Animal Parasitology

Course Details

Course Number: BIOL 4524  Section Number: 101

Fall 2010

Location: Bolin Hall

Classroom Number: 209

Days & Times:

Lecture: TR 11:00 - 12:20 PM BO 209

Lab: T 2:00 - 4:40 PM BO 207

Course Attachments

Textbooks

Schmidt & Roberts’ Foundations of Parasitology 8e  ISBN: 9780073028279
MSU Faculty Member
Dr. Michael M. Shipley   
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Course Objectives

Animal Parasitology is a course designed to introduce the host-parasite relationship among representative groups of animals, with emphasis on taxonomic, ecological and preventive aspects. Particular attention will be paid to medical and veterinary implications of parasites.  Option A (Molecular-Cellular) and Option B (Organismal) Biology majors may receive upper-level animal biology credit with this course. Option C (Pre-Professional) Biology majors will receive upper-level biology credit, and will benefit from the medical and veterinary slant presented in the material. Students seeking the Master’s Degree in Biology may take BIOL 4524 for graduate credit. Students will be able to apply this information in all pre-professional areas as well as in nursing, clinical lab science, or graduate school.


Course Expectations

Prerequisites:

 

     One year (8 hours) of Biology

Term Paper:

 

            A term paper will be written over a current topic in parasitology, and the topic must be approved by the instructor. Additionally, a submitted outline will be approved by the instructor before the paper is due. The paper must have a title page and a literature cited page, with a minimum of six references. At least 50% of the references must be within the past three years, and no more than two references should be from textbooks or internet sources. A handout will be given explaining  the proper scientific notation of the references. The text of the paper (not including the title and literature cited pages) should be a minimum of 6 pages in length. See tentative schedule for the deadlines for topic approval, outline approval, and term paper due.


Grading Standards

Final Exam12/7/2010  10:30 AM

Submission Format Policy


Note: You may not submit a paper for a grade in this class that already has been (or will be) submitted for a grade in another course, unless you obtain the explicit written permission of me and the other instructor involved in advance.

Late Paper Policy

For the term paper, 5% will be deducted from the grade for every day the paper is late.


Plagiarism Policy Plagiarism is the use of someone else's thoughts, words, ideas, or lines of argument in your own work without appropriate documentation (a parenthetical citation at the end and a listing in "Works Cited")-whether you use that material in a quote, paraphrase, or summary. It is a theft of intellectual property and will not be tolerated, whether intentional or not.

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Attendance Requirements

Students are expected to attend all scheduled class meetings and are expected to be on time. Class attendance is crucial for maximum performance. Excessive absences may result in a student dropped from the course. Students should refer to the current MSU Handbook and Activities Calendar for university policy on academic dishonesty, class attendance, student rights and activities.


Other Policies

Grade Determination and Exams:

 

The major lecture exams (4) will cover material presented in the lecture and any assigned readings in your text or additional sources. No makeup exams will be given. The grade for this class will be based on the major lecture exams, a laboratory final exam, and a term paper. The breakdown for the grade is as follows:

 

Lecture Exams (4) -  70%

Laboratory Exam - 20%

Term Paper -   10%

                                                                            100%

 


The final grade will be based on the following system:

 

90 - 100 = A

80 - 89   = B

70 - 79   = C

60 - 69   = D

                                                   Below 60 = F

 

Laboratory Grade:

            The laboratory exercises will consist of learning the identifying characteristics, classification, andlife cycles of parasites from approximately 100 prepared slides. Only one exam will be given in the laboratory, and it is scheduled for final exam week (Tue Dec. 7 at 5:45 pm).

 

 

Tentative Schedule:

 

    Date            Topic                                           Chapter

    Tue Aug 24 Introduction to Parasitology      1

    Thur Aug 26 Basic Principles and Concepts     2-3

    Tue Aug 31 Parasitic Protozoa: Form and Classification      4

    Thur Sept 2 Kinetoplasta: Trypanosomes      5

    Tue Sept 7 Other Flagellated Protozoa      6

    Thur Sept 9 Amebas; Apicomplexa: Gregarines and Coccidia         7-8

    Tue Sept 14 Apicomplexa: Malaria Organisms      9

    Thur Sept 16 Ciliated Protozoans, Microsporidia and Myxozoa    10-11

    Tue Sept 21 Introduction to Platyhelminthes                                       13

    Thur Sept 23 EXAM 1

    Tue Sept 28 Trematoda: Digeneans                                                  14-15

    Thur Sept 30 Trematoda: Strigeiformes & Echinostomatiformes     16-17

    Tue Oct 5 Trematoda: Plagiorchiformes & Opisthorchiformes       18

    Thur Oct 7 Trematoda: Monogenoidea; Cestoidea     19-20

    Tue Oct 12 Cestoidea                                                                         21

                                                                        (Paper Titles Due)

    Thur Oct 14 EXAM 2

    Tue Oct 19 Introduction to Nematoda                                          22

    Thur Oct 21 Nematoda: Trichinelluda, Tylenchina, Bursate

                                                   Rhabditidians                                        23-25    

    Tue Oct 26 Nematoda: Ascaridomorpha & Oxyuridomorpha          26-27

    Thur Oct 28 Nematoda: Gnathostomatomorpha & Filaroidea     28-29

    Tue Nov 2 Nematoda: Dracunculoidea                                             30

    Thur Nov 4 EXAM 3         

    Tue Nov 9 Phylum Arthropoda – Parasitic Crustaceans    33-34

                 (Paper Outlines Due)

    Thur Nov 11 Phthiraptera                              36

    Tue Nov 16 Hemiptera & Siphonaptera    37-38     

    Thur Nov 18 Diptera      39

    Tue Nov 23 Diptera      39

    Thur Nov 25 Thanksgiving Holiday – No Class

    Tue Nov 30 Parasitic Arachnids      41

                       (Paper Due)

    Thur Dec 2 Parasitic Arachnids      41

    Tue Dec 7            (10:30 am)            FINAL EXAM


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