| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Number of ECTS Credits Allocated |
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| 546-0361/01 | Biology | 4 ECTS credits |
| Type of Course Unit | Choice-compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit | First Cycle |
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| Year of Study | Second Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| CHO46 | Mgr. Iva Melčáková, Ph.D. |
| KUP73 | Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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Graduating student will be able to describe the living cell, to understand basic life processes of living organisms, will be able to identify different types of organisms, to understand the functioning of plant and animal communities and will be able to identify and explain Global environmental problems.
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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| Common optional components are not offered, students of special interest can participate in departmental activities or can arrange consulting hours with lecturer. |
| Course Contents |
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1. Cell theory. Construction of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
2. Energy and living cells (energy flow, respiration, photosynthesis).
3. Genetics (chromosome structure, the structure of DNA, RNA, genetic aspects
mitosis and meiosis, mutational changes in genotype).
4. Diversity of organisms (viruses, bacteria, fungi, animals,
plants).
5. The emergence of living systems and their evolution.
6. Relations between the organism and the environment (niche, ecological valence,
ecological optimum).
7. The conditions for life (climate, temperature, water and humidity, light, soil).
8. Type (adaptation, specialization, genetic and phenotypic polymorphism,
fitness, individual).
9. Population (density, distribution, age, mortality, natality, population growth
and regulation of migration and dispersion of organisms, Intraspecific and interspecific
competition, predation, parasitism, and mutualism).
10. Communities (communities in the arrangement of space, structure
communities in time - succession, stability, flexibility and community resistance).
11. Ecosystems (biosphere, energy flow and productivity of ecosystems, trophic
structure, biochemical cycles, biomes).
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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| Charles J Krebs: Ecology. Textbook, Chelmsford, Essex, 2001 |
Rosypal a kol., Přehled biologie, 1987, SNP Praha.
Smith, R.L., Elements of Ecology, 1991, Harper Collins Publishers, New York.
Stonawski, J., Základy ekologie, 1993, UK Praha.
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Terrain work |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Tasks are not Defined |
| Work placement(s) |
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| Course does not contain work placement. |
