FACULTY OF BIOLOGY

„ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA” UNIVERSITY

IASI

FACULTY OF BIOLOGY

G U I D E OF S T U D I E S

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COORDINATOR: READER LĂCRĂMIOARA IVĂNESCU, Ph.D. and

CHIEF SECRETARY Mihaela-Tatiana BUCŞĂ

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I. GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE FACULTY

THE FACULTY' S ADDRESS

SHORT HISTORY

MISSION

SPECIALIZATIONS

ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES

THE FACULTY' S BOARD

SECRETARY ' S OFFICE

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

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THE FACULTY' S ADDRESS

Bvd. CAROL I, nr. 11A

Code 700506

IASI

ROMANIA

TEL.: 0232 201 072

FAX : 0232 201 472

SHORT HISTORY

The Faculty of Biology was founded in 1860, at the same time with "Alexandru Ioan

Cuza” University from Iasi, as a department of the Faculty of Sciences (Physics,

Mathematics and Natural Sciences). Years later, in 1948, the Department of Natural

Sciences became the Faculty of Natural Sciences, within which operate several departments

(Botany, Zoology, Vegetal Physiology, Animal Physiology and Geology).

In 1959, the professors teaching Biological sciences joined hands with the professors

teaching Geographical sciences and together they ground the Faculty of Natural Sciences –

Geography, which becomes, in 1963, the Faculty of Biology - Geography. In 1977 due to the

development of the Department of Geology, the Faculty completes its name within the field of

Natural Sciences' studies, becoming the Faculty of Biology - Geography - Geology.

In 1990, the Faculty of Biology is founded and beginning with 2008, it disposes of three

professional laboratories:

- Professional Laboratory of Vegetal Biology;

- Professional Laboratory Animal Biology;

- Professional Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

The Faculty of Biology within "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University functions as a public

institution, according to the Constitution of Romania and the Education Law no. 84/1995.

The Faculty of Biology receives its funds from the state budget, nevertheless, at the

same time, it has its own funds, obtained and used under the conditions of university

autonomy.

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MISSION

Entering the development of the Romanian school of Biology, promoting the universal

values of the living world, taking part in the environmental and socio – economic challenges

of the contemporary world, the Faculty of Biology within “Al. I. Cuza” University from Iasi

assumes the following didactic, scientific and educational mission:

- to provide initial and continuous training of specialists (also recognized on the European/

international labor market) for areas of teaching and scientific research, specialists who will

work as: teachers of biology, biochemistry, ecology, researchers in various research

institutes, biologists in the pharmaceutical and food industry, sanitary and agricultural units,

in agencies for environmental protection, botanical gardens, parks and natural reservations,

museums of natural sciences;

- the assertion of the research and teaching activities in biology in Iasi, into the national,

European and international area of science and education;

- the implementation of principles and values of bioethics, education for environmental

protection and sustainable development.

The mission of the Faculty of Biology also contributes to the shaping of “Al. I. Cuza”

University’s mission. Thus, the Faculty of Biology proposes to virtually contribute to the

creation of cultural and social values, along with the means needed for this accomplishment,

but also contributes to the promotion of scientific research and integration of its results into

the world patrimony of values.

For the achievement of the Faculty’s mission, a series of objectives and means are

taken into consideration and the synchronization of the Romanian university education with

the European one represents a priority.

The main purpose of the faculty is to train specialists who will work in the pre-

academic and academic education field, in scientific research and in other fields of activity

(social, cultural, production etc.) The Faculty must be an institution of excellence, with general

orientation in biology, which ensures at didactic and scientific level the continuous knowledge

and sustainable administration of biological resources, the founding of biotechnologies, etc.

The formulation and application of a European integration strategy is

accomplished within the context of joined “dynamic tradition” in the field, with a constant

preoccupation with modernization, both in the instructive-educating process, as well as in

the formation and continuous support of some schools and certain directions in scientific

research.

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The direction of the didactic and scientific activities The main coordinates of the direction of these activities are represented by the increase of

professional competence of the teaching staff and the answer to continuous changes of

social demand. Based on these coordinates, we aim at achieving continuous

improvement of the graduates’ qualification parameters adapted to the new social and

economic conditions within the context of the development of our country, such as:

Improvement of the professional training level;

An education system that can ensure the ability of the youth to adapt to the new socio-

economic demands;

Stimulation of personal initiative;

Ensuring professional mobility.

Stimulation of continuous self–training.

SPECIALIZATIONS

On grounds of Governmental Decision 410/2002 regarding the academic structures

and specializations having temporary approval or authorization for functioning in high

education institutions, with the subsequent adjustments and changes, at the Faculty of

Biology are held the following curricula:

A. University Studies ending with bachelor’s degree (6 semesters’ duration, 180 ECTS credits, full time courses)

Field Specialization

Biology (full time courses) Biology

Biochemistry (full time courses)

Environmental science Ecology and Environmental Protection (full time

courses)

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B. University Studies ending with bachelor’s degree (6 semesters’ duration, 180 ECTS credits, distance courses)


Biology Biology (distance courses)

Environmental science Ecology and Environmental Protection (distance

courses)

C. Master Studies (4 semesters’ duration, 120 ECTS credits, full time courses)


Biodiversity and productivity of Ecosystems (full time

courses)

Microbial and Cellular Biotechnologies (full time courses)

Molecular Genetics (full time courses)

Bio-procedures in agro-alimentary field (full time courses)

Bio-anthropology (full time courses)

Biology

Development Biology (full time courses)

Environmental Counseling (full time courses) Environmental

science Ecological education for sustainable development (full time

courses)

D. Post-academic Studies for Specialization through the „Rural Education Program”, 4 semesters (120 credits – in liquidation);

E. Doctoral School (2 semesters’ duration, 60 ECTS credits). *

* * Beginning with the university year 2005-2006 (1st year), the Faculty of Biology

put into practice the system for University Degree Studies with 6 semesters’ duration (180 credits, full time courses) in accordance with the principles of Bologna process, which are held within the faculty, for two University degree fields of studies on the following

fields:

FIELD OF BIOLOGY:

- Biology;

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- Biochemistry.

FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE:

- Ecology and Environmental Protection;

A field of study (Bachelor’s Degree) is defined by knowledge and general competences

acquired by the students by cumulating 60 credits, as well as knowledge and

competences of specialty, which lead to a total of 120 credits.

As one can see in the table, the field of Biology comprises two fields – Biology and

Biochemistry (the former having full time and distance learning courses – ID), while

the latter, the field of Environmental Science, having one single specialty – Ecology

and Environmental Protection (having full time and distance learning courses –ID).

Note: for distance learning courses (ID) the existence of one of the specializations is

conditioned by the matriculation of minimum 50 students.

The specializations represent alternative methods of gaining defining knowledge and

competences for a field of study. The phrase “alternative methods” underlines the fact

that at “Al. I. Cuza” University the student has the possibility and the freedom to

choose between two options: single specialization or choosing a major specialization

(from the field of the university studies ending with bachelor's degree) and a minor

specialization (from a different field of university studies ending with bachelor's

degree).

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ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES

In order to ensure an efficient didactic and research activity, the Faculty of Biology is

structured, at administrative level, on three Professional Laboratories having different

uses, which cover the main directions of education in biology:

Professional Laboratory of Vegetal Biology;

Professional Laboratory of Zoology – Ecology;

Professional Laboratory of Molecular and Experimental Biology.

THE PROFESSIONAL LABORATORY OF VEGETAL BIOLOGY Gathers professors specialized in the field of morpho-anatomy and vegetal cytology,

systematic botany, physiology, biogeography, protection of plants and other related fields.

Main Research Directions

Research on vegetal taxonomy and preservation of biodiversity

Introducing, adjusting and closely watching the naturalization in „Anastasie Fătu”

Botanical Garden, Iasi, of rare and protected plants of the Romanian flora

Research on the multiplication by traditional methods and „in vitro” cultivation of rare

and vulnerable plants of the Romanian flora

Morpho – anatomic study of medical plant species

The influence of pesticides and atmospheric pollutants on the structure of cultivated

and spontaneous plants

The study of embryogenesis process on forest species

Compared anatomy of vegetal organs on different species from collections of

ornamental plants cultivated in „Anastasie Fătu” Botanical Garden of Iasi.

Histo-anatomical and physiological changes on plants cultivated under stress

conditions. The study of stationary conditions and favorable or restrictive factors on

the diversity of fungi.

Evaluation of pollution’s impact on species diversity of mycorisant fungi

Important areas of plant protection in Romania.

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Staff Professor Maria Magdalena ZAMFIRACHE, Ph. D. [email protected]

Professor Cătălin TĂNASE, Ph. D.

Reader Lăcrămioara IVĂNESCU, Ph. D.

Reader Naela COSTICĂ, Ph. D.

Reader Smaranda VÂNTU, Ph. D.

Reader Irina TOMA, Ph. D.

Lecturer Mihai COSTICĂ, Ph. D.

Lecturer Oana ZAMFIRESCU, Ph. D.

Lecturer Anişoara STRATU, Ph. D.

Lecturer Ciprian MÂNZU, Ph. D.

Assistant Professor Bogdan ŞURUBARU, Ph. D. Candidate

Assistant Professor Vasilică CHINAN, Ph. D.

Laboratory Assistant Ramona Crina GALEŞ, Ph. D.

Counseling Professors:

Professor Constantin TOMA, Ph. D. – correspondent member of the Academy, Doctorate

Coordinator

Associated Teaching Staff:

Professor Toader CHIFU Ph. D. – Doctorate Coordinator

Professor Mihai MITITIUC Ph. D. – Doctorate Coordinator

Professor Nicolae ŞTEFAN, Ph. D.

Professor Alexandrina MURARIU, Ph. D.

PROFESSIONAL LABORATORY OF ZOOLOGY – ECOLOGY Joins specialists from all the fields of invertebrate and vertebrate zoology, entomology,

parasitology, terrestrial and aquatic ecology, hydrobiology, marine biology,

evolutionism, environmental legislation, paleontology, histoembryology, animals,

embryology, compared anatomy and archaeozoology etc.


Monitoring the biodiversity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, natural or man-

made

Studies on the present state of protected areas and natural reservations

The study of the parasitoid complexes of various pestilence insects in forest

ecosystems and agro-ecosystems

Studies on the taxonomy of various groups of invertebrates

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Studies on the ecology and ethology of various groups of vertebrates

Archaeozoology research regarding prehistoric and historic civilizations spread in the

East Carpathian area

Research of osteometry on mammals from the superior Pleistocen and Holocen

Research on ecological morphology regarding certain species of animals having the

value of bioindicators.

Staff Professor Ion MOGLAN, Ph. D. [email protected]

Professor Mircea NICOARĂ, Ph. D. Reader Luminiţa BEJENARU, Ph. D. Reader Mariana MUSTAŢĂ, Ph. D. Reader Ion COJOCARU, Ph. D. Reader Carmen GACHE, Ph. D. Reader Ştefan ZAMFIRESCU, Ph. D. Reader Victor SURUGIU, Ph. D. Lecturer Irinel POPESCU, Ph. D. Lecturer Simina STANC, Ph. D. Lecturer Anca-Narcisa NEAGU, Ph. D. Lecturer Constantin ION, Ph. D. Lector Mircea MITROIU, Ph. D.

Lecturer Vasile SÎRBU, Ph. D. Lecturer Ovidiu POPOVICI, Ph. D. Counseling Professors:

Professor Iordache ION, Ph. D. – Doctorate Coordinator

Professor Gheorghe MUSTAŢĂ ,Ph. D. – Doctorate Coordinator

Related Teaching Staff:

Professor Constantin PISICĂ Ph. D.– Doctorate Coordinator

Professor Ionel MIRON, Ph. D.– Doctorate Coordinator

Professor Ionel ANDRIESCU, Ph. D.– Doctorate Coordinator

PROFESSIONAL LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Based on top approach of contemporary biology, the department reunites teaching staff with

a wide experience in the field of plant, animal and micro-organisms genetics, human

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genetics, biochemistry of animals, plants and micro-organisms, medical microbiology,

microbial biotechnologies, cellular and molecular biology, biophysics, physiology of

animals, which complement the descriptive classical fields of animal and vegetal

biology, contributing to the enrichment of the national, European and universal

scientific patrimony.


Vegetal cytogenetics and molecular genetics research on plant species which are of

economic interest and represent rare or protected flora

Molecular genetics researches regarding the taxonomy of some fish species of

economic interest

Genetic studies of eukaryote microorganisms

Biological activity of some ecophysiologic groups of bacteria involved in the carbon

circuit from several surface waters and soil types from Moldavia

Research on the capacity of regeneration and bio-productivity of vegetal and

microbial cells

Biotechnological use of the skim milk resulted from cheese making with the purpose

of obtaining levurian biomass

The study of biochemical components and metabolism processes in living organisms,

animals and plants, under normal and pathological conditions

The interaction of neurotransmitters in the processes of learning and memorizing

The action of some synthesis or semi-synthesis bio-products and of some vegetal

extracts of normal and tumor cells

The change of some physiological parameters of the human organism by using

kinesis therapy methods and being under the influence of physical effort

Comparative studies of genotype made by using bandaging methods

The influence of electromagnetic radiations on normal or pathological cell processes

The study of specific actions of some bio-products on animal cells at membrane and

metabolic level

Phylogenetic studies on hymenoptera by using cell and molecular biology methods

Comparative studies on total and mitochondrial DNA content on fish

Researches on the eco-physiology of nutrition on young and reproductive breading

species of fish (crap, African catfish and others)

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Hematological studies on fish belonging to pisciculture environments under normal

and stress conditions.

Staff Professor Dumitru COJOCARU, Ph. D. [email protected]

Professor Costică MISĂILĂ, Ph. D. Professor Ovidiu TOMA, Ph. D.

Reader Simona-Isabela DUNCA, Ph. D. Reader Zenovia OLTEANU, Ph. D. Reader Anca NEGURĂ, Ph. D. Lecturer Cristian-Sorin CÎMPEANU, Ph. D. Lecturer Mirela-Mihaela CÎMPEANU, Ph. D. Lecturer Cristian TUDOSE, Ph. D. Lecturer Iulia-Csilla BĂRA, Ph. D. Lecturer Elena CIORNEA, Ph. D. Lecturer Lucian HRIŢCU, Ph. D. Lecturer Lucian GORGAN, Ph. D. Lecturer Marius ŞTEFAN, Ph. D. Lecturer Lăcrămioara OPRICĂ, Ph. D. Lecturer Călin-Lucian MANIU, Ph. D. Candidate Lecturer Eugen UNGUREANU, Ph. D.

