| Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) |
Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives |
| Course Objectives |
Competency Indicators |
Ratio(%) |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
| Provide a strong and contemporary knowledge in social insects |
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| Lecturing |
| topic Discussion/Production |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
What are social insects? Level of sociality |
| Week 2 |
Life cycle and kin structure |
| Week 3 |
Division of labour among workers |
| Week 4 |
Task partitioning and self-organization in workforce of foraging activity |
| Week 5 |
Hygienic behaviour of social insect |
| Week 6 |
Social immunity of social insect |
| Week 7 |
Natural selection and kin selection |
| Week 8 |
Examination |
| Week 9 |
Asexual queen succession in termites
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| Week 10 |
Genomic imprinting and evolution of termites |
| Week 11 |
Functional role of termites in terrestrial ecosystems |
| Week 12 |
Functional role of ants in terrestrial ecosystems revealed by isotope analysis |
| Week 13 |
Management of pest termite |
| Week 14 |
Management of pest ant |
| Week 15 |
self-directed learning |
| Week 16 |
Examination |
self-directed
learning |
01.Participation in professional forums, lectures, and corporate sharing sessions related to industry-government-academia-research exchange activities.
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| Evaluation |
| 測驗 |
| Textbook & other References |
| 1. Wheeler, W. M. 2007. The social insects: their origin and evolution. VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, Saarbrucken. 378 p. |
| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
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| Office Hours |
| Tuesday from 9.10 am to 11.00 am |
| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL) |
| 11.Sustainable Cities and Communities 12.Responsible Consumption 13.Climate Action 15.Life On Land | include experience courses：N |
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