Course overview
This course will introduce the diversity of invertebrate and vertebrate animals with an emphasis on evolutionary relationships, classification and functional adaptations.
- Concepts in Zoology
- Evolution and diversity of animals
- Animal form and function
- Animals and people
Course learning outcomes
- Describe how and why we classify animals according to their diversity and evolutionary relationships
- Identify common organisms to broad groups (e.g. Phyla) using key anatomical features
- Explain how animal form and function vary in different groups of invertebrates and vertebrates, particularly regarding major adaptations in anatomy and physiology
- Develop skills in analysis and interpretation of scientific data and evaluate it against published scientific research
- Describe our relationship to animals including reliance in agricultural, ecological, sustainability and Indigenous knowledge contexts
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 23507
Section PR01
Size 80
Available 80
Class number 23506
Section PR02
Size 80
Available 80
Class number 23505
Section PR03
Size 80
Available 80
Class number 23512
Section WS01
Size 80
Available 80
Class number 23510
Section WS03
Size 80
Available 80
Class number 23509
Section WS04
Size 56
Available 56
Class number 23508
Section WS05
Size 40
Available 40
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