Introduction to Biology

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Course ID:	1100-1BB03
Erasmus code / ISCED:	13.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0511) Biology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Introduction to Biology
Name in Polish:	Wstęp do biologii
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Physics
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Short description:	The lectures of 'Introduction to Biology' are focused mainly on the structure and life processes of living organisms, levels of life organisation, systematics, genetics, ecology. They cover also the major research trends in modern biology with focus on their medical aspects.
Full description:	The lectures of 'Introduction to Biology' are focused mainly on the structure and life processes of living organisms, levels of life organisation, systematics, genetics, ecology. They cover also the major research trends in modern biology with focus on their medical aspects. Program: 1. Object and methodology of biology. Definition of life, features of living organisms. 2. Levels of organisation of life (cell-less forms, cells, tissues, organs). Unicellular and multicellular organisms. 3. Biosphere, diversity of life on earth and classification systems, macroscopic and molecular taxonomy. 4. Biological species concept, basic systematics of organisms. 5. Main units of classification (taxons) - overview and characteristics. 6. Basic biological theories (cell theory, theory of evolution and natural selection, theory of inheritance). 7. Compartmentation of eukaryotic cell, cell organells. Basic cellular processes. 8. Transfer of genetic information, genetic material. Gene concept, foundations of classical genetics, Mendel's laws. 9. Examples of model organisms in biological research. 10. Basic ecology. Nature and environment protection. 11. Major research trends in modern biology and their medical aspects (e.g. gene therapy, nanobiology, molecular modelling). Description by Maciej Łukaszewicz, May 2011
Bibliography:	1. E.P Solomon, L.R. Berg, D.W. Martin. „Biologia”, Multico, Warszawa 2007 2. H. Krzanowska, A. Łomnicki, J. Rafiński, H. Szarski, J.M. Szymura, „Zarys mechanizmów ewolucji”, PWN, Warszawa 2002 3. Red. A. Czubaj, “Biologia”, PWRiL, Warszawa 1999
Learning outcomes:	1. have a general knowledge regarding living organisms, theirs building elements and basic processes of a living organism (K_W01) 2. knows the basis of organisms classification and also general genetics, cell biology (K_W01, K_W06) 3. knows basic biological theories 4. can present and explain basic processes of the living organism (K_U01, K_U02) 5. understands the influence of the contemporary biology on medical applications (K_K01)
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Final written exam: 15 questions (tasks of short answer), and test questions

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