Assistant Lucian FUSU, Ph. D. Laboratory Assistant Gabriela VASILE, Ph. D. Laboratory Assistant Marius MIHĂŞAN, Ph. D. Laboratory Assistant Sabina COJOCARU, Ph. D. Candidate

Counseling Professors:

Professor Vlad ARTENIE Ph. D. – Doctorate Coordinator

Related Teaching Staff:

Professor Octăviţa AILIESEI Ph. D. – Doctorate Coordinator

Professor Erika-Maria NIMIŢAN, Ph. D. Professor Ion NEACŞU, Ph. D.

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FACULTY’S BOARD

Acting on the grounds of the present legislative background, the Faculty of Biology

carries out its activity on the grounds of: legislative norms in force, the principles of the

University Book, regulations made by the Board of “AL. I. Cuza” University from Iasi and the

decisions taken by the leading board of the Faculty of Biology.

The decisions taken by the board of the Faculty observe the legislation in force,

based on the provisions of the Romanian Constitution and Education Law.

All activities carried out observe the norms established by: the Regulation regarding

the didactic activity, the Regulation regarding the boarding, evaluation and promotion of

teaching and research staff, the Regulation regarding the organizing and fulfilling the steps of

the Doctorate, the Regulation regarding the conferring of the honorary titles, Norms for

administration and management of the patrimony, the Deontological Code of the academic

community members, the Regulation for the grounding and functioning of the Senate and the

Councils of the Faculties.

University’s Leading Board is made up of the Council of Faculty and the Office of

the Council of Faculty.

The Management Main Board is made up of: one position of Dean, three positions

of Department Directors, two positions of Pro-dean, one position of Chancellor, and

one position of Faculty’s Chief Administrator.

Position held Didactic position held , Surname and Name

Dean Univ. Prof. Ioan Moglan, Ph. D.

Director of Biology Department Univ. Prof. Maria Magdalena Zamfirache, Ph. D.

Director of Research Department Univ Reader Zenovia Olteanu, Ph. D.

Director of ID Department Univ. Reader Carmen Gache, Ph. D.

Pro-dean (I) Univ. Prof. Dumitru Cojocaru, Ph. D.

Pro-dean (II) Univ. Reader Luminiţa Bejenaru, Ph. D.

Faculty’s Chancellor Univ. Reader Lăcrămioara Ivănescu, Ph. D.

Faculty’s Chief Administrator Ec. Eng. Cecilia Bîlbă

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The Management Main Board of the Faculty of Biology

The Pro-deans have the following attributions:

- Pro-dean I, responsible for the scientific research activity;

- Pro-dean II, responsible for didactic activities and student issues;

- The Dean or another member of the academic staff of the faculty,

designated by him, represents the Faculty of Biology at national and

international university institutions.

The Council of the Faculty of Biology represents the highest leading authority

within the Faculty of Biology. The President of the Council of the Faculty is the Dean.

Reunited periodically (every two months), the Council of the faculty issues decisions and

approves regulations which are subjected to analysis and validation (according to each case)

from the Academic College, the Office of the Senate or the University’s Senate, decisions

which become compulsory for all academic community members of the faculty.

18 members take part in the Council of the Faculty of Biology: 13 teaching staff

members, 4 students and the Faculty’s Chief Administrator.

The Office of the Council of the Faculty ensures the caring out of the current

activities and also the fulfillment of the decisions of the Senate, the Academic College and

the Faculty’s Council. The office of the Faculty is normally reunited weekly, and it is made up

6 members: the Dean, the Director of the Biology Department, 2 Pro-deans, Chancellor of

the Faculty and the Faculty’s Chief Administrator.

Department Director

Prof. Maria Magdalena Zamfirache, Ph. D., telephone 201513, B 445 cabinet (1st

floor, Vegetal Biology Section) [email protected]

Dean

Prof. Ioan Moglan, Ph. D., tf. 201565, B 375 cabinet (ground floor, Zoology Section),

ECTS Department coordinator [email protected]

ID Department Director

Reader Carmen Gache, Ph. D., telephone 201472, cabinet B 369 (ground floor,

Zoology Section), [email protected]

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Pro-dean responsible with student issues

Reader Luminţa Bejenaru, Ph. D., telephone 201567, cabinet B 209 (1st semi-

basement, Anatomy and animal histology Section)

[email protected]

Pro-dean responsible with research activity

Prof. Dumitru Cojocaru, Ph. D., telephone 201645, cabinet B 227 (I semi-basement,

Biochemistry Section)

[email protected]

Chancellor

Reader Lăcrămioara Ivănescu, Ph. D., telephone 201510, cabinet B 443 (I st floor,

Vegetal Biology Section)

[email protected]

Faculty’s Chief Administrator

Cecilia Elena Bîlbă, program: Monday- Thursday, 10 a.m. -2 p.m.

Responsibilities: Faculty’s budget, scholarships, boarding, camps, taxes, practical

training, students´ records, field applications, norms, didactic responsibilities, crossed

payments, various reports, travel orders, inventory, check sheets and attendance sheets,

public relations.

Telephone 0232/201072, E-mail: [email protected]

RESPONSIBLE WITH THE SOCRATES PROGRAM

Prof. Mircea Nicoară Ph. D., B 376 cabinet (ground floor, Zoology Section) e-mail:

[email protected]

RESPONSIBLE WITH THE WEB SITE OF THE FACULTY:

Lecturer Călin Maniu, Ph.D. candidate; 122-K cabinet (B Building, semi-basement II,

Biophysics Sction); e-mail: [email protected]

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SECRETARIAT

Chief Secretary:

Mihaela-Tatiana BUCŞĂ Responsibilities: new registrations, expulsions, promotions, research, contests, Socrates,

doctorate, certificates, archive, academic direction, Gesco, public relations.

Tel.: 0232-201072

Fax: 0232-201472

E-mail: [email protected]

Secretaries:

Gabriela-Cristina BUSUIOC Responsibilities: development, various certificates, academic direction, public relations,

academic records.

Tel.: 0232+201072

Fax: 0232-201472

E-mail: [email protected]

Oana-Elena BABEI Responsibilities: cashing taxes, inventory, archive, mailings.

Tel.: 0232+201072

Fax: 0232-201472

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II. THE ACADEMIC OFFER OF THE FACULTY

CURRICULA

SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING THE CHOICE FOR THE

INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

DISCIPLINES OFFERED FOR SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT

SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING COMPULSORY DISCIPLINES

FOR 120 CREDITS AT THE FACULTY

CRITERIA USED BY THE FACULTY FOR CARING OUT THE

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

SHEETS OF DISCIPLINES FROM THE CURRICULUM

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CURRICULA / PROGRAMMES OF STUDY

The programs of study represent the planning of all didactic activities throughout the three

years of study (university studies ending with bachelor's degree examination) for all

sections of the two fields within our faculty. Going through the entire academic

development during the three years of study, according to the disciplines chosen from

the curriculum, based on the individual choice (major specialization – minor

specialization) leads to a total of 180 credits that one student needs to gather. If the

student does not want to work after finishing the first course cycle, in junior high school,

he must attend the pedagogic training module, which comprises a number of

disciplines which cumulate 30 credits.

"Al.I.Cuza" University from Iaşi

Faculty of Biology Valid for the university diploma

cycle 2007-2010

PROGRAMMES OF STUDY University degree domain: Biology Specialization: Biology Length of studies: 3 years Academic form: full time courses Conferred diploma: Bachelor of Biology

No. of classes per week Evaluation type Crt.

No. Name of the subject C S L Pr

Credits Colloquium Exam

1ST SEMESTER (1ST YEAR)

1 Vegetal and Animal Cytology 2 0 2 0 5 1

2 Communication Competences T.I.C. 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 General Chemistry 2 0 2 0 5 1

4 Human Anatomy and Hygiene 2 0 2 0 5 1

5 Invertebrates Biology 2 0 2 0 5 1

6 Foreign Language I 1 1 0 0 5 1

7 Physical Education I (facultative) 0 0 0 2 5* 1 TOTAL 11 1 10 0 30 1 5

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2ND SEMESTER (2ND YEAR)

1 Plant Morphology and Anatomy 2 0 2 0 5 1

2 Vegetal and Animal Histology 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 Cryptogam Systematics 2 0 2 0 5 1

4 Invertebrate Systematics 2 0 2 0 5 1

5 Biochemistry 2 0 2 0 5 1

6 Foreign Language II 1 1 0 0 5 1

7 Mathematics with application to Biology (facultative) 1 2 0 0 5* 1

8 Physical Education II (facultative) 0 0 0 2 5* 1

TOTAL 11 1 10 0 30 1 5

3RD SEMESTER (3RD YEAR)

1 Vegetal and Animal Embryology 2 0 2 0 5 1

2 Phanerogam Systematics 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 Vertebrate Biology

2 0 2 0 5 1

4 Biophysics

2 0 2 0 5 1

5 Cell Biology 2 0 2

0 5

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6 Foreign Language III

1 1 0 0 5 1

7 Physical Education III (facultative) 0 0 2

0 5*

1 TOTAL 11 1 10 0 30 1 5

4TH SEMESTER (2ND YEAR)

1 Vertebrate Systematics 2 0 2 0 5 1

2 Comparative Anatomy 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 General Plant Physiology 2 0 2 0 5 1

4 General Animal Physiology 2 0 2 0 5 1

5 Foreign Language IV 1 1 0 0 5 1

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Diversity of Plants and Animals in Dobrudja and Eastern Carpathians (Biological Training and Field Application) - 15 days x 6 hours = 90 hours

5 1

7 Physical Education IV (facultative) 0 0 2 0 5* 1

TOTAL 9 1 8 0 30 2 4

5TH SEMESTER (3RD YEAR)

1 General Genetics 2 0 2 0 5 1

2 General Ecology 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 Entomology 2 0 2 0 5 1

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4 Hydrobiology 2 0 2 0 5 1

5 Phytopathology 2 0 2 0 5 1

6 Evolutionary Biology 2 2 0 0 5 1

7 Microroganism Genetics (facultative) 2 0 2 0 5* 1

TOTAL 12 2 12 0 30 0 6


1 General Microbiology 2 0 2 0 5 1

2 Environmental Protection 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 Optional Course I 2 0 2 0 5 1

4 Optional Course II 2 0 2 0 5 1

5 Optional Course III 2 0 2 0 5 1

6 Optional Course IV 2 0 2 0 5 1

7 Research Training and Documentation for Final Licence Paper* (3 weeks) 0 0 0 0 5* 1

TOTAL 12 0 12 0 30 2 4

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LIST OF OPTIONAL DISCIPLINES FOR THE 5TH SEMESTER (3RD YEAR) - The students shall choose 4 (four) of the subjects listed bellow

1 Paleobiology 2 2 0 0 5 1

2 Integrated Pests Control 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 Animal Pests Biology 2 0 2 0 5 1

4 Environmental pollution and protection 2 2 0 0 5 1

5 "In vitro" Cultures 2 0 2 0 5 1

6 Ethology 2 0 2 0 5 1

7 Ornithology 2 0 2 0 5 1

8 Phytosociology 2 0 2 0 5 1

9 Immunobiology 2 0 2 0 5 1

10 Ecological Biochemistry 2 0 2 0 5 1

NOTES: 1 The structure of the academic year is established by the Senate’s Decision of the "Al.I.Cuza" University from Iaşi.

2 The credits allocated for the discipline "Practice in research, documentation and elaboration of the final thesis" are not to be taken into account for the average of the 6th semester.

3 The students shall choose to attend 4 (four) optional disciplines in the 5th semester. 4 The discipline "Physical Education" is a facultative subject and will not be considered in calculating the semester average.

5 The lectures, seminaries and laboratories for the facultative disciplines have not been considered in establishing the total number of classes per week.

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Pedagogical training (facultative): 30 credits

No. of classes Crt. No. Name of the discipline Sem. C S L No. of credits Examination

form

1 Educational Psychology 1 2 2 0 5 Exam

2 Pedagogy I (Basis of Pedagogy + Theory and Methodology of Curricula) 2 2 2 0 5 Exam

3 Pedagogy II (Theory and Methodology of Teaching + Theory and Methodology of Evaluation)

3 2 2 0 5 Exam

4 Didactics of Specialty 4 2 2 0 5 Exam

5 Optional Course 1 5 1 2 0 4 Colloquium

6 Teaching Training 5 0 0 3

7 Teaching Training 6 0 0 3 5 Colloquium

Final evaluation of the didactic portfolio 6 1 1 Exam TOTAL CLASSES PER WEEK/

TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS - 9 10 7 30

Optional disciplines (the students shall choose only one of the disciplines from this subject set): Psycho sociology of School Groups Educational Communication Theories and Integrative Practices in Education

Attending and passing the exams of the disciplines from the Pedagogical Training are essential conditions in order to activate in the education field.

Final degree exam: 5 credits

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Faculty of Biology Valid for the university diploma

cycle 2007-2010

PROGRAMMES OF STUDY University degree domain: Biology Specialization: Biochemistry Length of studies: 3 years Academic form: full time courses Conferred diploma: Bachelor of Biochemistry

No. of classes per week Evaluation type Crt. No. Name of the subject

C S L Pr Credits

Colloquium Exam 1ST SEMESTER (1ST YEAR)

1 Vegetal an Animal Cytology 2 0 2 0 5 1




5 Cryptogam Systematics 2 0 2 0 5 1


7 Physical Education I (facultative) 0 0 0 2 5* 1

TOTAL 11 1 10 0 30 1 5

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2ND SEMESTER (1ST YEAR)


2 Biochemistry 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 Biophysics 2 0 2 0 5 1

4 Vegetal and Animal Histology 2 0 2 0 5 1

5 Phanerogam Systematics 2 0 2 0 5 1


7 Mathematics with application in Biology (facultative) 1 2 0 0 5* 1


TOTAL 11 1 10 0 30 1 5

3RD SEMESTER (2ND YEAR)

1 General Plant Physiology 2 0 2 0 5 1

2 Structural Biochemistry 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 Invertebrate Systematics 2 0 2 0 5 1

4 Enzymology 2 0 2 0 5 1

5 Vitamins and Hormones 2 0 2 0 5 1

6 Foreign Language III 1 1 0 0 5 1

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7 Physical Education III (facultative) 0 0 2 0 5* 1

TOTAL 11 1 10 0 30 1 5


1 General Animal Physiology 2 0 2 0 5 1

2 Vertebrate Systematics 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 Metabolism of Proteins 2 0 2 0 5 1

4 Biochemical Transformations of Carbohydrates and Lipids 2 0 2 0 5 1


6 Research Training Activity (15 days x 6 hours = 90 hours) 0 0 0 0 5 1


TOTAL 9 1 8 0 30 2 4


1 Analytic Biochemistry 2 0 2 0 5 1

2 Metabolism of Nucleic Acids 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 Clinical Biochemistry 2 0 2 0 5 1

4 Ecological Biochemistry 2 0 2 0 5 1

5 Molecular Taxonomy 2 0 2 0 5 1

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6 General Genetics 2 0 2 0 5 1 TOTAL 12 0 12 0 30 0 6


1 Optional Course I 2 0 2 5 1




5 Optional Course V 2 0 2 0 5 1

6 Optional Course VI 2 0 2 0 5 1

7 Developmental Biology (facultative) 1 1 0 0 5* 1

6 Paleobiology (facultative) 1 0 1 0 5* 1

7 Research Training and Documentation for Final Licence Paper (3 weeks) 0 0 0 0 5* 1

TOTAL 12 0 12 0 30 0 6

LIST OF OPTIONAL DISCIPLINES FOR THE 6TH SEMESTER (3RD YEAR) - The students shall choose 6 (six) of the subjects listed bellow

1 Medical Microbiology 2 0 2 0 5 1

2 Evolutionism 2 2 0 0 5 1

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3 Animal Parasitology 2 0 2 0 5 1

4 Mycology 2 0 2 0 5 1

5 Microorganism Genetics 2 0 2 0 5 1

6 Immunobiology 2 0 2 0 5 1


8 General Biochemistry 2 0 2 0 5 1

9 Medicinal Plants 2 0 2 0 5 1

NOTES: 1 The structure of the academic year is established by the Senate’s Decision of the "Al.I.Cuza" University from Iaşi.

