Course title
生物学基礎   [Basic Biology]
Course category	technology speciality courses	Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	1～4	Semester	3rd
Course type	3rd	Course code	021405
Instructor(s)
寺田 昭彦   [TERADA Akihiko]
Facility affiliation	Graduate School of Engineering	Office		Email address

Course description

Biology is scientific research to understand life. This helps us to be able to know the 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 the 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. Each lecture ends up with a small quiz to check to understand the contents.

Expected Learning

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

Course schedule

#1 Guidance and origins of living organisms #2 Classification of organisms #3 Cell and organellas #4 Cell constituents: water, amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and the #5 Heredity and genes #6 DNA replication and repair #7 The central dogma #8 Summary 1 Interim exam #9 Reproduction, development and differentiation #10 Enzyme and the way to acquire energy #11 Central metabolic pathways #12 Animal organs #13 Microorganisms and virus #14 Immunity as defense mechanisms #15 Summary 2 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

2/1/2022 11:05:32 AM