Area: | Department of Environmental Biology |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | The structure and function of animals. Organisation of the animal body. Review of invertebrate and vertebrate taxonomy. Evolutionary relationships between animal groups. Collection and preservation of animals. Respiration by animals. Animal feeding patterns. Excretion and water balance. Nerve and endocrine systems. Locomotion and body support. Reproduction. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have gained appropriate vocabulary in giving a written account of animal classification, evolution of animals, and the physiology and reproduction of such animals, and will be able to demonstrate the use of basic apparatus and laboratory skills in field and laboratory studies of animals. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Campbell, N.A., 1990, 'Biology', Benjamin Cummings Publishing Co. Knox, B., Ladiges, P. and Evans, B., 1944, 'Biology', McGraw Hill, Sydney. Upton, M.S., 1991, 'Methods for Collecting, Preserving and Studying Insects and Allied Forms', Australian Entomological Society. Hall, E.R., 1962, 'Collecting and Preparing Study Specimens of Vertebrates', University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Tests in class 10%. Laboratory exercises 40%. Final Examination 50%. |
Field of Education: | 10900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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