Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2019-20

Botany is a training course basic in the degree of Marine Sciences since it comprises vegetable basic on the organisms, prokaryotic and eukaryotic knowledge as well as fungi and different associations between all of them. It is also intended to prepare the student for the better understanding of the subjects: Marine Botany and Marine Biology, scheduled in the second half of the course and other subsequent courses such as Marine Biotechnology.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2019-20

Specific Competences:>>Theoretical

  • CE1 : Possess a basic understanding of molecular structure, genetics, cell organisation and the evolutionary processes of living beings.
  • CE10 : Understand the different adaptations (morphological, physical, conduct) of living beings in the marine environment.
  • CE14 : Acquire knowledge of the different fields of application (resources, planning and management, infrastructures, etc.) of the marine sciences.
  • CE7 : Understand the structural and functional organisation of marine organisms and their biological diversity.

 

Specific Competences:>>Ability

  • CE21 : Use the necessary information and documentation for the separation, identification and cataloguing of marine organisms.
  • CE31 : Prepare, present and defend scientific texts and reports both in writing and orally to an audience.
  • CE33 : Design measures for the conservation and protection of marine and coastal species and habitats.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2019-20

 * Know the basic principles of the structural organization and evolutionary processes of plants.

* Learn about diversity and adaptations of algae, fungi, mosses and cormophytes to different environments (marine, aquatic and terrestrial).

* Acquire knowledge of different fields of application of algae and fungi.

* Use the information and documentation necessary for the separation, identification and inventory of plants and fungi.

* Develop reports and oral presentations of Botany from information managed in the theoretical sessions and practical.

 

 

General

Code: 24554
Lecturer responsible:
Asensio Berbegal, Leticia
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,00
Practical credits: 1,40
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: MARINE SCIENCES AND APPLIED BIOLOGY
    Area: BOTANICA
    Theoretical credits: 1
    Practical credits: 1,4
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught