SLE204 - Animal Diversity

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Previously coded as:SBB204
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Philip Barton
Prerequisite:

SLE111 or SLE132

Corequisite:

SLE010

Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

3 x 1 hour online lectures per week, 6 x 3 hour practical experience (laboratory) per trimester.

Content

This course of animal evolution is illustrated by examining aspects of the biology of a range of animal phyla. Major themes are: the development of multicellularity; important aspects of body plan including body layers, body cavities and metameric segmentation; and adaptation to particular environments and lifestyles. The evolutionary succession of major invertebrate and vertebrate animal groups is discussed.  During laboratory practical classes students will examine and dissect specimens from the following animal groups: cnidarians, flatworms, annelids, arthropods, molluscs, echinoderms and chordates.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1 Identify, describe and evidence the structure function and diversity of the major animal groups.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO2

Recognise, differentiate and document the evolutionary relationships among the major animal groups.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Examine the anatomical features of selected specimens in order to define and discriminate between major taxonomic groups.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

Assessment

Assessment 1
Assessment Description
Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1
Mid-trimester test
50-minute in-class test 25% Week 7
Assessment 2
Pre-lab quizzes
Online quizzes 10% Week 10
Assessment 3
Final test
50-minute in-class test 25% Week 10
Assessment 4
Practical test
In-class test 40% Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

Prescribed text(s): Hickman et al, 2019, Integrated Principles Of Zoology, 18th Ed, McGraw Hill, USA.

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SLE204 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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