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ZOOLOGY

Major Combinations
NQF Level: 5: ZOL1501, ZOL1502, ZOL1603, CHE1501, CHE1502, CHE1503, STA1510, EUP1501
NQF Level: 6: ZOL2601, ZOL2602, ZOL2603, ZOL2604
NQF Level: 7: ZOL3701, ZOL3702, ZOL3703, ZOL3704

Animal Diversity II - ZOL1502
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: Students who complete this module will have knowledge of the diversity of life and will be able to identify and distinguish various animal species. The module will provide them with an overview of the large variety of chordate animals and how they evolved from ancestral representatives, and explain how intricately linked and interrelated all living creatures on earth are. Students will be able to relate this knowledge to key processes of morphology, classification, adaptation and phylogeny of the various animal taxa. Finally, the module will introduce some of the major fields of biodiversity and ecology that describe ways in which animals functionally interact with other organisms and with their environment.
Zoology I (Practical) - ZOL1603
Under Graduate Degree Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Co-requisite: ZOL1501 or ZOL1502
Purpose: This module is intended for students pursuing a career in the field of animal conservation, veterinary, marine science, ecology, genetics, and animal behaviour, including practitioners in the field of zoology. The purpose of this module is to enable students to demonstrate practical skills in the use of research and dissection microscopes and basic dissection skills, and be able to recognise diagnostic characteristics on which classification systems are based. Insight into the structural and functional diversity of invertebrate and vertebrate animals must also be demonstrated. They will personally be able to follow a laboratory protocol and analyse the data that is obtained from such a protocol. Students will also be able to describe basic laboratory techniques used in genetic experiments.
Comparative Animal Physiology - ZOL2601
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: ZOL1501 or ZOL1502
Purpose: of this module deal with the physiology of animals on a comporative basis. Physiology is about the functions of living organisms such as respiration, feeding, digestion, transport of gases, circulation, excretion, movement etc. It is also about how living organisms adjust to their environemtn and how they regulate and integrate all these functions into a smooth functioning organism. During the first level modules, students have already dealt with the organ systems and physiology of a variety of animals at an elementary level. This knowledge is regarded as a pre-requisite for this module. Students will gain knowledge of physiological aspects related to specific animal groups, approaches to gain physiological information and interpretation of physiological data.
Cytogenetics and Embryology - ZOL2602
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Co-requisite: ZOL1501 or ZOL1502
Purpose: To obtain a basic knowledge on the transfer and the expression of genetic material inside an animal cell, the transfer to offspring, as well as the early embryonic development of Branchiostoma, Amphibia, Aves and Mammalia.
Animal Diversity I - ZOL1501
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: To gain insight into the diversity, phylogeny, morphology and adaptations of higher invertebrate animals.
Theory of Evolution - ZOL2603
Under Graduate Degree Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Co-requisite: ZOL1501 or ZOL1502
Purpose: To enable the student to gain knowledge and competencies concerning the theory of evolution as the basis for biology, and to gain understanding of the history of the theory and its basic concepts and mechanisms.
Zoology II (Practical) - ZOL2604
Under Graduate Degree Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: ZOL1603 & CHE1501 or CHE1502 Co-requisite: Any two of the following: ZOL2601, ZOL2602 & ZOL2603
Purpose: This module forms part of the BSc degree in in Life Sciences with Genetics and Zoology (Or botany, Microbiology, physiology or biochemistry) qualification streams. On completion of this module Learners have to demonstrate the ability to study certain physiological processes and adaptations in animals experimentally, as well as an understanding of the main stages in the early embryogenesis of chordates, and the most important sensory organs of animals pertaining to ethological phenomena.
Ethology and Project - ZOL3701
Under Graduate Degree Year module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: Any two of the following modules: ZOL2601, ZOL2602, ZOL2603
Purpose: Enables students to demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental principles of animal ethology (including the cause, ontogeny, adaptive value and evolution of behavioural patterns) as well as the application of ethology in environmental management.
Ecology - ZOL3702
Under Graduate Degree Year module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: Any two of the following modules: ZOL2601, ZOL2602, ZOL2603
Purpose: Students who complete this module can identify, analyse and explain interactions between the biotic and abiotic environments; discuss and apply principles from population dynamics and community ecology of ecosystems to practical contexts; and analyse and suggest solutions to applied ecological problems.
Applied Zoology - ZOL3703
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Purpose: To identify and classify selected parasite species, and to obtain a basic knowledge of parasite-host interactions, epidemiologies and control measures.
Zoology III (Practical) - ZOL3704
Under Graduate Degree Year module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: ZOL2604 Co-requisite: Any two of the following: ZOL3701, ZOL3702, ZOL3703
Purpose: This module forms part of the BSc degree in in Life Sciences with Genetics and Zoology (Or botany, Microbiology, physiology or biochemistry) qualification streams. On completion of this module Learners have to demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental principles of animal ethology and application thereof in environmental management. Leaners must demonstrate insight into the interactions between abiotic and biotic environments as well as population dynamics and community ecology of ecosystems, and be able to apply statistical methods. Practical skills must be demonstrated in the applied aspects of parasitology.
Entomology: Insects and Arachnids - LSH4803
Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: Students who complete this module can examine and describe the impact role of insects and arachnids as causative agents of diseases and vectors of disease-causing agents in Africa. In addition, the students will be able to evaluate and critically review the insect and tick control measures practiced in various regions of Africa. These students will add to the skills base of the graduates who will find employment either in the government service or in the private sector.
Advanced Animal Parasitology - LSH4804
Honours Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English
Purpose: Students who complete this module will be able to examine and assess the impact of the most common parasites that occur in African communities and to critically review their control measures. These students will add to the skills base of the graduates who will find employment either in the government service or in the private sector.