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
6
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

Fundamentals of ecology and nature protection
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Admission to university studies
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Chemistry
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General cytology
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Botany
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Zoology
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Bioorganic chemistry
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General histology
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Biochemistry
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Modern information technologies in biology
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Microbiology
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Higher mathematics
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Physics
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Molecular biology
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Statistical methods in biology
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Virology
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Socio-political studies
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Ukrainian and foreign culture
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Immunology
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Physiology and anatomy of man and animals
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Plant physiology
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General genetics
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Biophysics
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Biology of individual development
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Biotechnology
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Selected sections of labor law and basics of business
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Ethnopolitics
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Historical anthropology
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History of Ukrainian statehood
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Prominent intellectuals of the world
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History of civilization
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Religious Studies
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Marketing
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Logic
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Eristica
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Management
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Rhetoric
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Business planning
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Cell research methods
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Fundamentals of membrane plasticity
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Analytical and quantitative morphology
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Theory of evolution
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Philosophy
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Plant biochemistry
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Molecular taxonomy of plants
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Methods of experimental plant biology
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Biophysical research methods
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Nanobiology
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Principles of molecular modeling
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Laboratory workshop on biophysics
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Biochemistry of nucleic acids
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Methods of practical biochemistry
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Structure and functions of peptides and proteins
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Laboratory workshop on biochemistry
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Human genetics
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Modern physicochemical methods in genetics
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Genetics of Drosophila
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Laboratory workshop on genetics
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Hydrobiology
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Parasitology
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Methods of zoological research
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Laboratory workshop on zoology
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Identification of viruses
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Biochemistry of viruses
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Architecture of viruses
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Anatomy and morphology of the lymphoid system
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Physico-chemical methods in microbiology and immunology
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Natural resistance
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Cytology of microorganisms
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Ecology of microorganisms
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Structure and functions of nucleic acids
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Methods of molecular biology
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Methods of developmental biology
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General embryology
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Fundamentals of postnatal ontogenesis
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Physiology of blood and respiration
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Physiology of nutrition and digestion
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Physiology of nerves and muscles
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Special histology
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Genetics of ontogenesis
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Molecular genetic mechanisms of prenatal development
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Fundamentals of immunocytology
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Reproductive technologies
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Histophysiology of the reproductive system
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Structural bases of proteins and peptides functioning
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Problems of modern molecular biology
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Molecular mechanisms of influence of microelements on intracellular processes
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Genetic engineering
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Fundamentals of bioinformatics
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Carcinology
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General entomology
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Batrachoherpetology
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Ichthyology
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Protozoology
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Fundamentals of classification and nomenclature of animals
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Immunochemistry
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Cellular immunity
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Antibacterial, antiviral and antiparasitic immune protection
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Local immunity
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Immunomodulators
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Applied immunology
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Anti-infective immunity
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Technological bases of microbiological productions
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Systematics of bacteria
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Sanitary microbiology
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Phylogenetic analysis in microbiology
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Agricultural microbiology
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Basics of selection
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Oncogenetics
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Eukaryotic chromosomes
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Genetic analysis
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Plant genetics
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Immunogenetics
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Human and animal viruses
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Phytoviruses
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Mechanisms of action of antiviral drugs
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Fundamentals of viral carcinogenesis
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Principles of biosafety in the virology laboratory
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Genetics of viruses
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Structure and functions of biological membranes
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Biologically active substances
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Molecular basis of action of enzymes
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Structure and metabolism of lipids
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Problems of modern biochemistry
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Biological role of trace elements
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Biophysics of muscle contraction and cellular mobility
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Optical and spectroscopic research methods in biology
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Biophysics of membranes
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Bioenergy and photosynthesis
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Molecular biophysics
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Biophysical principles of regulation of cellular processes
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Plant growth and development
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Mycology
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Physiology of higher aquatic plants
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Resistance of plants
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Evolutionary morphology and anatomy of floral
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Archegonia
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Foreign Language
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Physiology of the autonomic nervous system
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Physiology of sensory systems
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Physiology of blood circulation
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CNS physiology
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Moral and ethical principles of natural research
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Pharmacological physiology
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Special histology
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Cytochemistry
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Selected sections of cytology
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Neuromorphology
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Histophysiology of sensory systems
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Hematology
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Embryology of vertebrates
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Molecular-cellular bases of histogenesis
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Патологія клітин
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Pharmacological regulation of cell activity
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Endocrinology
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Physiology of the excretory and reproductive systems
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Hepatology
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Physiology of crisis states of the organism
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Laboratory workshop of cytology and histology
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Algology
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Floral taxonomy
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Root nutrition of plants
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Biology of medicinal plants
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Laboratory workshop on plant biology
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Electrobiophysics and biophysics of ion channels
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Biophysical mechanisms of cell damage
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Methods of kinetic analysis in biology
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Biophysics of complex systems
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Fundamentals of glycobiology
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Molecular mechanisms of protein biosynthesis
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Fundamentals of enzymatic kinetics
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Cell culture
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Features of antiviral immunity
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Viruses of microorganisms
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Cytopathology of viral infections
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Molecular biology of viruses
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Genetic monitoring
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Molecular organization of chromatin
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Analytical genetics
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Biology of endoreduplication
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Patterns of growth of microorganisms
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Microbial wastewater treatment
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Biological bases of infectious processes
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Phytopathogenic bacteria
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Mechanisms of innate immunity
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Vaccinology
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Molecular mechanisms of allergic reactions
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Ornithology
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Protected area
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Theriology
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Innovative directions in zoology
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Laboratory workshop on immunology
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Laboratory workshop on virology
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Protein biosynthesis. Biological significance
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Methodology of purification of protein molecules
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Basics of cell culture
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Macromolecules of bioorganic nature
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Laboratory workshop on molecular biology
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Laboratory workshop on microbiology
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Systems of intercellular communication and cellular differentiation
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Hormonal regulation of ontogenesis
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Pathology of the reproductive system
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Cytogenetic basis of embryonic development
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Laboratory workshop on human and animal physiology
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Laboratory workshop on reproductive biology
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Educational practice in botany and zoology
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Information technologies and statistical methods in biology
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Educational practice in biology
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Laboratory practical in biology
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Manufacturing practices
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Pre-diploma practice
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