Duration
50h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in dental hygiene | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
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 Dentistery-related 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.
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.
- Animal physiology.
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.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
On-line written evaluation
Recommended or required readings
Theoretical Cours
The course of biology does not include a syllabus. The matter of the course are the topics taught during the ex cathedra lessons. The slides will be always available on the MyULg. Professor Castronovo recommends the use of the book entitled "Biology" (Campbell & Reece) as textbook. This book will help everybody to better integrate the matter of the lessons.
Reference : Campbell BIOLOGY, Jane Reece, PEARSON Education, 9th edition. For those who wish to buy a second hand book, the previous edition is also appropriate.
This book can be bought at University Press.
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
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
Contacts
Dr Olivier PEULEN - Associate Professor: Tél : 04/366.37.92 e-mail : Olivier.Peulen@uliege.be