Biodiversity and Ecology of Invertebrates

6 ECTS credits
155 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1010854BNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

'Biodiversity and Ecology of Invertebrates' means that you simultaneously follow ' General Zoology' or have successfully passed 'General Zoology’. The enrolment requirements is only valid voor students of the bachelor biology.

Taught in

English, Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences

Department

Biology

Educational team

Joren SNOEKS
Marc Kochzius (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
26 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course provides an overview of the evolutionary origin and relationships of the main invertebrate groups, e.g.

Porifera
Cnidaria
Platyhelminthes
Nematoda
Annelida
Arthropoda
Mollusca
Echinodermata
Tunicata

The course covers also their diversity in form, function and behavior. During the classes, classification, morphology, phylogenetic relationships and ecology will be discussed.

The practical part aims to transfer the theoretical knowledge into practical competence. The student will learn identification techniques and to make drawings of invertebrate morphology and anatomy.

Two excursions are planned: on to the Zoniën forest and one to the North Sea with a research vessel.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Biodiversiteit en ecologie van invertebraten, Lecture slides

Additional info

None

Learning Outcomes

General competences

In this course you will learn to:

develop your own learning process
work in a team
search for data sourcesto supplement the learning material
make an analysis and synthesis of the course material
phrase a biological problem
present and transfer the acquired knowledge

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Written Exam determines 30% of the final mark.
LEC Presentation determines 20% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Mondeling examen with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Tekeningen en verslagen with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Within the LEC Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Mondelinge presentatie with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The mode of assessment will be based on two parts.

Theoretical part (70%):

Oral presentation (20%)
Oral examination (50%)

Practical part (30%):

Drawings and reports

The student needs to pass both parts.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context