Lower Invertebrates And Microscopy | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

ZOO 1101

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

School:

School of Biological Sciences

Department:

Zoology

Course Discipline:

Biology

Course Description & Objectives:

Kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Protozoa, and Porifera. (Diversity and Classification) Kingdom MoneraThe single-celled prokaryotic organisms known as bacteria. Brief consideration of the characteristic features of bacteria, including their groupings. Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Coccus, Bacillus, and Spirillum. A brief mention of viruses as internal infectious particles of bacteria and other organisms.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course students are expected to have acquired knowledge about the:

Diiversity and ubiquity of microorganisms that occur on earth, viz (a) viruses (b) bacteria, blue-green algae, (Kingdom, Monera), (c) protozoa, algae and slime molds (Kingdom Protista) and sponges (phylum, porifera). (b) Need for classifying living things on earth.
Structural and physiological features that enable organisms in question to exist in environments where they occur.
Importance of the organisms in the economy of nature and man’s economy.

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