BIOL212-10S1 (C) Semester One 2010

Marine Biology

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2010
End Date: Sunday, 27 June 2010
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 7 March 2010
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 23 May 2010

Description

An introduction to marine biology and the marine environment. Description of marine communities and the biodiversity, ecology and behaviour of marine organisms.

This course is an introduction to Marine Biology and the marine environment. It will include descriptions of marine communities and the biodiversity, biology and behaviour of marine invertebrates. Where appropriate, New Zealand examples will be used to illustrate topics.

An integral part of the course is a compulsory three and a half day field course at the UC Marine Lab, Kaikoura. The provisional dates for the field trips are 9-12 April, 12-15 April and 15-18 April (if enrolments exceed 45).

Prerequisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Islay Marsden

Lab Coordinator

Jan McKenzie

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Field Course Report 40%
Final Exam 60%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Brusca, Richard C. , Brusca, Gary J; Invertebrates ; 2nd ed; Sinauer Associates, 2003.

Ruppert, Edward E. , Barnes, Robert D., Barnes, Robert D; Invertebrate zoology ; 6th ed.; Saunders College Pub, 1994.

Recommended Reading

Castro, Peter. , Huber, Michael E; Marine biology ; 4th ed; McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Notes

In BIOL212, a student must normally pass the course as a whole (>50%) and reach a satisfactory (45%) level in the essay, practical report and the final exam.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $650.00

International fee $3,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Biological Sciences .

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