302410 (v.2) How Cells Work 102

Area:

School of Biomedical Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

10.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Individual Study:

1 x 10 Hours Weekly

Equivalent(s):

301428 (v.4) BIO18 How Cells Work or any previous version

Syllabus:

Life - a molecular process. The basic building block of life - the cell. The basic building blocks of the cell - water and molecular forces, carbohydrates, fatty acids and lipids, nucleotides and nucleic acids, amino acids and proteins. Introduction to enzymes. Concepts of energy and metabolism. Glycolysis and the citric acid cycle. The electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation. DNA replication, from DNA to protein. Chromosomes and gene regulation. Cell membrane structure - cell communication, cell division, cell cycle control and cell death.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

010901 Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Essential
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Special Study Period 3				Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External