Organisms under environmental stress Field of study: Biotechnology
Programme code: W2-S2BTA19.2021

Module name: Organisms under environmental stress
Module code: 2BT_E_43
Programme code: W2-S2BTA19.2021
Semester:
  • summer semester 2025/2026
  • winter semester 2025/2026
  • summer semester 2024/2025
  • winter semester 2024/2025
  • summer semester 2023/2024
  • winter semester 2023/2024
  • summer semester 2022/2023
  • winter semester 2022/2023
  • summer semester 2021/2022
  • winter semester 2021/2022
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 4
Description:
The aim of the classes is the acquiring by the student of the knowledge on the changes in the animal organism functioning in extreme environmental conditions, under prolonged stress conditions and practical skills to describe adequately the correlations between physiological processess rate and the environment as well as to acquire experimental data. Lectures cover the issues of physiological changes in animal organism as a reaction to environmental stress of both anthropogenic and natural origin. Laboratory classes teach the students to observe and search for data, analyze the data in order to differentiate the functions of an adapter organism and an organism beyond the range of its natural tolerance, expose to a strong natural or unnatural stress. Student’s own work – with handbooks and electronic sources of information is aimed at the preparation for laboratory classes and at the creating of schemes, tables used during the classes and enabling the studentt to assess extreme conditions that can be tolerated.
Prerequisites:
Knowledge and skills of animal physiology and environmental issues, acquired during the previous educational stages, enabling the students to synthesise data and to notice the correlations between animals and extreme habitat conditions.
Key reading:
see: syllabus compulsory reading
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
Student knows the techniques and tools for the acquiring data about physiological processess in animals as potential biotechnological processes. [2BT_E_43_1]
 2BT_E_W01_P [5/5] 2BT_E_W04_P [5/5]
Student operates with the acquired knowledge so that he/she understands and notices the correlations between physiological processes o fan animal and extreme parameters of its habitat. [2BT_E_43_2]
 2BT_E_W01_P [5/5]
Student knows the recent information about the concepts of animal adaptations to extreme environmental conditions. Student is able to regard the physiological processes as processes potentially applicable in biotechnology. [2BT_E_43_3]
 2BT_E_W02_P [5/5] 2BT_E_K02_P [5/5]
Student is able to analyze critically the information acquired without tutor’s help, from the electronic sources and analyze functional adaptations of animals to their habitats and adaptations for avoiding or minimizing of the stressing situations. [2BT_E_43_4]
 2BT_E_U02_P [4/5] 2BT_E_U05_P [4/5]
Student is able to widen and update the knowledge of physiology of adaptation to the living dunder stressing factor action, including humans, also in a popular scientific form. [2BT_E_43_5]
 2BT_E_U02_P [5/5] 2BT_E_U06_P [5/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
Colloquium [2BT_E_43_w_1]
The written work to evaluate a knowledge and practical skills acquired during laboratory classes and lectures.
 2BT_E_43_2 2BT_E_43_3 2BT_E_43_4 2BT_E_43_5
Current evaluation of practical skills [2BT_E_43_w_2]
Current evaluation of the task, models schemes, graphs and diagrams realization, including their correctness and connections with the main subject. Substantial and formal evaluation of the presented reports.
 2BT_E_43_1 2BT_E_43_2 2BT_E_43_3 2BT_E_43_4 2BT_E_43_5
Final pass [2BT_E_43_w_3]
Final work (mini-essay) on the species or group of animals including survival strategies adopted in extreme environmental conditions.
 2BT_E_43_4 2BT_E_43_5
Form of teaching Student's own work Assessment of the learning outcomes
Type Description (including teaching methods) Number of hours Description Number of hours
lecture [1BT_43_fs_1]
Lecture applying audiovisual equipment, projection of film fragments supplemented with comments on the strategies of survival rate under extreme environmental stress.
 10
Preparation for colloquium, and including student’s own work in order to elaborate the parts of material, indicated by the lecturer, that have been omitted by the lecturer.
 5 Colloquium [2BT_E_43_w_1] Final pass [2BT_E_43_w_3]
laboratory classes [1BT_43_fs_2]
The analyses of selected problems of survival rate strategies under extreme environmental conditions at the organismal, organ or molecular level. Constructing and analyses of diagrams and nomograms of the correlations between the survival rate and environmental factors.
 20
Work on an article or popular science film, searching for data, preparation of presentation based on data acquired without tutor’s help.
 30 Colloquium [2BT_E_43_w_1] Current evaluation of practical skills [2BT_E_43_w_2]
Attachments
Module description (PDF)
Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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