Course code

Course group Volume in

ECTS creditsCourse hours

BIO 1001 C 3

Course type (compulsory or optional) CompulsoryCourse level (study cycle) BachelorSemester the course is delivered AutumnStudy form (face-to-face or distant) Face-to-face

Course title in LithuanianBENDROJI BIOLOGIJA

Course title in EnglishGENERAL BIOLOGY

Short course annotation in Lithuanian Bendroji biologija supažindina su pasaulio organizmų aplinka – geosfera, atmosfera, hidrosfera; biologijos mokslo pagrindinėmis idėjomis, terminija, svarbiausiomis šakomis ir metodais; biologijos istoriniais aspektais, biologijos mokslais Lietuvoje, perspektyvomis, organizmų evoliucijos kryptimis, gyvių klasifikacijos principais, organizmų sandaros hierarchija, dauginimosi būdais ir formomis; gyvybės įvairove, įvairių organizmų - grybų, augalų, gyvūnų sandaros ir veiklos panašumais bei skirtumais; svarbiausiais modeliniais organizmais, organizmų taikomąja verte, gyvybės genetine informacija ir jos realizavimu; biologinės įvairovės sandara (molekulinis, rūšies, ekosistemos lygmenys) aplinkos apsaugos principais, saugomomis vietovėmis, Raudonąja knyga

Short course annotation in English

Geosphere. Hidrosphere. Atmosphere. Biosphere. History of Biology, terminology, current state and perspectives. Terminology. Principles of Classification of Organisms. The organization of organisms: molecular and cellular level of organization. Histology. Organography. Reproduction. Energy in living organisms. Metabolism. Cell division and heredity: mitosis and meiosis. Genetic code, principals of inheritance. Evolution of organisms. Diversity of life: domains, kingdoms of organisms. Cladistics: nowadays principals of classification of organisms. Biodiversity structure and function (molecular, species, ecosystem levels. Protected areas, Red Book Data.

Prerequisites for entering the courseGymnasium knowledge in biology, chemistry and mathematics

Course aimIntroduce to the most common biological knowledge of the life on the Earth, main principles of its chemical bases, structure, functions, diversity of environments, biological science place among other sciences; topics and perspectives of the biological sciences in the world, and Lithuania

Links between course outcomes and criteria of learning achievement evaluationCourse outcomes Criteria of learning achievement evaluation

Will acquire knowledge of: a) the atmosphere, geosphere, hidrosphere, biosphere); b), key terminoly of biology; c) main directions in biological sciences; d) history of biology in Lithuania and in the world; e) methods of analysis, the most important model organisms; f) cell characteristics and evolution; g) the principles for the classification of organisms and the key sistematic categories and grades; h) methods and forms of multiplication; i) similarities and differences of organism kingdoms according to the structure and functions; j) the economic value of organisms; k) genetic information and its realization; l) interactions between the organisms and the environment

Will be familiar with the environment of organisms, history of biology, main methods in biology, procaryotic and eucaryotic cell structure and mitosis, meiosis, types and forms of multiplication of organisms, main characteristics of organism kingdoms, main directions of evolution of organisms, organism classifications, biological diversity (molecular, species, ecosystem levels) environment state characteristics, economic importance of various groups of organisms

Will understand classical biology and as a consequence of it will be able: 1) to deliver the essentials of biology, methods and principles in simple, common way, 2) to analyse phenomena of nature relying on basic terminology of biological sciences; 3) to understand and explain new discoveries in nowadays biology; 4) to forecast the most advanced directions in biology; 5) to find out perspectives; 6) to define role of separate organisms in the context of surrounding environment

Aware of the importance of the biology in the context of the other nature science branches, essentials of the cell, organism, ecosystem evolution, relations between organism structure and function, complexity at the various levels of biota organisation, relationships between organism and environment, genetic and environment diversity importance for the survival and development of organisms, for human life, present state and perspectives of applied botany, zoology and microbiology

Will have abilities: 1) will be able to to explain methods of classification and analyses of the organisms; 2) to discuss main problems of nowadays biology in the fields of evolution, genetics, ecosystem functions, 3) to define the role of separate organisms in the context of surrounding environment, 4) to interpret the most important recent discoveries in biology, in terms of their practical value and importance, 5) to compare, to generalise, to make conclusions, 6) to relate general knowledge of the subject with the other subjects of the studies, with the experimental work preparing BSc theses, casual life and future profession

