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Life Sciences Year 2

Biochemistry, comparative physiology, microbiology and molecular genetics.

≈ 17 h 4 min5 sections · 32 lessonsNo ratings yet
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What you'll learn

  • Analyse metabolic pathways
  • Compare physiological regulation
  • Reason about microbial systems
  • Use molecular-genetic methods

Before you start

  • Life Sciences Year 1
  • General Chemistry

Academic references

Use the latest available edition and your institution's prescribed text.

  • OpenStax, Biology 2e
  • Campbell Biology
  • Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell

Formal work standard

  • Connect claims to experimental evidence and appropriate controls.
  • Distinguish correlation, mechanism, and causal inference.
  • Use labelled biological diagrams with scale, direction, and function.

Course content

0/32 lessons
1. Foundations and Models4 lessons
  1. BiochemistryLesson32 min
  2. Plant and Animal PhysiologyLesson32 min
  3. MicrobiologyLesson32 min
  4. Molecular GeneticsLesson32 min
2. Extended Study 18 lessons
  1. Biochemistry: Concept MapLesson32 min
  2. Plant and Animal Physiology: Concept MapLesson32 min
  3. Microbiology: Concept MapLesson32 min
  4. Molecular Genetics: Concept MapLesson32 min
  5. Biochemistry: MechanismLesson32 min
  6. Plant and Animal Physiology: MechanismLesson32 min
  7. Microbiology: MechanismLesson32 min
  8. Molecular Genetics: MechanismLesson32 min
3. Extended Study 28 lessons
  1. Biochemistry: RepresentationsLesson32 min
  2. Plant and Animal Physiology: RepresentationsLesson32 min
  3. Microbiology: RepresentationsLesson32 min
  4. Molecular Genetics: RepresentationsLesson32 min
  5. Biochemistry: Worked ReasoningLesson32 min
  6. Plant and Animal Physiology: Worked ReasoningLesson32 min
  7. Microbiology: Worked ReasoningLesson32 min
  8. Molecular Genetics: Worked ReasoningLesson32 min
4. Extended Study 38 lessons
  1. Biochemistry: Evidence and MeasurementLesson32 min
  2. Plant and Animal Physiology: Evidence and MeasurementLesson32 min
  3. Microbiology: Evidence and MeasurementLesson32 min
  4. Molecular Genetics: Evidence and MeasurementLesson32 min
  5. Biochemistry: Applied ScenarioLesson32 min
  6. Plant and Animal Physiology: Applied ScenarioLesson32 min
  7. Microbiology: Applied ScenarioLesson32 min
  8. Molecular Genetics: Applied ScenarioLesson32 min
5. Extended Study 44 lessons
  1. Biochemistry: MisconceptionsLesson32 min
  2. Plant and Animal Physiology: MisconceptionsLesson32 min
  3. Microbiology: MisconceptionsLesson32 min
  4. Molecular Genetics: MisconceptionsLesson32 min