Zoology

The objectives of the course are provided to students with the basic knowledge related to functional biology and physiology of animals in relation to the environment; evolutionary biology; biodiversity, systematics and animal phylogeny.

At the end of the course the student will be able to: provide a general description of animal biodiversity and the main differences with other living organisms; recognize and identify the main animal taxa; carry out an overall comparative analysis of the structure of an animal, distinguishing the main anatomical structures and appropriately describing its morphology and function in relation to the environment. The student will develop cultural skills related to: integrated organism and fundamental aspects of the condition of "animality", complexity and unity of animal life, structural and functional adaptations of animals in relation to the environment. Moreover, it will be able to use specific instrumentation such as the optical transmission microscope and the stereomicroscope.