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Curs acadèmic:
2023
Descripció:
Estudiar l’estructura i funcions principals de les biomolècules. Descriure les rutes metabòliques que regeixen el nostre organisme. Conèixer els processos que permeten l’expressió de la informació genètica.
Crèdits ECTS:
6

Grups

Grup A

Durada:
Semestral, 1r semestre
Professorat:
Anna Salas Torras
Idioma de les classes:
Anglès (100%)

Competències

  • Tenir la capacitat d'aprenentatge autònom
  • Resoldre problemes
  • Aplicar pensament crític, lògic i creatiu, mostrant dots d'innovació.
  • Treballar de forma autònoma amb responsabilitat i iniciativa.
  • Conèixer i comprendre la morfologia, la fisiologia, la patologia i la conducta de les persones, tant sanes com malaltes, en el medi natural i social.
  • Comunicar-se de manera efectiva i clara, tant de forma oral com escrita, amb els usuaris del sistema sanitari així com amb altres professionals.

Continguts

1. Lesson 1. Elemental composition of living organisms. Water.

2. Lesson 2. Carbohydrates.

3. Lesson 3. Lipids.

4. Lesson 4. Amino acids, peptides and proteins.

5. Lesson 5. Nucleotides.

6. Lesson 6. Integration and control of metabolism.

7. Lesson 7. Glycogen synthesis and metabolism

8. Lesson 8. Glycolisis, gluoconeogenesis and the pentose phosphate pathway.

9. Lesson 9. The citric acid cycle.

10. Lesson 10. Oxidative phosphorylation.

11. Lesson 11. Synthesis and oxidation of fatty acids.

12. Lesson 12. Amino acid oxidation.

13. Lesson 13. Genes and chromosomes.

14. Lesson 14. DNA and RNA metabolism.

15. Lesson 15. Protein metabolism.

Activitats

Tipus d’activitat Hores amb professor Hores sense professor Hores virtuals amb professor Total
Lectura / comentari de textos 2,00 4,00 2,00 8,00
Prova d'avaluació 8,00 75,00 0 83,00
Resolució d'exercicis 30,00 0 10,00 40,00
Treball en equip 4,00 15,00 0 19,00
Total 44,00 94,00 12,00 150

Bibliografia

  • Nelson, David L.; Michael M. Cox (2017). Lehninger principles of biochemistry . W.H. Freeman and Co..
  • Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer (2011). Biochemistry. Freeman and Company, cop..
  • Christopher K. Mathews, K.E. van Holde, Kevin G. Ahern (2000). Biochemistry. Benjamin/Cummings,.
  • Lozano Teruel ... [et al.] (2005). Bioquímica y biología molecular : para ciencias de la salud. McGraw-Hill/Interamericana.
  • Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet, Charlotte W. Pratt (2002). Fundamentals of biochemistry . Wiley, cop..

Avaluació i qualificació

Activitats d'avaluació:

Descripció de l'activitat Avaluació de l'activitat % Recuperable
Seminar 1 (Lessons 1, 2, and 3) The response to the different exercises will be evaluated 3 No
Seminar 2 (Lessons 4, 5 and 6) The response to the different exercises will be evaluated 3 No
Journal paper 1 The student must read a given research paper from a scientific journal and answer some related questions 2,5 No
Seminar 3 (Lesson 7 and 8) The response to the different exercises will be evaluated 3 No
Partial exam The exam will have:
1) 20 test questions (1 point)
2) 9 short questions, exercises and/or diagrams (1 point each)

The minimmum mark to pass the exam is a 4 over 10

30
Journal paper 2 The student must read a given research paper from a scientific journal and answer some related questions 2,5 No
Seminar 4 (Lesson 9, 10, 11 and 12) The response to the different exercises will be evaluated 3 No
Seminar 5 (Lessons 13, 14 and 15) The response to the different exercises will be evaluated 3 No
Research report It includes a witten research report and an oral exposition 20 No
Final exam - For those students that pass the partial exam with a 5/10 or more, the final exam will consist in A):

A) 20 test questions (1/10) + 9 short questions, exercises and/or diagrams (9/10) from lessons 9 to 15. Every tests question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. Every wrong answer will substract 0.05 points (the equivalent to one correct answer). The minimum mark to pass the final exam is a 4/10.


