Duration
10h Th, 20h Pr, 3h FT
Number of credits
| Bachelor in bioengineering | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course Biodiversity of the Animal Kingdom belongs to the Zoology module (9ECTS). This module includes 4 courses, presented along the year as theoretical courses (Th) or laboratory classes (TP) :
§ Course « Biodiversity and Animal Kingdom » (Th et TP) - 3 ECTS
§ Course « Basic concepts in Zoology » (Th) - 2 ECTS.
§ Course « Ethology » (Th) - 2 ECTS.
§ Course « Entomology » (Th et TP) - 2 ECTS
The course of Biodiversity of the Animal Kingdom represents 3 ECTS. It will be given in auditorium and in the laboratory during practical classes. The students will also visit the Museum of National History in Bruxelles.
The course aims at presenting the morphological and anatomical diversity in the animal kingdom.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Contribute to providing the student with knowledge on biodiversity of animal Kingdom.
At the end of the course, students should be able to :
- understand the vocabulary associated to the morphology and anatomy of the animal species observed during the course.
- describe and compare the anatomy of the animal species described during the course
- identify and place in the classification all animal and procaryote species present in the list provided
identify, place in the classification, draw and legend the microscopic preparations and dissections seen during the course.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, laboratory, visit
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face lectures, laboratory and web learning
Recommended or required readings
There is a syllabus provided. All powerpoint slides used in the auditorium will be provided to the students using ecampus.
Assessment methods and criteria
Each course belonging to the integrated module of Zoology will be evaluated during the academic year with a mark out of 20. Scores for the four courses will be weighted within the integrated module of Zoology according to the ECTS allocated for each course.
Five evaluations will occur for the course of Biodiversity and Animal Kingdom, one for each section :
2 points out of 20 will be attributed to the evaluation of November.
2 points out of 20 will be attributed to the evaluations occuring during the laboratory
The 16 points left will be divded as follow :
- 8 points for the written exam
- 4 points for the section concerning the identification of the animal
- 4 points for the section on the identification of the dissections and microscopic observations
The November evaluation will concern all information that has been teached before the Annelid session (Annelid session excluded). This evaluation is not dispensatory. The result of this evaluation, as well as the result of the laboratory evaluations are aquiered for all the academic year.
All rules associated to the evluation of this course are presented to the students in the auditorium and are placed on ecampus during the entire academic year.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
All information needed will be provided on ecampus
A 25 euros fees is asked to all students to cover the costs of the museum visit, the insect boxes and insect pins, and to replace deteriorated material.
Contacts
François VERHEGGEN
fverheggen@ulg.ac.be