ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 30 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 51
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Botany, Zoology, Genetics and Physical Anthropology
Areas: Botany, Zoology
Center Faculty of Sciences
Call: First Semester
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable | 1st year (Yes)
a) General:
- Know how to base the common origin of all living beings and its repercussions.
- Relate environmental diversity, organic diversity and the evolutionary process.
- Place organisms on the tree of life and identify the evolutionary relationships between the main groups.
- Recognize taxonomic categories and use the rules of biological nomenclature.
- Recognize the main phases of the development of life on Earth.
- Recognize the main milestones in the history of biological knowledge
b) Specific:
- Identify organisms and associate them with the different modes and types of anatomical, functional and reproductive organization.
- Distinguish between the different phases of life cycles.
- Recognize the identifying characteristics of the main botanical and fauna groups as well as their phylogenetic position.
- Analyze the phenomena of evolutionary convergence and divergence of functional systems as an adaptive response to continuous environmental changes.
- Know the interspecific relationships that may condition the different species and their environmental characteristics.
- Relate the spatio-temporal variation of biodiversity and the maintenance of life.
- Instill notions for the conservation of diversity in ecosystems.
The contents that will be developed in this subject address biological diversity.
The study program to achieve these contents is as follows:
LECTURES (30h: 10h Area of Botany; 20h Area of Zoology)
Area of Botany (10h)
Introduction to the history of life on Earth.
Biological diversity, current and previous vision. Phylogenetic trees and classification of organisms. Nomenclature and taxonomy.
General characteristics of living systems. The three domains: Bacteria, Arquea and Eukaria. Differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Structure and function of the different types of cells (in multicellular organisms) and their subcellular organelles.
The Protists: Algae. General characteristics. Biological cycles.
Mushroom Kingdom and related groups. General characteristics and diversity.
Plant of the kingdom. Complexity, structure and development.
Non-vascular plants (Bryophytas): biological cycle.
Vascular plants I: Seedless plants (Pteridophytas): biological cycle.
Vascular plants II: Seed plants (gymnosperms and angiosperms). Reproduction.
Area of Zoology (20h)
Animalia Kingdom: origin of animals, animal architecture, body plans. Animal Protostomes and Deuterostomes. Foundations of taxonomy and zoological nomenclature. Classification and phylogeny. Animal reproduction and development.
Phylum Porifers, Cnidarians and Ctnophores: general characteristics and types of organization
Accelomados: Filo Platelmintos. Diagnosis and general characteristics. Classification and examples of life cycles.
Pseudocellomas: definition and general characters. Rotiferous Edge. Nematode Edge
Celomados: definition and general characters. Mollusk Phylum: general characteristics, organization, reproduction and classification.
Phylum Annelids: general characteristics, organization, reproduction and classification.
Arthropod Edge: Definition, general characteristics and classification.
Quelicerados: general characteristics, organization and classification.
Crustaceans: general characteristics, organization and classification.
Myriapods: definition, general characteristics and classification
Hexapods: general characteristics. Biology and classification. Collembola, Proturos and Diplomas. Exopterigotas and Endopterygotas
Deuterostome animals: Phylum Echinoderms: general characteristics and organization.
Filo Chordates: Definition and general characters. General characteristics of vertebrates, classification. Agnatos Overview
Gnathostomes: definition. Chondrichthya and Osteictios: general characters. Structural and functional adaptations for life in water.
Tetrapods: adaptation to the terrestrial environment. Amphibians: general characteristics and organization. Classification. Reproduction and development
Reptiles: General characteristics and organization. Classification
Birds: General characteristics and organization; functional and structural adaptations for flight. Classification
Mammals: general characteristics, functional and structural adaptations. Classification. Reproduction and development
SEMINARS (3 hours: 1h Area of Botany; 2h Area of Zoology)
Biodiversity and conservation (2 hours)
Invasive species (1 hour)
LABORATORY PRACTICES (15hours: 6h Area of Botany; 9h Area of Zoology)
Area of Botany
Practice 1.- Diversity I: Talophytes (Talophites: Algae, Fungi and Lichens) (1:30)
Practice 2.- Diversity II: Seedless plants (Bryophytes and Pteridophytes) (1:30)
Practice 3.- Diversity III: Spermatophytes (Gymnosperms and Angiosperms) (1:30)
Practice 4.- Organography (Structure of the roots, stems and leaves of Cormophytes) (1:30)
Area of Zoology
Practice 5.- Invertebrates in arthropods. Acelomados, pseudocelomados, anelidos (1:30)
Practice 6.- Molluscs and echinoderms (1:30)
Practice 7.- Arthropods 1. Quelicerates and shellfish. (1:30)
Practice 8.- Arthropods 2. Insects and other groups of terrestrial jaws. (1h: 30)
Practice 9.- Chordates 1. Urocordadas, cefalocordados, fish and amphibians (1:30)
Practice 10.- Chordates 2. Reptiles, birds and mammals (1:30)
ACTIVITIES ON THE VIRTUAL CAMPUS
- Preparation of a Glossary of terms Galician-Spanish-English
- Self-assessment exercises
Basic Bibliography
Brusca, R. C., e Brusca, G. J.,.- Invertebrados. Ec. McGraw-Hill-Interamericana, 2005
Curry, J.P.- Grassland Invertebrates: Ecology, influence on soil fertility and effects on plant growth. Ed. Chapman&Hall, 1994
Curtis, H.; N. Sue Barnes. 2008. Biología. 7ª ed. Ed. Panamericana.
