BIOL481-18S2 (C) Semester Two 2018

Environmental Animal Physiology

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 July 2018
End Date: Sunday, 18 November 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 29 July 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 October 2018

Description

Physiological adaptations that allow animal life to survive in diverse environments. The course will look at the strengths and weaknesses of the comparative approach and its relationship to phylogeny. Topics that may be addressed include osmoregulatory physiology and water balance, thermoregulation, metabolic rates, exercise and cardiovascular physiology.

This is a course that explores current topics in comparative environmental animal physiology. It follows on from the 3rd year physiology courses and concentrates on animals in their environments.

Learning Outcomes

  • As a student in this course, I will develop the ability to:
  • demonstrate a sophisticated understanding and evaluation of experimental design, methodology and data in the field of environmental physiology. (assessment tasks: internal assessment)
  • demonstrate how dogma shapes scientific thinking (assessment tasks, tutorials)
  • use methodology designed for one purpose to develop universal hypotheses
  • the ability to access and critically assess the scientific literature  (assessment tasks)
  • develop and trial your own “teaching to learn” techniques. (task: seminar)

    Transferable Skills Register
    As a student in this course, I will develop the following skills:
  • ability to manage team work. Most jobs require interactions with others to accomplish a task to a particular standard and on time.
  • greater competence in evaluation and design of techniques relevant to physiology.
  • engage in science and technology issues with a broader understanding of their social context.
  • The ability to develop methods and techniques for use in applied settings

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of School. RP: BIOL354

Restrictions

BIOL451

Recommended Preparation

Course Coordinator

For further information see School of Biological Sciences Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assessment 1 20%
Assessment 2 20%
Final Exam 60%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,013.00

* 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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