General Zoology

Code:

B163

Acronym:

B163

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Biology

Instance: 2015/2016 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Biology
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Geology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:AST	1	Plano de Estudos a partir de 2008	3	-	7,5	-
L:CTA	84	Plano de estudos de 2008 até 2015/16	1	-	7,5	-
L:F	0	Plano de estudos a partir de 2008	2	-	7,5	-
			3
L:G	32	P.E - estudantes com 1ª matricula anterior a 09/10	1	-	7,5	-
			3
		P.E - estudantes com 1ª matricula em 09/10	1	-	7,5	-
			3
L:M	0	Plano de estudos a partir de 2009	3	-	7,5	-
L:Q	5	Plano de estudos Oficial	3	-	7,5	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Provide basic knowledge on the biology of the main groups of invertebrate and vertebrate animals.

Learning outcomes and competences

The students should acquire a general systematic knowledge and learn important issues of the biology of the main animal groups

Working method

Presencial

Program

Introduction to Zoology. Architectural pattern of an animal. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Animals. General features of main animal groups: Protists; Placozoa and Porifera.; Cnidaria and Ctenophora; Platyhelminthes, Mesozoa and Nemertea; Gnathifera and  small Lophotrochozoa; Mollusca; Annelida; small Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Echinodermata; Chaetognatha and Hemichordata. Chordata; Urochordata and Cephalochordata; Vertebrata; Agnata and Gnathostomata; Amphibia; Reptilia; Birds; Mammalia.

Mandatory literature

Hickman, Jr., C.P., Roberts, L.S., Keen, S.L., Eisenhour, D.J., Larson, A., l’Anson, H.; Integrated Principles of Zoology, McGraw - Hill, 2014. ISBN: ISBN 978-1-25908078-4 (Sixteenth Edition, New York, 823 pp.)

Complementary Bibliography

Brusca Richard C.; Invertebrates. ISBN: 978-0-87893-097-5
Ruppert Edward E.; Zoologia dos invertebrados. ISBN: 978-85-7241-571-2
Kardong Kenneth V.; Vertebrates. ISBN: 9780071244572

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and Practical classes.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Students who had attended at least 75% of previewed practical classes.
Students with attendance in one of the last two school years could be excused from practical classes (it should be required until the end of the first week with classes)

Calculation formula of final grade

Theorical evaluation: 16 in 20
Practical evaluation: 4 in 20

For being approved, students must reach a classification equal to or higher than 9.5, with at least 30% in the theoretical-practical component.


Every student having attended at least 75% of the previewed practical classes (see section “Obtenção de Frequência”) may carry out the exam on two dates. Failure to attend at least 75% of the previewed practical classes implies that students will not be able to carry out any exam, and therefore, cannot be approved at this curricular unit.
Students may choose to substitute the first of these dates of exam by a set of two quizzes (the quizzes will take place on data and place to be communicate, and simultaneously with the first date of exam). No student may carry out the quizzes and the first exam.
Students having realized the first quiz must be aware that their grade will be automatically annulled, and they will not be allowed to carry out any exam, if they fail to attend at least 75% of the previewed practical classes.
Oral exams will not take place.