BIOL2026-2

Duration

80h Th, 16h Pr, 12h QA Sess.

Number of credits

	Bachelor in dentistry	9 crédits
	Bachelor in medicine	9 crédits

Lecturer

Olivier Peulen

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course of Biology is at a central and capital place in the training of the students engaged in Medical sciences and Dentistery studies. It must give the fundamental concepts which govern the life. The lessons are a true trip within the living world. From the smallest elements which constitute it, we will see how they organize themself in increasingly complex structures which acquire new properties and are at the same time the basis of the unity and of the large diversity of the living matter. We will spend time on the basic element of the life: the cell. We will study how it domesticated the essential energy and how it manages to remain from generation to generation by keeping its particular characteristics. We will consider then the multicellular organizations from the simplest to the most complex and will examine how, during evolution, they adapted to the environmental constraints. Ecology concepts we will allow us to specify the impact of man on the living organisms.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The matter of the course is subdivided in chapters which will be seen in the following order:

Molecules of life.
The cell.
The cell physiology.
Cellular energy metabolism.
DNA & chromosomes.
Transcription & translation.
Cell division & apoptosis.
Stem cells.
Genetics.
Diversity of life.
Plant biology.
Animal physiology.
Evolution.
Ecology.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The course will take into account the large disparity in biology of the first year students. The student must fluent in french language.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Biology is composed of theorical lessons, exercises sessions and practical classes.
Exercises sessions allow the students to ask questions about the theory as well as about the practical classes. They must help them to integrate the various chapters.
Practical classes were conceived in order to show to the students some animal or plant cells and organisms; to familiarize them with various instruments or techniques (microscopy, drawing); to initiate them with observation and experimentation. Practical classes must also allow them to confront theory notions with a personal and more experimental approach of the living realities.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

If you have questions concerning the course, please ask your questions on the online forum, during practical works or repetitions. Prepare your questions before going to these meetings. If it is not possible, and only in this case, you can contact the teaching team by e-mail to fix an appointment (see the section contacts).

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Yellow code : face-to-face written evaluation.
Code orange : face-to-face written evaluation.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

- Remote

written exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person

Additional information:

Assessments during the exam period For theory and practicals, tests will include multiple-choice questionnaires.
Warning statement: evaluation or exam papers not or misidentified (name or variant) will not be corrected and will receive a 0/20 mark.
Material: during interrogations and exams, each student will have to bring a blue or black ballpoint pen, a correction tape and a calculator. No exchange of equipment will be tolerated between students.
Paper sheets, fluorescent markers are forbidden.
Mobile phones, smart watches and other electronic devices are turned off and placed in a bag.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The presence to practical classes is mandatory. Two unjustified absences during the whole academic year (no medical certificate) can lead to an inadmissibility to the Biology examination.
Students must be, at any time, in possession of their student ID card. It allows the recording of the attendance to the practical classes. Students without their Student ID during a practical classes will be considered as absent for the current Practical classes.
During the practical sessions, mobile phones and electronic devices must be turned off and placed in the bag. Any electronic device (even turned-off) found on a table will result in the expulsion of the student from the current session.
In case of absence, valid medical certificate has to be sent to the office of the logisticians (Bureau Pédagogique des études médicales - Tour de Pathologie 2 - B36 - Tour 4 - Niveau -1 - 4000 Liège) in the 5 working days after your absence.
Practical classes take place at Zoology Institute, 22 quai Van Beneden, 4020 LIEGE.

Contacts

Dr Olivier PEULEN - Associate Professor: Tél : 04/366.37.92 e-mail : Olivier.Peulen@uliege.be
Laboratory for practical classes:
Institute of Zoology, Practical classe Tél : 04/366.50.97

General biology as preparation for medicine, including an introduction to human genetics