Students are introduced to classification of living organisms and the morphological characteristics of the following kingdoms of organisms: Prokaryotae, Protoctista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia. The course also examines the life histories and adaptations of some selected members of the various kingdoms (e.g. Bacteria and Cyanobacteria, Protozoa) with particular emphasis on the Sporozoa, Zygomycota, Ascomycota and Basidiomycota, Chlorophyta, and Phaeophyta, Bryophyta, Lycophyta, Filinophyta, Gymnospermophyta, Angiospermophyta, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Arthropoda, Amphibia, Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, and Mammalia.