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| Academic Year: | 2018/9 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Biology & Biochemistry |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
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| Assessment Summary: | EX 50%, MC 50% |
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| Description: | Aims: To introduce prokaryote life forms. Explore fungal growth forms, life styles and reproductive strategies. To review the diversity among the Protista and define their relationship to other living things. To demonstrate the diversity of invertebrate animals and explore key aspects of structure and function in representative groups at each level of organization. Learning Outcomes: After taking this course the student should be able to: * debate the principles behind the domain theory of the "tree of life" * discuss bacterial growth in terms of nutritional requirement and the influence of physicochemical factors on growth and survival * demonstrate an appreciation of how and why Protists may be classified in more than one "Kingdom" and an understanding of the major themes in this diverse grouping * explain the importance of fungi to the productivity and biodiversity of ecosystems and how and why fungi form mutualistic and parasitic relationships with other organisms * explain why viruses are difficult to treat compared to diseases caused by bacteria and answer the question "is a virus alive?" Skills: Learning and studying T/F/A, Written communication T/F/A, Numeracy & computation T/F/A, Laboratory skills T/F, Information technology T/F, Problem solving T/F, Information handling & retrieval T/F/A, Working independently T/F. Content: Introduction: Classification of life - how many kingdoms? Protists: the evolution of multicellularity and beyond Viruses: properties and life cycles Fungi: an outline of form and function Bacteria: relationship to the other domains of cell-based life; bacterial cell shapes and size, ubiquity and adaptability; methods for their visualisation; anatomy, from chromosome to capsule, via ribosomes, cytoplasmic inclusions, cell membrane, cell wall, pili, flagella and endospores; growth/cultivation; nutritional requirements, modes of energy-yielding metabolism, influence of physical factors. |
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BB10200 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Biology & Biochemistry
BB10200 is Optional on the following programmes:Programmes in Natural Sciences
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