Course title
生物学基礎   [Basic Biology]
Course category	technology speciality courses,ets.	Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	1～4	Semester	Fall
Course type	Fall	Course code	021410
Instructor(s)
寺田 昭彦   [TERADA Akihiko]
Facility affiliation	Graduate School of Engineering	Office		Email address

Course description

Biology is a scientific research to understand life. This helps us to be able to know behaviors of various organisms (from microorganisms to human beings). This subject allows answering basic questions such as "What is an organism?" and "What is definition of being alive?". This course treats basic contents of biology and mechanisms of biological phenomena. Likewise, the course introduces state-of-the-art biotechnologies and their relevance to human beings and society. The course consists of 13 lectures and two exams. Potential changes in the schedule will be notified during the course. Each lecture ends up with a small quiz to check understanding of contents.

Expected Learning

This subject allows answering basic questions such as "What is an organism?" and "What is definition of being alive?".

Course schedule

#1 Guidance and origins of living organisms #2 Classification of organisms #3 Cell #4 Cell constituents: water, amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and sugers #5 Heredity and genes #6 DNA replication and repair #7 The central dogma #8 Interim exam #9 Reproduction, development and differentiation #10 Enzyme and the way to acquire energy #11 Animal organs #12 Microorganisms and virus #13 Photosynthesis #14 State-of-the-art biotechnologies #15 Final exam

Prerequisites

None

Required Text(s) and Materials

None

References

Biology of the Cell 5th Version Cain Biology

Assessment/Grading

45% interim exam 45% final exam 10% a small quiz

Message from instructor(s)

Course keywords

biology, cell, energy, organism,

Office hours

Should contact via a mail.

Remarks 1

Remarks 2

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

English

Last update

4/7/2017 7:55:26 PM