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Biology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:25.03.2022 14:44:45
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | BUMK_024 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Biology | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Agrita Puzuka | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Biology and Microbiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, Dzirciema Street 16, bmk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061584 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Required knowledge of general biology according to high school curriculum. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with a theoretical knowledge base in biology with an emphasis on those aspects of biology that are important to a public health professional. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Cell as the basic unit of the body. Eukaryotic cell building elements, their characteristics, functions, pathology. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Genetic information storage posibilities. DNS. Chromatin. Chromosomes. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Basics of molecular biology. DNA replication. Gene expression: transcription, translation. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Cell cycle, its regulation. Cell division (mitosis, meiosis). Cell death. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | Gametogenesis (oogenesis, spermatogenesis). Biological basis of fertilization. Teratogenic effects on embryonic development. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Basics of genetics. Mendelian laws. Mono-, di, poly-hybrid cross. Test-cross. Allelic gene interaction. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Gene interaction. Non-allelic gene interaction. Gene linkage. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 8 | Monogenic types of inheritance. Autosomal and sex linked inheritance. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 9 | Variability, its impact on the individual and the population. Alterations in genes, chromosomes, and genomes, their consequences. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 10 | Role of genes and environment in origin of traits. Multifactorial type of inheritance. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 11 | The effect of natural selection and gene drift on the population. Population genetics. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 12 | Ecology. Basic branches and methodology of ecological research. Limitations. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 13 | Abiotic factors – light, temperature and humidity. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 14 | Biomes, types, characteristics. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 15 | Populations and biocenoses. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 16 | Biological diversity. Basic issues of nature protection. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 17 | Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure (analysis of microscopic slides). Defective organelle - cause of human pathology (discussion). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 18 | Properties of plasma membrane. Osmotic properties of plant and animal cells (temporary slides). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 19 | The nucleus of a cell. The chromosomes. Metaphase plate analysis (microscopic slides). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 20 | Mitosis in animal and plant cells (microscopic slides and scheme analysis). Gametogenesis (microscopic slides). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 21 | Colloquium (the cell) | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 22 | Problem solving: Mendelian genetics, gene interactions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 23 | Problem solving: gene interaction, gene linkage. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 24 | Analysis of types of inheritance. Group work: construction and analysis of pedigree. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 25 | Alteration on genes, chromosomes, genome. Discussion. Problem solving. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 26 | Multifactorial type of inheritatnce. Discussion. Problem solving. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 27 | Population genetics. Discussion. Problem solving. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 28 | Colloquium (the genetics). | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 29 | Levels of ecological research. Adaptation of organisms to limiting factors. Situation analysis (tasks in e-studies). | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 30 | Analysis of biomes, populations, biocenoses. Discussion (tasks in e-studies). | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 31 | Presentation and discussion of group work “Ecological problems and their solutions”. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 32 | Colloquium (the ecology). | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students must independently learn the content of video collections in order to perform e-tests and protocols. The independent work "Organelle Defect - the Cause of Human Pathology" and the independent work "Genetic Information Realization Processes" presentations must be prepared, according to certain previously discussed criteria. Outside contact hours in the 1st semester students must develop the individual work "The family tree" must be developed and submitted in the e-seminar format, hat allows also the evaluation of the colleague (other student) work. Using knowledge of the multifactorial type of inheritance, students should analyze the role of the environment and genes in the origin of a multifactorial trait, and present their observations in the lesson. Outside contact hours in the 2nd semester students must prepare a presentation of group work "Ecological problems and their solutions", and additionally submit it in e-seminar form to evaluate two other collogues works. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Students' participation in practical classes, weekly tests (e-tests) about particular theory topics, ability to explain the results obtained in practical work, making conclusions according to the obtained results are evaluated (e-protocols). Students' knowledge and skills are assessed in three colloquia during the 1st and 2nd semesters. At the end of the semester, a student will receive a pass if the average mark of e-tests / e-assignments and points received in colloquia is equal or above mark 4. The examination grade consists of a cumulative mark (an average mark of the e-tests / e-tasks and the marks of the colloquia; if colloquium is taken repeatedly, then the failed ones are also included in the calculation). If the student is not satisfied with the cumulative assessment, then it is possible to take an oral exam (both semester topics included), answering three broad questions and solving one genetic task. The grade obtained in the exam is final, even if it is lower than the cumulative grade. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will gain an understanding of the structure, functions and dysfunctions of the cell – a basic unit of living organisms, the role of genetic processes in health maintenance and disease development, the impact of adverse environmental factors role of organisms in nature and human life, interaction of living organisms with environment, including human interaction with environment, nature protection, especially in Latvia, Latvian and global environmental problems. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will acquire skills of working with light microscope and preparation of microscopic slides, as well as simple calculations of genetic problems to predict the potential frequency of genetic pathology in a family, to use basic ecological research methods. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will acquire basic knowledge about human as a biological being and understanding of human place and its relation with the nature. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju materiāls (e-studijās) | ||||||||
| 2 | Krūmiņa A., Baumanis V. Eikariotu šūnu bioloģija, RSU izdevniecība, 2015 | ||||||||
| 3 | Turnpenny P.D., & Ellard S. Emery's Elements of Medical Genetics and Genomics, 2022 | ||||||||
| 4 | Melecis V. Ekoloģija. LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2011 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Balodis V Ģ u.c., Rokasgrāmata bioloģijā, Zvaigzne ABC, 2015 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) | ||||||||
| 2 | Madera S. Bioloģija I, II un III daļa, Zvaigzne ABC, 2001. | ||||||||
