- Course Code
- DB 3502
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Professor P A Fowler
Pre-requisites
Overview
The gonads, sexual differentiation, ovarian and testicular function and their control, central control of reproduction, reproductive rhythms, puberty, oestrous/menstrual cycles, fertilisation, implantation, placentation, embryo/fetal development biology, pregnancy, fertility, manipulation of reproduction, induction and inhibition of fertility, environmental effects on reproduction.
Structure
21 hours of lectures over the course. 2 two hour practicals and 3 one hour tutorials over the course.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 one and a half hour essay examination (70%) and in-course assessment (30%).
Continuous assessment comprises: 1 essay (1000 words), 1 closed book quiz.
Resit: 1 one and a half hour essay examination (70%) and previous continuous assessment (30%).
Formative Assessment
Performance in the closed book quiz is fed back to the students on the last day of the course.
Feedback
Essays will be marked with written comments.
Performance in the closed book quiz is fed back to the students on the last day of the course.