Course code

MLB6001.LT

old course code

MLB6001

Course title in Estonian

Üldbioloogia

Course title in English

General Biology

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Elle Rajandu (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The aim of the course is to explain the evolution
of living systems by examining the laws governing these processes.
This course is designed to prepare a sound foundation for the more
specialized academic courses in biology by giving a general overview
about: i) the fundamental biological processes of life, ii) the
regulation of these processes, iii) the formation of biodiversity.

Brief description of the course

Overview about the characteristics of life and its
levels of organisation. The expenditure of energy in biological
systems. Major energy cycles. The laws of heredity: genetics and
reproductive cycles. The evolution of life and its biodiversity:
viruses, bacteria, animals, fungi and plants. The description of
diversity of life and its classification systems. Ecology and
ecosystems.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- understands of major concepts in biology;
- has overview of fundamental processes of life and of the hierarchy of biological systems, from single cell to ecosystem level. Comprehension of the processes resulting in biodiversity;
- has ability to orient in classifications describing biodiversity.

Teacher

lekt Elle Rajandu PhD, dots Tiina Elvisto PhD, lekt Kairi Koort MSc

Study programmes containing that course

Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/24.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/24.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/23.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/23.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/22.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/22.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/21.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/21.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/20.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/20.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/19.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/19.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/18.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/18.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/17.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/17.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/16.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/16.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/00.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/15.LT)
Integrated Natural Sciences (MLLB/15.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/14.LT)
Education (KAPB/14.HR)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/14.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/15.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/13.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/13.LT)
Education (KAPB/13.HR)
Education (KAPB/12.HR)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/12.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/12.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/11.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/11.LT)
Mathematics, Mathematical Economics and Data Analysis (MLMB/11.DT)
Physics (with Minor Field of Study) (MLFB/11.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/11.LT)
Physics (with Minor Field of Study) (MLFB/10.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/10.LT)
Mathematics, Mathematical Economics and Data Analysis (MLMB/10.DT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/10.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/10.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/09.LT)
Computer Science (IFIFB/09.DT)
Mathematics, Mathematical Economics and Data Analysis (MLMB/09.DT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/09.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/09.LT)
Physics (with Minor Field of Study) (MLFB/09.LT)
Computer Science (IFIFB/08.DT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/08.LT)
Physics (with Minor Field of Study) (MLFB/08.LT)
Environmental Management (MLKSB/08.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/08.LT)
Geoecology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLGB/00.LT)
Biology (with Minor Field of Study) (MLBB/00.LT)
Computer Science (IFIFB/00.DT)