41106 - Biology Modulübersicht

Module Number: 41106
Module Title:Biology
  Biologie
Department: Faculty 2 - Environment and Natural Sciences
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Dr. rer. nat. Bucher, Roman
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every summer semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:

The objective is to give an overview of organismic, cellular, and molecular biology in order to enable students to understand fundamental biological structures and processes from the molecular to the organismic level. Students will be able

  • to understand and explain the basic principles of the lecture topics,
  • to work with microscopes under bright field, dark field and phase contrast conditions,
  • to explain selected methods in the field of organismic, molecular, and cellular biology,
  • to find and work with scientific sources concerning current biological knowledge.
Contents:

Part 1: Lecture

  • Molecules that are relevant for biology
  • Cells – the basic units of life (compartments and structures)
  • Organismic organisation and biodiversity
  • Basic principles in genetics and molecular biology
  • Energy, enzymes, and metabolism
  • Land plants / vascular plants
  • Animals: immunology, development, and physiology

 
Part 2: Practical Training

  • Light microscopy, basic techniques
  • Advanced microscopical techniques (staining, counting)
  • Determination of animals
  • Plant anatomy and physiology
  • Cell growth
  • Mitosis
  • Parasites
  • Animal preparation
Recommended Prerequisites:Basic knowledge in natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics) is strongly recommended!
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Excursion / 2 Hours
  • Practical training / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 118 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:

Students will acquire the general principles through the lecture. By means of the lecture notes and relevant textbooks, a self-directed continuous study is necessary. In the practical exercises, students have to work with course microscopes and other selected methods. Copies of relevant literature can be found in the library ("Semesterapparat"). Main Text books (latest editions are recommended):

  • Purves, W.K. ; Sadava, D.; Orians, G. M.; Heller M. C. 2004. Life – The Science of Biology. 7th edition. Sunderland.
  • Sadava, D.; Heller, M. C.; Orians, G. M.; Purves, W. K.; Millis, D. M. 2006. Life – The Science of Biology. 8th edition. Sunderland. 
  • Campbell, N.A. & Reece, J.B. 2005. Biology. 7th edition. San Francisco.
Module Examination:Prerequisite + Final Module Examination (MAP)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:

Prerequisite:

  • successful participation in the practical exercises (>80%)

Final module examination:

  • Written examination, 120 minutes.

The examination is to be carried out in presence (e-examination).

 

Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • Master (research-oriented) / Angewandte Mathematik / PO 2019 - 1. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Double Degree / Architektur / PO 2014 - 1. SÄ 2016
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Architektur / PO 2022
  • Master (research-oriented) / Artificial Intelligence / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2024
  • Master (research-oriented) / Bauen und Erhalten / PO 2007
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Extended Semester / Bauingenieurwesen / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Bauingenieurwesen / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Bauingenieurwesen / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Extended Semester / Bauingenieurwesen / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Master (research-oriented) / Bauingenieurwesen / PO 2014
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Bauingenieurwesen - dual / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Bauingenieurwesen - dual / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Bauingenieurwesen - dual / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Bau- und Kunstgeschichte / PO 2022
  • Master (research-oriented) / Bau- und Kunstgeschichte / PO 2025
  • Bachelor (applied) / Betriebswirtschaftslehre / PO 2017 - 1. SÄ 2019
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Betriebswirtschaftslehre / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Betriebswirtschaftslehre / PO 2024
  • Master (research-oriented) / Betriebswirtschaftslehre / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Betriebswirtschaftslehre - dual / PO 2019
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Betriebswirtschaftslehre - dual / PO 2024
  • Master (research-oriented) / Chemistry: Materials, Engineering and Sustainability / PO 2025
  • Master (research-oriented) / Cyber Security / PO 2017 - 1. SÄ 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Digitale Gesellschaft / PO 2022
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / eBusiness / PO 2007
  • Master (research-oriented) / eBusiness / PO 2007 - 2. SÄ 2012
  • Bachelor (applied) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2018 - 2. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2019 - 1. SÄ 2020
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2022
  • Master (applied) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2022
  • Master (applied) - Extended Semester / Elektrotechnik / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2022
  • Master (research-oriented) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2019 - 1. SÄ 2020
  • Master (research-oriented) / Elektrotechnik / PO 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Elektrotechnik - dual / PO 2022
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Elektrotechnik - dual / PO 2022
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Energietechnik und Energiewirtschaft / PO 2021 - 1. SÄ 2024
  • Master (research-oriented) / Energietechnik und Energiewirtschaft / PO 2021 - 1. SÄ 2024
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Environmental and Resource Management / keine PO
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Environmental and Resource Management / PO 2015 - 3. SÄ 2017
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Hebammenwissenschaft / PO 2021
  • Master (research-oriented) / Hybrid Electric Propulsion Technology / PO 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Informatik / PO 2008 - 2. SÄ 2024
  • Master (research-oriented) / Informatik / PO 2008 - 3. SÄ 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Informations- und Medientechnik / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (applied) / Instrumental- und Gesangspädagogik / PO 2019 - 2. SÄ 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Instrumental- und Gesangspädagogik / - 2. SÄ 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Instrumental- und Gesangspädagogik - dual /
  • Master (research-oriented) / Klimagerechtes Bauen und Betreiben / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Kultur und Technik / PO 2017
  • Master (research-oriented) / Kultur und Technik / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Künstliche Intelligenz / PO 2022
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Künstliche Intelligenz Technologie / PO 2022
  • Master (research-oriented) / Künstliche Intelligenz Technologie / PO 2022 - 1. SÄ 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Landnutzung und Wasserbewirtschaftung / PO 2017
  • Master (research-oriented) / Landnutzung und Wasserbewirtschaftung / PO 2018
  • Bachelor of Education / Lehramt Primarstufe Deutsch-Englisch / PO 2025
  • Bachelor of Education / Lehramt Primarstufe Deutsch-Kunst / PO 2025
  • Bachelor of Education / Lehramt Primarstufe Deutsch-Musik / PO 2025
  • Bachelor of Education / Lehramt Primarstufe Deutsch-Sachunterricht Gesellschaftswissenschaften / PO 2025
  • Bachelor of Education / Lehramt Primarstufe Deutsch-Sport / PO 2025
  • Bachelor of Education / Lehramt Primarstufe Mathematik-Deutsch / PO 2025
  • Bachelor of Education / Lehramt Primarstufe Mathematik-Englisch / PO 2025
  • Bachelor of Education / Lehramt Primarstufe Mathematik-Kunst / PO 2025
  • Bachelor of Education / Lehramt Primarstufe Mathematik-Musik / PO 2025
  • Bachelor of Education / Lehramt Primarstufe Mathematik-Sachunterricht Naturwissenschaften / PO 2025
  • Bachelor of Education / Lehramt Primarstufe Mathematik-Sport / PO 2025
  • Master (research-oriented) / Leichtbau und Werkstofftechnologie / PO 2023
  • Master (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Place / Leichtbau und Werkstofftechnologie - dual / PO 2023
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Maschinenbau / keine PO
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Materialchemie / PO 2018
  • Master (research-oriented) / Materialchemie / PO 2018
  • Master (research-oriented) / Mathematical Data Science / PO 2025
  • Master (research-oriented) / Mathematics / PO 2025
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Mathematik / PO 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Mathematik - dual / PO 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Medizininformatik / PO 2016 - 1. SÄ 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Medizintechnik / PO 2022 - 2. SÄ 2025
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Medizintechnik - dual / PO 2022 - 2. SÄ 2025
  • Master (research-oriented) / Micro- and Nanoelectronics / PO 2024
  • Bachelor (applied) / Pflegewissenschaft / PO 2017
  • Bachelor (applied) / Pflegewissenschaft / PO 2020
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Pflegewissenschaft / PO 2020
  • Bachelor (applied) / Pflegewissenschaft / PO 2025
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training / Pflegewissenschaft / PO 2025
  • Master (research-oriented) / Physics / PO 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Physik / PO 2021
  • Master (research-oriented) / Physik / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2021
  • Master (research-oriented) / Power Engineering / PO 2016 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Bachelor (applied) / Soziale Arbeit / PO 2018
  • Bachelor (applied) / Soziale Arbeit / PO 2020 - 1. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (applied) - Double Degree / Soziale Arbeit / PO 2020 - 1. SÄ 2021
  • Master (applied) / Soziale Arbeit / PO 2020 - 1. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Städtebau und Stadtplanung / PO 2019
  • Master (research-oriented) / Stadtplanung / PO 2019
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Stadtplanung und Städtebau / PO 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Stadt- und Regionalplanung / PO 2016
  • Master (research-oriented) / Stadt- und Regionalplanung / PO 2023
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Therapiewissenschaften / keine PO
  • Bachelor (applied) / Therapiewissenschaften / PO 2017
  • Master (research-oriented) / Transformation Studies / PO 2024
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Umweltingenieurwesen / keine PO
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Umweltingenieurwesen / PO 2006 - 3. SÄ 2018
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Umweltingenieurwesen / PO 2021
  • Master (research-oriented) / Urban Design and Sustainable Revitalization / PO 2024
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Wirtschaftsinformatik / PO 2024
  • Bachelor (applied) / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / PO 2018 - 2. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / PO 2008
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / PO 2019
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / PO 2023
  • Master (applied) / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Master (applied) - Extended Semester / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / PO 2018 - 1. SÄ 2023
  • Master (research-oriented) / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / PO 2019
  • Master (research-oriented) / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / PO 2025
  • Master (research-oriented) - Reduced Semester / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen / PO 2025
  • Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen - dual / PO 2018 - 2. SÄ 2021
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen - dual / PO 2023
  • Master (research-oriented) - Reduced Semester / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen - dual / PO 2025
  • Master (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Place / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen - dual / PO 2025
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Wirtschaftsmathematik / PO 2023
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement / Wirtschaftsmathematik - dual / PO 2023
 This module has been approved for the general studies.
Remarks:None
Module Components:Summer Semester:
  • 240732 Lecture Biology 
  • 240792 Excursion Biological Excursions
  • 240733 Exercise/Practical training Biology 
Examination:
  • 240752 Examination Biology
Components to be offered in the Current Semester: