{"id":16564,"date":"2023-09-13T10:13:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T08:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estudios.umh.es\/?page_id=16564"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:59:11","slug":"curso-de-nivelacion-programa-de-biologia-campus-de-sant-joan-dalacant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/estudios.umh.es\/en\/curso-de-nivelacion-programa-de-biologia-campus-de-sant-joan-dalacant\/","title":{"rendered":"Leveling Course. Biology Contents. Sant Joan d’Alacant Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Check the contents for the Biology leveling course taught at the Sant Joan d’Alacant campus in the 2025\/2026 academic year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Units:<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

UNIT 0: Basic Chemistry Concepts for Biology (2 hours (*)) <\/span><\/span>
\n0.1.- From atoms to molecules: types of chemical bonds. <\/span><\/span>
\n0.2.- Units of matter quantification: the concept of the mole.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

UNIT I: Molecular and Physicochemical Basis of Life (6 hours (*)) <\/span><\/span>
\n1.1.- The atoms and molecules of life: Bioelements and Biomolecules. <\/span><\/span>
\n         1.1.1.- Inorganic biomolecules: water and mineral salts. <\/span><\/span>
\n         1.1.2.- Organic biomolecules: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

UNIT II: The Cell as the Unit of Life (6 hours (*)) <\/span><\/span>
\n2.1.- Models of Cell Organization: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes (Animal and Plant). <\/span><\/span>
\n2.2.- Components of the Eukaryotic Cell: <\/span><\/span>
\n          2.2.1.- Plasma Membrane and Transport Across Membranes: <\/span><\/span>
\n         2.2.2.- Vesicular Transport: <\/span><\/span>
\n                      a) Secretion and Exocytosis Pathway: Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus <\/span><\/span>
\n                      b) Endocytosis and Digestion Pathway: Endocytosis Mechanism, Lysosomes. <\/span><\/span>
\n2.3.- The Cytoskeleton: Actin, Intermediate Filaments, and Microtubules. <\/span><\/span>
\n          a) Organized Forms of the Cytoskeleton: Cilia and Flagella. <\/span><\/span>
\n          b) The Centriole. <\/span><\/span>
\n2.4.- Nucleus: Structure and Function. From Chromatin to Chromosome. <\/span><\/span>
\n2.5.- The Cell Cycle and Its Phases: Mitosis and Meiosis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

UNIT III: Metabolism (6 hours (*)). <\/span><\/span>
\n3.1.- Metabolism: catabolism and anabolism. <\/span><\/span>
\n3.2.- ATP as an energy exchanger <\/span><\/span>
\n. 3.3.- Enzymes as biocatalysts. <\/span><\/span>
\n3.4.- The anaerobic metabolic pathway: carbohydrate catabolism (glycolysis and fermentations). <\/span><\/span>
\n3.5.- Mitochondria and cellular respiration. <\/span><\/span>
\n          3.5.1.- Ultrastructure of the mitochondria. <\/span><\/span>
\n          3.5.2.- Concept and significance of cellular respiration. Aerobiosis and anaerobiosis. <\/span><\/span>
\n          3.5.3.- Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation. <\/span><\/span>
\n          3.5.4.- The aerobic metabolic pathway: Krebs cycle and fatty acid catabolism.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

UNIT IV: Biological Inheritance: Classical and Molecular Genetics (additional topics (**)) <\/span><\/span>
\n4.1.- Basic concepts of biological inheritance and Mendel’s laws. <\/span><\/span>
\n4.2.- DNA as the carrier of genetic information: the central dogma of molecular biology. <\/span><\/span>
\n4.3.- Gene and genome. <\/span><\/span>
\n4.4.- DNA replication. <\/span><\/span>
\n4.5.- Transcription and translation of the genetic message. <\/span><\/span>
\n         a) Transcription mechanism. <\/span><\/span>
\n         b) Genetic code. <\/span><\/span>
\n         c) Translation mechanism.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(*) The indicated duration is merely a guideline. The content covered in each unit will depend on the students’ level of engagement in the classroom. <\/span><\/span>
\n(**) These additional topics may or may not be taught depending on the course’s progress.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Faculty:<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
    \n
  • Jos\u00e9 H. Villanueva Roig<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Check the contents for the Biology leveling course taught at the Sant Joan d’Alacant campus in the 2025\/2026 academic year.
    \nUnits:
    \nUNIT 0: Basic Chemistry Concepts for Biology (2 hours (*))
    \n0.1.- From atoms to molecules: types of chemical bonds.
    \n0.2.- Units of matter quantification: the concept of the mole.
    \nUNIT I: Molecular and Physicochemical Basis of Life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21955,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estudios.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estudios.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estudios.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estudios.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21955"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estudios.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/estudios.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estudios.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}