2 The credits allocated for the discipline "Practice in research, documentation and elaboration of the final thesis" are not to be taken into account for the average of the 6th semester.

3 The students shall choose to attend 4 (four) optional disciplines in the 5th semester. 4 The discipline "Physical Education" is a facultative subject and will not be considered in calculating the semester average. 5 The lectures, seminaries and laboratories for the facultative disciplines have not been considered in establishing the total number of classes per week.

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Pedagogical training (facultative): 30 credits No. of classes Crt.

No. Name of the discipline Sem. C S L No. of credits Examination form

1 Educational Psychology 1 2 2 0 5 Exam


3 Pedagogy II (Theory and Methodology of Teaching + Theory and Methodology of Evaluation) 3 2 2 0 5 Exam

4 Didactics of Specialty 4 2 2 0 5 Exam

5 Optional Course 1 5 1 2 0 4 Colloquium

6 Teaching Training 5 0 0 3

7 Teaching Training 6 0 0 3 5 Colloquium

Final evaluation of the didactic portfolio 6 1 1 Examen TOTAL CLASSES PER WEEK/


Optional disciplines (the students shall choose only one of the disciplines from this subject set): Psycho sociology of School Groups Educational Communication Theories and Integrative Practices in Education Attending and passing the exams of the disciplines from the Pedagogical Module are essential conditions in order to activate in the education field. Final degree exam: 5 credits

The modality of defense of the final degree paper is established by the Senate’s Decision of the "Al.I.Cuza" University from Iaşi. The bachelor’s degree in Biology, specialization Biochemistry can be conferred only to students that have obtained 120 credits in the obligatory disciplines from the hereof syllabus. The other 60 credits can be gathered by attending and passing the exams either of the optional disciplines or of the minor specialization ones, according the legal provisions in force.

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Faculty of Biology Valid for the university diploma cycle 2007-2010

PROGRAMMES OF STUDY University degree domain: Environment Specialization: Ecology and Environment Protection Length of studies: 3 years Academic form: full time courses Confered diploma: Bachelor of Ecology and Environmental Protection

No. of classes per week Evaluation type Crt. No. Name of the subject

C S L Pr Credits

Colloquium Exam

1ST SEMESTER (1ST YEAR)

1 Vegetal Biology 2 0 2 0 5 1

2 Animal Biology 2 0 2 0 5 1


4 General Physical and Human Geography 2 2 0 0 5 1



7 Physical Education I (facultative) 0 0 2 0 5* 1

TOTAL 11 3 10 0 30 3 4

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2ND SEMESTER (1ST YEAR)

1 Vegetal Taxonomy 3 0 2 0 5 1

2 Animal Taxonomy 3 0 2 0 5 1

3 Environmental Chemistry 2 0 2 0 5 1


5 Vegetal and Animal Morphology

2 0 2 0 5 1


7 General Physics (facultative) 2 0 2 0 5* 1


TOTAL 13 1 10 0 30 1 5

3RD SEMESTER (2ND YEAR)


2 General Biochemistry 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 Hydrobiology 2 0 2 0 5 1

4 Entomology 2 0 2 0 5 1

5 Mycology

2 0 2 0 5 1

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6 Foreign Language III 1 1 0 0 5 1

7 Mathematics (facultative)

2 1 0 0 5* 1

8 Physical Education III (facultative) 0 0 2 0 5* 1

TOTAL 11 1 10 0 30 1 5


1 Environmental Pollution and Protection 2 2 0 0 5 1

2 Vegetal Ecophysiology 2 0 2 0 5 1

3 Animal Ecophysiology 2 0 2 0 5 1

4 Ornithology 2 0 2 0 5 1


6

Diversity of Plants and Animals in Dobrudja and Eastern Carpathians (Biological Training and Field Application) - 15 days x 6 hours = 90 hours

0 0 0 0 5 1

7 Environmental Physics (facultative) 2 0 2 0 5* 1


TOTAL 9 3 6 0 30 3 3

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1 Optional Course I 2 0 2 0 5 1




5 Optional CourseV 2 0 2 0 5 1

6 Optional Course VI 2 0 2 0 5 1

7 General Geology (facultative) 2 2 0 0 5* 1

8 Soil Science (facultative) 2 1 0 0 5* 1

TOTAL 12 0 12 0 30 0 6

No. of classes per week Evaluation type Crt.

No. Name of the subject C S L Pr

Credits Colloquium Exam



2 Ecological Genetics 2 0 2 0 6 1

3 Environmental law, legislation, politics and strategies 2 2 0 0 5 1

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4 Phytosociology and Romania's Vegetation 2 0 2 0 7 1

5 Water Ressources' Gestion 2 2 0 0 5 1

6 Research Training and Documentation for Final Licence Paper * (3 weeks) 0 0 0 0 5* 1

7 Environmental Economy (facultative) 2 1 0 0 5* 1 TOTAL 10 4 6 0 30 2 3

LIST OF OPTIONAL DISCIPLINES FOR THE 6TH SEMESTER (3RD YEAR) - The students shall choose 6 (six) of the subjects listed bellow

1 Environmental Geography 2 2 0 0 5 1

2 Environmental Geology 2 2 0 0 5 1

3 Atmosphere and the Air's Quality 2 2 0 0 5 1

4 Impact Studies' Methodology 2 2 0 0 5 1

5 Ecological Monitoring 2 2 0 0 5 1

6 Animal Parasitology 2 0 2 0 5 1

7 Human Ecology 2 2 0 0 5 1

8 Biology and Ecology of the Vegetal Parasites 2 0 2 0 5 1

NOTES:

1 The structure of the academic year is established by the Senate’s Decision of the "Al.I.Cuza" University from Iaşi. 2 The credits allocated for the discipline "Practice in research, documentation and elaboration of the final thesis" are not to be taken into

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account for the average of the 6th semester. 3 The students shall choose to attend 4 (four) optional disciplines in the 6th semester. 4 The discipline "Physical Education" is a facultative subject and will not be considered in calculating the semester average.

5 The lectures, seminaries and laboratories for the facultative disciplines have not been considered in establishing the total number of classes per week.

Pedagogical training (facultative): 30 credits

No. of classes Crt. No. Name of the discipline Sem. C S L No. of credite Examination

form

1 Psychology of Education 1 2 2 0 5 Exam


3 Pedagogy II (Theory and Methodology of Teaching + Theory and Methodology of Evaluation)

3 2 2 0 5 Exam

4 Didactic of Specialty 4 2 2 0 5 Exam

5 Optional Discipline 1 5 1 2 0 4 Colloquim

6 Pedagogical Training 5 0 0 3

7 Pedagogical Training 6 0 0 3 5 Colloquim

Final evaluation of the didactic portfolio 6 1 1 Examen TOTAL CLASSES PER WEEK/


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Optional disciplines (the students shall choose only one of the disciplines from this subject set): Psycho sociology of School Groups Educational Communication Theories and Integrative Practices in Education

Attending and passing the exams of the disciplines from the Pedagogical Module are essential conditions in order to activate in the education field.

Final degree exam: 5 credits

The modality of defense of the final degree paper is established by the Senate’s Decision of the "Al.I.Cuza" University from Iaşi. The bachelor' s degree in Environment Science, specialization Ecology and Environment Protection can be conferred only to students that have obtained 120 credits in the obligatory disciplines from the hereof syllabus. The other 60 credits can be gathered by attending and passing the exams either of the optional disciplines or of the minor specialization ones, according the legal provisions in force.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE VARIANTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC ITINERARY At “Al.I.Cuza” University, a student cannot attend two university-degree

specializations at the same time. The student who wants to attend the second university-degree specialization may achieve this goal only after the graduation from the three-year studies (in the case of the Faculty of Biology) for the first specialization.

Moreover, “Al.I.Cuza” University from Iaşi offers the unique opportunity for a student to attend a main specialization and a complementary specialization during the university-degree studies (three years). The second specialization (complementary) may be attended by a student in Biology only in a complementary field within the faculty (for instance, a student matriculated in the field of Biology, specialization Biochemistry, may attend a complementary specialization in the field of Environmental Science, specialization Ecology and Environment Protection), or in a field within the other faculties of our universities.

The option for the main specialization is made at matriculation. For a safe study attendance in the envisaged field, the Faculty of Biology allows candidates’ supplementary enlistment at two specializations, so that the eventually accepted student may opt out for a single main specialization, based on the results included in the file.

In the case of students who want to attend a complementary specialization, this option is

expressed at the end of the 1st semester of the first university year, or at the end of the 2nd semester of the same year at the latest. The available complementary subjects are studied during the 1st and 2nd years of study, and the list of these subjects is always provided at the Secretariat of the faculty in order for students to make a well-informed choice.

COMPULSORY CONDITIONS Whether a student opts for a single university-degree specialization or for two specializations

(main and complementary), this student must acquire a total number of 180 credits by attending the subjects included in the curriculum of these specializations.

As each subject is rated by 5 credits, it results that a graduate of the three-year cycle (university-degree studies) must attend a number of 36 subjects.

Therefore: If a student opts for a single specialization (for example, Ecology and Environment

Protection, within the field Environment Science), he must gather 180 credits of the curriculum established for this specialization (fundamental and optional subjects);

If a student opts for the complementary specialization too, then he must gather 120 credits, attending the fundamental subjects of the curriculum established for the chosen main specialization and 60 credits (representing 12 subjects) from the curriculum established either for a complementary field within the Faculty of Biology (specialization Biology, field of study Biology, for example), or within a field of another faculty in the university (especially, optional subjects). At the end of the three-year cycle of studies, the student receives a university degree diploma, which includes the observation Bachelor of Ecology and Environment Protection, for example, as main specialization, and Bachelor of Biology, as a complementary specialization;

as the compulsory, basic subjects for the formation of a student in the main specialization, rated with 120 credits, are included in the curricula of the 1st and 2nd

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years of study, it results that a student, who has opted for a complementary specialization, may gather the 60 supplementary credits only in the 3rd year of study of cycle 1 (semesters 5 and 6).

Note: students who choose a teaching carrier, in the gymnasium system, after the

graduation from university cycle, must gather 30 supplementary credits, attending and graduating from the subjects included in the Psycho-pedagogical Module (mainly during summer semesters).

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AVAILABLE SUBJECTS FOR THE COMPLEMENTARY ITINERARY A number of optional subjects, representing a total number of 60 credits, are available for

the students of the Faculty of Biology, who are enlisted for a specialization that belongs to one of the two fields, as well as for students attending the courses of other faculties of the university, who want to attend a complementary specialization. Students may find out these subjects if they skim the curricula of the three departments. In the case of students who want a complementary specialization, the option for this specialization is expressed at the end of the 1st semester of the first university year, or at the end of the 2nd semester of the same year, at the latest. The complementary subjects, which are made available to students, are attended during the 1st and 2nd years of study; the list of these subjects is always provided at the Secretariat of the faculty in order for students to make a well-informed choice.

For the complementary itinerary, the students of the Faculty of Biology, who opt for a

complementary specialization, at another faculty of the university, may choose from a set of optional subjects, which are included in the offer of those particular faculties, and which also gather a total number of 60 credits. These subjects may also be attended during the 3rd year if the university cycle.

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OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE COMPULSORY FACULTY SUBJECTS FOR 120 CREDITS The students who have chosen one of the three specializations provided by the Faculty of

Biology, as the main specialization or as the second complementary specialization, may follow an academic itinerary (a combination of subjects), which gather the total number of 120 compulsory credits (4 semesters x 6 subjects x 5 credits = 120 credits)

Another set of subjects may be added to these, subjects that do not belong to the biological

field, but which are absolutely necessary for the general university training (foreign language courses during the 1st and 2nd years of study at all departments, etc.), as well as practical-applicative on-site activities, which are compulsory for the specialized training, at the end of the 1st and 2nd years of studies, at all specializations.

Beside this type of activities, there is also the research activity, which is necessary in order to

accomplish the university-degree project, at the end of the 3rd year of studies. Students choose facultative subjects only if they freely opt for this type of activities.

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CRITERIA USED BY THE FACULTY FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF THE ACADEMIC ITINERARY As previously mentioned, the main specialization option is expressed at students’ enlistment;

they are declared accepted for a specialization in a university field based on the results included in the admission file.

The attendance of a second, complementary specialization, for which an option is expressed

at the end of the 1st semester, 2nd semester of the first year of studies, at the latest, is based on the student’s general average grade and option, within the limit of the existing availabilities for each specialization.

DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECTS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME OF STUDY

BIOLOGY SUBJECT NAME: VEGETAL AND ANIMAL CYTOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Vegetal Biology and Animal Biology at high school level GENERAL THEME: Plant world overview: plant world autotrophy; original growth ways; lifecycle and alternation of generations; plant cells are protected by a cell wall; most plants are attached to substrate; the place of the plants in the food chain; issues regarding the “kinetic apparatus” of the plant cells; interaction problems of the plant world (with bacteria, animal and fungi world) Details of the vegetal cell: plastids, cell wall, vacuolar apparatus, kinetic apparatus, plant cell’s genome (nuclear, plastidial, mitochondrial); micro corps, paramural bodies; spherozomes. Plant cell structure: 1. shape and size; 2. component parts; 3. specific traits, 4. prokaryotic cell structure; 5. eukaryotic cell structure Plasmalemma, hyaloplasm. Cytoplasmic organelles - endoplasmatic reticule(ER). Golgi apparatus. Ribosomes Mitochondrias. Plastids (proplastids, cloroplastids, amyloplastids, carotene plastids) Nucleus: 1. During the interkinesis (morphology and structure: envelope, nucleolus, chromatin, nucleoplasm); 2. During mitosis (chromosomes, envelope, nucleolus, ultrastructure) Cell division: Mitosis (cytokinesis, cytokinesis). Meiosis (homeotypic and heterotypic division); fundamental differences between mitosis and meiosis, the significance of the meiosis. Plant cell inclusions: 1. Liquid inclusions (vacuoles); 2. Inert inclusions (starch and aleuronic granules, crystals ) Cell wall: 1. origin: 2. basic components; 3. helicoidal textures; 4. membrane flow and wall formation; 5. Wall growth; 6. Punctuated structures and plasmodesma. Chemical secondary modifications of the wall (cutinisation, waxing, suberification, lignification, mineralization, gellification) Celullar biosystem characterisation. Morpho-physiological characterisation of eukariotic cells Cell composition

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Instrumental analysis of the cells Biochemical and ultrastructural organisation of plasmalema and its main function Cytosol and cytoskeleton Eukaryotic nucleus Ribosomes Functional characterisation of cellular compartments (endoplamatic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, mithocondria, lysosomes) Ultrastucture of cell locomotion apparatus MINIMUM LECTURE: Gostin Irina, 2008 – Biomarkeri structurali la plante (Structural biomarkers at plants), Ed. Univ. Iaşi Ştefan N., Lăcrămioara Ivănescu, 2002 – Elemente de morfologie şi taxonomie vegetală (Elements of vegetal morphology and taxonomy), Ed. Univ. Iaşi Toma C., Niţă Mihaela, 1995 - Celula vegetală (The vegetal cell), Ed. Univ. "Al.I. Cuza" Iaşi Toma Irina, Toma C., 2003 – Citodiferenţiere şi morfogeneză vegetală (Citodiferentiation and vegetal morphogenesis), Ed. Corson, Iaşi Alberts B. et al., 1998 – Essential Cell Biology, Garland Publishing Inc., New York and London Becker W.M. et al., 2000 – The World of the Cell, The Benjamin / Cummings Publishing Company, San Francisco, New York, Sydney Freifelder D., 1987 – Microbial Genetics, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, London, UK Lewin B., 1997 – Genes, 6th ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, Tokyo Neacşu I., Cîmpeanu C.S., 1999 – Biologie celulară – Lucrări practice, partea I-a. Ed. Univ. „Al.I.Cuza” Iaşi

Weaver R.F., Hedrick P.W., 1991 - Basic genetics, WMC.Brown Publishers, USA. Petit J. M., Maftah A., Julien R., 1997 – Biologie cellulaire, Chapitre 2: Méthodes d’exploration de la cellule, Masson, Paris Crăciun C., Florea A., Dragoş N., 1999 – Introduction to cell and molecular biology, Cluj University Press TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: COMMUNICATION SKILLS I.T.C. NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: GENERAL THEME: Introduction to theory and information technology and communication (IT & C): The importance of systems management and computer information processing. Components of computer systems: hardware and software. Hardware architecture and structure of computing systems: the central unit (UC): microprocessors (definition, importance, architecture, classes and constructive solutions), internal memories (definition, importance, characteristics), external memory (definition, importance, types), I/O devices (definition, classification, characteristics). Computer classification. The evolution of personal computers (PC): history, types of systems, compatibility (problems and solutions). Computing systems software component organization: BIOS (definition and importance), operating systems (definition, importance, evolution and classification), software (definition, classification). Applied biology statistical concepts: fundamental concepts: the concept of variable (latent/observed, dependent/independent, discrete/continuous) measurement in biology (definition, importance, scale of measurement, examples), population/sample (issues of sampling, classical sampling procedures), descriptive and inferential statistics (non-parametric and parametric). Elements of descriptive statistics: frequency analysis (simple or grouped), graphic representation (bar graph, histogram, frequency polygon, cumulative frequency graph, circular chart, stemplot graph), indicators of statistical distributions for central tendency (mod, median, arithmetic mean) for dispersal (absolute amplitude, relative amplitude, quartile deviation, average deviation, standard deviation, variance, coefficient of variation), indicators of the shape distribution, elements of probability theory (basic concepts, probability, probability distribution, normal distribution). Inferential Statistics: Estimated arithmetic mean when sigma is known. Estimated arithmetic mean when sigma is unknown, t-student distribution. Hypothesis testing on a single population (Z-score test for arithmetic mean when sigma is known, testing hypotheses for the arithmetic mean when sigma is

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unknown). Testing hypotheses about the differences between two populations (Z-score and T-score tests for difference between two averages). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for one and two independent variables. Sizes of correlations. Non-parametric tests (chi-square for independence or concordance, Mcnemar, Mann-Whitney (U), Wilcoxon (T), Kruskal-Wallis (H)). MINIMUM LECTURE: Armeanu I., Petrehus V., Probabilităţi şi statistică aplicate în biologie, Ed. MatrixRom, 2006. Budianu Gh., Şerbănescu Cristina, Exerciţii şi probleme de probabilităţi şi statistică, Ed. MatrixROM, 2006. Chap T. Le, Introductory Biostatistics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2003. Florea C., Florea Laura, Prelucrarea statistica a informaţiei. Îndrumar de laborator. Ed. MatrixROM, 2008. Fogiel M., The statistics problem solver. A Complete Solution Guide, Research and Educational Association, New Jersey, 1996. Frye C., Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Step by Step, Microsoft Press, 2004. Jaba Elisabeta, Statistica, Editia a III-a, Ed. Economică, 2007. MacKay D. J. C., Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms,Cambridge University Press, 2003. Mârţanu R., Voicu Anca Elena, Tehnologia Informaţiei. Informatică – tehnologii asistate de calculator, Ed. All Educational, Bucureşti, 1999. Manafu Georgeta, Giju Adriana, Călinoiu Adriana, Microsoft Office Excel - Teste şi aplicaţii, 2003. Norman G.R., Streiner D., Biostatistics, B.C. Decker Inc. Hamilton, London, 1998. Şerb A., Programarea şi utilizarea calculatoarelor, Casa Editorială Demiurg, 2008. Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas: Elements of information theory. 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New Jersey, 2006. Vodă V. Gh., Isaic–Maniu A., Proiectarea statistica a experimentelor. Fundamente si studii de caz, Ed. Economică, 2006. Walkenbach J., Excel 2007 Bible, Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2007. Yockey H. P., Information theory, evolution, and the origin of life, 2005. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL CHEMISTRY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Inorganic and organic chemistry at high school level GENERAL THEME: Fundamental notions in chemistry. Chemistry fundamental laws. Quantum and prequantum atomic models. Atom’s structure. Periodic and unperiodic properties of chemical elements in elements periodic system. Modern theories in chemical bounds interpretation. Types of chemical bounds. Chemical reactions stoichiometry. Acidity and alkalinity. Action mechanism of buffer solutions. Inorganic compounds implication in organisms’ metabolism. Reaction mechanisms in witch are implicated saturated, unsaturated and aromatic hydrocarbons. Hydroxyl compounds. Alcohols, phenols and enols. Properties and biochemical importance. Ethers. Structure, properties, natural representatives. Nitrogen compounds with biological action (amines, amino alcohols, amino phenols). Chemical behaviour of carbonyl compounds and carboxylic acids. Reaction mechanisms. Carbohydrates. Monosaccharide. Oligosaccharides. Polysaccharides. Structure, properties, biochemical representatives. Amino acids and peptides .Structure, properties and biochemical importance. MINIMUM LECTURE: Neniţescu, C.D. (1972) Chimie generală, Ed. Did. şi Pedag, Bucureşti. Rabega, C., Rabega M. (1975) Chimie generală, Ed. Did. şi Pedag., Bucureşti. Negoiu, D. (1972) Tratat de chimie anorganică, vol. I, II, III, Ed. Th. Bucureşti. Jurcă, V., Tanase, E., Budeanu, E. (1984) Lucrări practice de chimie generală, Ed. Univ. “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iaşi. Duca, A. (1980) Chimie analitică generală, Ed. Univ. Tehnice “Gh. Asachi” Iaşi. Marcu, G. (1991) Chimie anorganică, Ed. Did. şi Pedag, Bucureşti.

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Humelnicu, D. (2002) Introducere în chimia anorganică, Ed. Univ. “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iaşi Neniţescu, C. D. (1980) Chimie organică, vol. I şi II, Ed. Did. şi Pedag., Bucureşti, Badea, F. (1973) Mecanisme de reacţie în chimia organică, Ed. ştiinţifică, Bucureşti. Olteanu, Z. (2007) Elemente de chimie generală, Ed. Tehnopress, Iaşi. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: HUMAN ANATOMY AND HYGENE NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Histology, Embryology GENERAL THEME: An introduction to the human body. Stades in human embriologycal developement. Animal tissue (characteristics, classification). Celome and viscera. Skeletal system . Muscular system. Nervous system (brain and cranial nervs, spinal cord and spinal nervs). Sense organs (eyes, ears, nouse, tongue). Integumentary system. Endocrine system. Digestive system. Respiratory system. Cardiovascular system. Lymphatic system. Blood. Urinary system. Reproductive system. Hygene. Characteristics of human body developement. The infuence of some substances upon human body (drogs, smoke, alchool). MINIMUM LECTURE: Gray H.,” Anathomy descriptive and surgical”, Chancellor Press, 1994. Mănescu S., Tănăsescu Gh., Dumitrache S., Cucu M.: Igiena, Ed. Medicală Bucureşti, 1991 Miscalencu D, Florica Mailat, Elena Marcu, Gh. Maxim, O. Draghici, Martha Gabos, Constantin Sorescu, „Anatomia omului”, Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti, 1989.

Ionuţ C, Compendiu de igienă, Ed. Medicală Universitară „Iuliu Haţieganu” Cluj – Napoca, 2004

Papilian V. „Anatomia omului”, Vol.1 Aparatul locomotor, Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti 1982. Papilian V. „Anatomia omului”, Vol.2Splanhnologia, Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti, 1982. Ristoiu Flonta Marcu-Lapadat, „Noţiuni de anatomie şi fiziologie”, Editura Universităţii Bucureşti, 2007. Sirbu V, „Elemente de Histologie şi Embriologie animală”, Editura Tehnopress, Iasi, 2004. Krstic, R.V.,1997, “Atlas d’Histologie Generale”, Masson, Paris. William DeMyer 1988 “Neuroanatomy”, Harwal Publishing, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Hong Kong, London, Sydney, Tokyo. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: - GENERAL THEME: Kingdom PROTISTA: general characters; structure of the body; phylogeny Phyllum Retortamonada, Class Retortamonadea şi Diplomonadea: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Axostylata, Class Oxymonadea and Parabasalea (Ord. Tricomonadida and Hypermastigida): general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Euglenozoa, Class Euglenoidea and Kinetoplastida: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Choanoflagellata: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Amiboids protists. Phyllum: Caryoblasta, Heterolobosa, Amoebozoa, Foraminiferea and

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Actinopoda (Class Heliozoa, Acantharia and Radiolari): general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Apicomplexa, Class Gregarinea, Coccidia and Hematozoea: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Ciliophora, Class Spirotrichea (subclase Heterotrichia, Oligotrichia and Stichotrichia), Litostomatea, Phyllopharyngea, Nassophorea and Oligohymenophorea: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Kingdom ANIMALIA: general characters; structure of the body; phylogeny Phyllum Porifera, Subphyllum Symplasma (Hexactinellida) and Subphyllum Cellularia, Class Calcarea and Demospongia: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Placozoa: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Cnidari, Class Hydrozoa [Ord. Anthoathecatae (Athecata), Leptothecata, Trachylina, and Siphonophora], Scyphozoa (Ord. Stauromedusae, Semaeostomeae, Rhizostomeae, Coronate and Cubomedusae) and Anthozoa - Subclass Octocorallia (Alcyonaria) (Ord. Stolonifera, Alcyonacea, Gorgonacea and Pennatulacea) and Subclass Hexacorallia (Zoantharia) (Ord. Actiniaria, Scleractinia, Antipatharia and Ceriantharia): general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Ctenophora, Ord. Cydippida, Platyctenida, Lobata, Cestida and Beroida: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Platyhelminthes, Class Turbellaria (Ord. Acoela, Nemertodermatida, Macrostomida, Polycladida, Tricladida, Rhabdocoela and Temnocephalida), Trematoda - Subclass Digenea and Subclass Aspidogastrea (Aspidobothrea), Monogenea and Cestoda: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Orthonectida: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Dicyemida: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Gastrotricha: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Nematoda: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Nematomorpha: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Priapulida: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Loricifera: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Kinorhyncha: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Rotifera: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Acanthocephala: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Nemertea, Class Anopla and Enopla: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Mollusca, Class Aplacophora, Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda - subclass Prosobranchia, Opistobranchia and Pulmonata (Ord. Basommatophora and Stylommatophora), Cephalopoda

- Subclass Nautiloidea, Ammonoidea and Coleoidea (Ord. Sepioidea and Octopoda), Bivalvia - Subclass Protobranchia and Metabranchia (Ord. Filibranchia, Eulamellibramchia and Septibranchia) and Class Scaphopoda: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance.

Phyllum Annelida, Class Polychaeta (Ord. Scolecida, Palpata, Myzostomida, Eunicida and Pogonophora), Oligochaeta and Hirudinomorpha (Ord. Branchiobdellida, Hirudinea and Rhynchobdellida): general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Echiura: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Sipuncula: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Onychophora: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance.

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Phyllum Tardigrada: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Arthropoda: Subphyllum Trilobitomorpha, Subphyllum Chelicerata, Class Xiphosura, Arachnida (Ord. Scorpiones, Uropygi, Amblypygi, Araneae, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpiones, Solifugae,

Opiliones, Ricinulei and Acari) and Pycnogonida: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Subphyllum Crustacea, Class Remipedia, Cephalocaridia, Anostraca, Phyllopoda (Ord. Notostraca, Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata and Cladocera), Malacostraca (Ord. Leptostraca, Stomatopoda, Decapoda, Mysidacea, Amphipoda and Isopoda); Superclass Maxillopoda, Class Copepoda, Mystacocarida, Cirripedia, Ostracoda, Branchiura and Pentastomida; Superclass Myriapoda, Class Chilopoda, Symphyla, Diplopoda and Pauropoda and Superclass Hexapoda, Class Entognata and Insecta: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance.

Phyllum Kamptozoa: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Phoronida: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Brachiopoda: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Bryozoa: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Chaetognatha: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance. Phyllum Echinodermata, Class Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea and Crinoidea: general characters; Pattern and organization of the body; biology and significance.

