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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Linda Gailīte
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Sports Trainer
Study course descriptionFull description
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Health Care

Objective

To acquire knowledge about human as a unified system, creating an integrative basis for more specialized studies, as well as to acquire skills in the use of this knowledge in the practice of a health sports specialist.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of general biology is required according to the secondary/high school curriculum.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Students will know the structure of eukaryotic cells, functions, role in human pathology; the main types of cell division, role in human pathology, an inheritance of human traits. Insights about importance of genetic testing in sports medicine.

Skills

Students will acquire skills to work with a light microscope, analyze preparations; to prepare family tree traits for inheritance analysis.

Competence

As a result of the course, students will gain basic knowledge about humans as a biological being.