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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2015/2016

SIE 1001 BIOLOGY OF ORGANISMS cell biology, microbiology, animal and plant diversity,
biochemistry and ecology. Students also will learn various
Characteristics of living organisms; classification based on techniques in biological investigation.
evolution, morphology and molecular biology; naming of
organisms based on the binomial system; description of Assessment Methods:
the major taxa from virus, bacteria, protist, fungi, Continuous Assessment: 100%
bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms, to
invertebrate and vertebrate animals; adaptations, life Medium of Instruction:
cycles and inter-relationships among organisms. English

Assessment Methods: Soft Skills:
Continuous Assessment: 50% CT3, LL2
Final Examination: 50%
References:
Medium of Instruction: 1. Raven,P.H., Johnson, G.B, Losos, J.B. and Singer,
English S.R (2013). Biology, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc,

Soft Skills: New York.
CS2, CT2 2. Campbell, N.A., Reece, J.B., Urry, L.A., Cain, M.L.,
Wasserman, S.A., Minorsky,P.V. and Jackson,
References: R.B.(2008). Biology, Pearson Education Inc, California.
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1. Reece et al. 2010. Campbell Biology (9 edition). 3. Freeman, S. (2013).Biological Sciences. Pearson
Pearson, Benjamin Cummings. 1464 pp. Education Inc, California
2. Solomon, E., Berg, L. & Martin, D.W. 2010. Biology 4. Manual SIK 1001 Biology Practical, ISB
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(9 ed). Brooks Cole. 1408 pp.
3. Barnes, R.S.K. 1998. The Diversity of Living
Organisms. Blackwell Science. 345 pp. SIX 1003 BIOSTATISTICS
4. Brooker et al. 2014. Biology. McGraw-Hill Higher
Education Sampling theory and design; Statistic descriptive;
Probability elements; Probability distributions & its usage;
Binomial, Poisson, Normal; Central Limit Theorem;
SIH 1001 POPULATION BIOLOGY Significant test; t distribution and the difference between
two samples; Non-parametric tests; Chi-Square Test –
Students learn various aspects of populations that include
populations of plants, animals, and human. Students are Goodness of Fit test, Contingency table; Principle of
experimental design; Analysis of Variance (ANOVA);
also exposed to environmental phenomena such as acid Examples of one way and two ways ANOVA; Duncan
rain and global warming and their effects on populations Multiple Range Test; Linear Regression Analysis and
and ecosystems. Basic population genetics, properties of
population, population growth and interaction between Correlation.
species and the environment. Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Assessment Methods: Final Examination: 50%
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Final Examination: 50%
Medium of Instruction:
English
Medium of Instruction:
English Soft Skills:

Soft Skills: CS3, CT3, LL2
CS3, CT3, EM2 References:
1. Zar, J.H. (2010). Biostatistical analysis. 5 ed.
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References: Pearson.
1. Begon M, Townsend CR, Harper JL 2006. Ecology
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From Individuals to Ecosystems. 4 Ed. Blackwell 2. Daniel, W.W. & Chad L. Cross (2013). Biostatistics: a
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Publishing foundation for analysis in the health sciences. 10 ed.
John Wiley.
2. Gritzner, CF 2010. Environment and Natural 3. Weiss, N.A. (2015). Introductory statistics. 10th ed.
Resources. Infobase Publishing Pearson Education, Inc.
3. Krebs CJ 2001. Ecology. Benjamin Cummings
4. Neal D. 2004. Introduction to Population Biology. 4. Barnes and Murdoch Statistical Tables
Cambridge University Press
5. Smith RL and Smith TM. 2012 Elements of
Ecology.Benjamin Cummings
6. Weathers KC, Strayer DL, Likens GE 2013.
Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science. Academic
Press

SIK 1001 BIOLOGY PRACTICAL

Biology Practical is related to other biology theory
courses. Thus the content of the course is divided into
practical that are related to Year One Biology courses that
are Life Processes, Cell Biology, Biology of Organisms
and Population Biology. The students will learn in practical
several important principles that were learned in the
courses. Thus this course contains practical in the field of

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