The body plans of, and the relationships among, major animal phyla are examined using local fauna. Up to three field trips generate data that is manipulated and presented in report form.
This paper is essential for students majoring in Zoology, but also of importance to Ecology majors and indeed anyone wanting to understand the diversity of animal life in New Zealand and around the world.
| Paper title | Animal Designs for Living |
|---|---|
| Paper code | ZOOL221 |
| Subject | Zoology |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 1 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $1,141.35 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- BIOL 112 or (HUBS 191 or HUBS 192 with at least a B pass)
- Schedule C
- Science
- Contact
- More information link
- View more information on the Department of Zoology's website
- Teaching staff
Professor Gerry Closs
Associate Professor Caroline Beck
Dr Ludovic Dutoit
Dr Sheena Townsend- Paper Structure
Instruction is delivered via lectures, labs and field trips. Learning is supported with formative assignments, tutorials and online learning modules.
- Teaching Arrangements
Two lectures, one lab and one tutorial per week.
- Textbooks
Highly Recommended: Hickman et al 2021, Animal Diversity (9th Ed), McGraw Hill
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Ethics, Information
literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
By the end of this paper students are expected to be able to:
- Identify distinctive features of major animal taxa – from single-celled organisms to vertebrates – and apply this knowledge to observations of live and preserved specimens.
- Describe the taxonomic and hierarchical organization of animals using a rich vocabulary of zoological terms.
- Compare animal body plan features and modications across taxa that live in diverse environments and relate these features and modications to function.
- Use structured scientic inquiry to address questions about animal form and function by generating testable hypotheses, making and recording observations, and thinking critically about experimental results.
- Prepare a formal research report with background information, purpose/hypotheses, methods, results and discussion, using conventions suitable for zoological disciplines.
- Appropriately use peer-reviewed, published information in written work.
