312390 (v.1) Algology and Mycology 202
| Area: | Department of Environment and Agriculture |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.5 |
| Tuition Patterns: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Computer Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Fieldwork: | 1 x 1 Days Once-only |
| Prerequisite(s): |
312365 (v.1)
Plant Biology 102
or any previous version
OR 1756 (v.8) Plant Biology 102 or any previous version OR 313537 (v.1) Biology 100 or any previous version |
| Syllabus: | Mycology, classification and characteristics of fungi: zygomycetes, basidiomycetes, ascomycetes, deuteromycetes, lichens and mycorrhize, morphology, life cycle, ecological and economic importance, local examples. Fungi and human affairs. Algology, classification of algae. Criteria: photosynthetic pigments, food reserves, nature of cell wall, flagella, cytology. Morphology and vegetative organisation: unicellular, protococcoidal, flagellate unicells, colonial, flagellate colonies, non-flagellate coenobia, filamentous, siphonaceous and parenchymatous. Vegetative, asexual, sexual reproduction.Life cycles. Cyanobacteria, dinophyta, bacillariophyta, euglenophyta, chlorophyta, charophyta, phaeophyta, rhodophyta: reproduction and life cycle, ecological and economic importance, local examples. |
| Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Field of Education: | 010999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y |
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