Dyploma seminar II

biological sciences

elementary

BI2_W01,BI2_W03, BI2_U04,BI2_U05,BI2_K02,BI2_K04

Participation in this module will help students to work on their master degree theses in human biology (HB). The theses are based on students’ own investigations and must be empirical. They will also gain knowledge of basic scientific methodology utilized in different disciplines of HB (mostly in somatology and physiology),

1. Discussion of topics of master's theses (PM) selected by students; discussion

2., 3., 4. Presentation of the progress of individual PMs. - student presentations

5. General principles of writing PM, discussion of students

6. Citations in the text and bibliography at the end of the work, discussion

7. Discussion of sources of obtaining literature information and their substantive assessment; discussion

8. Introduction, purpose and research hypotheses of the PM, discussion

9. Material and methods; analysis of own results,

10. Discussion of results, conclusions.

11. Preparation of tables (work basis) and figures (table interpretation); discussion

12, 13, 14. Statistical methods used in individual PMs; discussion

12. Summary of each master's thesis, student presentations

Basic literature:

1.Bochenek A., Reicher M., Anatomia człowieka t. 1-5. PZWL, Warszawa, 2010; 2. Bogin B., Patterns of Human Growth. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999; 3. Campbell B., Ekologia człowieka, Historia naszego miejsca w przyrodzie od prehistorii do czasów współczesnych. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1995; 4. Lasker G.W., Physical Anthropology (second edition). Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York 1976; 5. Malinowski A., Strzałko J (red.), Antropologia, PWN, Warszawa-Poznań, 1985; 6. Malinowski A., Wolański N., Metody Badań w Biologii Człowieka. Wybór Metod Antropologicznych. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1988;. 7. Moran E.F. Human Adaptability, An Introduction to Ecological Anthropology. Westview Press, Boulder 2008; 8. Tanner J., Fetus into Man., (2nd edition). Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1990; 9. Wolański N., Rozwój Biologiczny Człowieka, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 2012; 10. Wolański N., Ekologia Człowieka. Podstawy Ochrony Środowiska i Zdrowia Człowieka, Tom 1 – Wrażliwość na czynniki środowiska i biologiczne zmiany przystosowawcze, Tom 2 – Ewolucja i dostosowania biokulturowe. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2006. Kaczmarek M., Wolański N., 2018. Rozwój Biologiczny Człowieka. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

Supplementary reading:

1.Ayala F.J., Dar Karola Darwina dla Nauki i Religii. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2009; 2. Boothroyd J. People and the Environment. Lerner Publishing Group, 2009; 3. Fox J., Rindfuss R.R., Walsh S.J., Mishra V., People and Environment. Springer, 2008; 4. Futuyma D.J., Ewolucja. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2008; 5. Gibson G.A., Wszystko przez geny. Wydawnictwo Sonia Draga, Katowice, 2010; 6. Little P., Zapisane w Genach. Świat Książki, 2005; 7. Jaczewski A (red.), Biologiczne i Medyczne Podstawy Rozwoju i Wychowania. Wydawnictwo Akademickie „Żak”, Warszawa, 2005; 8. Moran E.F., The Ecosystem Approach in Anthropology: From Concept to Practice. University of Michigan Press, 1991; 9. Moran E.F., Ostrom E., Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Human-Environment Interactions in Forest Ecosystems. MIT Press, 2005; 10 Young G.L., Origins of Human Ecology. Benchmark Papers in Ecology, 12, Hutchinson Ross Publ.Comp., Stroudsbourg 1983.

Knowledge:

BI1_WO1 - Student understands phenomena and processes in human biology.

BI1_WO4 - Student knows the main problems in different disciplines of human biology and knows their relations with other ones in natural sciences.

BI1_W05 – Student possesses knowledge about basic terminology in human biology, knows current trends methodological applications in human biology.

Skills:

BI1_U02 – Student understands literature in Polish in human biology; reads and understands uncomplicated scientific texts in English

BI1_U03 – Student is able to use existing sources of information, including electronic ones.

BI1_U10 - Student is able to prepare presentation and present it orally, concerning detailed problems in human biology.

BI1_U11 – Student is able to learn under supervision.

Social competencies:

BI1_K04 – Student correctly identifies and makes relevant decisions in relation to his/her profession

BI1_K07 – Student shows a necessity of permanent actualization of his/her specific knowledge

ECTS [1 ECTS=30 hours]

Final grades based on the presence and participation in the seminar and own research