Hallmarks of Cancer
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ONCG1001 | Cancer and Stem Cells | 1 | 20 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- ONCG1001
- School
- Cancer and Stem Cells
- Level
- 1
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module considers:
• The hallmarks of cancer and their importance
• Control of the cell cycle and cell cycle misregulation in cancer
• Oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes
• Genome instability and mutation
• The misregulation of cellular energetics in cancer
• The importance of the immune system in cancer
Target Students
Students in the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medical and Health Sciences
Classes
- One 1-hour workshop
- One 1-hour un assigned each week for
- One 6-hour practicum each week for 3 weeks
- Two lectures each week for 10 weeks
20 lectures (2 per week in semester 1) Practical class 1 - experimental design and basic statistics (6 hours) Practical class 2 - measuring gene expression part 1 (6 hours) Practical class 3 - measuring gene expression part 2 (6 hours) Essay writing workshop (1 hour) Post-essay feedback session (1 hour) Mock MCQ - formative (1 hour) Exam feedback session (1 hour) Revision workshop (1 hour)
Assessment
- 5% Inclass Exam 1 (Practical): Practical class 2 - prelab and post-lab MCQ questions (5%).
- 10% Inclass Exam 2 (Practical): Practical class 2 - post-lab MCQ questions (10%).
- 5% Inclass Exam 3 (Practical): Practical class 3 - prelab MCQ questions (5%).
- 10% Inclass Exam 4 (Practical): Practical class 3 - post-lab MCQ questions (10%).
- 70% Exam 1 (1-hour): MCQ Exam - 1 hour (70%).
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
To understand the hallmarks of cancer and their importance in tumourigenesis and cancer progression.Learning Outcomes
1. Intellectual skills
Students should be able to demonstrate a good understanding of:
• the cell cycle and its control
• oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes
• the misregulation of cell proliferation and cellular energetics
• genome instability and mutation
• the mechanisms that allow tumour growth
• the importance of the immune system in cancer
• cancer cell invasion and metastasis of cancer
2. Professional / practical skills
Students should be able to use appropriate statistical methods to interpret laboratory data and demonstrate a basic level laboratory skills.
3. Transferable / key skills
Students should be able:
• Communicate complex written information in the form of an essay
• Demonstrate self-management in the completion of course work
• Demonstrate problem solving skills and critical thinking as applied to relevant data
• Show basic levels of information technology literacy