Foundation Science for Bio-scientists
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| BIOS1061 | Biosciences | 1 | 10 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- BIOS1061
- School
- Biosciences
- Level
- 1
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module contains the Foundation Science parts of BIOS1028 in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics and re-focused for Biotechnology and Microbiology students.
The course covers essential basics in physics (units and measurements, radiation, thermal methods), Chemistry (moles and atoms, organic chemistry, thermodynamics and kinetics), Mathematics (equations, functions, logs and exponentials, graphical representations) and statistics (mean, standard deviation, standard statistical tests such as ANOVA and biases in data).
The aim of the module is to run an intensive web and tutorial based module with online questions, final ROGO test and tutor support to furnish first year microbiology and biotechnology students with the essential skills in these subject areas. The aim is to have them attain this rapidly in the first four weeks of the term so as to be able to access more complex content across their first year modules.
Target Students
BSc Microbiology and BSc/MSci Biotechnology students.
Assessment
- 100% In-class ExamSys
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
Aim 1: To make sure all 1st year Microbiology and Biotechnology students have covered essential skills in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Statistics so as to be able to access higher level content during their degree.Aim 2: To provide essential self-study and self-guided skills, with tutorial support, so as to attain independent learning commensurate with 1st year undergraduate expectations.Learning Outcomes
To understand the essential concepts in Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics needed for advanced learning at undergraduate level in Biotechnology and Microbiology degrees [A2&A4]
To be able to manipulate quantitative information relating to concepts in these disciplines [A2, C3]
To understand how these key concepts are derived and applied [A6]
Be able to relate to key literature sources and be able to relate directly to key concepts [A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, C2, D2]