MINIMUM LECTURE: Barnes D. Robert, 1994. Invertebrate Zoology (fourth Edition). Saunders Company, USA, 1087p Edward E. Ruppert, Richard S. Fox, Robert D. Barnes, 2003. Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach editia a 7-a, Brooks Cole, Gache Carmen, 2002, Biologie animală, Edit. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iasi Matic Z., Libertina Solomon, Maria Năstăsescu, Maria Suciu, C. Pisică şi N. Tomescu, 1983. Zoologia nevertebratelor. Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti, 377p Radu Gh. V. şi Varvara V. Radu, 1972. Zoologia nevertebratelor, vol I, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti, 607 p. Radu Gh. V. şi Varvara V. Radu, 1967. Zoologia nevertebratelor, vol II, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti, 708 p. WallaceL. R & Taylor K. W., 1997. Invertebrate Zoology, a Laboratory Manual (5-Edition). Printice Hall, Upper Saddle River, USA 336p. Edward E. Ruppert, Richard S. Fox, Robert D. Barnes, 2003. Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY OF PLANTS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Vegetal cytology, Vegetal histology GENERAL THEME: Morphology and anatomy of the root: 1. morphological types of normal, adventive and metamorphosed roots (different species); 2. morphology of the top of the root (Triticum aestivum); 3. primary structure (Dryopteris filix-mas, Ranunculus acer, Iris germanica); 4. secondary structure (Melilotus officinalis, Sambucus nigra). Morphology and anatomy of the stem: 1. morphological types of aerial stems (normal and metamorphosed), underground (metamorphosed) and aquatic at various herbal and wooden species, spontaneous and cultivated ones; 2. formation of branches and types of buds, types of ramification at different wooden species; 3. primary structure (Equisetum arvense, Pteridium aquilinum, Ephedra distachya, Ranunculus acer, Trifolium pratense, Aristolochia durior, Zea mays, Molinia coerulea, Triticum aestivum, Asparagus officinalis, Myriophyllum spicatum); 4. secondary structure (Pinus sylvestris, Aristolochia durior, Tilia tomentosa, Quercus robur). Morphology and anatomy of the leaf: 1. morphological types of simple and compound leaves (at various species), foliar annexes, types of leaf dispositions, types of nervation, categories of petioles; 2. limb structure (Dryopteris filix mas, Abies alba, Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris, Thuja occidentalis, Zea mays,

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Iris germanica, Sambucus nigra, Oxalis acetosella, Stipa capillata, Valisneria spiralis); 3. petiole structure (Prunus domestica, Asarum europaeum, Melilotus officinalis, Plantago media, Nymphaea alba, Aesculus hippocastanum). Morphology and anatomy of the flower: 1. morphological types of flowers and inflorescences at various species; 2. structure of the stamina and of the carpel (gynaeceum) (Lilium candidum, Viola odorata, Primula officinalis); 3. types of pollen and ovule granules. Morphology and anatomy of the seed and fruit: 1. morphology and structure of the seed (Phaseolus vulgaris, Ricinus communis, Triticum aestivum); 2. morphology and structure of the: types of simple, multiple and compound fruits, juicy and dry fruits, dehiscent and indehiscent fruits, at numerous species of dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous). MINIMUM LECTURE: Burescu Petru, Irina Toma, 2005 – Botanica – manual de lucrări practice (Botanic – practical work textbook), Ed. Univ. Oradea Ştefan N., Lăcrămioara Ivănescu, 2002 – Elemente de morfologie şi taxonomie vegetală (Elements of vegetal morphology and taxonomy), Ed. Univ. Iaşi Toma C., 1979 - Anatomia plantelor II. Structura organelor vegetative şi de reproducere (Anatomy of plants II. Structure of vegetative and reproduction organs), Ed. Univ. Iaşi Toma C., Rugină R., 1998 - Anatomia plantelor medicinale (Anatomy of medicinal plants). Ed. Acad. Rom., Bucharest Toma C. (coordonator) Niţă M., Rugină R., Ivănescu L., Costică N., 2000, 2002 - Morfologia şi anatomia plantelor (Manual de lucrări practice) (Morphology and anatomy of plants – Manual of practical works), Ed. Univ. Iaşi Toma C., Gostin Irina, 2000 - Histologie vegetală (Vegetal histology), Ed. Junimea, Iaşi Zanoschi V., Toma C., 1985 - Morfologia şi anatomia plantelor cultivate (Morphology and anatomy of cultivated plants). Ed. Ceres, Bucharest TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: PLANT AND ANIMAL HISTOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Human anatomy, Animal Biology GENERAL THEME: Meristematic tissues: structure, localisation, functions Protective tissues (primary and secondary) Assimilatory and aeriferous tissues Mechanic tissues (collenchyma and sclerenchyma) Conductive tissues in ferns, gymnosperm and angiosperm Vascular bundles Secretor and sensitive tissues Animal cell: structure and ultrastructure. Animal tissues: definition and classification. Epithelial tissues: general biological features and classification of epithelial tissues, covering and lining epithelial tissues: general characteristics and classification. Glandular epithelial tissues: general characteristics and classification. Connective tissues: general characteristics and classification. Muscular tissues: general characteristics and classification. Nervous tissue: neurons and glial cells. Special histology: basic histology of animal organs. MINIMUM LECTURE: Evert R., 2006 –Esau’s Plant anatomy (ed. a 3-a). Ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York Gorenflot R., 1992, 1994 - Abreges de Biologie végétale. Plantes supérieures. 1. Appareil végétatif (ed. a 4-a); 2. Appareil reproducteur (ed. a 3-a), Ed. Masson, Paris Robert D., Catesson A.M., 1990 - Biologie végétale. II. Organisation végétative. Ed. Doin, Paris Toma C. (coordonator) Niţă M., Rugină R., Ivănescu L., Costică N.,, 2000, 2002 - Morfologia şi anatomia plantelor (Manual de lucrări practice), Ed. Univ. Iaşi Toma C., Gostin Irina, 2000 - Histologie vegetală, Ed. Junimea, Iaşi Bădescu, A., Căruntu, I., Amălinei, C., Floarea-Strat, A., Adomnicăi, M., 1994. Ţesuturi normale, Curs de Histologie, Ed. Graphix, Iaşi: 236 pp.

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Bădescu, A., Amălinei, C., Căruntu, I., Floarea Strat, A., Luca, C. I., Zamfir, C., Bădescu, M. E., 1998. Organe şi sisteme, curs de Histologie, Ed. Ankarom, Iaşi: 362 pp. Caruntu, I., Cotutiu, C., 2004. Histologie, tesuturi fundamentale, Ed. Gr. T. Popa, Iasi, 233p. Diculescu, I., Onicescu, D., 1987. Histologie medicala, vol. I., Ed. Medicala, 709 p. Junqueira, L. C., Carneiro, J., Long, J. A., 1986. Basic Histology, Lange, 529p. Manolache, V., 1990. Histologie si embriologie animala, Univ. din Bucuresti, 411p. Manolache, V., Neagu, A., 2008. Histologia organelor, vol. II, Ed. Univ. Bucureşti, 184 pp. Raica, M., si al., 2004. Histologie teoretica si practica, Ed. Brumar Timisoara, 491 p. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: SYSTEMATIC OF CRYPTOGAMS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Plant anatomy and morphology GENERAL THEME: Introduction (object and content of Systematic of cryptogams, criteria and taxonomic units used in classification) Domain Procariota; Kingdom Monera ; Division Cyanophyta (general and specific features, nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Domain Eucariota; Kingdom Protista; Division Rhodophyta (general and specific features, , nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Division Euglenophyta (general and specific features, nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Division Dinophyta , Division Cryptophyta (general and specific features, nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Division Chrysophyta (general and specific features, , nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Division Phaeophyta (general and specific features, , nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Division Chlorophyta (general and specific features, nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Kingdom Fungi; Division Mixomicota (general features and living cycle) Division Eumicota (general features and living cycle) Kingdom Plantae; Division Bryophyta (general and specific features, nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) MINIMUM LECTURE: Pop I., Hodişan I., Mititelu D., Mihai Gh., Cristurean I., Lungu L. 1984- Botanică sistematică Ed. Did. şi Ped. Bucureşti Peterfi St. Ionescu Al. 1976-1986- Tratat de algologie, I-IV, Edit. Acad. R.S.R. Mihai Gh. 1980- Curs de Botanică sistematică. Thallobionta. Iaşi (litografiat) TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Invertebrate biology GENERAL THEME: Kingdom Protista. Phylums: Euglenozoa, Choanoflagellata, Retortamonada, Axostylata, Alveolata, Opalinata, Caryoblastea, Heterolobosa, Amoebozoa, Foraminiferea, Actinopoda. Kingdom Animalia. Phylum Spongiaria, classes Calcarea, Hexactinellida, Demospongi; Phylum Cnidaria, classes Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Anthozoa Phylum Acnidaria, class Ctenophora, Phylums: Plathelminthes, Nemathelminthes, Nemertini, – general characteristics, classification, examples, phylogeny. Triploblastic coelomate metazoans: 1. protostomians: Mollusca, Annelida; Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda; 2. deuterostomians: Echinodermata, Pogonophora, Chaetognatha, Stomochordata - general characteristics, classification, examples, phylogeny. MINIMUM LECTURE: Radu Gh. V. şi Varvara V. Radu, 1972 - Zoologia nevertebratelor, vol I, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică,

Bucureşti. Matic Z., Libertina Solomon, Maria Năstăsescu, Maria Suciu, C. Pisică şi N. Tomescu, 1983 - Zoologia nevertebratelor. Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti. Barnes, R. D., 1980, Invertebrate Zoology, ediţia a patra, Saunders College, Philadelphia.

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TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: BIOCHEMISTRY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: General chemistry GENERAL THEME: Catalogue is structured per chapters that refer to characterization of fundamental groups of compounds: glucids, lipids, amino acids, peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and enzymes, their metabolism and regulation of metabolic processes. MINIMUM LECTURE: Artenie,Vl .- 1991, Biochimie, Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C. – 1997, Enzimologie, Ed. Gama, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C., Mariana Sandu – 2004, Biochimia proteinelor şi acizilor nucleici, Ed. PIM, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C. – 2005, Enzimologie practică, Ed. TEHNOPRESS, Iaşi Dumitru, I. F. – 1980, Biochimie, Ed. Did, şi Ped., Bucureşti TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: PLANT AND ANIMAL EMBRYOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Vegetal and animal cytology, Plant morphology and anatomy, Human anatomy, Comparative anatomy, Animal Histology GENERAL THEME: Development and origin of the flower in angiosperms (ontogenesis and phylogenesis) Stamen development and structure, origin and differentiation of the male microspore mother cells, microsporogenesis, pollen grains and male gametophyte structure, gametogenesis in gymnosperms and angiosperms Ovule development and structure, origin and differentiation of femeale microspore mother cells, macrosporogenesis, embryo sac structure Polination: 1. Self-pollination (causes for indirect pollination); 2. Cross-pollination Fecundation: pollen physiology, grow of the pollen tube, types of gametes and fecundation (simple and double). Embryogenesis: citodiferentiation and different embryo types from: 1. bryophytes; 2. pterydophytes; 3. gymnosperms; 4 angiosperms (types onagrad, asterad, solanad, chenopodiad, cariofilad and piperad from dicotyledonous; types Sagittaria and Triticum from monocotyledonous. Apomixis: apospory, parthenogenesis, apogamy, adventitious embryony, polyembryony, experimental embryony; gynogenesis and androgenesis Introduction, history of researches and specific terms in animal embryology. Preembryonic period: animal gametogenesis and fertilization. Embryonic development: implantation, segmentation and gastrulation. Derivatives of ectoderm: neural development,, histogenesis of nervous tissue, retina development, inner ear development, hypofysis development. Derivatives of endoderm: gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas, lungs, thyroid gland. Derivatives of mesoderm: musculo-skeletal system, kidney, blood vessels, reproductive system development. Particularities of human embryonic development. MINIMUM LECTURE: Linder, H. P. 1998. Morphology and the evolution of wind pollination. In Reproductive Biology (ed. S. T. Owens and P. J. Rudall), 123-135. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Radulescu-Mitroiu N. 1976 – Embriologie vegetală. Ed. Univ. Bucureşti Roland J.C., Roland F., 1987 - Atlas de biologie végétale. 2. Organisation des plantes à fleures (ed. 4). Ed. Masson, Paris, New York, Barcelone, Milan, Mexico, Sao Paulo Ivanescu L., Toma I., 2003 – Embriologie vegetala, Ed. Junimea, Iasi

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Lersten N. R., 2004 - Flowering Plant Embryology, Wiley-Blackwell Şerbanescu-Jitariu G., Toma C., 1980 - Morfologia şi anatomia plantelor. Ed. did. şi ped., Bucureşti Chiriac, R., Indrei, A., 1997. Embriologie, Sinteze didactice, Ed. Fundatiei Chemarea, Iasi, 202p. Comănescu, G., Leonov, S., Neagu, A.-N., 2001. Elemente de Citologie, Histologie şi Embriologie animală, Ed. Media, Bacău: 139 pp. Manolache, V., 1990. Histologie si embriologie animala, Univ. din Bucuresti, 411p. Schmidt, A.-N., 2002. Embriologie speciala, Ed. Intelcredo, Deva, 297 p. Zarnescu, O., 2003. Embriologie experimentala, Ed. Univ. din Bucuresti, 271p. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: SYSTEMATICS OF PHANEROGAMS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Plant Morphology and Anatomy, Systematics of Cryptogams GENERAL THEME: Introduction: definition, object, development stages, systematic categories, botanical nomenclature. Subkingdom Cormobionta (1): general traits, origin, origin of vegetative organs. Subkingdom Cormobionta (2): origin and development of reproductive organs, sexual reproduction, and alternation of fazes. Classification of cormobionta. Polypodiophyta: general traits, sporophyte, gametophyte, development cycle, classification. Class Psilophytatae. Class Lycopodiatae Class Equisetatae. Class Polypodiatae. Pinophyta: origin, general traits. Pinophyta: general traits, development cycle, classification. Class Cycadatae. Class Benettitatae. Pinophyta: Class Ginkgoatae. Class Pinate. Class Genetatae Magnoliophyta: general traits, development cycle, vegetative reproduction, origin, classification. Class Magnoliatae, Subclass Magnoliidae: Ord. Magnoliales, Ord. Ranunculales, Ord. Aristolochiales, Ord. Nymphaeales, Ord. Papaverales Subclass Hamamelidae: Ord. Hamamelidales, Ord. Urticales, Ord. Fagales, Ord. Juglandales Subclass Rosidae: Ord. Rosales, Ord. Fabales, Ord. Saxifragales, Ord. Sapindales, Ord. Cornales, Ord. Euphorbiales Subclass Dilleniidae: Ord. Dilleniales, Ord. Violales, Ord. Salicales, Ord. Cucurbitales, Ord. Malvales, Ord. Ericales, Ord. Primulales. Subclasa Cariophyllidae: Ord. Cariophyllales, Ord. Polygonales. Subclasa Asteridae: Ord. Oleales, Ord. Polemoniales, Ord. Scrophulariales, Ord. Plantaginales, Ord. Lamiales, Ord Campanulales, Ord Asterales Class Liliatae: Subclasa Alismidae: Ord. Alismales, Ord. Potamogetonales, Subclass Liliidae: Ord. Orchidales Class Liliatae: Subclass Liliidae: Ord. Juncales, Ord. Poales, Subclasa Arecidae: Ord. Arecales, Ord. Typhales, Ord. Arales MINIMUM LECTURE: CHIFU, T., et. al., 2001, Botanică sistematică. Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi, 534 p. CIOCÂRLAN, V., 2000, Flora ilustrată a României. Ed. Ceres, Bucureşti CRISTUREAN, I., 1983, Originea şi evoluţia plantelor în concepţii moderne. Ed. Did. Ped., Bucureşti CRISTUREAN, I., 1993, Concepţii actuale privind sistematica şi filogenia angiospermelor (Magnoliophyta). Natura, 1 – 4, Bucureşti POPESCU, G., 2000, Botanica. Ed. Universităţii Craiova Mititiuc, M., Zamfirescu, O., Zamfirescu, Ş. R. (2002): Biogeografia României. Centrul pentru Învăţământ Deschis la Distanţă şi Conversie Profesională, ISSN 1221-9363. Zamfirescu, Ş. R., Zamfirescu, O., Popescu, I. E., Ion, C., Strugariu, A. (2008): Vipera de stepă (Vipera ursinii moldavica) şi habitatele sale din Moldova (Romania). Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Invertebrate Biology GENERAL THEME: General particularities of the chordates and presentation of the principal groups of chordates.

