| Ansvarligt institut | Institut for Basal Husdyr- og Veterinærvidenskab | ||||||||||||||
| English Title | Basic Animal Biology | ||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Bachelor 2. år | ||||||||||||||
| Varighed | En blok | ||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Bachelorkursus | ||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Sluteksamen skriftlig prøve Skriftlig auditorieeksamen Alle hjælpemidler tilladt Beskrivelse af eksamen: 4 hours written test Vægtning: 100% 7-trinsskala, intern censur Eksamensdatoer: 27. januar 2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Rammer for Undervisning | The course will consist of lectures, practicals and journal clubs. | ||||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 2 Ugestruktur: B | ||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||
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| In the course the lectures will be focused on homeostasis, cardiovascular systems, nervous systems, endocrinology, immunology, stem cells and reproduction. The course will relate these physiological systems to animal life cycles, concentrating on the human and mouse. Adaptations to environmental challenges will also be covered in the course. | |||||||||||||||
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| The course consists of lectures, theoretical- and practical exercises and journal clubs. | |||||||||||||||
| Målbeskrivelse | |||||||||||||||
| The course will combine a broad coverage of animal biology with detailed description of those biological systems and processes that are most relevant to human and animal biotechnology. After completing the course the students will be able to: Knowledge: - understand the basic mammalian life cycle. - understand the concept of homeostasis. Skills: - read and interpret scientific journals and textbooks. - work accurately with biological data. - observe and interpret features in live animals. Competences: - explain adaptation to environmental variation. - explain resistance to diseases. - use biological knowledge to understand biotechnological achievements. | |||||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||
| Vander's Human Physiology. The mechanisms of body function. Eleventh Edition. Eds. Eric P. Widmaier, Hershel Raff, Kevin T. Strang. McGraw-Hill Higher Education. ISBN 978-0-07-128366-3. | |||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||
| Christopher Harold Knight, chkn@life.ku.dk, Institut for Basal Husdyr- og Veterinærvidenskab/Veterinær Fysiologi & Biokemi, Tlf: 353-32566 | |||||||||||||||
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