Course code

MLB6006.LT

old course code

MLB6006

Course title in Estonian

Zooloogia

Course title in English

Introduction to Zoology

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Obligatory course for marine biologist and science teachers. The course will present the diversity of the animal kingdom. All animal phyla will be introduced. The morphology and taxonomy of the most important and largest groups will be studied in greater depth.

Brief description of the course

General zoology: different fields of zoology, taxonomy, classification. The progress of animal evolution. Some protist groups, traditionally dealt as animals. All animal phyla will be introduced. Sponges, coelenterates, flatworms, roundworms, annelids, molluscs, arthropods, echinodermates and chordates will be studied in greater depth. The major classes of arthropods and chordates will also be studied in depth: arachnids, crustaceans, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the boundaries of animal diversity and orientates in animal taxonomy;
- knows the basic characteristics of animal phyla;
- can describe and recognise body plans of widely distributed animal groups.

Teacher

lekt Triinu Tõrv, MSc

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/11.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/11.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/10.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/10.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/09.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/09.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/08.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/08.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/08.LT)