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8977 (v.7) Vertebrate Animals 202


Area:

Department of Environmental Biology

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Fieldwork:

1 x 2 Days Once-only

Prerequisite(s):

1762 (v.4) Animal Biology 102 or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

Lower Chordates. Gondwana Land. Jawless fish, Cartilaginous fish. Bony fish. The making of the bush. Birds and flight. Kookaburras. Desert adaptation. Animal behaviour. Australia's vertebrate fauna. Amphibians. Reptiles. radiation and adaptation. Adaptive radiation. Monotremes and marsupials. Eutherians. Migration. Instinctive behaviour. Mating systems - mammals, birds, mammals. sociobiology sense organs.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

10900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

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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