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
Group 1
Class number 28147
Section PR02
Size 70
Available 55
Class number 28148
Section PR01
Size 70
Available 30
Class number 28149
Section WS03
Size 70
Available 54
Class number 28151
Section WS01
Size 77
Available 38
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