General Zoology Home Page
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Welcome to Zoology! This is a comprehensive one semester survey of the animal kingdom and animal-like protists with an emphasis on diversity. Lecture emphasizes evolutionary relationships, aspects of animal organization that unite major animal phyla, animal adaptations and embryology. You will learn how animals are classified using both cladistics and the “traditional” approach to the study of evolutionary relationships. The pre-requisites for this class are General Introduction to Biology and the corresponding laboratory (Biology 1080 and 1090). Please do not take this class without the proper pre-requisites!
This website was designed to help you focus on the important concepts and ideas that will be covered in class. Use the resources on this site and the links to other sites to enhance your learning and appreciation of Zoology. You will want to check here regularly for additional reading assignments (material which may be covered on lecture tests) and other relevant class information. Although this site is intended to aid you in your studies, it cannot and should not be used as the ONLY resource to help you learn the material. It is essential to your success that you attend every class having first read through the appropriate chapter in the text. Form study/discussion groups with your classmates and debate the material; the better the debates the more you will learn. After you feel comfortable with a topic, teach it to someone else. This allows you to review the material and will help you score better on tests. Most importantly, have fun with the material and this class – the more fun you make it, the better time you’ll have and the more you will learn. Happy learning!
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| Lecture |
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| Contains class information and policies |
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| Tentative schedule of topics and test dates |
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| A general outline of the material that we will cover in class |
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| Required additional reading (material may be covered on lecture tests) |
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| A brief web-based questionnaire to help you understand how you learn |
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| Laboratory |
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| Information on the lab culture project |
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| Lab assignments to be completed during lab period |
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| Learn about your teaching assistants |
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| Study Aids |
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| Use this form to record the major characteristics of the phyla covered in class |
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| Use this table to compare the different phyla covered in class |
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| Hints on studying, evaluation of your progress, and getting help |
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| A quick reference list of important terminology used in Zoology. |
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| An index of Greek and Latin root words, this will help you with taxonomy |
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| Web Links |
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| Links to interesting websites about zoology, not required viewing |
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| Information about the invertebrate dinner |
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This website was last updated on 21 August, 2005.