Module FOUN0157: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Department: Foundation Year [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

FOUN0157: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To encourage students to develop confidence in their own abilities in a science subject.
• to develop students' learning skills.
• to introduce a basic bank of knowledge on which students can build either by the process of self-study or in further courses of directed study.
• to develop students' practical skills in biology.

Content

• Biochemistry.
• biological molecules and their levels of structure.
• food tests.
• enzymes.
• inhibition.
• transport across cell membranes.
• respiration.
• glycosis, Krebs cycle, Electron Transfer Chain, membranes and ATP production, anaerobic respiration.
• photosynthesis.
• pigments, chloroplasts, light-dependent and light-independent reactions, photosystems, membranes and ATP production, compensation point.
• plant regulation.
• hormones.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module students will have acquired the knowledge to be able to:
• differentiate between the different types of biological molecules.
• describe the action of enzymes.
• explain how the biochemistry of respiration and photosynthesis are related.
• differentiate between the different processes of cellular transport.
• describe the action of different plant hormones.

• By the end of the module students will have acquired the skills to be able to:
• carry out basic laboratory procedures safely.

• By the end of the module the students will:
• be able to communicate effectively in writing
• be able to apply number both in the tackling of numerical problems and in the collecting, recording, interpreting and presenting of data
• have improved their own learning and performance
• be able to demonstrate problem solving skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Theory, initial concepts and research techniques will be introduced during lectures and demonstrations.
• Much of the learning, understanding and consolidation will take place through the use of practicals, structured exercises, group work, discussions and library assignments during tutorials and students' own time.
• Knowledge and understanding of concepts will be assessed by a written assignment and lab report.
• Knowledge and ability to use and apply concepts will be tested by an end of module test.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Exercises and library research