DAVAO DOCTORS COLLEGE

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www.davaodoctors.edu.ph

MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE PROGRAM

Syllabus in GENERAL ZOOLOGY
AY 2015-2016
Course Title
Course Code
Placement
Course Credit
Contact Hours
Pre- requisites
Semester/ School Year

GENERAL ZOOLOGY
ZOO.1
First semester, First Year
3 units Lecture, 2 units laboratory
3 hours lecture per week (36 hours); 6 hours laboratory per week (72 hours)
None
First year/ Second Semester

Davao Doctors College VMOs:

DDC VISION STATEMENT:
Davao Doctors College is a premier non-sectarian academic institution that provides quality health and wellness
education in Mindanao and the East ASEAN Growth Area.
DDC MISSION STATEMENT:
Davao Doctors College is committed to produce highly competent graduates imbued with the core values of excellence,
service, integrity, empowerment and commitment. We shall provide a nurturing environment that supports quality instruction,
research and community service through effective leadership, governance and professionalism.
DDC GOALS:
1. To provide innovative, balanced, and relevant education for lifelong learning of the global Filipino;
2. To provide community outreach services through comprehensive general well-being projects;
3. To promote passion for continuous improvement by upgrading facilities, strengthening research culture, intensifying
partnership and linkages;
4. To promote environmental concern and community awareness by maintaining a sustainable and environment-friendly
institution and implementing activities that help nurture the environment; and
5. To achieve organizational efficiency and financial stability through competent management and governance.

Course Description:
This course deals with the basic principles in zoology. Overview of the morphology and physiology of the representative forms of
the animal kingdom.
Program Educational Objectives (PEO):
At the end of the program, the graduates of Bachelor in Medical Laboratory Science shall have:
1. Develop the knowledge, skills, and professional attitude in the performance of clinical laboratory procedures needed to
help the physician in the proper diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and prevention of diseases.
2. Develop critical thinking skills in Medical Technology/Medical Laboratory Science.
3. Appreciate the need for research and community-related activities.
4. Participate in activities related to promoting the profession and actively engage in lifelong learning activities; and
5. Develop collaborative and leadership qualities.
General Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, the student must be able to:
Cognitive:
1. Define, on his own words, common terms in Zoology.
2. Gain knowledge of the morphology and physiology of the representative forms of the animal kingdom.
3. Explain fundamental principles in Zoology.
Psychomotor:
1. Offer solutions to the present biological problems particularly on population, drug addiction, nutrition and conservation
of the Philippine fauna.
2. Recognize and understand problems in everyday life and find solutions to these problems through principles of
Zoology.
3. Use common laboratory apparatus in scientific investigation.
4. Apply the scientific method in solving problems of everyday life.
5. Acquire basic laboratory skills such as the use of microscope, dissecting an animal, etc.
6. Accurately report the results of scientific investigation orally and in writing.
7. Answer questions through actual and through experimentation.
Affective:
1. Demonstrate understanding of the basic principles in Zoology.
2. Appreciate the relevance of the Zoology concepts to everyday life by recognizing the events in which the principles are
clearly manifested.
3. Demonstrate relationships among the quality of human life, other living things, and the environment through gaining
positive attitudes in learning zoological concepts.

Course Content
PRELIM PERIOD
WEE
K
NO.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this session, the student
should be able to:

W1S1

W1S2

W2S1

1. Identify each classmate by associating

the name with the person.
2. Express ones understanding of the
school policies, vision, mission and goals.
3. Take note of the requirements and
coverage of the course.

At the end of the lesson the student

should be able to :
1. Define science, hypothesis, theory
and law.
2. Explain how scientists acquire
knowledge.
3. Differentiate and interrelate the
various subdivisions of zoology.
4. Demonstrate how hypothesis is
verified in the laboratory.
5. Differentiate living from non-living
things, animals from plants.
At the end of the lesson the student
should be able to :
1. Define cell.
2. Compare the different membrane
transport.