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Urochordata: external and internal morphology, aspects of ecology.

Cephalochordata: external and internal morphology, aspects of ecology

Vertebrata: general characters and taxonomy criteria

Agnatha – Cl. Cyclostomata: external and internal morphology, aspects of ecology

Gnathostomata

Superclass Pisces

Cl. Chondrihthyes: external and internal morphology, aspects of ecology

Cl. Osteichthyes: external and internal morphology, aspects of ecology

Superclass Tetrapoda

Cl. Amphibia: external and internal morphology, aspects of ecology

Cl. Reptilia: external and internal morphology, aspects of ecology

Cl. Mammalia: external and internal morphology, aspects of ecology

MINIMUM LECTURE: Cojocaru, I., 2004 – Paleobiologie, vol. III, Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi. Gache, Carmen, 2002 – Biologie animală, Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Ion, I., Gache, Carmen, Ion, C., Valenciuc, N., 2003 – Zoologia vertebratelor, Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi Ion, I., Stănescu, D., 1992 – Ornitologie practică, Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Hickman jr., C.P., Roberts, L.S., Hickman, F.M., 1984 - Integrated principles of zoology, 7th edition, Ed. Times Mirror/Mosby College Publishing, Saint Louis Kardong, V.R., 1995 – Vertebrates: Comparartive Anatomy, Function, Evolution, Ed. WCB Publishers, USA Necrasov, Olga, Dornescu, G.T., 1971 - Anatomia comparată a vertebratelor, vol.I, II, Ed. Did. şi Ped., Bucureşti Pough, F.H., Heisser, J.B., McFarland, W.N., 1989 - Vertebrate Life, Ed.Macmillan Publishing Company, New York TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: BIOPHYSICS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Biochemistry, General Chemistry, Animal cytology, Vegetal Cytology. GENERAL THEME: Introduction; Biophysics – Interdisciplinary science; The structure of matter, elementary particles. Basic atomic structure; atomic models; Molecular Biophysics (The mechanisms of molecules formation; Types of intermolecular bonds; Three-dimensional conformations of biopolymers; Theories of bio-structures formation; Water and biological structures, heavy and tritium water). Thermodynamics of biological systems (Bio-thermodynamics systems – dissipative systems; Thermodynamics principles; The free energy; Enthalpy and entropy; Activation energy). Cellular biophysics (Supramolecular organization of living matter; Cellular membrane biophysics: membrane models, active and passive transport; bio-electrogenesis, excitation propagation; cable theory; Biomechanics: locomotion types, biophysics principles of muscle contraction). Cellular bioenergetics. (Macroergic compounds; External and internal cellular energy sources; General metabolic processes, chloroplast and mitochondria biophysics, fermentation, oxidative phosphorilation, photophosforilation – energetic efficiency and redox mechanisms). Interactions of physical agents with biological structures. (Biophysics of acoustic oscillations reception, ultrasounds; Non-ionizing radiations, electromagnetic radiation and their biological effects, magnetobiology; Ionizing radiations, radiobiology; biological effects of ionizing radiations; radiopollution and radioprotection).

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Biocybernetics and bioinformatics. (Elements of Information Theory. Systems with self-regulation, Feedback mechanisms. Systems for transmitting information; Redundancy and its biological significance; The relationship between energetics and informatics; Informational entropy;.Neurocybernetics, Information storage, Types of memory; Organism and ecosystem levels regulating systems). MINIMUM LECTURE: Campbell G. S., Norman J.M., An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics, Second Edition, 1998 Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. Cotterill R.M.J, Biophysics, An Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002, 2005. Dimoftache C., Herman S., Biofizica medicală. Ed. Cerma, Bucureşti.1996. Flonta M.L., Mărgineanu D.G., Movileanu L., Biofizică, partea I, Univ. Bucureşti 1992. Glaser R., Biophysics, Springer-Verlag, 2001, Berlin. Isac M., Biofizică, Univ."Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iaşi 1988. Isac M., Filipescu C., Isac R. M., Biofizică - De la Big Bang la ecosisteme,vol.1, Ed. Tehnică, Bucureşti, 1996. 08. Isac M., Biofizică - Manual pentru lucrări practice, vol.1 şi 2, Univ."Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iaşi, 1978 şi 1985. Konings N.W., Kaback H.R., Lolkema J.S., Handbook of Biological Physics, Volume 2, Transport Processes in Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Organisms, Elsevier Science B.V., 1996. Lipowsky R., Sackmann E., Handbook of Biological Physics, Volume 1, Structure and Dynamics of Membranes, Elsevier Science B.V., 1995. Mărgineanu D.G., Isac M., Tarba C., Biofizica, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti, 1980. Meyer B. Jackson, Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, Cambridge University Press, 2006. Neacşu I., Cîmpeanu C.S., Elemente de biofizică şi biologie celulară, Ed. Cermi, Iaşi 2000. Pattabhi Vasantha, Gautham N., Biophysics, 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York Popescu A., Fundamentele biofizicii medicale, vol.1, Ed. All, Bucureşti, 1994. Rusu V., Baran T., Brănişteanu D., Biomembrane şi patologie, vol.1, Ed. Medicală, Bucureşti 1988. Schulten K. and Kosztin I., Lectures in Theoretical Biophysics, University of Illinois, 2000. Zamfirescu M., Sajin Gh., Rusu I., Sajin Maria, Kovacs Eugenia: Efecte biologice ale radiaţiilor electromagnetice de radiofrecvenţă şi microunde, Ed. Medicală, Bucureşti, 2000. Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas, Elements of information theory. 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New Jersey, 2006. Becker O.M., MacKerell A.D., Roux B., Watanabe M., Computational Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2001 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: CELL BIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Cytology, Plants histology, Human anatomy GENERAL THEME: Biochemical and ultrastructural organisation of plasmalema and its main function Eukaryotic nucleus (gene expression and cell division) Ribosomes and protein synthesis Functional characterisation of cellular compartments (endoplamatic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, mithocondria, lysosomes) Eukaryotic cells locomotion Extreacellular matrix composition and ultrastructure Cell signaling MINIMUM LECTURE: Alberts B. et al., 1998 – Essential Cell Biology, Garland Publishing Inc., New York and London Becker W.M. et al., 2000 – The World of the Cell, The Benjamin / Cummings Publishing Company, San Francisco, New York, Sydney Freifelder D., 1987 – Microbial Genetics, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, London, UK Lewin B., 1997 – Genes, 6th ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, Tokyo Weaver R.F., Hedrick P.W., 1991 - Basic genetics, WMC.Brown Publishers, USA. Neacşu I., Cîmpeanu C.S., 1999 – Biologie celulară – Lucrări practice, partea I-a. Ed. Univ. „Al.I.Cuza” Iaşi

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TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: VERTEBRATE SYSTEMATIC NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: IV PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Vertebrate Biology GENERAL THEME: Principal particularities and general taxonomy criteria for the chordates.

Urochordata: general characters, taxonomy criteria, examples and distribution.

Cephalochordata: general characters, taxonomy criteria, examples and distribution.

Vertebrata: general characters and taxonomy criteria.

Agnatha – Cl. Cyclostomata: general characters, taxonomy criteria, examples and distribution.

Gnathostomata

Superclass Pisces

Cl. Chondrichthyes: general characters, taxonomy criteria, examples and distribution.

Cl. Osteichthyes: general characters, taxonomy criteria, examples and distribution.

Superclass Tetrapoda

Cl. Amphibia: general characters, taxonomy criteria, examples and distribution.

Cl. Reptilia: general characters, taxonomy criteria, examples and distribution.

Cl. Aves: general characters, taxonomy criteria, examples and distribution.

Cl. Mammalia: general characters, taxonomy criteria, examples and distribution. MINIMUM LECTURE: Bănărescu, P., 1964 - Fauna R.P.R. - Osteichthyes, vol. XIII, Ed. Acad. R.P.R., Bucureşti Bănărescu, P., 1969 - Fauna R.P.R. – Ciclostomata şi Chondrichtyes, vol. XII, fasc.1, Ed. Acad. R.P.R., Bucureşti Cătuneanu, I., Korodi Gal, I., Munteanu, D., Paşcovschi, Vespremeanu, E., 1978 - Fauna R.S.R. – Clasa Aves, vol. XV, fasc.1, Ed. Acad. R.S.R., Bucureşti (Fuhn, I.), 1960 - Fauna R.P.R. - Amphibia, vol.XIV, fasc.1, Ed. Acad. R.P.R., Bucureşti Fuhn, I., Vancea, Şt., 1961 - Fauna R.P.R. - Reptilia, vol.XIV, fasc.2, Ed. Acad. R.P.R., Bucureşti. Ion, I., Gache, Carmen, Ion, C., Valenciuc, N., 2003 – Zoologia vertebratelor, Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi Murariu, D., 2000 - Fauna României – Clasa Mammalia, vol. XVI, fasc. 1, Ed. Acad. Rom., Bucureşti Sibley, C.G., Ahlquist E. 1995 – Phylogeny and classification of birds, Yale University Press, second edition, New Haven TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: DIDACTICS OF SPECIALITY NUMBER OF CREDITS: SEMESTER: IV PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: GENERAL THEME: SCHOOL CURRICULUM: definition, types, curricular areas, curricular cycles SCHOOL SYLLABUS ON DIFFERENT BIOLGICAL DISCIPLINES: definition, structure ALTERNATIVE TEXT BOOKS OF BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY: analyses DIDACTIC PLANING (DESIGN): definition, stages and operations; levels of didactic planning; objectives and competences. LESSON: THE MAIN FORM OF LEARNING PROCESS ORGANISATION: definition, characteristics, structure, types of lessons, modern lesson (ML) and traditional lesson (TL), criteria of analysis and assessment of lessons MODELS OF STRUCTURING THE LESSON

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Traditional models of structuring the lesson; Modern models of structuring the lesson („ Direct and explicit learning”„I Know - I Want to know – I have learned”, "Learning through exploring and discovering”. METHODS OF TEACHING - LEARNING: definition, expositive methods, methods based on conversation, methods of direct exploration of reality, methods of indirect exploration of reality LEARNING ORGANISATION IN SMALL GROUPS: groups forming for learning through cooperation, planning learning activities at level of groups; methods of learning through cooperation MODERN TECHNIQUES OF INSTRUCTION: Techniques of critical thinking MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENTS USED AT LESOON OF BIOLOGY ASESSMENT: definition, functions, forms, instruments, classic and complementary methods of assessment TEACHING - LEARNING PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN OF BIOLOGY: Didactic principles, and principles specific for living organisms CURRICULUM AT SCHOOL DECISION: definition, planning, types. MINIMUM LECTURE: BARNA, Adriana POP, Irina, COROIU, Ioan, 2002. BIOLOGIE. Suporturi pentru pregătirea examenului de definitivare în învăţământ - teme de specialitate şi metodica predării disciplinei. Ed. Albastră. CERGHIT, Ioan, 1997. Metode de învăţământ. (ed. a III-a revizuită şi adăugită). Ed. Did şi Ped., Bucureşti. CIOLAC-RUSSU, Anca, ION, Iordache, 1983. METODICA predării disciplinelor de specialitate agronomică, Ed. Ceres. CÎRSTOIU Jeanina, 2007. Didactica educaţiei pentru sănătate. Proiectul pentru învăţământul rural. MEN. COPILU, D-tru., COPIL, Violeta, DĂRĂBĂNEANU I., 2002. Predare pe bază de obiective Curriculare de formare, Ed. Did. şi Ped., Bucureşti: 15-40. COSTICĂ Naela (coord.), 2007. Ghid de formare metodologică în domeniul educaţiei de mediu. Versiune destinată cadrelor didactice din mediul preuniversitar. Editura Corona, Iaşi. DULAMĂ, Eliza, Maria., 2002. Modele, strategii şi tehnici didactice activizante cu aplicaţii în geografie. Ed. Clusium, Cluj-Napoca. GEORGESCU, Dakmara, CERKEZ, Matei, SINGER Mihaela, PREOTEASA Liliana ( coord.),1999. Curriculum Naţional. Planuri cadru de învăţământ pentru învăţământul preuniversitar. MEN., Ed. Corint, Bucureşti. ION, Iordache, ION, Constantin, LEU, Ulpia Maria, 2004. Metodica predării-învăţării biologiei, Ed. Solaris, Iaşi. MUSTATA, Gheorghe, 1983. Probleme de metodica predării biologiei. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi. ***, 1998. Curriculum Naţional pentru învăţământul obligatoriu. Cadru de referinţă. Principii şi criterii de constituire a noului Curriculum Naţional. Consiliul Naţional pentru Curriculum, MEN. (II): 15-16 ***, 1999. Curriculum Naţional. Planuri - cadru de învăţământ (pentru învăţământul preuniversitar), MEN., Ed. Corint, Bucureşti: 11-13, 15-25. ***, 1999. Curriculum Naţional. Programe şcolare pentru clasele a V-a /a VIII-a. 5. Aria curriculară Matematică şi Ştiinţele Naturii, Consiliu Naţional pentru Curriculum, MEN. ***, 2001. Curriculum Naţional. Programe şcolare 4. Seria liceu. Aria curriculară Matematică şi Ştiinţele Naturii, Consiliu Naţional pentru Curriculum, MEN. ***, 2001. Ghid de evaluare şi examinare. Biologie. Serviciu Naţional de Evaluare şi Examinare. Ed. Aramis, Bucureşti. http: //curriculum.edu/ro TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL VEGETAL PHYSIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: SEMESTER: IV PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Vegetal cytology; General chemistry; Systematic cryptogams; Biochemistry; Vegetal and animal histology (vegetal module); Systematic phanerogams. GENERAL THEME:

