546-0314/03 – Biology and Ecology (BiEk)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2015/2016 | Year of cancellation | 2019/2020 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
After completion of the „Fundamentals of biology and ecology“ students will
understand the origin of life on Earth, the basic units of life – cells,
evolution of species and the diversity of life, ecology of communities,
dynamic characteristics of ecosystems and global issues of the environment.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Summary
After completion of the „Fundamentals of biology and ecology“ students will
understand the origin of life on Earth, the basic units of life – cells,
evolution of species and the diversity of life, ecology of communities,
dynamic characteristics of ecosystems and global issues of the environment.
Compulsory literature:
Novotný,J.(2004):Biology,Masaryk University Brno.
Porritt, J.(1992): Save the Earth, , Dorling Kindersley,London.
Smith, R.L.(1991): Elements of Ecology, , Harper Collins Publishers, New York.
Smith,R.L.,Smith,T.M.(2001): Ecology&field biology,San Francisco,Addison-
Wesley Longman.
Recommended literature:
www.emc.maricopa.edu,online biology book,2001,Estrella Mountain Community
College, Arizona.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
protocols and final test
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
The biology part: basic information about living matter, its composition, structure and functions at various hierarchical levels.
The ecology part: basic concepts and principles of ecology at the level of the organism, population and community, the flow of matter, energy and information in ecosystems, the relationship man - biosphere (environmental contamination, the issue of substances hazardous to health etc.).
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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