Will learn to define organism structural and functional properties according to the general terminology of biology, to characterise cell division types and structure, functions of organelles, main molecular processes occuring in the cell, to analyse and compare organisms, taxonomic hierarchy, names of main taxons, comparative characteristics of kingdoms of organisms; will learn classification of biological diversity, present status of biological diversity, threats and future trends of development, economic value of main groups of organisms, main organisms of the world and Lithuania economic importance, to define main methods for biological research, to make general conclusions on biological topics

Content (topics)1. The pedosphere, atmosphere, hydrospere, biosphere2. Main branches of biology and their perspectives (world level, Lithuania)3. Biological terminology. Main methods in Biology. Model organisms4. The hierarchy of taxonomy. Species concept. 5. History of classification of organisms. Modern classifications6. Kingdoms of procaryotic organisms, their comparative characteristics. 7. Kingdoms of eucaryotic organisms, their comparative characteristics.8. Comparative characteristics of cells of various organisms9. Cell division. Multiplication of organisms10. Introduction to genetics11. Molecular mechanisms of inheritance12. Role of bacteria, algae, fungy, and plants and their importance for human

13. Role of animals and their importance for human. Natural resources14. Biodiversity, its elements, present state and trends15. Human and environment. Main problems of nature protection in the world, Lithuania. Red book data

Distribution of workload for students (contact and independent work hours)Lectures – 45 hours, consultations, exam - 5,5 hours, individual work – 69,5 hours (on preparation of presentetion in oral and written forms of selected topic, preparations for mid-term and final exams).Totally 120 hours.

Structure of cumulative score and value of its constituent partsFinal assessment sums the assessments of written final examination (50 %), written mid-term examination (33 %) and presentation of selected topic (17 %).

Recommended reference materials

No.Year

of issue

Authors, title, publisherNumber of the books

Library of the university

Methodical cabinets

Other libraries

Main literature

1. 2008

Paulauskas A., Jankevičius K., Liužinas R., Raškauskas V., Zajančkauskas P. Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

Viešoji įstaiga Grunto valymo technologijos, Vilnius

2 2

2. 2000 Rančelis V. Genetika Lietuvos MA leidykla 3

3. 2011Kupčinskienė E. Aplinkos fitoindikacija

40

4. 2009Motuzas A. J., Buivydaitė V. V., Vaisvalavičius R., Šleinys R. A. Dirvotyra

Enciklopedija, Vilnius 2 1

5. 2002Paulauskas A. Biologija BIO 101 (medžiaga distanciniam mokymui)

http:// www.vdu.fcis.VDUskelbimai.studiju skelbimai.bendrosstudijos.BIO101.lt

6. 2004Mildažienė, V., Jarmalaitė, S., Daugelavičius, R. Ląstelės biologija

VDU leidykla 75

7. 2005 Freeman S. Biological Science, 2nd ed.Pearson Education International

1

8. 2004Gaston K.J., Spicer J.I. Biodiversity: An Introduction. 2nd ed.

Blackwell Publishing, Oxford

1 1

9. 2006Groom M.J., Meffe G.K., Carroll C.R. Principles of Conservation Biology. 3rd

ed.

Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, Massachusetts

1

10 2007Rašomavičius V. Lietuvos Raudonoji knyga

Lututė, Kaunas 3 2

11. 2006Baškytė R., Bezaras V., Kavaliauskas P., Klimavičius A., Raščius G. Lietuvos saugomos teritorijos

Lututė, Kaunas

1 1

12. 2002 Puplesis R. Pasaulio biologinė įvairovė Lututė, Kaunas 1Supplementory literature

1. 1999 Mader S. S., Biologija, I, II d. Alma Litera, Vilnius

2. 1987Giunter E., Kempfė, L., Libertas, H.J. ir kt. Biologijos pagrindai Vilnius

3. 1970T.Ivanauskas, E.Kanopka, M.Venslauskas, Biologija Vilnius

4. 2008Marozas V. Sausumos ekosistemų įvairovė ir apsauga

Akademija, Kaunas

5. 2000H. Lodish., A. Berk etc. Molecular Cell Biology

4th ed., Scientific American Books, N.Y.,

6. 2007Webster J., Weber W.S. Introduction to Fungi

Cambridge university Press, Cambridge

7. 2004Evolution: from molecules to ecosystems (ed. by Moya A., Font E.)

Univesity Press.N.Y., Oxford

Course programme designed byEugenija Kupčinskienė, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Biology