Topics
VMGO Orientation
Levelling of Expectation
General concept of
General Zoology.
Course Outline
Evaluation/Grading
System
Subject Requirements

I. Introduction
A.
Definition
a.
Science
b.
Hypothesis
c.
Law
d.
Theory
B.
Scientific Method
C.
Subdivisions of
Zoology
D.
Living vs. Non-Living
E.
Microscope
II. The Cell, Tissues, Organs
and Organ Systems
A. What are cells?
B. Why cells are small?
C. Cell membranes

Teaching /
Learning
Activities
Lecture:
- Unfreezing
Activity (Gettingto-Know-You)
- Leveling of
Expectations
- Distribution of
Course Outline
Laboratory:
Groupings and
laboratory
orientation
Lecture:
Class Discussion
Laboratory
Activities:
Act. no.1
Microscope
Act. no. 2
Manipulation of
Microscope
Lecture
Class Discussion
with animation
Laboratory

Evaluati
on

Identifyin
g 10 or
more
students

References

Teaching
Effectiveness
Course Manual
DDC Student
Handbook
Course Outline

Quiz
Assignme
nt

Zoology 8th by:

Miller and Harley
p. 1 -9
General Zoology
Manual by:
Alviola

Laborator
y reports

Assignme
nt
oral
recitation

Zoology 8th by:

Miller and Harley
p. 10-22
General Zoology

W2S2

W3S1

W3S2

3. Identify the components of cell

membrane.
4. Compare the difference between
meiosis and mitosis.
5. Enumerate the membrane transports.

D. Movement across
membranes

At the end of the lesson the student

should be able to :
1. Identify the parts of the animal cell
and its function.
2. Differentiate the various stages of
mitosis.
3. Identify the components of cell
membrane.
4. Compare the difference between
meiosis and mitosis.
At the end of the lesson the student
should be able to :

II. The Cell, Tissues, Organs

and Organ Systems
A. Cytoplasm, organelles and
cellular components
B. Mitosis and meiosis
C. Cell Division

1. Enumerate the major types of tissues

and its subtypes.
2. Compare and contrast the types of
muscle.
3. Identify the type of tissues present in
an organ.
4. Draw the tissues accurately and
correctly
At the end of the lesson the student
should be able to :
1. Define tissue, organs, organ system
and its function.
2. Enumerate the major types of tissues
and its subtypes.
3. Compare and contrast the types of
muscle.
4. Enumerate the organs in each organ

III. Levels of Organization

in various animals
A. Tissues
1.
Epithelial Tissue
2.
Connective tissue
3.
Muscular Tissue
4.
Nervous Tissue

III. Levels of Organization

in various animals
A. Genetics
B. Organs
C. Organ systems

Activities
Act. no. 3
Animal Cell and
Division
Act. no. 4
Membrane
Transport
Lecture:
Class Discussion
Research

quiz

Laboratory
Activities:
Act. no. 5
Tissue Part I:
Epithelial
Tissues
Lecture:
Class Discussion
Research

Laborator
y reports
and
drawings

General Zoology
Manual by:
Alviola

Quiz
Assignme
nt
Oral
recitation

Zoology 8th by:

Miller and Harley
p. 10-22 and
General Zoology
Manual by:
Alviola

Act. no. 6
Tissues Part II:
Connective
Tissues and
Specialized
Connective
Tissue
Lecture:
Class Discussion
Research
Act. no. 7
Tissues Part III:
Muscular Tissue

laboratory
reports

Quiz

Manual by:
Alviola

Zoology 8th by:

Miller and Harley
p 36 - 38

Drawings
and
reports
Quiz
Assignme
nt
Oral
recitation
Drawings
and
reports

Zoology 8th by:

Miller and Harley
p 36 - 38
General Zoology
Manual by:
Alviola

W4S1

W4S2

systems.
5. Identify the type of tissues present in
an organ.
At the end of the lesson the
student should be able to :
1. Understand the theory of C. Darwin.
2. Compare the different theories of
Darwin with other evolutionist.
3. Explain natural selection and give
examples.
4.
Compare
microevolution
and
macroevolution.
Lecture: Review For Prelim
Examination
from Chapter 1 4
Laboratory: RE- view the slides
borrowed Act. no. 5 8 and study
the Microscope