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Specific features of the vegetal organism; vegetal cyto-physiology; water regime for plants (absorption, conduction and elimination from plant body, transpiration, gutation, the transpiration role in the life of plants); mineral plant nutrition; carbon autotrophic plant nutrition (the importance of photosynthesis in the living world, Hill Blackmann phase of the photosynthesis, C3, C4, CAM cycle of the photosynthesis, plant adaptation to the life environment, photorespiration); carbon heterotrophic plant nutrition (saprophyte, symbiotic plants, phanerogams parasite, mixotrophic plants); transformation, circulation and settlement of organic substances in plants; plant respiration (aerobe respiration, aerobe respiration mechanism, anaerobe respiration, with examples of anaerobe respiration in plants); plant growth (stages of plant growth , growth areas in plants, growth regulation substances in plants, rest status in plants, germination process with elements regarding germination metabolism); plant developments (blooming and fruiting physiology, plant aging physiology); excitability and movement phenomena in plants (passive movement, active movement, plants that are fixated to substrate movements: tropism, nasties, movements of free plants, movement role in plant’s life); functional plant adaptation to stressful environment factors. MINIMUM LECTURE: ACATRINEI GH. – 1991-Reglarea proceselor ecofiziologice la plante Ed. Junimea Iaşi. BOLDOR O., TRIFU M., RAIANU O. –1981 -Fiziologia plantelor, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică Bucureşti. BURZO I., DELIAN E., DOBRESCU A., VOICAN V., BĂDULESCU L.- 2004 - Fiziologia plantelor de cultură vol. I Ed. Ceres Bucureşti. MURARIU AL. - 2002 Fiziologie vegetală vol. I, Ed. Junimea, Iaşi. MURARIU AL. - 2007 Fiziologie vegetală vol. II Ed. Univ. "AL. I. Cuza" Iaşi. ZAMFIRACHE M. M. -2001- Fiziologie vegetală (note de curs). Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza", Iaşi. ZAMFIRACHE TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: SEMESTER: IV PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Human anatomy; Comparative anatomy; Biophysics; Biochemistry; Animal histology and embryology GENERAL THEME: Principles of cells signalization Resting membrane potential Action potential Neurons and their connections Functionally activity of chemical synapses Neurotransmitter action on postsynaptic membrane Ionotrop receptors Metabotrop receptors Inhibitory synapses Neurotransmitter inactivation Categories of neurotransmitters Synaptic transmission proprieties Neuromuscular junction Muscle physiology Skeletal muscle physiology Organization of skeletal muscle The sliding filament theory Contraction of skeletal muscle Energetics of muscular activity Muscular termogenesis Type of contraction Smooth muscle proprieties Sensory physiology Touch sensibility Thermal sensibility Pain Hearing Sound transmission in the ear Organ of Corti

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Neural pathways in hearing Animal hearing proprieties Equilibrium The Utricle and Saccule The semicircular canals Vestibular information and dysfunction Vision Accommodation Organization of the retina Neural pathways of vision Animal vision proprieties Taste Smell Autonomic Nervous System The sympathetic nervous system The parasympathetic nervous system Physiology of the endocrine system The pituitary hormones The tiroid gland The parathyroid glands The adrenal glands Pineal gland Nutrition Physiology of the digestive system Circulatory physiology Physiology of the respiratory system Urinary system An overview of the reproductive system Regulation of metabolism MINIMUM LECTURE: L. Hriţcu, V.Hefco, Elemente de fiziologia animalelor şi a omului. Funcţii de relaţie, Ed. PIM, 2007 L. Hritcu. Fiziologia animalelor şi a omului – sistemul endocrin, reproducerea şi funcţiile de nutriţie. Editura Tehnopress (acreditată CNCSIS, cod CNCSIS 89), Iasi, 2008, ISBN 978-973-702-580-1, 392 pagini. Melnic, B., Hefco V., Crivoi A., Fiziologia omului şi animalelor, Ed.Stiinta, Chişinau, 1993. Strungaru Gr., Pop M., Hefco V., Fiziologia animala. Ed. Did. Ped. Bucureşti, 1983. Hefco V.P., Fiziologia animalelor şi a omului, Ed. Did. Ped. Bucureşti, 1997. Hefco V., Fiziologia animalelor şi a omului. Functiile de relatie. Ed. Univ. Iaşi, 1989. C. Misăilă, Fiziologia animalelor şi a omului, Ed. IDESC, Univ. „Al.I.Cuza”, Iaşi, 2000. Guyton, A.C., Textbook of Medical Physiology. W.B. Saunders Comp., Philadelphia, London, Toronto, Tokyo, 2006. Smith, C.U.M., Elements of molecular neurobiology. John Wiley & Sons, LTD., West Sussex, England, Third edition, 2002. Pocock, G., Richards, C.D., Human Physiology. The basis of medicine. Oxford University Press, Third edition, 2006. Webster, R.A., Neurotransmitters, drugs and brain function. John Wiley & Sons, LTD., West Sussex, England, 2001. Purves, D., Augustine, G.J., Fitzpatrick, D., Hall, W.C., Lamantia, A.S., Mcnamara, J.O., Mark Williams, S., Neuroscience. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Massachusetts U.S.A., Third edition, 2004. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Cytology and plant histology, Cellular Biology GENERAL THEME:

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Introduction. Microorganisms in the living world. Bacteria – anatomy of bacteria: morphology and sizes; ultrastructure. Chemical composition of bacterial cells. Nutrition of bacteria: nutritive requirements and trophic classification of bacteria. Bacterial metabolism. Bacteria growth and multiplication. Groups of bacteria with specific characteristics. Acellular infective entities: viruses, viroids, prions. Eukaryotic microorganisms microbiologically relevant: yeasts and filamentous fungi. Influence of physical and chemical factors on microorganisms. MINIMUM LECTURE: Drăgan-Bularda M., 2000 – Lucrări practice de microbiologie generală, Editura Univ. „Babeş-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca. Dunca Simona, Octăviţa Ailiesei, Erica Nimiţan, Ştefan Marius, 2004 - Microbiologie aplicată - Ed.Tehnopress, Iaşi. Dunca Simona, Octăviţa Ailiesei, 2004 – Biologia termoactinomicetelor – Ed. Tehnopress, Iaşi. Dunca Simona, Octăviţa Ailiesei, Erica Nimiţan, Ştefan Marius, 2005 - Elemente de microbiologie - Ed. Junimea, Iaşi. Lim D., 1998 – Microbiology, Second Ed., WCB, McGraw-Hill, Boston. Madigan M., Martinko J., Parker J., 2000 – Brock Biology of microorganisms, 8th edition, Prentice Hall., Inc.Simon & Schuster, Viacom Company, New Jersey. Norrell S.A., Messley K.E., 1997 – Microbiology laboratory manual, Principles and applications – Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Tortora G.J., Funke B.R., Case C.L., 2002 - Microbiology, an introduction, Pearson Education, Inc., San Francisco. Wistreich G. A., 1997 – Microbiology Laboratory, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Zarnea G., 1983 – Tratat de microbiologie generală, vol. I, Ed. Academiei R.S.R., Bucureşti. Zarnea G., 1994 – Tratat de microbiologie generală, vol. V, Ed. Academiei Române, Bucureşti. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL ECOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Invertebrate Biology, Anatomy and Morphology of Plants, Systematics of Cryptogams, Systematics of Invertebrates, Sistematics of Phanerogams, Biology of Vertebrates, Sistematics of Vertebrates, Plant General Physiology, Animal General Physiology GENERAL THEME: Introduction: Ecology: Definition and object; Development as a science. The necessity and methodology of the ecological study: Ecology and diversity; The scientific methodology; Experiments; Scale effect. Systemic organisation: Generalities; The classification of systems. Biological system characteristics; The hierarchy of biological systems. The Environment: Generalities; The classification of the environmental factors. The major lows of ecology. Ecophysiological aspects: Climate; Temperature; Humidity. Population (1): Generalities; Descriptors: Size, Density, Natality, Mortality, Numerical growth coefficient. Population (2) – Age, sex, and spatial (dispersion) structure. Population (3) – Dynamics. Relation within and among species Population regulation. Ecosystem – spatial dimension Ecosystem – trophic dimension, energy flux and nutrient cycles. Ecosystem – temporal dimension: Ecological Succession MINIMUM LECTURE: Botnariuc, N. (1999): Evoluţia sistemelor biologice supraindividuale. Ed. Univ. din Bucureşti Simionescu, V. (1980): Ecologie – Curs universitar. Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” – Iaşi. Mititiuc, M., Zamfirescu, O., Zamfirescu, Ş. R. (2002): Biogeografia României. Centrul pentru Învăţământ Deschis la Distanţă şi Conversie Profesională, ISSN 1221-9363. Smith, R. L., 1996, Ecology and Field Biology. ed. a V-a, Harper Collins College Publishers. Stiling, P. D. (1996): Ecology Theories and Applications. ed. a II-a, Prentice Hall, New Jersey. Varvara, M. (2000): Curs de Ecologie. Vol. 1, Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” – Iasi.

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Vădineanu, A. (1998): Dezvoltarea durabilă: teorie şi practică. Ed. Univ. din Bucureşti, Bucureşti. Wilkinson, D. M. (2006): Fundamental Processes in Ecology – An Eath Systems Aproach. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Zamfirescu, Ş. R., Zamfirescu, O., Popescu, I. E., Ion, C., Strugariu, A. (2008): Vipera de stepă (Vipera ursinii moldavica) şi habitatele sale din Moldova (Romania). Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ENTOMOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Invertebrate Biology; Ecology GENERAL THEME: Definition, historical and importance of Entomology. External morphology of insects. Insect appendages (Antennae; Mouthparts; Legs; Wings and Appendages of the abdomen); Anatomy of insects (tegument; musculature; nervous system and sense organs; endocrine system; excretion; internal transport; gas exchange; nutrition; reproduction); Insect Life Cycles: embryonary and post-embryonary development, metamorphosis in insects. Ecology of insects; distribution of insects. Diversity of insects: general characters; classification; exemplification; significance. Superclass Hexapoda Class Parainsecta, ord. Protura and Collembola (general characters; classification; exemplification; significance); Class Entognatha, ordinul Diplura (general characters; classification; exemplification; significance); Class Insecta, subclass Apterygota – ord.: Archeognatha and Thysanura (general characters; classification; exemplification; significance); 6. Subclass Pterygota, infraclass Paleoptera, ord. Odonata and Ephemeroptera (general characters; classification; exemplification; significance); Infraclass Neoptera, superorders: Orthopteroidea (ord. Blattodea, Mantodea, Isoptera, Plecoptera, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, Grylloblattodea, Embiidina, Phasmida), Hemipteroidea (ord. Zoraptera, Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Hemiptera and Thysanoptera), Neuropteroidea (ord. Strepsiptera, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera, Megaloptera and Coleoptera), Mecopteroidea (ord. Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera şi Trichoptera) and Hymenopteroidea (ord. Hymenoptera) (general characters; classification; exemplification; significance MINIMUM LECTURE: Capinera John, 2004. Encyclopedia of Entomology (vol. 1-3). Kluwer Academic Publishets, Netherlands, 2580p Daly V. H., Doyen T. J. & Purcell H. A. (III), 1998. Introduction to Insect Biology and diversity. Second edition. Oxford University Press, USA, 680 p Ionescu A. M. şi Matilda Lăcătuşu, 1971. Entomologie. Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti Manolache C. şi colab., 1970. Entomologie agricolă. Ed. Agrosilvică, Bucureşti Marcu Olimpia şi I. Tudor, 1975. Protecţia Pădurilor. Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică Bucureşti McGavin George, 2001. Essential Entomology. Oxford University Press, 318 p Nitzulescu V. şi I. Gherman, 1990. Entomologie medicală. Ed. Academiei Române, Bucureşti Romoser S. W. & Stoffolano G. John jr., 1994. The science of Entomology. Ed. Wm. C. Brown, USA, (Third edition.) 532 p. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: HYDROBIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Botany, Zoology, Chemistry GENERAL THEME: The study object of the Aquatic ecology Hydrological cycle Water as natural resource Water reserve

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Types of water reserves Water consumption Water crisis Problems related to ground water The integrated management of the water resources Water properties Organoleptical properties Phyisical properties Chemical properties The types of aquatic ecosystems Hypogeal ecosystems Running waters (lotic environments) Stagnant waters (lentic environments) The saltwater bioms (seas and oceans) The associations of aquatic organisms Origines of the aquatic organisms Pleuston Neuston Plankton Nekton Benthos Periphiton (biotekton) Bioindicators of the aquatic environment quality Water pollution in a global perspective Eutrophication and water „blooming” Pollution of the Planetary Ocean Water pollution in Romania Ecological reconstruction of the aquatic ecosystems Ecological reconstruction of the rivers Ecological reconstruction of the lakes Ecological reconstruction of the wetlands MINIMUM LECTURE: Boişteanu T., 1980 - Hidrobiologie (curs), Ed. Univ. "Al.I. Cuza", Iaşi Gâştescu P., 1971 - Lacurile din România, Ed. Acad., Bucureşti Mustaţă Gh., 1998 – Hidrobiologie (curs), Ed. Univ. "Al.I. Cuza", Iaşi Nicoară M., 2000 – Hidrobiologie (curs), Ed. Univ. "Al.I. Cuza" Iaşi Nicoară M., 2002 – Ecologie acvatică, Casa de Editură Venus, Iaşi Nicoară M., 2008 - Biodiversitatea mediilor acvatice, PIM, Iaşi Nicoară M., Ureche D., 2008, (Ediţia a II-a, completată şi revizuită) - Ecologie acvatică, PIM, Iaşi Pora E.A., Oros L, 1974 - Limnologie şi oceanologie, Ed. Did. şi Ped., Bucureşti Ujvari I., 1972 - Geografia apelor României, Ed. Şt., Bucureşti TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: PHYTOPATHOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS,COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Organization and systematic of cryptogams, Microbiology, Ecology GENERAL THEME: General concepts about phytopathogen agents; Characteristics of the phytopathogen agents; The evolution of pathogen process in plants (Pathogenesis) Simptomathology of plant disease Plants reaction at the attack of phytopathogen agents Fighting against plant disease (Phytotherapy) MINIMUM LECTURE: Gams W. AA, H. A. Van Der, Plaats – Niterink, A. J. van Der, Samson R. A., Stalpers J. A., 1987. CBS course of Mycology (3rd Edition). Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baarn

