ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
The major objective is to learn the basics of comparative anatomy of chordates, so as to be able to compare and classify them, before tracing the key stages of their evolutionary history. The teaching is integrative in the sense that it uses both present-day organisms and the fossil record, in order to document the evolutionary history of the clade in its entirety and in all its aspects. Anatomical, biomechanical, phylogenetic, and ecomorphological approaches will be addressed in lectures in order to illustrate the diversity and major characteristics of chordates. The practical sessions (and the practical sessions) will illustrate the evolution of the diversity of the integuments, the skeleton, the musculature, the digestive and respiratory systems over long time scales.
Necessary pre-requisites
UEs Diversity and Evolution of Present and Past Metazoans - Level 1 and 2 (HAV314H and HAV408H, L2 S3 and S4) if possible
Knowledge control
Test |
Coefficient |
Nb of hours |
Nb of sessions |
Organization (SDS or resp) |
Written |
50 |
2 |
2 |
MSDS |
Continuous control |
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TP |
50 |
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Oral |
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Targeted competencies
- Mobilize the fundamental concepts and technologies of evolutionary biology, phylogeny and paleontology to address a problem in the field and/or analyze a research or presentation document;
- Identify and select various specialized resources to document a topic;
- Analyze and synthesize data for use;
- Develop an argument with logic and critical thinking;