IV. Evolution: History and

Evidence
A. Pre-Darwinian
Theories of change
B. Darwin's Early Years and
His Journey
C. Early Development of
Darwin's Ideas of Evolution
D. The theory of evolution by
natural selection

Lecture:
Movie:
BBC: Charles
Darwin
class discussion
Laboratory:
Act. no. 8
Tissues Part IV:
Nervous Tissue

Quiz
Assignme
nt
Oral
recitation

Drawings
and
reports

Lecture:
Review
Laboratory
finalization for lab activity
and slide review

W5S1
W5S2
Prelim Examination

Written
(Theoretical)
Exam: Lecture and
Laboratory
Laboratory: Moving
& Practical

Lecture
and
Lab
Exam
Written
Moving
and
Practical
Exam

Zoology 8th by:

Miller and Harley
p. 56 72
General Zoology
Manual by:
Alviola

MIDTERM PERIOD
WEE
K
NO.

W6S1
W6S2

W7S1
W7S2

Teaching /
Learning
Activities

Learning Outcomes

Topics

At the end of the lesson the student

should be able to :
1. Discuss and state the Hardy Weinberg
theory.
2. Identify the evolutionary mechanisms
and give one example each.
3. Define speciation and enumerate the
types of speciation.
4. Define ecology.
5. Identify the components in ecology.
6. Identify the biotic interactions and give
example each.
7. Discuss the biogeochemical cycle.

V. Evolution
1. Hardy Weinberg
Theory
2. Evolutionary
Mechanisms
a. Population size, genetic
drift and neutral evolution
b. Gene flow
c. Mutation
3. Speciation

Lecture:

At the end of the lesson the student

should be able to :
1. Define ecology.
2. Identify the components in ecology.
3. Identify the biotic interactions and give
example each.
4. Discuss the biogeochemical cycle.

VI. Ecology: Preserving the

Animal Kingdom
1. Biotic and Abiotic Factors
2. Biotic Factors:
Population
3. Biotic Factors:
Interactions

Lecture:
Group
recitation
(Quiz Bowl)

Evaluati
on

Class discussion
with oral recitation
and picture
presentation
Laboratory:
Web article
discussion:
Is Africa's wildlife
being eaten to
extinction?
oral

Laboratory
Practical (moving)

References

Assignme
nt
quiz
notes

Zoology 8th by:

Miller and Harley
p. 74 -101

Group
output

RL 1

Quiz
Discussio
n
and
reaction
paper
from the
movie

Zoology 8th by:

Miller and Harley
p. 102 117

General Zoology

W8S1

W8S2

5. Classify the biotic factors according to

kingdoms.
6. Draw the evolutionary relationships
and tree diagrams
7. Discuss the nomenclature and history.
8. Identify the types of body plan.
9. Appreciate the significance of
nomenclature system of organisms.
At the end of the lesson the student
should be able to :
1. Classify the biotic factors according
to kingdoms.
2. Draw the evolutionary relationships
and tree diagrams
3. Discuss the nomenclature and
history.
4. Identify the types of body plan.
5. Appreciate the significance of
nomenclature system of organisms.

4. Communities
5.
Trophic
Structure
Ecosystem
6. Cycling within the
Ecosystem

group
scores

of

VII. Animal Classification,

Phylogeny and Organization
1. Classification of Organisms
2. History of nomenclature
3. Significance of proper
nomenclature

practical
quiz
Lecture:
Group
recitation
(Quiz Bowl)

oral

Laboratory
Practical (moving)

Quiz
Discussio
n
and
reaction
paper
from the
movie
group
scores
practical
quiz

Review for Midterm Examination

Lecture : Chapter 6 -7
Laboratory: RE-view the borrowed slides from Act. no. 5 8
and study the Microscope
Lecture:
Group
recitation
(Quiz Bowl)

W9S1
W9S2
Midterm Examination

Manual by:
Alviola

oral

Laboratory
Practical (moving)
Written
(Theoretical)
Exam: Lecture and
Laboratory

Lecture
and
Lab
Exam
Written

Moving
and
Practical
Exam

Zoology 8th by:

Miller and Harley
p. 102 117
General Zoology
Manual by:
Alviola

PREFINAL PERIOD
WEE
K
NO.

