General Biology

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Course objectives

Students learn to:
- Introduce students to the relationships of animate and inanimate nature
- Understand the basic principles of cell biology
- mastering the basics of genetics and ecological relationships among organisms

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

Students will after the course unit power:
- Recognize the importance of living organisms in relation to the environment
- To master the basic knowledge of cell biology and evolution of organisms
- Know the basic genetic principles
- Know how environmental changes affect the ecosystem changes

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

Animate and inanimate nature.
Prokaryotes, eukaryotes, relationships between plants-animals
Membranes and transport through the membrane, nucleus, nucleolus
DNA, RNA, CD-biology, Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes
Mitochondria - breathing, chloroplasts - photosynthesis, peroxisomes
Cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis (spermatogenesis, oogenesis), fertilization
The embryonic development model operon differentiation in plants and animals
Aging and death, viruses (HIV), tumors
The basics of inheritance, Mendel’s laws, mutations
Ecological concepts and relationships of organisms in the biocenosis

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Student responsibilities

Admission to the lectures of at least 70%, as well as seminars and seminar work in 100% of scheduled classes.