Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course covers the following topics.
Fertilisation: the making of a new organism, Drosophila: The Making of a Fly (Nusslein-Volhard/Wieschaus screen and beyond), Breaking the Symmetry: Axis Formation in Amphibians and other Vertebrates, Morphogenetic Movements and Cell Migration.
Vertebrate organogenesis: The induction in the Ectoderm of Neural tissue, Neural Crest tissue and Epidermis, The Vertebrate Neural Crest, Skin Development, Muscle Development, Bone Development, Kidney Development, The Development of the Heart, Blood vessels and Blood, Development of the Digestive Tract and its Derivatives, Lung Development. Invertebrate Organogenesis: Imaginal Discs in Drosophila.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 33 | Feedback Weeks | 35 | |
| Feedback |
This MCQ test which will be on MyAberdeen and consist of questions regarding the Course material to date, the questions will be randomised for each student, and marked by MyAberdeen and feedback returned to students via MyAberdeen. This will count towards final mark and provide staff with opportunity to check engagement and understanding. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the biological strategies used by fertilised eggs in diverse organisms to create initial asymmetry in the embryo & to initiate organisation of embryonic body plan & basis for organogenesis |
| Factual | Analyse | Explain molecular methods & experimental approaches to demonstrate understanding of morphological & molecular processes underpinning early development through to creation of 3D form by morphogenesis |
| Factual | Remember | Describe the initial organisational features established in early embryos, such as germ layers and embryonic axes, which provide the basic framework on which to build the functional organs of the body |
| Procedural | Apply | Illustrate the molecular mechanisms mediating early embryonic development and organogenesis. |
| Reflection | Analyse | Understand how cellular processes such as cell proliferation, cell adhesion & cell motility contribute to shaping of the embryo during cleavage stages, gastrulation, cell migration and organ formation |
| Reflection | Apply | Convey an appreciation of the tools and approaches used to study embryogenesis, including molecular mechanisms and their relevance for developmental biology, regeneration, cancer & stem cell research |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 15 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 30 | Feedback Weeks | 33 | |
| Feedback |
This essay will be based on a tutorial describing an aspect of embryogenesis. It will count for 15% of the total mark for the course. Word count will be 3000 words. Feedback will be supplied on the submitted essay. |
Word Count | 3000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the biological strategies used by fertilised eggs in diverse organisms to create initial asymmetry in the embryo & to initiate organisation of embryonic body plan & basis for organogenesis |
| Factual | Analyse | Explain molecular methods & experimental approaches to demonstrate understanding of morphological & molecular processes underpinning early development through to creation of 3D form by morphogenesis |
| Factual | Remember | Describe the initial organisational features established in early embryos, such as germ layers and embryonic axes, which provide the basic framework on which to build the functional organs of the body |
| Procedural | Apply | Illustrate the molecular mechanisms mediating early embryonic development and organogenesis. |
| Reflection | Analyse | Understand how cellular processes such as cell proliferation, cell adhesion & cell motility contribute to shaping of the embryo during cleavage stages, gastrulation, cell migration and organ formation |
| Reflection | Apply | Convey an appreciation of the tools and approaches used to study embryogenesis, including molecular mechanisms and their relevance for developmental biology, regeneration, cancer & stem cell research |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 15 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 34 | Feedback Weeks | 38 | |
| Feedback |
This Practical Workshop can be run in a lab or online and will be based around understanding how to identify cells undergoing cell death/cell proliferation and how they shape embryogenesis and organogenesis. It will count for 15% of the total mark for the course. Word count will be 3000 words. Feedback will be supplied on the submitted course work. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Factual | Analyse | Explain molecular methods & experimental approaches to demonstrate understanding of morphological & molecular processes underpinning early development through to creation of 3D form by morphogenesis |
| Factual | Remember | Describe the initial organisational features established in early embryos, such as germ layers and embryonic axes, which provide the basic framework on which to build the functional organs of the body |
| Reflection | Analyse | Understand how cellular processes such as cell proliferation, cell adhesion & cell motility contribute to shaping of the embryo during cleavage stages, gastrulation, cell migration and organ formation |