W10S
1
W10S
2

Learning Outcomes

Topics

At the end of the lesson the student

should be able to :
1. Define the protist.
2. Compare the different groups of
protozoans.
3. Discuss their life cycle and behavior in
the environment.

VIII. Animal like Protist:

Protozoa
1. Life within a single plasma
membrane
a. Maintaining Homeostasis
b. Reproduction
2. Symbiotic Lifestyles
3. Protist and Protozoan
Taxonomy
a. Excavata
b. Amoebozoa
c. Rhizaria
d. Chromalveolata

At the end of the lesson the student

should be able to :

X. The Tripoblastic,
Acoelomate Body Plan

Teaching /
Learning
Activities
Lecture:
Class discussion
with pictures

Evaluati
on

Quiz
Assignme
nt

References
Zoology 8th by:
Miller and Harley
p. 118 - 134

Laboratory:
Act. no. 9
Protozoa: The
Little Animals or
Animacules
Lecture:
Class Discussion

Laborator
y reports
group
quiz
Quiz
oral

General Zoology
Manual by:
Alviola

Zoology 8th by:

Miller and Harley

W11S
1
W11S
2

W12S
1
W12S
2

W13S
1

W13S
2

1. Determine the transitions of body

plan from flat to bilateral system.
2. Describe the acoelomate body plan.
3. Differentiate the different phyla with
acoelomate body plan.
4.
Discuss the life cycle within the
mentioned phyla.
5. Discuss the relationships one phyla
to the other.
6. Identify the classes from each phyla.
7. Appreciate the ecological relationships
of the following phyla.

1. Evolutionary Perspective
2. Phylum Platyhelminthes
3. Phylum Nemertea
4. Phylum Gastrotricha
5. Phylum Cycliophora
6. Further Phylogenetic
Considerations

At the end of the lesson the student

should be able to :
1. Describe the
pseudocoelomate body plan.
2. Differentiate the following
representative with
pseudocoelomate body plan.
3. Describe their habits and their natural
environment.

XIII. The Pseudocoelomate

Body Plan
1. Evolutionary Perspective
2. General Characteristics
3. Phylum Rotifera
4. Phylum Kinorhyncha
5. Phylum Nematoda
6. Phylum Nematomorpha
7. Phylum Acanthocephala
8. Phylum Locifera
9. Phylum Priapulida

Review for Prefinal Examination

Lecture : Chapter 8,10,13
Laboratory: RE-view the borrowed slides from Act. no.
9,12,15-16
and study the Microscope
Pre-final Examination

or Oral Recitation
or Reporting

participati
on

p. 156 - 174
RL5,

assignme
nt
Laboratory:
Act. no. 12
Phylum
Platyhelminthes:
The Flatworms
(Tripoblastic,
Acoelomate
Body Plan)
Lecture:
Group Reporting or
class discussion
Laboratory:
Act. no. 15
Phylum Rotifera
and Phylum
Acanthocephala
(Pseudocoelomate,
none molting
group)
Act. no. 16
Phylum Nematoda

drawings
and
reports

General Zoology
manual by:
Alviola

group
quiz
assignme
nt
quiz

Zoology 8th by:

Miller and Harley
p. 211 -227
General Zoology
manual by:
Alviola

drawings

FINAL PERIOD
W14S
1
W14S
2

W15S
1
W15S
2

Davao Doctors College Foundation Day and Intramural

At the end of the lesson the student
should be able to :
1. Enumerate functions of the system
2. Know how It works?
3. Describe parts and organs involved.
4. Give functions of organs
4. Compare vertebrate and invertebrate
system
5. Describe Important terms involved

A. Integumentary &
Muscular System
B. Skeletal and Nervous
System
1. Functions
2. Invertebrate and
vertebrate
3. Parts and Organs Involved
4. Physiology

