Learning outcomes

At the end of Teaching Unit SBIOB105, students will be able to:

  • Recognize the specificities of biology compared to other experimental sciences
  • Understand that evolution underlies all biological forms present today
  • Characterize and identify (based on diagrams or formulas) the different types of biological macromolecules
  • Identify, schematize, and characterize different types of cells
  • Explain the overall functioning of a cell
  • Understand energy flows within the eukaryotic cell
  • Describe and schematize some fundamental dynamic biological processes such as cell division, DNA replication, DNA transcription and translation, etc.
  • Determine the bases governing the emergence of observable phenotypes.

Goals

The general objectives of this course are to:

  • provide students with a basic grounding in cell biology that they will apply in all other courses;
  • instill an understanding of the need for interdisciplinarity when addressing topics specific to biology;
  • develop an understanding of the concept of models and understand that the representations used deviate from reality;
  • enable students to make connections between concrete situations (experiments, observations of everyday life) and cellular aspects;
  • interpret data presented in different formats (data tables, graphs, text, etc.).

Content

The theoretical course will be subdivided into 3 main parts with several chapters: the molecular basis of life, cell biology and genetics and molecular biology

Teaching methods

The course adopts different approaches:

  • Large auditorium teaching - a hands-on approach to theoretical content - Use of slides and notes on the board.
  • Student surveys using multiple-choice questions (MCQs) during theoretical lectures.
  • Putting theoretical material into perspective in authentic contexts.
  • Practical work.

Course materials (slides) will be made available via webcampus, but note-taking is still required.

Assessment method

The biology course is organized around two learning activities :

  • Practical work sessions (25% of the SBIOB105 course grade).
  • A theoretical exam in the form of a multiple-choice questionnaire and open-ended questions that may require diagrams (75% of the final SBIOB105 course grade).

The weightings indicated above are only taken into account to calculate the final grade if the grade obtained for each learning activity is greater than or equal to 10/20. Otherwise, the lowest grade will constitute the final grade for the course. In accordance with the decree, a learning activity successfully completed during the first assessment period must not be repeated during the same academic year.

Participation in the practical work is mandatory. Any unjustified absence will be penalized with a grade of 0/20 for the lab in question. Beyond 2 unjustified absences, the student will obtain a grade of 0/20 for the entire learning activity practical work. In this case, success in the SBIOB105 course is not possible.

Sources, references and any support material

The course will be based on a reference book:

  •  "Biology" (6th French edition) by Raven and colleagues, published by de Boeck Supérieur.

 This reference book is available in multiple copies at the university library, where it can be consulted.

 

Language of instruction

French
Training Study programme Block Credits Mandatory
Bachelor in Veterinary Medicine Standard 0 5
Bachelor in Veterinary Medicine Standard 1 5