grade from this will count 20 % of the final grade.

Grades
Letter grades A - F

Revised date
2005.04.15

Revised by
Martin Blom