Teaching code

4S000330

Credits

6

Coordinator

Giovanni Gotte

Language

Italian

Courses Single

Not Authorized

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning objectives

The Integrated Course of Structural and Functional Sciences of the Biomolecules intends to provide the basic knowledge of Chemistry and Biochemistry. In particular: - Knowledge of the scientific method and possible practical effects in laboratories.
- Knowledge of the main concepts of General and Organic Chemistry.
- Further attention to the notions of Organic Chemistry preparatory to Biochemistry.
- Knowledge on the structure-function relationships of the main classes of biological macromolecules and on metabolic regulation at the molecular level. - Knowledge about the interconnections existing between the different biochemical processes and the energy transformations connected to them. At the end of the course, the student / student must demonstrate to have acquired terminologies and notions useful for a critical analysis of chemical processes and vital biochemical phenomena in order to achieve autonomy of critical evaluation of the processes themselves, and appreciate their applicability in laboratory practice.

CHIMICA E PROPEDEUTICA BIOCHIMICA: the Chemistry course provides knowledge of:
- The scientific method, underlined to explain phenomena occurring in the laboratories.
- The main notions of General and Organic Chemistry.
- Further attention is spent for notions, especially of Organic Chemistry, which are preparatory for the study of the Biochemistry. At the end of the Course, students should demonstrate to have acquired the proper scientific terms and notions in order to critically and autonomously evaluate the chemical processes and their application in the laboratory practice.

BIOCHIMICA: the course is mostly focused on the relationship between structure and function of biological macromolecules and the main metabolic pathways in which they are involved. The fundamental objective is to stimulate the student's interest in biomolecular science by highlighting interconnections between biochemical processes and related energetics.At the end of the Course the student should demonstrate to have acquired the proper scientific terms and notions in order to critically and autonomously evaluate the biochemical processes of life.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No particular pre-requisites requested, except elements of mathematics and calculus, being Chemistry a basic subject. Any gaps in the minimum knowledge Chemistry will be filled by the OFA test and the knowledge in the Chemistry module during the final exam.

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Learning assessment procedures

A test may be given in the form of oral, written, open-ended or multiple-choice, practical exercise or preparation of a paper. This test shall cover all topics included/executed within the programs of the component modules of the teaching.

Evaluation criteria

The assessment elements that contribute to the awarding of the grade are:
knowledge and the ability to understand,
the ability to apply knowledge,
autonomy of judgment, that is, the ability to make critical sense and formulate judgments,
the ability to communicate.

In evaluating the individual tests and awarding the grade, the teaching teachers refer to the following scale for assessing learning.
Lower than 18 : Fragmentary and superficial knowledge of content, errors in applying concepts, poor exposition
18 - 20 : Sufficient but general content knowledge, simple exposition, uncertainties in applying theoretical concepts
21 - 23 : Appropriate but not thorough content knowledge, ability to apply theoretical concepts, ability to present content in a simple way
24 - 25 : Appropriate and extensive content knowledge, fair ability to apply knowledge, ability to present content in an articulate manner.
26 - 27 : Content knowledge accurate and complete, good ability to apply knowledge, ability to analyze, clear and correct exposition
28 - 29 : Broad, complete and thorough knowledge of content, good application of content, good ability to analyze and synthesize, confident and correct exposition,
30 or 30 cum laude : Very broad, complete and in-depth content knowledge, well-established ability to apply content, excellent ability to analyze, synthesize and make interdisciplinary connections, mastery of exposition.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The exam result for the entire course will be given by the arithmetic mean of the two modules of Chemistry and Biochemistry. To pass the exam, the mean must be equal to or greater than 18/30. If one of the two modules is insufficient, the sufficient module can be considered valid, provided that the exam is completed within the current session. This possibility is therefore valid only for the first of the two exam sessions of the session. It is therefore possible to plan to take only one part of the exam in the first session, and the second module in the second session of the same session or the following one. However, this must be communicated to the teachers in advance, once the registration for the first session of each session has been made. If the evaluation is sufficient for both modules, but one is superior to the other, and the student wishes to refuse the grade, the exam must be repeated in its entirety. If one module is sufficient and the other insufficient but not less than 16/30, the entire exam will be passed only if the average of the two modules is equal to or greater than 18/30. Therefore, the case 18+16 gives an average of 17, not sufficient, as does 18+17=17.5; in this case, therefore, it is not rounded up. Even in the case of a sufficient average, but with an insufficient module not less than 16/30, if the average needs to be rounded, this will always be done downwards. However, if one of the two modules obtains a grade equal to or less than 15/30, it cannot be averaged with the other module, even if the latter has a grade of 30/30. Therefore, if this were the case in the first session, the sufficient module will obviously be valid only by the end of the session following the one in which one of the two modules is passed. Therefore, those who pass only one module in the summer session will be able to complete the exam in the autumn session, but not in the winter session of the following academic year. Those who pass only one module in the autumn session will be able to complete the exam by the winter session of the following academic year.