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Subject Code:	ZOO3EPA
Subject Short Title:	ZOOLOGY A
Credit Points:	30.0
Special Conditions:	Students MUST check full details of dates and costs of field trips and enter their component choices via www.latrobe.edu.au/zoology/ (current students)(3rd year)(components selection). Note not all listed components may be offered. Laboratory coats, dissecting kits and hand lenses are required. Students will be required to dissect dead animals and to work with living tissue under supervision.
Subject Description:	Students must pass three components in order to complete the requirements for the unit. Five components are normally offered and students may choose any three providing that a component common to another unit is not already used for credit. Two components are based in the field and three components are based in the laboratory. Each laboratory component consists of lecture/tutorial work and practical work. Component 1: Mallee Field Course. Component 2: Heron Island Field Course. Component 3: Behavioural Ecology. Component 4: to be announced. Component 5: To be announced
Prerequisites:	ZOO2AFE or ZOO2APH or (ZOO2ENT & ZOO2AE) or (ZOO2VMP) or AGR2PDA
Class Requirements:	Lab-based components: four 1-hour lectures and two 4-hour practical classes per week. Field based components: equivalent to five 12-hour days
Work Experience Indicator:	Student is not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
three 1,250-word practical reports	40
three 1.5-hour examinations	60	This is the combined assessment for three lab-based components. Students undertaking field-based components submit a literature review/practical report/examination equiv to 3,000-words per component.

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Subject Coordinator: Dr Brian Malone

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