Syllabus of Zoology(hons.) CBCS

^{INVERTEBRATE  ZOOLOGY B.Sc 1st Semester}

^{CORE COURSE I SYLLABUS}

^{PAPER NAME- ANIMAL DIVERSITY}

^{“Protist to Pseudo Coelomates”}

^Theory-

^{Unit 1- Protesta,Parazoa,Metazoa}

^{General Character and classification upto classes (phylum- protozoa)}

^{Study of : 1.Euglena  2.Amoeba  3.Paramecium}

^{- Life cycle and Pathogenisity of Plasmodium Vivax and Entamoeba Histolytica}

^{- Locomotion and Reproduction in Protista}

^{- Evolution of symmetry and segmentation of metazoa}

^{Unit 2-Porifera}

^{-General characteristics and classification upto classes}

^{-Canal system and spicules in Sponges}

^{Unit 3- Cnidaria}

^{-General characteristics and Classification upto classes}

^{-Metagenesis in Obelia}

^{-Polymorphism in cnidaria, corals and coral reef}

^{Unit 4- Ctenophora}

^{-General characteristics and Evolutionary Significance}

^{Unit 5- Platyhelmenthes}

^{-General characteristics and classification upto classes}

^{-Life cycle and pathogenisity of  Fasciola hepatica and Taenia solium}

^{Unit 6- Nemathhelmenthes}

^{-General characteristics and classification upto classes}

^{-Life cycle and pathogenisity of Ascaris lumbricoides and Wuchereria bancrofti}

^{-Parasitic adaptation in helminthes.}

^Practicals-

1. Study of whole mount of Euglena,Amoeba,Paramecium, Binary fission and conjugation in paramecium

2. Examination of pond water collected from different places for diversity in protest

3. Study of Sycon(T.S and L.S), Hyalonema, Euplectella, Spongilla

4. Study of Obelia, Physallia, Millepora, Aurellia , Tubipora, Corallium, Alcyonium, Gorgonia, Metridium, Pennatula, Fungia,Meandrina, Madrepora

5. One specimen/slide of any Ctenophora

6. Study of Adult Fasciola hepatica,Taenia solium and their life cycles

7. Study of adult Ascaris Lumbricoides and its life stages.

^{B.Sc 1st Semester}

^{CORE COURSE II SYLLABUS}

^{PAPER NAME- ECOLOGY}

^{“Principles of Ecology”}

THEORY 

Unit 1:Introduction to Ecology

History of ecology, Autecology and synecology, Levels of organization,

Laws of limiting factors, Study of physical factors

Unit2:Population

-Unitary and Modular populations

-Unique and group attributes of population: Density, natality, mortality,

life tables, fecundity tables, survivorship curves, age ratio, sex ratio,

dispersal and dispersion Exponential and logistic growth, equation and

patterns, r and K strategies Population regulation - density-dependent

and independent factors

-Population interactions, Gause’s Principle with laboratory and field

examples, Lotka-Volterra equation for competition and Predation,

functional and numerical responses

Unit3:Community 

-Community characteristics: species richness, dominance, diversity,

abundance, vertical stratification, Ecotone and edge effect; Ecological

succession with one example

-Theories pertaining to climax community

Unit4:Ecosystem

-Types of ecosystems with one example in detail, Food chain: Detritus

and grazing food chains, Linear and Y-shaped food chains, Food web,

-Energy flow through the ecosystem, Ecological pyramids and Ecological

efficiencies

-Nutrient and biogeochemical cycle with one example of

Nitrogen cycle Human modified ecosystem

Unit 5:Applied Ecology 4

-Ecology in Wildlife Conservation and Management

PRACTICALS-

1. Study of life tables and plotting of survivorship curves of different

types from the hypothetical/real data provided

2. Determination of population density in a natural/hypothetical community by quadrate methodandcalculationofShannon-Weinerdiversityindexforthesamecommunity

3. Study of an aquatic ecosystem: Phytoplankton and zooplankton,

Measurement of area, temperature, turbidity/penetration of light, determination of

pH, and Dissolved Oxygen content(Winkler’smethod).

4. Report on a visit to National Park/Biodiversity Park/Wild life sanctuary