Common Course Number: ZOO-1010
Course Title: Zoology
Catalo2: Course Description: A survey of the animal kingdom based on a detailed study of the
morphology, anatomy, and physiology of selectedrepresentative specimens.
Credit Hours: 3 hour lecture
Prerequisites: none
Co requisite: ZOO 101OL. Special fee.
Course competencies:
Competency 1: Zoology as a Science
Upon successfulcompletion of this course, the student will show knowledge of Zoology as a Science
by:
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The nature of zoology as a subdiscipline of biology.
The shared characteristics of life.
The nature of the subdisciplines of zoology.
The structure and use of the scientific method of inquiry.
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Competency 2: The Nature and Development of Evolutionaty Theory
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will show knowledge of the nature and
development of evolutionary theory by:
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The definition of organic evolution.
The history of the development of the theory of organic evolution by natural selection.
The significance of population genetics to modem evolutionary history.
The contributions of biogeography, ecology, and molecular biology to our modem
understanding of the history of the animal life on plant Earth.
The nature of microevolution.
The role of genetic theory in understanding how variation in animal populations arises.
The nature and significance of the Hardy-Weinberg theorem.
The nature of the five microevolutionary agents.
The nature of speciation and its mechanisims.
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The mission of Miami-Dade Community College is to provide accessible, affordable, high quality education
by keeping the leamerDs needs at the center of decision making and working in partnership
with its dynamic, multi-cultural community.
Competency3: .The Processes
of Animal ClassificationahdFhylogeneticR:~col1sttuction
Uponsuccessfulcompletionof this course,the studentwill showknowledgeof theprocessof
animal classificationandphyloeneticreconstructionby:
A.
The natureof systematics,taxonomy,andnomenclatureasappliedto the classification
of animals.
B. The significanceof the work of Karl von Linne in relationto our modemsystemof
classification.
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C. The natureof the taxonomichierarchyasusedin animalclassification.
D. The goal of animal systematicsin the arrangementof animalsinto groupsreflecting
evolutionaryrelationships.
E. The useof branchingevolutionary-treediagramsto representanimalrelationships.
F. The.natureof the variousbody plansseenin the animalkingdom.
Competency4: The Diversity ofAnirrtal Life
Upon successfulcompletionof this course,the studentwill show knowledgeof the diversity of
animal life by:
A. The evolutionaryposition andrelationshipfor the membersof the Parazoa.
B. The evolutionaryposition andrelationshipof the membersof the Radiata.
.C. The evolutionaryposition andrelationshipof the acoelomates.
D. The evolutionarypositionandrelationshipof the pseudocoelori1ates.
E. The evolutionaryposition andrelationshipofthe protosomes.
F. The evolutionaryposition andrelationshipof the deuterostomes.
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Competency5: MendelianPatternsofI11heritance
Uponsuccessfulcompletionof this course,thestudentwill showknowledgeof mendelianpatterns
of inheritanceby:
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B.
C.
D.
E.
The contributionsof GregorMendelto the modernscienceof genetics.
The patternof i11heritance
of dominance.
The principle of segregation.
The principle of independentassortment.
The i11heritance
patternsof multiple alleles,incompletedominance,codominance,and
polygenes.
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The mission o(Miami-Dade Community College is to provide accessible, affordable, high quality education
by keeping the learnerlJs needs at the center of decision making and working in partnership
with its dynamic, multi-cultural community.
Competency 6: Reproduction and Development in Animals
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will show knowledge of reproduction and
development in animals by:
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B.
C.
D.
Reproduction as a property of life.
The distinction between asexual and sexual reproduction.
The advantagesand disadvantagesof asexual and sexual reproduction.
The types of aseKualreproduction, including fission, budding, fragmentation, and
parthenogenesis.
E. The types of sexua,lreproduction, including monoecious and dioecious modes.
F. The types of fertilization, including external and internal forms.
Competency 7: AnimalBehavior
Upon successfulcompletion of this course, the student will show knowledge of animal behavior by:
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The nature of animal behavior, including its structural and functional requirements.
The nature of proximate and ultimate causesof animal behavior.
The distinction between instinctive and learned behavior.
The types oflearned behavior, including habituation, classical conditioning, instrumental
conditioning, latent learning, and insight learning.
E. The nature of animal communication, including visual, acoustic, tactile, and chemical
modalities.
F. The nature of behavior ecology, including habitat selection and foraging behavior.
G. The nature of social behavior, including agonistic behavior, territoriality, dominance
hierarchies, and altruism.
Competency 8: Ecology
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will show knowledge of ecology by:
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The nature of the science of ecology.
The role of abiotic factors in an animal's relationship to its environment.
The dynamics of animal populations, their regulation, and their patterns of density.
The nature of intraspecific competition.
The types ofinterspecfic interactions, including herbivory, predation, interspecific
competition, coevolution and symbiosis.
The adaptive value of camouflage, aposematiccoloration, and mimicry.
The structure of animal communities, including the niche concept.
The nature of successionalchange in communities.
The structure and function of ecosystems,including tropic structure and biogeochemical
cycles.
The diversity of the Earth's terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
The nature of anthropogenic environmental problems.
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The mission of Miami-Dade Community College is to provide accessible, affordable, high quality education
by keeping the leamerDs needs at the center of decision making and working in partnership
with its dynamic, multi-cultural community.