BIO/330 - Invertebrate Zoology

Course Description

This course presents students with the study of invertebrates. Students will examine the ecology of invertebrates along with their structures and functions.

This undergraduate course is 5 weeks.

This course has a prerequisite. Please see details in the Prerequisite section below.

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Course Objectives

Unicellular and Primitive Multicellular Animals

• Describe the roles water and air play in the lives of invertebrates.
• Compare invertebrate classification systems and their evolutions.
• Describe the general characteristics of the protozoa, sponges, and placozoans.

The Cnidarians, Ctenophores, and Molluscs

• Explain the features of a hydrostatic skeleton.
• Differentiate between cnidarians and ctenophores.
• Compare classes of Molluscs.

Invertebrate Worms

• Compare and contrast platyhelminths and mesozoans.
• Describe the characteristics of parasitic and nonparasitic organisms.
• Explain how beneficial nematodes affect the environment.

The Arthropods

• Categorize arthropods by their common characteristics.
• Describe the characteristics of some of the unusual phylum.

Lophophorates and Deuterostomes

• Differentiate between hemichordates and non-vertebrate chordates.
• Compare Lophophorates and Echinoderm.
• Describe general characteristics of Xeno.

Notes

A prerequisite is required for this course. The purpose of a prerequisite is to ensure students have the knowledge and/or skills needed to be successful in the course. Students are required to provide proof of prerequisite during the enrollment/registration process. To meet to a course prerequisite requirement, a student must have successfully completed the prerequisite course at University of Phoenix, provide proof via transcript of completing a comparable course (at least 75% match) or higher level course with at least a grade of C at another institution or have a University of Phoenix approved Student Appeal on file with the University.

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