3537 - General Biology
Course information
- Title
- General Biology
- Course number
- 3537.24
- Academic year
- 2024-2025
- ECTS
- 7.50
- Level
- Bachelor
- Faculties
- Science and Tecnology
- Educations
- BSc in Biology, BSc in Molecular Life Sciences
- Prerequisites
- High School
- Language of instruction
- The course is taught in Faroese. The textbook is in English and other instructional materials may be in Faroese, English and Scandinavian languages. Assignments, discussions etc. are in Faroese.
- Registration
- Students on the first semester of B.Sc. in Biology and B.Sc. in Molecular Life Sciences are automatically enrolled. Applicants for an individual course must apply via the Student Service Center at lss@setur.fo
- Beginning date
- Thursday, August 29, 2024
- End date
- Thursday, December 19, 2024
Academic content
- Purpose
- To give the students a basic understanding of biology and nature, ranging from chemistry to single and multicellular organisms. The student will learn how evolution is a common theme in biology and how it explains the diversity and similarities of life on Earth, about communities, and how communities interact with each other and the environment.
- Learning outcomes
- On completion of the course, the successful student should be able to: • Exlain the importance of carbon for molecular diversity. • Explain the chemical traits of water and how mportant it is for life. • Explain cell structure and function. • Explain the different steps in photosynthesis. • Explain normal cell division • Explain sexual life cycle and cell division. • Explain Mendelian genetics, DNA and inheritance. • Explain evolution and how life has adapted with evolution and natural selection. • Describe phylogenetic trees and how the show inherited linkages between different species on Earth. • Understand and explain genetic evolution. • Explain about viruses, viroid, and prions. • Understand and explain about prokaryotes and their ability to adapt to a changing environment. • Describe and explain single and multicellular eukaryotes. • Describe the diversity of invertebrates and vertebrates. • Understand and explain ecology. • Explain and describe biodiversity and communities. • Explain global ecology.
- Content
- The importance of chemistry in biology, cell biology and genetics as the foundation for life. Evolution, Darwinian evolution, tree of lie, single and multicellular organisms, bacteria, viruses, and how new species develop. Many different processes that are necessary to have a functional multicellular organism, biodiversity, life history traits, populations, community structure, ecology.
- Learning and teaching approaches
- Lectures, laboratory exercises, and tests
Assessment
- Assessment method
- Written exam for 4 hours without help. Re-examination can be in an oral or written form.
- Examination (internal/external)
- External
- Grading scale
- Passed/Failed
- Exam date/dates
- The written exam is set for week 1, 2025
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Thursday, August 29, 2024
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Anni Djurhuus
- Teachers
- Anni Djurhuus, Marjun á Fríðriksmørk Berbisá, Agnes Kreiling