Courses

Main

Structural unit

BIOLOGY (Bachelor) FULL-TIME

Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center

Name

BIOLOGY (Bachelor) FULL-TIME

Program code

1651

Qualification awarded

Bachelor of Biology

Length of programme

4 years

Number of credits

240

level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework

Qualification level

First (Bachelor)

Discipline

Biology

Speciality

KnowledgeField EN

Specific admission requirements

The presence of a complete general secondary education or a junior bachelor's degree (junior specialist). Categories of persons subject to special conditions of participation in the competitive selection for higher education on the basis of complete general secondary education in accordance with the Rules for Admission to Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2022.

Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning

Enrollment of foreign citizens is based on the results of entrance examinations in the specified subjects and the language of instruction and on the basis of academic rights to continue their studies, confirmed by a document on the level of education in the country where it was provided.

Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements

Academic qualification is awarded on the condition of successful mastery of the educational components of a program, successful completion of the comprehensive examination and public defense of the final qualification thesis. Professional qualification Assistant Biologist is awarded by the decision of commission.

Programme learning outcomes

LO01. To understand social and economic consequences of the introduction of new developments in the field of biology in professional activities. LO02. To apply modern information technologies, software tools and Internet resources for the information support of professional activities. LO03. To plan, perform, analyze data and present experimental results of research in the field of biology. LO04. To communicate orally and in writing on professional issues using scientific terms accepted in the professional environment, in the official and foreign languages. LO05. To demonstrate skills in the assessment of unpredictable biological problems and deliberately choose methods to solve them LO06. To apply models, methods and data of physics, chemistry, ecology, mathematics in the process of learning and professional activities. LO07. To possess methods of self-education and self-improvement. Be able to design the trajectory of professional growth and personal development, applying the acquired knowledge. LO08. To know and understand the basic terms, concepts, theories and laws in the field of biological sciences and on the boundaries of subject areas. LO09. To comply with the provisions of biological ethics, the rules of biological safety and biological protection in the process of training and professional activities. LO10. To know the basics of taxonomy, methods of detection and identification of non-cellular life forms, prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and use them to solve concrete biological problems. LO11. To understand the structural organization of biological systems at the molecular level. LO12. To demonstrate the knowledge of the structure, life processes and functions of living organisms, understand the mechanisms of regulation of physiological functions to maintain homeostasis of biological systems. The rest of the program results can be found in the attached Program Profile.

Form of study

Full-time form

Examination regulations and grading scale

Current and final control is carried out in the form of credits / differentiated credits and written or combined examinations, a comprehensive examination, public defence of the course thesis and bachelor’s qualification thesis. The final assessment of learning outcomes is carried out according to the common 100-marks scale. The minimum threshold level of assessment for an educational component is 60% of the maximum possible number of marks. The scale of marks correspondence: Excellent 90-100 Good 75-89 Satisfactory 60-74 Unsatisfactory 1-59 Pass 60-100 Fail 0-59

Оbligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable)

Work placement

The purpose of the educational prorgam is to train a professional in the field of biology, capable of carrying out scientific and practical activities at the enterprises and institutions of biological, medical, environmental, biotechnological and related areas of different forms of ownership and subordination. The attainment of this objective is ensured by laboratory work in individual disciplines, specialized/profile laboratory practice, educational, vocational and undergraduate practice; conducting scientific work in the laboratories of the institute or research partner institutions in Ukraine and, in the exercise of the right to academic mobility, in leading educational or research institutions in other countries.

Work-based learning

N/A

Director of the course

Katerina Sergiyvna Afanasieva

Department of General and Medical Genetics
Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center

Occupational profiles of graduates

(Employability) Professional activity in the field of biological and biomedical research, agriculture, medicine, biotechnology and nature conservation. If all of the conditions stipulated by the program are met, the graduate can obtain the professional qualification Assistant Biologist.

Access to further studies

The possibility of studying under a program of the second level of higher education to obtain the educational degree Master; receive postgraduate education; in-service training; academic mobility.

Subjects

As part of the curriculum, students study the following disciplines