FSS:HEN436 Biology - Course Information
HEN436 Introduction to Biology
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Laštůvka, CSc. (lecturer), Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (deputy)
- Guaranteed by
- Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ivona Tolarová - Timetable
- Wed 16:00–17:40 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Environmental Humanities (programme FSS, N-HE3)
- Course objectives
- The main objective of the course is the following - to acquainte students with the basic terms of general zoology, basic information on othology, zoogeography a origin of the fauna of the Central Europe. At the end of the course students should be able to
understand and explain principles of evolution and its classification and its basic rules.
A substantial part of the course is represented by the review of the zoological classification with respect to the species of economic, cultural or conservation importance. - Syllabus
- 1. Morfology, reproduction, ontogenesis.
- 2. Zoogeography, European fauny in the post-glacial period.
- 3. Ethologye a domestication - behaviour types, instincts, phasis of domestication.
- 4. Zoological systematics - system categories, classification theories.
- 5. Invertebrates.
- 6. Molluscs - characteristics, main species.
- 7. Ring worms - characteristics, main species.
- 8. Arthropods - Crustaceans - characteristics, main species.
- 9. Arthropods - Tracheata - characteristics, main species.
- 10. Chordates - fish, amphibians, reptile - characteristics, main species.
- 11. Birds - characteristics, main species.
- 12. Mammals - characteristics, main species.
- Literature
- Assessment methods
- Lectures, written examination.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz se otevírá při 5 a více přihlášených studentech.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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