| Reflection | Apply | Convey an appreciation of the tools and approaches used to study embryogenesis, including molecular mechanisms and their relevance for developmental biology, regeneration, cancer & stem cell research |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 29 | Feedback Weeks | 31 | |
| Feedback |
This MCQ test which will be on MyAberdeen and consist of questions regarding the Course material to date, the questions will be randomised for each student, and marked by MyAberdeen and feedback returned to students via MyAberdeen. This will count towards final mark and provide staff with opportunity to check engagement and understanding. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the biological strategies used by fertilised eggs in diverse organisms to create initial asymmetry in the embryo & to initiate organisation of embryonic body plan & basis for organogenesis |
| Factual | Analyse | Explain molecular methods & experimental approaches to demonstrate understanding of morphological & molecular processes underpinning early development through to creation of 3D form by morphogenesis |
| Factual | Remember | Describe the initial organisational features established in early embryos, such as germ layers and embryonic axes, which provide the basic framework on which to build the functional organs of the body |
| Procedural | Apply | Illustrate the molecular mechanisms mediating early embryonic development and organogenesis. |
| Reflection | Analyse | Understand how cellular processes such as cell proliferation, cell adhesion & cell motility contribute to shaping of the embryo during cleavage stages, gastrulation, cell migration and organ formation |
| Reflection | Apply | Convey an appreciation of the tools and approaches used to study embryogenesis, including molecular mechanisms and their relevance for developmental biology, regeneration, cancer & stem cell research |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 39 | Feedback Weeks | ||
| Feedback |
The Written Exam will count for 50% of the final course mark. The Exam paper will consist of two sections and students answer 2 questions from each section. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the biological strategies used by fertilised eggs in diverse organisms to create initial asymmetry in the embryo & to initiate organisation of embryonic body plan & basis for organogenesis |
| Factual | Analyse | Explain molecular methods & experimental approaches to demonstrate understanding of morphological & molecular processes underpinning early development through to creation of 3D form by morphogenesis |
| Factual | Remember | Describe the initial organisational features established in early embryos, such as germ layers and embryonic axes, which provide the basic framework on which to build the functional organs of the body |
| Procedural | Apply | Illustrate the molecular mechanisms mediating early embryonic development and organogenesis. |
| Reflection | Analyse | Understand how cellular processes such as cell proliferation, cell adhesion & cell motility contribute to shaping of the embryo during cleavage stages, gastrulation, cell migration and organ formation |
| Reflection | Apply | Convey an appreciation of the tools and approaches used to study embryogenesis, including molecular mechanisms and their relevance for developmental biology, regeneration, cancer & stem cell research |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 15 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Opportunity to revise Essay to allow a Pass to be achieved. Once marked students informed of mark and will receive marked Essay with feedback. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
A new paper is prepared for resit in July. Once marked and approved by Exam Board students informed of mark and can request feedback |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 15 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Opportunity to revise Report to allow a Pass to be achieved. Once marked students informed of mark and will receive marked Report with feedback. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the biological strategies used by fertilised eggs in diverse organisms to create initial asymmetry in the embryo & to initiate organisation of embryonic body plan & basis for organogenesis |
| Factual | Remember | Describe the initial organisational features established in early embryos, such as germ layers and embryonic axes, which provide the basic framework on which to build the functional organs of the body |
| Reflection | Analyse | Understand how cellular processes such as cell proliferation, cell adhesion & cell motility contribute to shaping of the embryo during cleavage stages, gastrulation, cell migration and organ formation |
| Procedural | Apply | Illustrate the molecular mechanisms mediating early embryonic development and organogenesis. |
| Factual | Analyse | Explain molecular methods & experimental approaches to demonstrate understanding of morphological & molecular processes underpinning early development through to creation of 3D form by morphogenesis |
| Reflection | Apply | Convey an appreciation of the tools and approaches used to study embryogenesis, including molecular mechanisms and their relevance for developmental biology, regeneration, cancer & stem cell research |
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