Spring 2027

Invertebrate Biology and Evolution Lab

Lab course introducing invertebrate diversity, focusing on anatomy, development, and systematic relationships of main animal phyla within evolutionary themes.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Prashant Sharma3.5/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.47 GPA, 74.4% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Recognize the differences between animal phyla.

  • Identify key morphological structures and/or developmental phenomena that distinguish major divisions of the animal tree of life.

  • Describe early development in study species.

  • Generate image data from biological samples.

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Prerequisites

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Concurrent enrollment inZOOLOGY 300

ZOOLOGY 301

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Professors

Spring 2027

Prashant Sharma

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.47 GPA, 74.4% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

PRASHANT SHARMA is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LAB 002Classroom Instruction0 / 00

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.47 GPA, 74.4% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Animal evolution themes including tissue layers, feeding mechanisms, terrestrialization, and transcriptional circuitry.
  • Phylogenetic and developmental perspectives on animal diversity.

Skills

  • Understanding invertebrate diversity, anatomy, development, and systematic relationships.
  • Recognizing differences between animal phyla.
  • Identifying key morphological structures and developmental phenomena.
  • Describing early development in study species.
  • Generating image data from biological samples.

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ZOOLOGY 301 · Spring 2027

Invertebrate Biology and Evolution Lab

Recorded 2026-10-14
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