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Course presents an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to the brain and to the behavioural and psychological sciences; it focuses on humans, and where possible considers implications for human health of factors affecting...
Hours of study:Distance
Open University
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Course introduces a variety of topics across the whole field of modern biology emphasising that it is a science firmly grounded in observation and experiment; it looks at the common features underlying the enormous diversity...
Hours of study:Distance
Open University
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This is 1 of a series of short, flexible 10-credit courses introducing topics in science; suitable for those who wish to find out more about the now well-established scientific basis for the Darwinian theory of evolution and...
Hours of study:Distance with attendance
Open University
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This course explains the key concepts of evolutionary science and investigates how these account for the characteristics of living organisms and the history of life on Earth; students learn how natural selection and other...
Hours of study:Distance
Open University
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The course concentrates on experimentation in the laboratory, recording and reporting data, and undertaking risk assessments, building students' confidence and skills in practical chemistry techniques and working with...
Hours of study:Distance with attendance
Open University
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The course is 1 of a series of short courses in the Science Faculty; these courses enable students to: try out an area of study before they commit themselves to a longer course, or top up their knowledge and skills between...
Hours of study:Distance with attendance
Open University
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This 1-week residential school develops scientific and practical skills through 3 laboratory-based biological investigations: regulation and control and energy and carbon dioxide in plants; students become familiar with...
Hours of study:Customised
Open University
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This course examines the chemistry of the transition metals and outlines the key role they play in living systems, for example in respiration and photosynthesis; it considers how organisms acquire metals, their transport and...
Hours of study:Distance with attendance
Open University
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Students study how variation or mutation at the gene level affects protein function, and whether this alteration can account for increased or decreased susceptibility to disease or infection; essential preparatory work is...
Hours of study:Customised
Open University
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The course builds from a foundation of molecular biology, with emphasis on animal cell biology; it explores how cells function and considers processes such as cell differentiation, ageing and tumorigenesis; it also develops...
Hours of study:Distance
Open University
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Students on this course study a range of practical activities in biology and health science from fundamental human and animal behaviour to the vital themes of biochemistry and water...
Hours of study:Distance
Open University
Hours of study:Distance
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