Course description
Want to launch a career working with animals? Our Zoology Level 3 online course will give your resume the boost it needs to win jobs ranging from zoo work to conservation research.
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Training Course Content
Unit 1: Organisms (An Introduction to the Living World)
- Life’s origins both chemically and biologically
- Historical development of cellular understanding
- Function of cells
- Metabolic process of the cell
Unit 2: Evolution, Reproduction, and Maintenance of Species
- Inheritance diagrams
- Genetic inheritance
- Mendel’s theories of inheritance
- Historical evolutionary theories
- Darwinian evolutionary theory
- Reproductive strategies
Unit 3: Taxonomy and Simple Organisms
- Hierarchy of animal complexity and body shape
- Classifying organisms
- Simple unicellular organisms
- Advantages and disadvantages of unicellular and simple multicellular organisms
Unit 4: Complex Invertebrates
- Mollusca group
- Members of the annelid
- Hexapod groups
- Species of crustacea
- Echinoderm group
Unit 5: Complex Vertebrates
- Biology of fishes
- Reptiles and amphibians
- Requirements for a species to be classified as a bird
- Mammal group
Unit 6: Maintaining Life in the Animal Kingdom
- Skeletal systems in the natural world
- Animal’s internal environment
- Methods of digestion and nutrition in organisms
- Nervous system and its role
Course delivery details
Split into 6 units, every element of this course seeks to expand your understanding of Counselling, so you can achieve the theoretical knowledge you need to apply these skills within real and practical settings.
This course is assessed using a series of written assignments that are designed to test your knowledge of the course materials. These will need to be sent to your personal tutor for marking, whereupon they will supply you with helpful tips and feedback. No external examinations are required.
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