- Course Code
- BI 25B2
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr A Jack and Dr S Tucker
Pre-requisites
Overview
This course will explore the following questions: How do the major body organs and systems work both alone and in communication with one another? How do we adapt to changing circumstances, control breathing as required, adjust to our nutritional needs, spawn new generations?
The course will then go on to investigate the physiology behind the way in which the heart supplies even the furthest extremities with nutrition and oxygen and how gases are extracted from the air we breathe by our lungs. The kidney (fluid balance), the digestive system (nutrition) and the reproductive systems will also be explained in detail. The course provides an overview of what goes on inside your body, and what happens when it goes wrong.
Structure
3 one-hour lectures per week and 1 one-hour problem solving class every 2 weeks, one mid-term examination and 3 three-hour practicals throughout the course.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour MCQ examination (70%) and in-course assessment (30%). Continuous assessment comprises: 3 laboratory reports and the mid-term examination.
Resit: 1 two-hour MCQ examination (70%) and previous continuous assessment (30%).
Formative Assessment
Problem-solving sessions follow each block of lecture material and allow interaction between students and teaching staff and application of knowledge covered in the lectures.
Feedback
Practical reports will be marked with written comments and constructive feedback.
General feedback provided following mid-term assessment.
General feedback throughout problem-solving sessions, where staff will circulate and discuss lecture material with students.