Course Description

Principles of systematic helminthology; Identification of medically important helminthes; Phenotyping and genotyping taxonomy

Course Objectives

· describe the morphological characters of nematodes, trematodes and cestodes

· explain the principle of phylogenetic analysis

· apply the knowledge in the morphological and molecular characters for reconstructing the phylogenetic trees

· collaborate in group and effectively communicate their understanding about systematic helminthology

Course-level Learning Outcomes:

CLOsAt the end of the course, the students should be able to

CLO1: describe the morphological characters of medically important nematodes, trema-todes and cestodes

CLO2: explain the principle of phylogenetic analysis

CLO3: apply the knowledge in the morphological and molecular characters for recon-structing the phylogenetic trees

CLO4: collaborate in group as either leader or follower to complete an assignment

CLO5: communicate their understanding about systematic helminthology