Competencies and objectives

Provisional information. Pending approval.

 

Course context for academic year 2025-26

Cell Biology is a fundamental branch of biomedical sciences. Its objective is the study of the structural and functional organization of cells. The contents of the course will allow the medical student to understand the cellular and molecular bases of the functioning of tissues and organs of the human body. This discipline is essential to know the cellular mechanisms of the normal and pathological organism.

 

 

 

Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2025-26

UA Basic Transversal Competences

  • CT1 : To read and understand texts in English.
  • CT2 : Show computer and information system skills and abilities.
  • CT3 : Show oral and written communication skills.

 

General Competences

  • CG36 : Be able to formulate hypotheses, collect and critically assess information for problem solving, following the scientific method.
  • CG37 : Acquire basic training for research activity.
  • CG7 : Understand and discern the normal structure and function of the human body, at the molecular, cellular, tissue, organic and systems level, in the different stages of life and in both sexes.

 

Specific competences:>>Module I: Morphology, structure and function of the human body

  • CE1.01 : Understand the cell: structure and function.
  • CE1.02 : Understand biomolecules, metabolism and metabolic regulation and integration.
  • CE1.04 : Understand cell communication and the constitution and functioning of excitable membranes.
  • CE1.12 : Handling of lab material and basic laboratory techniques.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

  • Describe the structure and function of each of the components of a cell.
  • Integrate the functions of each cellular component with the overall function of the cell.
  • Know the cellular and molecular mechanisms of the cell cycle and cell division.
  • Appropriate use of the microscope and basic techniques for the study of the cell.
  • Identification and interpretation of the different cellular components in electron microscopy images.

 

 

Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2025-26

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General

Code: 27201
Lecturer responsible:
Gómez Torres, Maria Jose
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,20
Practical credits: 1,20
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Area: CELLULAR BIOLOGY
    Theoretical credits: 1,2
    Practical credits: 1,2
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

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