Study Programmes 2016-2017
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| Zoology : Basic concepts | |||||
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Duration :
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| 22h Th, 2h AUTR | |||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Eric Haubruge | |||||
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Substitute(s) :
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| François Verheggen | |||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | |||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | |||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||
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Learning unit contents :
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| The course « Basic concepts of Zoology » belongs to the Zoology module.
The course is made of six sections (1) Introduction to zoological sciences ; (2) Life origin and evolution ; (3) Animal classification ; (4) Embryology ; (5) Animals and environnement ; (6) Diversity of vertebrates |
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Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
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| Contribute to basic scientific training by providing the student disciplinary skills and techniques for the History of Natural Sciences.
At the end of the course, the student must be able to: -> Demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the history of zoological sciences -> Present the main hypotheses supporting the emergence of life and animals -> Present the basics of the theory of evolution by natural selection -> Present the methodology associated with the nomenclature, the description and the name of a living species. -> Present and describe the development cycle of an embryo of Cordé -> Present the diversity of vertebrates and their interaction with their environment |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| None | |||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| lectures | |||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face lectures | |||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| There is no syllabus provided, but a book is proposed as a complement (Zoologie (Miller and Harley). Editions de Boeck supérieur)
All powerpoint slides will be provided to the students using ecampus. The teacher keeps the right to adapt the content of his courses during the academic year Additionnal references: Campbell, Biologie, Eds Pearson Gilbert, Biologie du Développement, Eds de Boeck |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Refer to the RGEE complement, available on the valve of the Coordinatrice Pédagogique (Catherine Colaux) | |||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Dr VERHEGGEN François
Entomologie fonctionnelle et évolutive Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Passage des Déportés 2 5030 Gembloux Belgique +32 81 622662 fverheggen@ulg.ac.be(E.Haubruge@ulg.ac.be) |
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Items online :
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 | 1_Introduction 1_Introduction |
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| 2_Origine and evolution 2_Origine and evolution |
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| 3_Animal Classification 3_Animal Classification |
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| 4_Embryology 4_Embryology |
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| 5_Animal Ecology 5_Animal Ecology |
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| 6_Vertebrate diversity 6_Vertebrate diversity |
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