ZOOL 101 - Principles of Zoology

Course Description

Living animals, their structure, physiology, development, reproduction, evolution, habits, ecology, and their relationship to other living organisms and the environment.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of ZOOL 101, the student will be able to:

  • Identify differences between science and non-science, list the steps in using the scientific method and compare the pure sciences with the applied sciences.
  • Record differences between living and nonliving matter and the major differences between animals and plants.
  • Associate scientists with their development o£ major concepts and theories in anatomy, physiology, cytology, taxonomy, embryology, evolution and genetics.
  • Synthesize the anatomy and physiology of representative animals, with the frog used as an example in lectures and fetal pig dissection in laboratory periods.
  • Analyze protoplasm, cells and tissues with emphasis on cell structure, function and reproduction.
  • Validate the understanding of physics and chemistry as they relate to biological molecules of life and energy exchanges within animals and ecosystems.
  • Examine the ten body systems of animals and compare these systems in the eleven major phyla of animals.
  • Tabulate phenotypic rations in genetics and examine recent developments in genetics.
  • Analyze animal ecology and zoogeography: where do animals live and why, what are their roles in ecosystems.
  • Sequence organic evolution: when, where and how life began, animal adaptations and the forming of new species.
  • List anatomical and embryological characteristics of the eleven major animal phyla as they relate to taxonomy.