Overall objectives:

1 - Recognize that building Biology knowledge involves multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches;
2 - Know, understand and be able to use basic concepts of microbial, plant and animal biology;
3 - Relate the various conceptual contents in the understanding of microbial, plant and animal biology;
4 - Develop skills to reflect and value Biology knowledge in agricultural practice;
5 - Develop skills to interpret, evaluate, decide and intervene responsibly in situations related to future professional activity;
6 - Develop and demonstrate initiative, autonomy and work habits.

Syllabus:

1 - Molecules and Cells
1.1 - Cell types; Cell Organelles; Cell cycle and cell division; Intercellular communication; Cell death.
2 - Genetics and heredity
2.1 - Mendelian heredity
2.2 - Definitions. chromosomes: types, gene, alleles, recessive, dominant, co-dominant, homozygous, heterozygous.
2.3 - Advantageous heterozygosity and disadvantageous heterozygosity.
2.4 - Genetic mutations. Interactions between genes and environment.
3. - Biological Diversity. Classificação e Reinos da vida;
3.1. - Microbial diversity (Archaea, Bacteria, Eucarya, Virus).
3.2 - Classification and Kingdoms of Life; Principles of Microbiology, Taxonomic position of microorganisms in the context of living beings;
3.3 - Metabolic diversity of microorganisms; microbial growth.
3.4 - Cell structure in Archaea and Bacteria domains.
3.5 - Groups of microorganisms from the Eucarya Domain.
3.6 - Microorganisms and their environments;
4. - Evolution: Theories of Evolution. Endosymbiotic model.
5 - Animal diversity.
5.1 - Animals - invertebrates and vertebrates.
5.2 - Types of animal tissues.
5.3 - Organ systems and coordination between systems.
6 - Ecology and Ecosystems.
7 - Applied laboratory activities to illustrate and explain the theoretical contents of the CU.

Literature/Sources:

Azcon‐Biéto, J., Talon, M. , 1996 , Fisiologia e Bioquímica Vegetal , Interamerica. McGraw‐Hill. New York
Azeiteiro, U.M., Bacelar‐Nicolau, P., Vicente, L. , 2003 , Complementos de Biologia , Edições da Universidade Aberta, Lisboa
Moreira, I. , 1993 , Histologia Vegetal , Didáctica Editora. Lisboa
Purves, et al. , 2004 , Life. The Science of Biology , Sinauer Associates Inc. USA
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Ecological Society of America , 1995 , Sea Otters and Kelp Forests in Alaska: Generality and Variation in a Community Ecological Paradigm. Ecological Society of America ,
Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, David Stahl, and David P. Clark. Brock , 2010 , Biology of Microorganisms , Benjamin Cummings
Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, David Stahl, and David P. Clark. Brock , Microbiology: Principles and Explorations , John Wiley & Sons,Inc.
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Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
The aim is to acquire and apply the knowledge foreseen in the course?s objectives and syllabus contents, through an active and interdisciplinary methodology. The student must learn the basic concepts and know-how to relate them to each other, proceeding with their reinforcement, through applied learning using available tools and study visits to concrete situations of the future professional activity. To achieve the objectives and implement the syllabus, the UC's contact hours are scheduled as follows: Theoretical-practical teaching: 36 hours; Practical and laboratory teaching: 40 hours. The evaluation will include several moments of evaluation applied to the theoretical-practical components, laboratory practices and field work (e.g. frequencies, works and reports), any of the elements cannot exceed a weighting of 50%. the theoretical-practical elements can be retrieved in resource.