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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2023/2024
Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2023/2024

SIE 2002 PLANT DIVERSITY Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 60%
Introduction to the morphology, development and Final Examination: 40%
reproductive biology of bryophytes, pteridophytes,
gymnosperms and angiosperms. The economic and
ecological importance of different plant groups will be SIE 2010 URBAN ZOOLOGY
discussed. Training on identification of different plant
groups will be addressed through practical sessions and Natural history of urban area. Ecosystems: natural and
fieldwork. man-made, their main features and differences. The urban
ecosystem: a classification of the habitats. The animal
Assessment Methods: component in urban areas: biodiversity and adaptations.
Continuous Assessment : 60% Pest types and control strategies. Nature conservation in
Final Examination : 40% urban habitats. Animal species and habitat fragmentation.
Alien species and related problems (invasive species).
Feral species and wildlife. Animal Welfare Act 2015.
SIE 2004 MYCOLOGY Methods for pest control and wildlife animal. Zoological
data and urban planning. Case studies: the fauna of Kuala
An introductory to fungal classification, biology, diversity, Lumpur, the insect fauna of residential area. Involvement of
ecology and taxonomy. This course will discuss sampling government and private agencies in wildlife management
and culture techniques in mycology, inventory and and pests.
documentation aspects for conservation purpose and
importance of fungi in biotechnology. Assessment Methods:
Assessment Methods: Continuous Assessment: 60%
Continuous Assessment : 60% Final Examination: 40%
Final Examination: 40%

SIE 2011 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
SIE 2005 VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY
Major elements of terrestrial ecology: the physical world,
An introduction to vertebrate biology including fish, plants, animals, microbes. Energy and trophic levels. Time
amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The course will as a dimension.
explore the evolution of these vertebrates and their General vegetation categories and dependent organismal
adaptations that allow them to live in almost every habitat assemblages. Life forms and general adaptations among
on Earth. Lecture materials will emphasize on phylogeny, terrestrial organisms: autotrophs and heterotrophs in
taxonomy, morphology, evolution, ecology, and selected different environments; light, water and nutrition. Diurnal
aspects of the natural history and behaviour. Laboratory and seasonal variations and cycles.
exercises will utilise natural history museum collections to Types and characteristics of tropical forests. Diversity of life
focus on taxonomy and identification of local fishes, in various environments. Reproduction in plants and
amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. animals: comparative traits. Reproductive rhythms in
plants: flowering, pollination, dispersal. Behavioural
Assessment Methods: aspects of animal reproduction in rain forests. Other
Continuous Assessment: 60% rainforest adaptations and interactions among organisms:
Final Examination: 40% herbivory and plant defences, myrmecophily, parasitism,
saprophytism. The relationship among soils, climate and
forest type. The forest growth cycle and dynamic
SIE 2006 PHYCOLOGY equilibrium. The ecology of nutrient cycling and importance
of the hydrological system in forest growth. Relationships
This course covers the diversity and ecology of algae. among nutrients, growth, structure and biological diversity.
Characteristic features of major groups of algae will be Key characteristics of biodiversity and biogeography for
discussed together with their ecological and economic rainforest species. The concepts of carrying capacity and
importance. environmental pressure. Degradation and regrowth of
forests. Consequences of various logging systems,
Assessment Methods: rainforest fragmentation and environmental catastrophes.
Continuous Assessment: 50% The rain forest as a renewable resource; the concept of
Final Examination: 50% sustainable forest management. Carbon sequestration by
vegetation. Timber, non-wood forest products and other
SIE 2007 POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY forest functions as management objectives. Non-forest
tropical landscapes: review of types, comparisons in terms
Introduction to population growth and dynamics of age‐ of productivity.
structured populations, population control, theory of
competition, herbivory, predation, community, trophic Assessment Methods:
structure and control, community diversity, and Continous Assessment: 60%
maintenance of diversity. Identify the processes affecting Final Examination: 40%
abundance of organisms and how population abundance
changes through time, demographic characteristics of a
population and the techniques used for quantifying these SIE 2012 AQUATIC ECOLOGY
characteristics. The impact of abiotic factors on the nature
of population change at small and large scale will be Introduction to physical and chemical aspects of aquatic
discussed. systems, and their importance to organisms. A review of

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