Ecology of animals

Course: ECOLOGY (Bachelor) FULL-TIME

Structural unit: Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center

Title
Ecology of animals
Code
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5
Learning outcomes
PR02. Understand the basic environmental laws, rules and principles of environmental protection and nature management. PR03. Understand the basic concepts, theoretical and practical problems in the field of natural sciences, necessary for analysis and decision-making in the field of ecology, environmental protection and optimal use of nature. PR06. Identify the factors that determine the formation of landscape and biological diversity. PR29. Calculate static and dynamic parameters of populations. PR30. Identify the principles and types of interaction of living organisms with the environment.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
To know - the general laws of the structure of chordates. Be able to - classify species of plant animals, in accordance with the principles of modern phylogenetic classification and zoological nomenclature. Have basic skills - working with simple optical instruments, compliance with safety in the laboratory.
Course content
The discipline "Animal Ecology" deals with the study of the population-species level of the organization of the animal world as an object of study of a wide range of biologists and ecologists. The discipline is designed to form an idea of the place of vertebrates in the organic world, their ecological role and significance for the biosphere and sustainable development of society, the origin and general patterns of evolutionary development of chordates and their individual development.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. . Korneev OP etc. Workshop on chordal zoology. - Kyiv: Kyiv Publishing House. University, 1967. - 222 p. 2. Zoology of chordates: textbook: for students. higher textbook lock / JV Tsaryk, IS Hamar, IV Wild and others; for ed. prof. J. V. Tsarina. - Lviv: LNU of Ivan Franko, 2013. - 356 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, practical work, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Semester assessment: 1. Modular test 1 - PH 1.1-1.2 (block of topics of Section 1) - 20/10 points. 2. Modular test work 2 - PH 1.1-1.2 (block of topics of Section 2) - 20/10 points. 3. Test tasks - RN 1.1-3.1 - 5 / 2.5 points. 4. Evaluation of the results of practical work and oral answers - RN 1.1-4.1 - 10/5 points. 5. Evaluation of the album - RN 1.1-3.1 - 5 / 2.5 points. Final assessment in the form of an exam
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Yurii Protsenko
Department of Ecology and Zoology
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Ecology and Zoology
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center