Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2023-24

Developmental Biology is an essential subject for the study of ontogeny and life cycles of organisms, especially metazoans. It is an essential discipline for the training and professional projection of biologists, especially in the health (medicine and reproductive biology, "in vitro" fertilization, etc.) and biotechnological (reparative and regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, etc.) fields.

Adequacy to the professional profile: the study of Developmental Biology will provide the student with the training to achieve the competences included both in the White Book of Biology studies (http://www.aneca.es/media/150328/libroblanco_biologia_def.pdf) and in the Technical Sheet of Degree Proposal of the RD 55/2005, of January 21 (http://www.unizar.es/eees/doc/Ficha%20grado%20BIOLOGIA.pdf) and are those that the Biologist can perform in his professional activity:

(1) To carry out studies on the organization, classification, identification and research of living beings, as well as their remains and signs of their activity.

(2) To qualify for training in certain specialties of Health Sciences that allow him/her to carry out activities in: genetic counseling and family planning, human embryology, health and environmental education, clinical analysis, clinical biochemistry, immunology, microbiology and parasitology, etc.

(3) Biology teaching under the terms established by educational legislation.

(4) Scientific and technical advice on biological subjects.

Adequacy to the academic profile: Developmental Biology is fundamental in the studies of Biology, for being a fundamental discipline of modern Biology, due to the high impact that the study of the development of animal organisms, including man, has both socially and economically, in today's world, namely: Medicine and Reproductive Biology (Assisted Reproduction, medical use of "Stem cells", etc.), Veterinary and Agricultural Medicine, Regenerative and Reparative Medicine, Tissue Engineering, etc.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

Generic Degree Course Competences

  • CG1 : Develop capacity for analysis, synthesis and critical reasoning.
  • CG10 : Develop knowledge-based critical attitudes.
  • CG3 : Solve problems effectively.
  • CG4 : Show capacity for teamwork.
  • CG5 : Commitment to ethics and the values of equality, as well as social responsibility as a citizen and as a professional.
  • CG6 : Learn autonomously.

 

Specific Competences:>>Theoretical

  • CE1 : Acquire the fundamentals of biological terminology, nomenclature, conventions and units.
  • CE10 : Understand the fundamentals of the regulation of vital functions of organisms through internal and external factors and identify mechanisms for adapting to the environment.
  • CE13 : Study the structure and function of biomolecules and understand their function in biological processes.
  • CE14 : Understand the fundamentals of replication, transcription, translation and modification of genetic material.
  • CE15 : Identify the main metabolic pathways.
  • CE16 : Understand cell signalling mechanisms.
  • CE18 : Analyse the structure and functions of animal and plant viruses, cells, tissues, organs and systems.
  • CE19 : Study animal and plant anatomy and morphology.
  • CE20 : Understand the basic principles of immunity in living beings.
  • CE21 : Isolate, cultivate and modify microorganisms, cells and tissue of pluricellular organisms.
  • CE22 : Analyse and interpret the development, growth and biological cycles of living beings.
  • CE4 : Recognise different levels of organisation in living systems.
  • CE5 : Understand the concept of life and know its origin and history, together with that of the Earth.
  • CE6 : Understand the mechanisms of heredity and foundations of genetic improvement.
  • CE7 : Understand evolutionary mechanisms and models.
  • CE8 : Understand and know the genetic foundations of diversity.
  • CE9 : Identify organisms and interpret the diversity of species in the environment, as well as their origin, evolution and behaviour.

 

Specific Competences:>>Ability

  • CE29 : Show knowledge and understanding of the essential facts, concepts, principles and theories related to the areas of Biology.
  • CE30 : Interpret, evaluate, process and synthesis Biological data and information.
  • CE31 : Recognise and implement good scientific practices for measurement and experimentation.
  • CE32 : Safe handling: biological material, reagents, instruments and devices used in Biology.
  • CE33 : Carry out standard laboratory procedures involved in analytical tasks.
  • CE35 : Interpret data gathered from observation and measurement in the laboratory and the field.
  • CE36 : Prepare, present and defend scientific and technical reports both in writing and orally to an audience.
  • CE37 : Ability to find, analyse, understand and write scientific and technical texts.
  • CE38 : Use inductive and deductive methods correctly in the field of Biology.
  • CE39 : Recognise and evaluate biological processes in daily life.
  • CE40 : Relate Biology to other disciplines.
  • CE41 : Acquire the ability to direct, advise, design and execute biological process projects and studies.
  • CE45 : Carry out biological biotests and diagnoses.
  • CE46 : Design biological models.

 

Generic UA Competences

  • CGUA2 : Express oneself correctly, both orally and in writing, in either of the official languages of the Region of Valencia.
  • CGUA3 : Possess computer knowledge appropriate to the field of study.
  • CGUA4 : Acquire or possess basic ICT skills (Information and Communication Technologies) and manage the information obtained correctly.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2023-24

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

SO1 Acquire the concepts of development, reproduction and sexuality, as well as other related concepts (evolution, maturation, differentiation, morphogenesis, epigenesis, growth, neoteny, etc.).

OE2 Define the concept and describe the different models of Life Cycles, with special mention of the cycles of prokaryotes (bacillus subtilis) and eukaryotes (protists, fungi, metaphytes and matazoa).

OE3 To know the different varieties of reproduction and their production mechanisms as well as the biological mechanisms of the sexual response of animals and humans.

SLO4 To learn the specific methods of study of developmental and reproductive biology.

SLO5 To know the embryology, anatomy, histophysiology and cellular and molecular biology of the male reproductive system of vertebrates and especially of humans.

OE6 Know the embryology, anatomy, histophysiology and cellular and molecular biology of the female reproductive system of vertebrates and especially of humans.

SLO7 Reach a high level of knowledge about the current state of knowledge of the cellular and molecular bases of fertilization that lead to the formation of the zygote.

SO8 To understand the cellular and molecular basis of the embryonic segmentation phase that leads to the formation of the morula.

OE9 To understand the cellular and molecular basis of the embryonic segregation phase that leads to the formation of the blastocyst.

SO10 To understand the cellular, molecular and immunological basis of the implantation phase.

OE11 To understand the cellular and molecular bases of the gastrulation and dermogenesis phase that lead to the formation of the trilaminar embryo.

 

 

General

Code: 26541
Lecturer responsible:
GOMEZ TORRES, JOSEFA
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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