Module Identifier BS00510  
Module Title BIOLOGICAL CO-ORDINATION AND FUNCTION  
Academic Year 2006/2007  
Co-ordinator Dr Judith Humphries  
Semester Semester 2  
Other staff Dr Christopher L Davey  
Course delivery Lecture   10 x 1h lectures  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Exam2 Hours theory paper  60%
Semester Assessment Coursework (written assignments)  40%
Supplementary Exam2 Hours theory paper  60%
Supplementary Assessment Resubmission of failed coursework  40%

Learning outcomes

On completion of the module, students should be able to:


Aims

The module aims to give the students a basic knowledge and understanding of the physiology that allows organisms to function and to maintain homeostasis.

Content

The module will deal, in a series of classes, with basic plant and animal physiology and relate structure to function. It will also deal at a basic level with homeostasis and the various controls mechanisms in living organisms.
The curriculum will include the following.
The physiology of photosynthesis in terrestrial plants and some aspects of its control.
Transport of materials in plants.
Basic aspects of animal physiology including
   Homeostasis and feedback control.
   Nervous system.
   Sensory, integrative and effector systems.
   Endocrine systems.
   Circulatory systems
   Ventilation and gas exchange
   Digestive systems.
   Osmoregulation and excretion.
   Reproduction.

Reading Lists

Books
Purves, William K. (Feb. 2004) Life:The Science of Biology and Lecture Notebook 140393567X

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 3