de la Fuente, J. A., Artrópodos. I. Características xerais, Dpto. Zoología, Univ. Salamanca, 1982.
de la Fuente, J. A., Zoología de Artrópodos, Ed. McGraw-Hill-Interamericana de España, Madrid, 1994.
Esau, K. 1987. Anatomía de las plantas con semilla. Ed. Hemisferio Sur.
Hickman, J.R.; Cleveland, P.; Keen, S.L.; Eisenhour, D.J.; Larson, A.; L´anson, H..- Principios integrales de Zoología. Servet Edra, Zaragoza, 924 pp 2021
Kardong, K. V., Vertebrados: anatomía comparada, función, evolución, Ed. McGraw-Hill Interamericana, Madrid, 1999.
Raven, P. H.; R. F. Evert; S. E. Eichhorn. 1992. Biología de las plantas. 2 tomos. Reverté.
Complementary bibliography
Aira, Mª J., Vázquez, R.A. e Izco, J. Eds. 2014. Manual de prácticas de botánica: laboratorio y campo. Servizo de Publicacións e intercambio Científico. Santiago de Compostela.
Barnes, R. S. K., Calow, P., e Olive, P. J. W., The Invertebrates: a new synthesis, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1993.
Birch, M. C. e Hainer, K. F., Feromonas de insectos, Ed. Oikos-Tau, Barcelona, 1990.
Díaz, J. A. e Santos, T., Aproximación evolutiva a la diversidad e organización de los animales, Ed. Síntesis, Madrid, 1998.
Malakhov, V. V., Nematodos: Structure, Development, Classification and Phylogeny, Smithsonian Institution, 1994.
Mueller, GM, Bills, GF, Foster, MS., 2004. Biodiversity of Fungi. Inventoring and Monitoring Methods. Elsevier Academic Press. Amsterdam.
Nabors, M. W. 2006. Introducción a la Botánica. Pearson Educación. Madrid.
Richards, O. W. e Davies, R. G., Tratado de Entomología Imms. 1 Estructura, Fisiología y Desarrollo, ed. Omega, Barcelona, 1983.
Richards, O. W. e Davies, R. G., Tratado de Entomología Imms. 2. Clasificación y Biología, ed. Omega, Barcelona, 1984.
Rodríguez, Mª C., P. De Sáa; R.A. Vázquez. 2004. Citología, Histología y Organografía Vegetal. In: Rodríguez, F. (Ed.). Galicia Naturaleza. Tomo XLI, Botánica I: 17-134. Hércules Ediciones, A Coruña.
Vaughan, T. A., Mamíferos, Interamericana, México, 1988.
Weichert, C. K. e Presch, W., Elementos de anatomía de los cordados, Ed. McGraw-Hill, México, 1981.
Wessels, N. K., Adaptaciones estructurales de los vertebrados en Scientific American: Vertebrados: estructura y función, Ed. Blume, Madrid, 1979.
Web-grafía (May 2022)
The Joy of Science. Richard A. Lockshin. 2007. http://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-1-4020-6099-1. https://www.slideshare.net/Rafamartin/biodiversidad-y-evolucin-71976319
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bacterial_morphology_diagram-es…
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaea
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diatoms_through_the_microscope.j…
Curtis, H. & N. Sue Barnes. 2001. Biología. 6ª edic. Ed. Panamericana (http://www.intercambiosvirtuales.org/software/biologia-sexta-edicion- %e2%80%93-curtis-barnes)
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/Anatomy/Glossary/Anatomy-glossary.html#anc…
https://www.documaniatv.com/naturaleza/david-attenborough-una-vida-en-n…
https://www.wwf.es/?55320/Informe-Planeta-Vivo-2020
Basic skills:
CB1: That the students have demonstrated to possess and understand knowledge in a study area that starts from the general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, although supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the forefront of their field of study.
CB5: That the students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.
Xerais skills:
CG1: Possess and understand fundamental knowledge about the organization and function of biological systems at the cellular and molecular levels.
CG2: Think in an integrated way and approach problems from different perspectives, both technically and professionally, as well as their relationship with social / economic problems involving a biochemist.
Cross-cutting competences
CT1: Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
CT3: Ability to work in a team.
CT11: Ability for autonomous learning.
CT15: Ability for oral and written communication
Specific competences
CES2: Know and understand the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, as well as the structure and function of different cell types (in multicellular organisms) and their subcellular organelles.
