Cell Biology

(4 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

On completion of this module you should have a good understanding of the following 1) The chemical building blocks of life (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids), as well as the structure and functioning of biological membranes. 2) How a cell is structurally adapted to orchestrate the great variety of life processes in an orderly fashion. 3) The way in which all living cells oxidise energy-rich substances for the production of usable energy (ATP) for life processes. 4) How cells sustain life. 5) Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. 6) The conservation of genetic information in DNA and the transfer of this information from one cell generation to the next, as well as patterns determining the inheritance of genetic information. The genetic code and processes such as replication, transcription and translation are also covered. and 7) The evidence of evolution as an ongoing process, as well as the origin of species and the evolution of humans.