Students are introduced to cellular chemistry in this course. Topics include the structure and function of biological molecules, nucleic acids, enzymes and other proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and vitamins. The course also provides an introduction to metabolic pathways and bioenergetics, including glycolysis, fermentation and respiration, oxidation of fatty acids, and photosynthesis.
Open Learning Faculty Members are teaching staff in the Open Learning Division of TRU, and the role of the Open Learning Faculty Member is to actively encourage, support and guide students towards success in their academic studies. Open Learning Faculty Members must be skilled in teaching, fully knowledgeable of the subject matter and demonstrate a positive, open and caring attitude in all interaction with students.
Responsibilities of the Open Learning Faculty Member (Online) include but are not limited to:
- Delivering Courses in the Online Modality by actively facilitating learning for students in paced, cohort courses with specific start and end dates
- Ensure that the most up to date medical information/technology is included
- Foster critical thinking and problem solving skills with students
- Ensuring students have completed the essential skills associated with courses taking place during the semester and have signed off the skills as completed
- Providing instruction based on established core course materials
- Adding any necessary additional course material
- Updating course material as per the collective agreement
- Initiating, leading and managing learning activities and discussions
- Administrative set up and record keeping
- Initiating and maintaining regular contact with the student as specified in the collective agreement
- Marking all assignments, posting results and providing prompt feedback
- Marking exams and posting results
- Responding to student queries as per the collective agreement
We anticipate 15 - 20 students in each cohort of this course. These numbers are only estimates and actual numbers for the course may be greater or less than the estimated numbers.