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Unit of Study BIOL1001 - Biology (2022)

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  • Enrolment information

    There will be a 3-day compulsory residential for Online students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to https://www.scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables. This unit is offered at Lismore and NMSC for on-campus undergraduate students. Practical classes are run specifically for Head Start (High School) students at Gold Coast. This location is not available to undergraduate students.

Unit description

Covers material on cell structure, physio-chemical cellular responses, plant and animal physiology, structure and diversity, elementary genetics, population concepts, natural selection and evolution as well as the necessary practical techniques required to demonstrate biological processes in living organisms. Initiates the development of competence in practical skills and scientific report writing.

Unit content

Introduction to biological hierarchies – molecules to biosphere • Life criteria, cell theory, cell, tissue and organ structure • Photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration • Plant structure, diversity and classification • Animal physiology, structure, diversity and classification • Cell replication, genetics and heredity, molecular genetics • Evolution

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Not currently available in 2022

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

explain the cellular basis of life, and describe such processes as diffusion, osmosis, active uptake, photosynthesis and respiration

list the diagnostic features by which living organisms are classified into taxonomic groups and outline phylogenetic relationships

state the morphological, anatomical and physiological features of living organisms that adapt them to their environment

describe elements of plant and animal physiology

describe how cells divide and explain the genetic basis of heredity and population variation

discuss the origins of variation within a population and the manner in which natural selection operates on that variation to produce evolutionary change

apply a range of practical skills.