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BIOL12107 Genomes, Genetics & Evolution
Genomes, Genetics & Evolution
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General Information

Overview

In this unit, your study will focus on the role of the genome in adaptive change in living organisms, particularly animals. This will help you bring together recent advances in our understanding of the genome and the impact of these on the traditional areas of zoology, particularly those involving evolutionary processes. This unit will provide you with a link between molecular biology and other areas of biology including genetics, evolution, taxonomy, embryology and behaviour. In the latter part of the unit, you will focus on various aspects of human evolution.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 2
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisites Any one of the following: BIOH11005 Introductory Anatomy and Physiology BIOL11102 Life Science Laboratory BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 2 BMSC11008 Medical Anatomy and Physiology 2 BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2

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Offerings For Term 3 - 2024

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Attendance Requirements

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Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Feedback

Feedback

A number of students expressed gratitude for the support, for example, "Dana was fantastic. I could not survive a unit like this without her explanations, drawings and enthusiasm. "

Recommendation

Continue to provide all levels of support to students that use offered one on one meeting options to help with assignments or understanding difficult-to-grasp concepts.

Feedback from Feedback

Feedback

Additional support was offered to students with disability and working full-time. This included meetings outside of working hours and helping with meeting deadlines. This is also reflected in feedback "Dana is by far the best lecturer I have had whilst at CQU. Her flexibility and understanding of my position as a student in full time work allowed me to be comfortable and confident in my assessment and growth throughout the subject."

Recommendation

Continue to offer help to the most vulnerable students and encourage them continually to feel free to ask for that help.

Feedback from Feedback

Feedback

"Students would benefit from a residential school, learning from Dana face to face and applying knowledge in the lab."

Recommendation

Residential schools are not possible and this type of feedback started when I introduced videos about labwork and bioinformatics. This shows that the videos achieved intended interest among the students, with one more of them sating they consider career in bioinformatics. I will continue to encourage them to learn more about practical work without the need for residential school

Feedback from Feedback

Feedback

One student left feedback pointing at some ppt slides that were not covered in lecture. This refers to material removed from the lecture based on number of students feedback.

Recommendation

The PowerPoint will be updated to match the video.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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