GENERAL ZOOLOGY 
TENTATIVE FALL COURSE OUTLINE: 
LECTURE AND LABORATORY

 

Week

Topic

Chapters

 

Week

Topic

Chapters

1

Introduction  and Protozoa
LAB: Microscopy

 6,15,16

 

9

Birds, Mammals and Integument
LAB: Echinoderms

 6,30,31

2

Protozoa, Porifera and Radiates LAB: Protozoans

 16,17

 

10

LECTURE EXAM II
Support and Movement
LAB: Chordates - Pisces

 6

3

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
Radiates and Acoelomates
LAB: Poriferans & Radiates

 18,19

 

11

Homeostasis
LAB: Amphibians - Mammals

 6,7

4

Pseudocoelomates and Mollusca
LAB: Acoels & Pseudocoels

 20,21

 

12

Circulation
LAB: Chordate Anatomy I
 LAB NOTEBOOK DUE

 8

5

LECTURE EXAM I,
Mollusca and Annelida
LAB: Molluscs & Annelids

 21,22

 

13

LECTURE EXAM III
Respiration and Defense
LAB: Chordate Anatomy II

 8,9

6

Annelids and Arthropoda

 23

 

14

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

 

7

LAB EXAM I, NOTEBOOK DUE
Echinodermata and Chordata
LAB: Arthropods I

 25,26

 

15

Feeding and Nervous System
LAB: Chordate Anatomy III

 10,11

16

 Endocrine System
LAB EXAM II 		12

8

Pisces, Amphibians and Reptiles
LAB: Arthropods II

 27,28,29

 

17

FINAL EXAM WEEK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  LECTURE EXAM I: thru pseudocoels
LECTURE EXAM II: molluscs thru chordates
LECTURE EXAM III: integument thru transport
FINAL EXAM: gas exchange thru endocrine (2/3), old material (1/3)
  LAB EXAM I: thru annelids
LAB EXAM II: arthropods thru chordate anatomy

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