Bachelor's in Biology | Agricultural University of Georgia

Program Title:	Biology
Qualification Awarded:	Bachelor's in Biology
School:	Agricultural and Natural Sciences
Program Credits:	240 ECTS
Language of Instruction:	Georgian
Duration of the Programme:	4 years

Objectives of the Programme:

The aim of the educational program is to prepare graduates with a focus on both theoretical and practical knowledge. Graduates will acquire a range of professional skills meeting modern requirements. They will know the content and purpose of various biological disciplines, get acquainted with relevant research methodologies and experimental methods, have basic knowledge of the principles and problems of applied biology, biotechnology and biomedicine, as well as understand professional values (objectivity, organization, accuracy, punctuality, transparency, etc.)

Career Options:

The program aims to prepare specialists for local and foreign labor markets. Graduates of the Bachelor’s program in biology have wide employment perspectives, namely:

in relevant scientific research institutions and scientific enterprise;
in environmental protection and natural resources management organizations;
in natural reserves and other protected areas, including botanical gardens;
on large and small farms;
as biology teachers in public schools;
in clinical diagnostics laboratories and companies;
in sanitary security services;
in Health Care;
in pharmacological and pharmaceutical industry;
in biological agriculture.

Learning Outcomes:

After completion of the program, graduates will know the essence of various biological disciplines, their distinct methodological approaches and experimental research methods, as well as the problems and approaches of applied sciences such as biomedicine and biotechnology. They will study the life processes in animal and plant; will know the main characteristics of non-cellular life forms, as well as of prokaryotic and eukaryotic model organisms and the basic principles of working with them; understand the particular role and importance of model organisms for the advancement of different biological fields; they will know the functions of biological macromolecules and their bioinformatical analyses, understand the molecular basis of cellular organization, metabolism, differentiation and development, peculiarities of the anatomy and physiology of higher organisms, mechanisms regulating growth, morphogenesis and behavior, as well as principles of genetic variability and evolution.

In addition, they will get acquainted with the actual problems of biomedicine including infectious disease, antimicrobial resistance, ageing, cancer and human genetic diseases and will be introduced to modern approaches to their solution. Acquired knowledge will enable the graduates to engage in different academic and applied fields of biological science and to select appropriate experimental strategies of research depending on the problem and the specific object of study. Besides, the graduate will be capable of testing and establishing new methods and technological platforms.

After completing the Bachelor's Degree in Biology, graduates will own general and specific competencies listed below:

General competences:

Graduates will be able to:

apply critical thinking, reasoning and debate;
professionally write and communicate in native language;
write and communicate scientific material in foreign languages (English) ;
adapt and act in unfamiliar and changing environments;
work in a group;
continuously learn and deepen the knowledge;
use modern information and communication technologies;
process scientific literature and publicly discuss the findings in accordance with professional standards;
work using sophisticated equipment.

Specific Competences:

knowledge of biological systems, general principles of biological research and the peculiarities of different approaches;
explanation of biological problems for both specialist and non-specialists in both written and verbal form;
evaluation of the importance of biological research for the development of biotechnology and biomedicine, as well as the protection, sustainability and sustainable use of natural ecological systems;
knowledge of the molecular-genetic, biochemical and physiological processes in the body and cells and methods of their research;
knowledge of combining experimental methods appropriate to the research organisms and scientific problems;
ability to study organisms, conduct experiments and validate the results, using statistical analysis and evaluation.
ability to use various instruments and equipment in different fields of biology;
ability to find data and analyse scientific literature regarding a given biological problem, discuss the reasoning on the different ways of solving it and forming a conclusion.

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