BIOLOGY 1050 INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL BIOLOGY

BIOLOGY 1055 INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL BIOLOGY LAB

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This course provides an introduction to animal biology for nonmajors, that is, for students who are not planning to major in biology or other science fields. The course covers animal classification, evolution, and diversity. A concurrent lab (BIOL1060) must be taken with the lecture. This course does not satisfy the prerequisite requirements for any other biology courses.

This course does satisfy the General Education requirements for the biological sciences. As with all Salt Lake Community College courses that meet the General requirements for the biological sciences, the class will introduce the student to the following concepts:
    1. The domain and process of science
    2. The cell as the basic unit of life
    3. Evolution and the diversity of life
    4. DNA and the continuity of life
    5. The interrelationships of living organisms

How will this class differ from BIOL1010/1020?

How will this class be similar to BIOL1010/1020?
Because both of these classes are general education classes, they will cover the following topics:
1. The domain and process of science
2. The cell as the basic unit of life
3. Evolution and the diversity of life
4. DNA and the continuity of life
5. The interrelationships of living organisms

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James Hampton

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Zoology. (4th Edition) Miller/Harley

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   I.    Introduction
            A.    Scientific method
            B.    Introduction to Zoology
                    1.    characteristics of life
                    2.    levels of organization
            C. Animal architecture
            D. Basic chemistry

II. Heredity and Evolution
    A. Mendelian Genetics
    B. Mechanisms of Evolution
        1. Theories of evolution - Lamarck and Darwin
        2. Natural selection
        3. Genetic drift
    C. Divergence and Convergence
    D. Systematics
        1. Classification system
        2. Schools of systematics

II. Diversity - Protozoa and Lower Metazoans
A. Protozoa
B. Parazoa and Mesozoa

III. Animal development
    A. Embryonic stages
    B. Mesoderm formation
    C. Coelom formation

IV. Diversity - Radiate phyla
    A. Cnidaria
    B. Ctenophora
    C. Evolutionary relationships - origins and radiation

V. Diversity - Pseudocoelomate phyla
    A. Nematoda
    B. Acanthocephala
    C. Rotifera
    D. Nematomorpha
    E. Evolutionary relationships - origins and radiation

VI. Diversity - Protostomes
    A. Mollusca
    B. Annelida
    C. Arthropoda (including subphyla, classes, etc.)
    D. Evolutionary relationships - origins and radiation

VII. Diversity - Animals with protostome and deuterostome characteristics
    A. Phoronida
    B. Brachiopoda
    C. Bryozoa
    D. Evolution - suspected and possible relationships - origins and adaptation

VIII. Diversity - Deuterostomes
    A. Echinodermata
    B. Hemichordata
    C. Chordata (including classes, etc.)
    D. Evolutionary relationships - origins and radiation

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