- For those students that have to retake the partial exam (they obtained less than a 4/10) or those that obtained between a 4 and a 5/10 and want to arrive to a 5/10, the final exam will consist in A) + B):

A) 10 test questions (2/10) + 4 short questions, exercises and/or diagrams (8/10) from lessons 1 to 8. Every tests question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. Every wrong answer in the test will substract 0.05 points (the equivalent to one correct answer). The minimum mark to pass this part is a 4/10 and the maximum attainable mark of this part is a 5/10. It will substitute the mark obtained in the partial exam.

+

B) 20 test questions (1/10) + 9 short questions, exercises and/or diagrams (9/10) from lessons 9 to 15. Every tests question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. Every wrong answer in the test will substract 0.05 points (the equivalent to one correct answer). The minimum mark to pass this part of the final exam is a 4/10.


Students with a mark smaller than 4/10 in any of the parts of the final exam (A and/or B), will fail the subject indenpendently of the marks obtained in the continuous assessment.
30 No

Qualificació

ASSESSMENT: 70% continuous assessment + 30% Final exam


CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (70%):

1) Seminars (15%) + Journal papers (5%):

Seminars and journal papers will be uploaded to Moodle on Tuesday. They can be done individually or in groups (maximum 5 members) at class or at home but in any case they must be delivered before Thursday of the same week individually.


2) Research report (20%):

It will be done in groups of 3-5 members and it will consist in a written part and an oral exposition.

The written part of the research report (80% of the research report mark) will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: content (including the relationship with metabolism), spelling mistakes, fluency in English, scientific expression, structure and clarity. All group members will have the same mark of this part.

The oral exposition of the research report (20% of the research report mark) will be individually evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: expression and clarity. Reading during exposition will be penalized.


3) Partial exam (30):

20 test questions (1/10) + 9 short questions, exercises and/or diagrams (9/10) from lessons 1 to 8. Every tests question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. Every wrong answer in the test will substract 0.05 points (the equivalent to one correct answer). The minimum mark to pass the exam is a 4/10.

Students with a partial exam mark smaller than 4/10 must answer some additional questions about the first 8 lessons in the final exam to achieve the minimum mark needed to pass the subject. Students with a partial exam mark between 4 and 5/10 can do these additional questions if they want. In both cases, the maximum attainable mark for these additional questions will be 5/10.



FINAL EXAM (30%):

- For those students that pass the partial exam with a 5/10 or more, the final exam will consist in A):

A) 20 test questions (1/10) + 9 short questions, exercises and/or diagrams (9/10) from lessons 9 to 15. Every tests question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. Every wrong answer will substract 0.05 points (the equivalent to one correct answer). The minimum mark to pass the final exam is a 4/10.


- For those students that have to retake the partial exam (they obtained less than a 4/10) or those that obtained between a 4 and a 5/10 and want to arrive to a 5/10, the final exam will consist in A) + B):

A) 10 test questions (2/10) + 4 short questions, exercises and/or diagrams (8/10) from lessons 1 to 8. Every tests question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. Every wrong answer in the test will substract 0.2 points (the equivalent to one correct answer). The minimum mark to pass this part is a 4/10 and the maximum attainable mark of this part is a 5/10. It will substitute the mark obtained in the partial exam.

+

B) 20 test questions (1/10) + 9 short questions, exercises and/or diagrams (9/10) from lessons 9 to 15. Every tests question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. Every wrong answer in the test will substract 0.05 points (the equivalent to one correct answer). The minimum mark to pass this part of the final exam is a 4/10.


Students with a mark smaller than 4/10 in any of the parts of the final exam (A and/or B), will fail the subject indenpendently of the marks obtained in the continuous assessment.