CES10: Know and know how to apply the structural, functional and taxonomic foundations of biological systems, as well as the concept of biological diversity and its importance for the maintenance of life on Earth
EXPENSE OF ATTENDANCE: there is no exemption from attendance at the sessions corresponding to interactive classroom teaching
Theoretical teaching will take place during the first semester, according to the schedule approved by the center; the material used in each theory class will be available to students in advance on the virtual platform. The theoretical classes will consist of the explanation of the contents of the subject, by the teachers using the blackboard and the audiovisual media.
Seminars are complementary activities on various aspects of the subject.
Practical teaching (it will serve to illustrate the theoretical contents of the subject and will be fundamentally oriented towards the students acquiring practical skills and experience); Its development will be as follows:
- Brief introduction by the teacher.
- Carrying out practice, according to the guidelines set by a script, under the supervision and supervision of the teaching staff.
- Delivery of a paper on what was done during practice.
All the tasks of the student body (study, works, readings) will be guided by the academic staff in the tutoring sessions.
USC-virtual:
- The tools available in the virtual USC will be used to provide students with the necessary material for the development of the subject (presentations, notes, supporting texts, bibliography, etc.) and to establish fluid communication between students and teachers.
Skills worked
1. Expository classes: CB1, CB5, CG1, CG2, CT1, CT11, CT15, CES2, CES 10
2. Seminars: CB5, CG2, CT1, CT3, CT11, CT15
3. Practices: CB5, CG2, CT1, CT3, CES10
4. Group tutoring: CT3, CT15
5. Individual tutorials: CT1
6. Assessment activities: CES2, CES 10
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the “Regulations for evaluating student academic performance and reviewing grades” will apply:
The fraudulent performance of any exercise or test required in the assessment of a subject will involve the qualification of fail in the corresponding call, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be followed against the offending student. It will be considered fraudulent, among others, to carry out works plagiarized or obtained from sources accessible to the public without reworking or reinterpretation and without citations to the authors and the sources.
ORIXINALIDADE TWO WORKS PRESENTED
In preparing the work and the questionnaires carried out during the course, certain rules must be followed:
1. Any literal quotation of text and / or figures taken from a book, reprint, class notes or from a web page, must be correctly referenced. Otherwise, it will be considered that plagiarism is being carried out (action and effect of copying, not substantial, other people's works giving them as their own).
2. It will also be considered plagiarism if the copy is from another partner, or a work written by another person is presented, posing as its author.
3. The detection of any of these forms of plagiarism will mean that said work is not taken into consideration and must be redone; In addition, if plagiarism is repeated, the final grade for the subject will be absent.
4. In the case of the questionnaires, if a copy is detected in the responses of a part of the students, it will lead to the absence of the corresponding grade in the final grade of the subject for all the cases detected.
REPEATERS: the grades achieved in the different activities during an academic year will not be saved for subsequent courses, so they will have to be repeated in their entirety
The final grade of the subject will be the sum of the points achieved in the following sections:
1. Theoretical exam (50% of the final grade, divided into 20% for Botany and 30% for Zoology). It is essential to pass both parts to add the rest of the scores. The exam grade will always be complementary to the continuous assessment
Assessed competencies: CB1,CG1,CT11,CT15,CES2,CES10
2. Attendance, attitude and use of the practices as well as the elaboration of a memory of each one of them and the preparation of a glossary of terms in Galician, Spanish and English (30% gives final note). Practices will be compulsory and not attending them will mean having to take a practical exam at the end of the course.
Assessed competencies: CB5,CT3,CT11, CES10
3. Preparation and presentation of a work (10%).
Assessed competencies: CES2,CG2, CT1,CT3
4. Continuous evaluation by answering some questionnaires at the end of each topic and the seminars, along with active participation in classes (10% of the final grade) . At the end of the exhibition class time, there will be a new possibility to answer the questionnaires.
Assessed competencies: CG1,CG2,CT1,CES2
The qualifications obtained, in the ordinary opportunity, sections 3 and 4 will be the same in the second opportunity; that is, there is no possibility of submitting a new job or of answering the questionnaires again.
Contact hours:
Exhibition classes: 30 hours
Interactive classes (laboratory and seminars): 15 + 3 hours
Tutoring: 3 hours
Evaluation activities: 4 hours
Total classroom hours: 55
Students' personal work
Reading and preparation of topics: 30 hours
Reading and preparation of interactive classes: 15 hours
Preparation of other evaluation activities: 20 hours
Exam preparation: 30 hours
Total non-contact hours: 95 hours
- Total student work hours: 150 hours
- Face-to-face and participatory assistance in theory classes and, especially, in laboratory practices since they are compulsory.
- Consultation of the recommended bibliography as well as the material available on the Virtual Campus.
- Use of teacher tutoring hours for queries and clarifications
Maria Teresa Rodriguez Lopez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Zoology, Genetics and Physical Anthropology
- Area
- Zoology
- teresa.rodriguez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Rosa Ana Vázquez Ruiz De Ocenda
- Department
- Botany
- Area
- Botany
- Phone
- 982822466
- rosana.vazquez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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