- Course Code
- AN 3301
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Professor L Erskine
Pre-requisites
BI 20M3, BI 20B2, or BI 25B2 or BM 2009 / BM 2509 (the latter BSc Biomedical Sciences students only).
Overview
Focusing on human development, this course will examine the question of how a single fertilised cell develops into a fully functioning organism with a complex, highly patterned body structure. The course will begin with an overview of embryonic and foetal development, the major signalling systems sculpting normal development and causes of birth defects. The structural changes underlying the development of each of the major tissues and organs of the body will be discussed in turn, and the genes and signalling pathways involved will be introduced briefly.
Structure
The course consists of 3 one-hour lectures per week, Simbryo self-study time and 1 practical, with time set aside each week for preparation of an individual oral presentation on a specific aspect of abnormal development.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 one and a half hour written examination (70%) and in-course assessment (30%). Continuous assessment comprises: Individual oral presentation (15%), written summary of the oral presentation (5%) and practical write up (10%).
Resit: 1 one and a half hour written examination (70%) and previous continuous assessment (30%).
Feedback
- Practical reports and written summaries will be marked with written comments.
- Written feedback, including peer-comments, on oral presentation.