Lecture: Lecture
and Group
Reporting
Laboratory:
Activity 20: Frog
Dissection

Quiz
Oral
Assignme
nt
Lab
outputs

General Zoology
by
Aurea
P.
Duran pp. 51-56
& pp.65-76
59-62 & pp. 125126
General Zoology
manual by:
Alviola

W16S
1
W16S
2

W17S
1
W17S
2

At the end of the lesson the student

should be able to :
1. Enumerate functions of the system
2. Know how It works?
3. Describe parts and organs involved.
4. Give functions of organs
4. Compare vertebrate and invertebrate
system
5. Describe Important terms involved
At the end of the lesson the student
should be able to:
1. Enumerate functions of the system
2. Know how It works?
3. Describe parts and organs involved.
4. Give functions of organs
4. Compare vertebrate and invertebrate
system
5. Describe Important terms involved

W18S
1

A. Circulatory and
Lymphatic System
B. Immune and
Endocrine System
1. Functions
2. Invertebrate and
vertebrate
3. Parts and Organs Involved
4. Physiology
A. Digestive and
Respiratory System
B. Urinary & Reproductive
System
1. Functions
2. Invertebrate and
vertebrate
3. Parts and Organs Involved
4. Physiology

Oral
Recitation
Quiz

Laboratory:
Continue the
unfinished lab
activity

Lab
reports

Lecture: Reporting

Quiz

Laboratory
Practical
Examination: (Part
1: frog dissection
and Identification;
Part 2:Microscopy)

System: Averaging
(60%)
30%
30%
40%
100%

B. Periodical Examination
For Laboratory

Lecture
Group

Lecture and
Laboratory written
exam

Final Exam

GRADING SYSTEM:
Cut off mark: 60/40
For Lecture
A. Class Standing
(2/3)
1. Discussion Papers/Assignment/
2. Project: /Oral recitation/Reporting
3. Written Quizzes/ Seat work

Lecture:
and
Reporting

(1/3)
(40%)

General Zoology
by
Aurea
P.
Duran pp.99-106;
pp.130-131
General Zoology
manual by:
Alviola
General Zoology
by
Aurea
P.
Duran pp.80-82
& pp.92; pp.109111 & pp.117119
General Zoology
manual by:
Alviola

A. Class Standing
(2/3)
1. Written field notes/research article/Assignment /Lab participation
2. Drawings for the day/Lab output/Laboratory reports
40%
3. Written/Moving/ Practical Quizzes
40%
100%
B. Periodical Examination (Moving and Written)
(1/3)
FINAL GRADE

20%

(PRELIM + MIDTERMS + PREFINAL + TENT. FINAL)

4

References:
1.
Zoology (9th Edition) by Miller and Harley
2.
General Zoology by Duran
3.
Zoology Laboratory Manual by Alviola
Classroom Policies Specific to the Course:
1. Attendance: As per stated in the college policy on student attendance, those following students with three consecutive
absences or ten non-consecutive absences will be automatically dropped from subject.
2. Quizzes: No special quiz will be given to students who are late or absent.
3. Assignments: Assignments should be submitted on the set due date and time. Late assignments will be automatically
deducted of five points and an addition of two points per day thereafter.
4. Long Exam: Students must take the exam as per scheduled. Special exam may be given if the student can present a
valid document to support a request for a special exam.
5. School Uniform and IDs: Students are required to wear their IDs and prescribed uniform in the class except on
Wednesdays and other days where college activities may require students to wear other appropriate outfit/attire.
6. Classroom Behavior: Everybody should follow the agreed in the class participation in the class discussion, be attentive
in the class, respect other opinions, practice courtesy, and mobile phones should be turned off or in silent mode.

Prepared By:
PRECIOUS DIANNE E. BARDON
JOSHUA P. SERO
MLS INSTRUCTOR

Recommending

Approval:

CAHS, College Dean

Reviewed By:
LEAH F. VILLANO

Approved By:

DR.

MARIA

Vice President for Academic Affairs

DESIREE R. VICTORINO
MLS Program Chair