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"The Cell" will examine the fundamental structures of the cell that determine its properties using examples drawn from microorganisms, animals and plants. It will also introduce fundamentals of the molecules that are central to these structures and will explain the core biochemistry of some of these processes at an appropriate level of detail. After an initial consideration of the properties of cells, you will investigate how the variety seen in cell types is actually based on common designs and structures. You will learn about the different classes of biological molecules, their roles in the cell and how they are made. You will also consider how specialised structures are needed to achieve different biological processes. You will investigate how cells grow and divide and how cell death is an important process in the organisation of cells into tissues. The module takes an integrated approach to the study of these processes, involving a broad view across the whole range of living organisms.
BI1004 Organismal Biology is administered by the School of Biological Sciences, but staff in the School of Medical Sciences make significant contributions to the teaching of this course.
The course website contains all of the information relevant to this course. A link to the BI1507 WebCT site can be found under 'Learning Resources' section of your student portal.
The University has strict regulations on plagiarism. If you are unsure about what constitutes plagiarism read the University guide on plagiarism at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/writing
Copying or plagiarising another persons work, either from other students or published material in books or papers and submitted as your own for assessment is considered a form of cheating. This is considered by the University to be a serious offence and will be penalised according to the extent involved and whether it is decided there was an attempt at deliberate deception, or whether bad practice was involved. If you do use information or ideas obtained from textbooks or other published material you must give a precise reference to the source both at the appropriate point in your narrative and in a list of references at the end of your work. Direct quotations from published material should be indicated by quotation marks and referenced in the text as above.
Dr Kath Shennan
