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Text book: Hickman CP, LS Roberts, SL Keen, A Larson, DJ Eisenhour. 2012. Animal Diversity. 6th ed. McGraw-Hill. (Editions 4 and 5 may be available second hand)

• 3 X 1-hour lectures per week
• 1 X 3-hour practicals for 8 weeks

Practical reports (total of 20% of course grades)

Two practical reports are to be handed up for assessment: the mollusc practical at the end of each practical; and the functional morphology prac which covers the last three weeks of the semester.

Self-directed field exercises (total of 20% of course grades)

There are two self-directed field exercises each worth 10% that students should complete in their own time. One is related to rocky reef invertebrates and the other to backyard arthropods. Both will expose students to a diversity of organisms, allow them to use a variety of methods for observing/collecting organisms and help them to collate observations and information related to different organisms.

Essay (total of 20% of course grades)

A 1500-2000 word essay forms part of the assessment. Further details on the essay topic and guidelines for writing essays including information on the format and style will be provided in the tutorial.
Requirements for practical reports and the essay should be guided by Cargill, M & Bellotti, M. (2004) Written communication in the agricultural and natural resource sciences, 39 p. [electronic resource]

Exam (total of 40% of course grades)

The final assessment component involves a two-hour exam (40% weight) drawing on lectures, the textbook and practical work. Further details on the format of the exam and types of questions will be provided in the final lecture.

Practical reports: Practical reports must be accompanied by a signed cover sheet available from the course website or Jordan Building laboratories and submitted by the due date (see above). The two practical reports (Parasitology: Platyhelminthes & Nematoda prac, and Mollusca: squid dissection prac) which are due at the end of the laboratory session can be handed into the box in the laboratory in the Jordan Building.

The arthropod self-directed field exercise (collection and report) must be handed in at the laboratory in the Jordan Building. The marine invertebrate self-directed field exercise and functional morphology practical report are to be placed in the course box in the Mawson Building.

Extensions for Assessment Tasks: Extensions of deadlines for assessment tasks may be allowed for reasonable causes. Such situations would include compassionate and medical grounds of the severity that would justify the awarding of a supplementary examination. Evidence for the grounds must be provided when an extension is requested. Students are required to apply for an extension to the Course Coordinator before the assessment task is due. Extensions will not be provided on the grounds of poor prioritising of time. The assessment extension application form can be obtained from: http://www.sciences.adelaide.edu.au/current/
Late submission of assessments

If an extension is not applied for, or not granted then a penalty for late submission will apply. A penalty of 10% of the value of the assignment for each calendar day that is late (i.e. weekends count as 2 days), up to a maximum of 50% of the available marks will be applied. This means that an assignment that is 5 days or more late without an approved extension can only receive a maximum of 50% of the mark.