DEPARTMENT OF ZOOTAXONOMY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES

Courses

Zootaxonomy
Biosystematics
Zoosystematics Practicals

List and short description of the subjects

A. Zootaxonomy

Lectures: Phenobiological description of major animal taxa.

Year: 2
Term (semester): 3-4
Lectures: 30 h/semester
Practicals: 60 h/semester
Examination: colloquium
Teaching staff: Zoltán Korsós, Gábor Csorba, Miklós Dombos, Attila Bankovics

B. Biosystematics

Lectures: Origin of life, major transitions in evolution, megataxonomy, evolutionary aspects of ontogeny, molecular evolution, evolutionary systematics, biosystematics.

Lectures: Year: 3
Term (semester): 6
Lectures: 30 h/semester
Examination: colloquium
Teaching staff: Zoltán Korsós, Katalin Pecsenye, János Gausz

C. Zoosystematics Practicals

Practicals: Theoretical basis of systematics (numeric taxonomy, evolutionary and phylogenetic systematics), multivariate computer programs.

Year: 4
Term (semester): 8
Practicals: 45 h/semester
Examination: colloquium
Teaching staff: Zoltán Korsós