4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 6 hours lab per week.
Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
Course Description
Functional morphology, taxonomy, phylogeny, and general biology of invertebrates.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Graduate students are required to develop a presentation for the
class and/or write a research paper.
Athena Title
Invertebrate Biology Ecology
Prerequisite
BIOL 1108-1108L
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will understand the evolution of invertebrates, especially concerning potential causes of
evolutionary trends.
Students will understand the phyla of animals on earth.
Topical Outline
Protozoans
Poriferans
Cnidarians
Platyhelminthes
Pseudocoela
Annelida
Mollusca
Arthropoda
Lophophora
Echinodermata
Chordata
We will look at materials that support the lecture: live animals, animals in the collection, microscope slides, and literature. We will do an experiment illustrating both the biology/ecology of the group and the experimental techniques involved in doing science.
Many of these experiments will take more than one week to get an answer. Students will write up a 1-page report, including the hypothesis, brief intro and methods, results, and discussion/conclusion.
