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ZOOLOGY 4420/4422 - INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY I
| Invertebrate Zoology I is the first semester of a two-semester course on
the 99% of the Animal Kingdom that consists of animals without backbones. The two courses
cover different phyla. Invertebrate Zoology I covers a few protozoans (not animals, but a
good place to start), Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Nematoda
and several other "pseudocoelomates", Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata,
invertebrate groups within the Chordata, Bryozoa, Phoronida, Brachiopoda, and
miscellaneous other phyla interspersed along the way. You need both courses if you are in
the marine biology concentration, or if you want to know about ALL the non-vertebrate
animal phyla. However either Invertebrate Zoology I or Invertebrate Zoology II satisfies
the B.A. or B.S. in Biological Sciences upper division Zoology or Entomology requirement,
each satisfies the diversity requirement, and each can also satisfy 4 elective units, so
students can take either course without taking the other one. Both courses
are required for the Marine Biology Concentration and both count as
diversity courses in the Ecology and Field Biology Concentration. Both courses are taught on
Tues and Thurs. afternoons, with a lecture and a lab each day. The courses are rotated on
a two-year cycle. Invertebrate Zoology I is taught during Fall Semester: Lecture Tues, Thurs
1:25-2:23; Lab Tues, Thurs 2:30-5:38. |
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