MSC-174 - INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
SYLLABUS
INSTRUCTOR
TECHNICIAN
Jason Rogers
Shawna Daniel
TEXT
Seashore Animals of the Southeast
Edward E. Ruppert & Richard S. Fox
University of South Carolina Press. 1988
Biology of the Invertebrates
Jan A. Pechenik
McGraw Hill, 2000
EQUIPMENT
Dissection Kit
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is a study of the taxonomy and classification of marine invertebrate animals.
Preserved animals will be utilized for learning the taxonomic relationships between various
marine invertebrates. Laboratory periods will be used to study some of the behavioral and
anatomical characteristics of selected animals.
Course Hours Per Week:
Semester Hours Credit:
Prerequisite:
Class 3, Lab 2.
4
None
CLASS OBJECTIVES
1.
To identify marine invertebrates from North Carolina waters.
2.
To understand the identifying characteristics of major phyla, classes, and orders of
marine invertebrates.
3.
To understand some of the behavioral habits, such as feeding, respiration,
locomotion, and reproduction of each group.
4.
To classify individual invertebrates by phylum, class, order, family, and Genus species.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
You are responsible for your own learning; it is up to you to get something useful and interesting
from this course. It is your responsibility to save all graded assignments.
ATTENDANCE
Each hour absent will reduce your attendance grade by 3 points. More than 16 hours absent will
result in failure. Two tardies equal one absence.
WITHDRAWAL
Students may withdraw by filling out and having the instructor sign a withdrawal form available
in the Registrar's Office.
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CONDUCT AND SAFETY
Students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that will not interfere with the learning
effort or safety of classmates. The use of cell phones in this class is strictly prohibited. Failure to
comply will result in a 10-point penalty on a quiz. Each additional incident will result in the
doubling of the previous penalty. No food or drink is permitted in the classroom.
GRADING
(8 point scale)
Exams (Midterm and Final)
Quizzes
Laboratory Exercises
Attendance
40%
25%
25%
10%

10 points will be deducted from any graded assignment turned in late throughout the
semester.
 Due to the nature of the laboratory exercises, there will be no makeups. The student may
attend another section for a makeup, but the instructor cannot make special
accommodations.
 10 points will be deducted from any lab grade when a student fails to bring their
dissection kit and field guides. Students are advised to keep a lab notebook, which may
be used on lab practical exams.
TESTING
Exams may have multiple choice, matching, or essay type questions.
RESOURCE READING
Living Invertebrates
Vicki Pearse, John Pearse, Mildred Buchsbaum & Ralph Buchsbaum
Boxwood Press, 1997
COURSE WEBSITE
http://cfcc.edu/faculty/rogers
Office:
Number: S204E
Hours: TBA
Phone: 362-7403
E-mail: jrogers@cfcc.edu
Every student has an official CFCC-provided email account which is to be used for all email correspondence with your instructors and
with the CFCC staff. Some information (such as TRAC registration info) from CFCC will ONLY be emailed to this address, and not
sent through postal mail as in the past, so it is very important that you check this account periodically. To access this account,
please visit the CFCC website www.cfcc.edu and click on the CampusCruiser link at the very top of the page, then follow the
directions on the CampusCruiser website to log in. You will use your log in ID as part of your email address
(yourloginID@email.cfcc.edu). This email account is provided to you as long as you are enrolled in classes (summer will not count),
and may be used for personal email as well as academic email.
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Week Lecture Topic
Laboratory
Assigned
Reading
1
Microscope refresher
Chapter 1 &
30
Survey of protozoan slides.
Investigation of marine plankton
Chapter 2
Survey of porifera
Spicule investigation
Chapter 2 & 3
Survey of Cnidaria
Nematocysts examination
Survey of Platyhelminthes slides
Turbellaria manipulations
Preparation for practical
Chapter 5 & 6
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Review of syllabus and course
outline.
Invertebrate video.
Discussion of relationships and
classification.
Kingdom Protozoa
Invertebrate reproduction and
development
Phylum Porifera
The hydrostatic skeleton
Phylum Cnidaria
Phylum Ctenophora
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Phylum Mollusca
Phylum Mollusca
Review for Midterm
Lecture Midterm
Phylum Annelida
Phylum Annelida
Phylum Sipuncula
Phylum Arthropoda
Phylum Arthropoda
Phylum Nematoda
Phylum Chaetognatha
Phylum Brachiopoda
Phylum Brachiopoda
Phylum Bryozoa
Phylum Echinodermata
Phylum Echinodermata
Phylum Hemichordata
Phylum Chordata
Final Review
Lecture Final
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Bivalve dissection
Chapter 7, 8,
&9
Chapter 9, 14
& 15
Chapter 15
Squid dissection
Survey of Gastropoda
Radula extraction
Live Nereis Dissection
Chapter 16 &
17
Survey of Arthropoda
Blue crab dissection
Shrimp Dissection
Chapter 20,
21, & 22
Chapter 21, &
12
Chapter 25 &
26
Chapter 26
Preparation for practical
Survey of Brachiopoda
Survey of Bryozoa
Survey of Echinodermata
Specimen dissections
Preparation for practical
Sea Urchin Spawning
Chapter 17
Chapter 27
Chapter 27 &
28
Chapter 29
Practical Final
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