Main Study Course Information

Course Code

BUMK_054

Branch of Science

Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services

ECTS

3.00

Target Audience

Sports Trainer

LQF

Level 6

Study Type And Form

Full-Time; Part-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Linda Gailīte

Structure Unit Manager

Juta Kroiča

Structural Unit

Department of Biology and Microbiology

Contacts

Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, linda.gailite@rsu.lv, +371 67061542

About Study Course

Objective

To acquire knowledge about human as a unified system, creating an integrative basis for more specialized studies, as well as to acquire skills in the use of this knowledge in the practice of a health sports specialist.

Preliminary Knowledge

Knowledge of general biology is required according to the secondary/high school curriculum.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Students will know the structure of eukaryotic cells, functions, role in human pathology; the main types of cell division, role in human pathology, an inheritance of human traits. Insights about importance of genetic testing in sports medicine.

Skills

1.Students will acquire skills to work with a light microscope, analyze preparations; to prepare family tree traits for inheritance analysis.

Competences

1.As a result of the course, students will gain basic knowledge about humans as a biological being.

Assessment

Individual work

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
Student is preparing theoretical background using lecture material, additional informative sources, solves problems in genetics.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
If all classes have been attended, work protocols have been filled in, class tests are evaluated with a mark 7 and above than students have autopass in the exam – its assessment consists of the average mark from the marks of the class tests. If the mark in any of the tests is lower than 7, then the average mark from the tests makes up 50% of the final grade and 50% consists of the answers in the written exam. If practical class is not attended, then the test is assessed with a failed mark.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

3.00

Contact hours:

16 Academic Hours

Final Examination:

Exam

PART-TIME

Part 1

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

3.00

Contact hours:

16 Academic Hours

Final Examination:

Exam

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Lekciju materiāls

2.

Krūmiņa A., Baumanis V. Eikariotu šūnu bioloģija. 2015.

Additional Reading

1.

Pollard T. D., Earnshaw W. C. Cell biology. 3rd edition. Elsevier Science (USA), 2017.

2.

Turnpenny P. D., Ellard S. Emery’s elements of medical genetics. 16th edition. Elsevier, Churchill Livingstone, 2020.

Other Information Sources

1.

Internet. NCBI (DNA &RNA, Genetics&Medicine, Genes &Expression, Genomes&Maps).