Criteris específics de la nota «No Presentat»:
A non-submitted student will be considered as one who does not appear in the continuous assessment or in the final assessment

Avaluació única:
The evaluation system in EUSES - UdG is based, in general, in the continuous assessment. If the student wishes to take part in the no continuous assessment, they will need to request it by writing to the lecturer of the subject and the degree coordinator during the first two weeks of the Semester


ASSESSMENT: 20% research report + 80% Final exam

RESEARCH REPORT (20%):

It will be done in groups of 3-5 memebers and it will consist in a written part and an oral exposition.

The written part of the research report (80% of the research report mark) will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: content (including the relationship with metabolism), spelling mistakes, fluency in English, scientific expression, structure and clarity. All group members will have the same mark of this part.

The oral exposition of the research report (20% of the research report mark) will be individually evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: expression and clarity. Reading during exposition will be penalized.


FINAL EXAM (80%):

Final exam will consist in A) + B):

A) 10 test questions (2/10) + 4 short questions, exercises and/or diagrams (8/10) from lessons 1 to 8. Every tests question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. Every wrong answer in the test will substract 0.05 points (the equivalent to one correct answer). The minimum mark to pass this part is a 4/10 and the maximum attainable mark of this part is a 5/10. It will substitute the mark obtained in the partial exam.

+

B) 20 test questions (1/10) + 9 short questions, exercises and/or diagrams (9/10) from lessons 9 to 15. Every tests question will have 5 possible options but only one correct answer. Every wrong answer in the test will substract 0.05 points (the equivalent to one correct answer). The minimum mark to pass this part of the final exam is a 4/10.


Students with a mark smaller than 4/10 in any of the parts of the final exam (A and/or B), will fail the subject independently of the other marks obtained.

Requisits mínims per aprovar:
To pass the subject, the mark in each exam (partial exam and final exam) must exceed 4/10 and the student must obtain at least a 5/10 when adding the mark of: seminars + journal papers + partial exam + research report + final exam.

Only students that failed the subject may take the basic competences exam (BCE). The minimum mark to pass the BCE exam is a 5/10 and the maximum attainable mark will be a 5/10. Continuous assessment mark will not be added in this case.

Tutoria

The tutorials will be carried out in person at the classroom and also virtually by email.

Comunicacio i interacció amb l'estudiantat

Communication and interaction with the students will be done in person and virtually throughout the forum of Moodle, video-conferencing means and email.

Observacions

Learning outcomes:

- Knowing the importance of biochemical processes in the functioning of the human body.
- Identifying the interference of biochemical processes in various pathologies.
- Knowing and identifying the different biomolecules that make up the human organism and their functions.
- Explaining the metabolic pathways involved in the various processes.
- Boosting the critical and logical thinking.

Modificació del disseny

Modificació de les activitats:
Scenario I. In person: the tutorials will be carried out in person in enabled classrooms. Communication and interaction with the students will be in person, and the Moodle forum and email will be used in addition.

Scenario IV. Confinement: Tutorials will be virtually conducted. Communication and interaction with the students will take place virtually, through the forum of Moodle, video-conferencing means, and email. Teaching activities will be carried out through online platforms (theoretical activities).




Modificació de l'avaluació:
Scenario I. In person:

- Seminars and journal papers will be done at class or delivered by Moodle.

- Research report: the written report will be delivered by Moodle and the oral exposition will be made at class.

- Exams will be done at class


Scenario IV. Confinement:

- Seminars and journal papers will be delivered by Moodle.

- Research report: the written report will be delivered by Moodle and the oral exposition will be made by video-conferencing.

- Exams will be done at class if possible or by Moodle and supervised by Zoom

Tutoria i comunicació:
Scenario I. In person: the tutorials will be carried out in person in enabled classrooms. Communication and interaction with the students will be in person, and the Moodle fórum and email will be used in addition.


Scenario IV. Confinement: Tutorials will be virtually conducted. Communication and interaction with the students will take place virtually, through the forum of Moodle, video-conferencing means and email.

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