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Pârvu M., 1996. Fitopatologie. Cluj Universitarian Press, Cluj - Napoca Tănase C., Mititiuc M., 2001. Micologie. “Al. I. Cuza“ University Press, Iaşi Tănase C., 2001, Ciuperci utile şi patogene, Centrul pentru Învăţământ Deschis la Distanţă şi Conversie Profesională Şesan Tatiana Eugenia, Tănase C., 2007, Ciuperci anamorfe fitopatogene, Bucharest University Press, Bucharest. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: EVOLUTIONISM NUMBER OF CREDITS: SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS,COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Comparative anatomy, Invertebrate systematics, Vertebrate systematics, Palaeobiology, Genetics GENERAL THEME: Introduction LIVING MATTER Physico-chemical properties of the living matter Systemic organization of the living matter Levels of the living matter organization: general notions; individual level; population or species level; biocoenotic level; biosphere level BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION Idea of evolution (Antiquity – sec- XVIII) Lamarckism Period between Lamarck and Darwin Darwinism The post-Darwin period The synthetic theory of evolution (STE) Proves of the evolution Evolution factors Individual variability. Types of individual variations and their role in the evolution. Mutations. Genetic recombination. Organism relationship with the environment. Relationship with the abiotic environment. Relationship with the biotic environment (intraspecific, interspecific). Selection. Artificial selection. Natural selection. The object of the natural selection. Forms of the natural selection: Stabilizer selection; Disruptive selection; Directional selection. The creative role of the natural selection (homochromatic coloration; Imitation; warning coloration; demonstration; mimicry). Population - the basic unit of the evolution. The genetic structure of the populations. Factors influencing the genetic structure of the populations. Adaptation Accommodation. Evolutionary adaptation. Species Definition. Concepts of species: typological and biologic. Species structure. Infraspecific units. Local population. Geographical variation and species structure. Speciation Isolation role in the speciation process. The main modes of speciation. 1. allopatric 2. non-allopatric. Macroevolution General characteristics of the evolution Conclusions regarding STE MINIMUM LECTURE: BĂNĂRESCU, P., 1973 – Principiile şi metodele zoologiei sistematice, Ed. Acad. Rom. Bucureşti. BOTNARIUC, N., 1961 – Din istoria biologiei generale, Editura Ştiinţifică, Bucureşti. BOTNARIUC, N., 1979 – Biologie generală, Editura didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti.

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BOTNARIUC, N., 1992 – Evoluţionismul în impas? Editura Ştiinţifică, Bucureşti CEAPOIU, N., 1980 – Evoluţia speciilor, Editura Academiei R.S.R., Bucureşti. CEAPOIU, N., 1988 – Evoluţia biologică. Microevoluţia şi macroevoluţia, Editura Academiei R.S.R., Bucureşti. COJOCARU, I., 2002 – Paleobiologie,vol. I, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi - idem, 2003 – Paleobiologie,vol. II, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi - idem , 2004 – Paleobiologie,vol. III, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi - idem , 2005 – Paleobiologie,vol. IV, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi DARWIN, CH., 1957 – Originea speciilor, Editura Academiei RPR, Bucureşti. MAYR, E., 1989 – Histoire de la biologie (Diversité, évolution et héredité), Fayard, traducere în limba franceză după E. Mayr, 1982 – The growth of biological thought. Diversity, evolution and inheritance, editată de The Bellknap Press of Harvard University Press. MAYR, E., 2004 – De la bacterii la om, Editura Humanitas, Bucureşti, traducere în limba română după E. Mayr, 2001 – What Evolution is?, The Orion Publishing Group Ltd. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: PALAEOBIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: . Invertebrate systematics, Invertebrate biology 3. Organization and systematics of the cryptogams; 4. Organization and systematics of the phanerogams; 5. Animal comparative anatomy. GENERAL THEME: Introductive notions: fossils, fossilization, fossil importance. Elements of vegetal palaeobiology: subkingdoms: Procaryobionta, Phycobionta, Bryobionta, Cormobionta. Elements of animal palaeobiology: phylums: Protozoa, Spongiaria, Archaeocyatha, Cnidaria, Mollusca, Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Stomochordata, Vertebrata. For each phylum are presented: general characteristics, classification, examples, way of life, evolutionary importance MINIMUM LECTURE: Barbu, V., 1968, Paleontologie, Editura Didactică. şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti. Cojocaru, I., 2002 – Paleobiologie, vol. I, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Cojocaru, I., 2003 – Paleobiologie, vol. II, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Cojocaru, I., 2004 – Paleobiologie, vol. III, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Nistor-Hanganu, Şuraru, E. Grigorescu, D., 1983 – Paleontologie, Editura Didactică. şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti. Benton, M., 2005 – Vertebrate palaeontology, ediţia a treia, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: MICROORGANISMS GENETICS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Cell biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology GENERAL THEME: Introduction, generality Viruses genetics Bacterial genetics Plasmids Yeasts genetics MINIMUM LECTURE: Freifelder D., 1987 – Microbial Genetics, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, London, UK Lewin B., 1997 – Genes, 6th ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, Tokyo Watson J.D., Gilman M., Witkowski J., Zoller M., 1992 – Recombinant DNA, 2nd ed., Scientific American Books, New York, USA Weaver R.F., Hedrick P.W., 1991 - Basic genetics, WMC.Brown Publishers, USA. Băra I., Cîmpeanu M., 2003 - Genetica, Ed. Corson, Iasi Deacon J.W., 1997 – Modern Mycology, 3rd ed., Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK Freifelder D., 1987 – Microbial Genetics, Jones and Bartlett publishers, Boston, London, UK Lim D., 1998 – Microbiology, 2nd ed., WCB McGraw-Hill Boston, San Francisco, USA

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Summers D.K., 1996 – The Biology of Plasmids, Blackwell science LTD., Oxford, UK TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL GENETICS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Cell biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology GENERAL THEME: Nucleic acids – structure and function Gene expression Clivage and ligation of DNA molecules Cloning strategy and gene library Cloning in prokaryotes Cloning in eukaryotes MINIMUM LECTURE: Freifelder D., 1987 – Microbial Genetics, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, London, UK Lewin B., 1997 – Genes, 6th ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, Tokyo Watson J.D., Gilman M., Witkowski J., Zoller M., 1992 – Recombinant DNA, 2nd ed., Scientific American Books, New York, USA Weaver R.F., Hedrick P.W., 1991 - Basic genetics, WMC.Brown Publishers, USA. Băra I., Cîmpeanu M., 2003 - Genetica, Ed. Corson, Iasi Deacon J.W., 1997 – Modern Mycology, 3rd ed., Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK Freifelder D., 1987 – Microbial Genetics, Jones and Bartlett publishers, Boston, London, UK Lim D., 1998 – Microbiology, 2nd ed., WCB McGraw-Hill Boston, San Francisco, USA Summers D.K., 1996 – The Biology of Plasmids, Blackwell science LTD., Oxford, UK TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: NATURE PRESERVATION NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Plant Morphology and Anatomy, Systematics of Phanerogams, General Ecology, Systematics of Invertebrates, Systematics of Vertebrates GENERAL THEME: Introduction: the environment, nature preservation, environmental protection. Factors of the ecosphere alteration: natural factors; artificial factors. Human Impact on the ecosphere: overexploitation of natural resources. Protection of useful minerals; protection of fuels; protection of fresh water resources; protection of soil. Ecosystem destruction; deforestation; steppe destruction. Destruction of biotopes. Ecosystem protection. Aspects regarding biodiversity and its conservation. Overexploitation of species. Rare, relict and endemic species. Protected areas. Institutions with secondary eco-protective activity. Environmental protection law in Romania. Pollution and its ecological implications: atmospheric pollution; soil pollution; water pollution. Global strategies for nature preservation and environmental protection: Management of natural spaces. Management plan. Ethics of ecosphere protection. MINIMUM LECTURE: CRISTEA, V., et. al., 1996, Ocrotirea naturii şi protecţia mediului în România. Ed. Cluj University Press, Cluj-Napoca BOŞCAIU, N., 1985, Criterii pentru constituirea şi gestiunea ecologică a rezervaţiilor botanice. Ocrot. Nat. md. Înconj., Bucureşti BOTNARIUC, N., 1989, Genofondul şi problemele ocrotirii lui. Ed. Şt. Eciclop., Bucureşti CHIFU, T., MURARIU, Alexandrina, 1999, Bazele protecţiei mediului înconjurător. Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi DRUGESCU, C., 1994, Zoogeografia României. Ed. All, Bucureşti

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CHIFU, T., et. al., 2001, Botanică sistematică. Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi, 534 p. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: PALAEOBIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Invertebrate systematics, Invertebrate biology 3. Organization and systematics of the cryptogams; 4. Organization and systematics of the phanerogams; 5. Animal comparative anatomy. GENERAL THEME: Introductive notions: fossils, fossilization, fossil importance. Elements of vegetal palaeobiology: subkingdoms: Procaryobionta, Phycobionta, Bryobionta, Cormobionta. Elements of animal palaeobiology: phylums: Protozoa, Spongiaria, Archaeocyatha, Cnidaria, Mollusca, Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Stomochordata, Vertebrata. For each phylum are presented: general characteristics, classification, examples, way of life, evolutionary importance. MINIMUM LECTURE: Barbu, V., 1968, Paleontologie, Editura Didactică. şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti. Cojocaru, I., 2002 – Paleobiologie, vol. I, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Cojocaru, I., 2003 – Paleobiologie, vol. II, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Cojocaru, I., 2004 – Paleobiologie, vol. III, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Nistor-Hanganu, Şuraru, E. Grigorescu, D., 1983 – Paleontologie, Editura Didactică. şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti. Benton, M., 2005 – Vertebrate palaeontology, ediţia a treia, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: INTEGRATED PESTS CONTROL NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Animal Biology, Animal Taxonomy, Entomology GENERAL THEME: 1) Ecological and biological basis of the integrated pests control. 2) Elaboration of the prognosis in the integrated pests control. 3). Admonition for use the specific treatments in the integrated pests control. 4) Chemical means of the integrated pests control. 5) Biological and biotechnological means of the integrated pests control. 6) The resistance of the crops to the pests. 7). Advantages of the use of the integrated pests control. 8). Some integrated schemas of integrated pests control in some crops. MINIMUM LECTURE: Baicu T., Săvescu A. 1978 –Combaterea integrată în protecţia plantelor, Ed. Ceres, Bucureşti; Iacob N., Lăcătuşu M., Beratlief C., Mihalache G., Ceianu I. 1975 –Combaterea biologică a dăunătorilor, Ed. Ştiinţifică, Bucureşti; Perju T., Lăcătuşu M., Pisică C., Andriescu I., Mustaţă Gh. 1988 –Entomofagii şi utilizarea lor în protecţia integrată a ecosistemelor agricole, Ed. Ceres, Bucureşti; Perju T., Lăcătuşu M., Pisică C., Andriescu I., Mustaţă Gh. 1989 –Entomofagii şi utilizarea lor în protecţia integrată a ecosistemelor horticole, Ed. Ceres, Bucureşti; Teodorescu I, Vădineanu A. 1999 –Controlul populaţiilor de insecte, Ed. Univ. Bucureşti, Bucureşti; -Ciochia V., Isac Gr., Stan Gh. 1992 –Tehnologii de creştere industrială a câtorva specii de insecte auxiliare folosite în combaterea biologică a dăunătorilor, Ed. Ceres, Bucureşti. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: BIOLOGY OF ANIMAL PESTS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Animal taxonomy, Entomology GENERAL THEME: Introduction Prognosis and warning in pest control practices Pest control methods Phyllum Nematoda, Class Secernentea (Order Tylenchida) Phyllum Arthropoda, Class Arachnida (Order Acari) Class Crustacea (Order Isopoda)

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Class Insecta (Orders: Collembola, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, Blattaria, Isoptera, Thysanoptera, Heteroptera, Homoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera) Phyllum Vertebrata, Class Aves (Order Passeriformes) Class Mammalia (Order Rodentia) MINIMUM LECTURE: Lacatusu Matilda, Constantin Pisica, 1980. Biologia daunatorilor animali. Ed. Didactica si pedagogica Bucuresti. Mustaţă Mariana, Mustaţă Gheorghe, Andriescu Ionel, Mitroiu Mircea-Dan, 2006. Biologia dăunătorilor animali. Ed. Junimea Iaşi, 274 pp., ISBN: 973-37-1164-0. Perju Teodosie, 2004. Daunatorii din principalele ecosisteme si combaterea lor integrata. Ed. Didactica si pedagogica Bucuresti. Skolka Marius, 2003. Entomologie: daunatori agricoli. Editura Universitatii Ovidius Constanta. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND PROTECTION NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: GENERAL CHEMISTRY, GENERAL BIOLOGY, VEGETAL TAXONOMY, VEGETAL ECOPHYSIOLOGY GENERAL THEME: Introductive notions Environment and human activity The ecosphere degradation factors Lake of balance caused by antropic activities Pollution and ecological implications Sources of pollution Pollutants classification The dispersion and circulation mecanisms of the pollutans Pollutants characteristics Indicators about environment condition and pressure Atmosphere pollution Sources of pollution Main atmospheric pollutant and their effects Global issues concerning atmosphere Phonic pollution Aspect about atmosphere condition in Romania Pollution in human habitates Soil pollution Sources of pollution Types of soil pollution Aspect about soil condition in Romania Water pollution Water resources and human needs Types of water pollution Eutrofization The estimated level of water pollution Self cleaning level in the surface waters Aspects about water quality in Romania Food pollution Food stuff, environmental factors involved in nutrition processes Types of food pollution Customer protection Other types of pollution Radioactive pollution Transfrontier pollution Urban pollution Pollution at work places Environmental protection, integrated part of sustenable development

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Obiectives, principles, strategies Useful metalifer minerals and mineral combustibles protection Atmosphere protection The protection of the soil quality The protection of the water resources Ecosystems and biodiversity protection Economical tackle of environment protection issues Human health protection and promotion Ethics of ecosphere protection The importance of ethic elementes in education The objectives of one ecological open minded The meanings and characteristics of ecological education The obiectives of ecological education in school The importance of ecological education in solving the environment issues MINIMUM LECTURE: Acatrinei Gh.,1994 – Poluarea şi protecţia mediului ambiant. Centrul de multiplicare al Univ. Al. I- Cuza Iaşi. Chifu T., Murariu Alexandrina, 1999 – Bazele protecţiei mediului, Ed. Universităţii „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi. Costică N (coord. ştiinţific), Ciumaşu E., Costică M., Stanc S., Stratu A., Şurubaru B., Cozma D.,Baciu L., Meşniţă G.,Grozavu A.,Cucoş C., Ceobanu C., Curelaru V.,Diac G., Gheţău R., 2007- Ghid de formare metodologică în domeniul educaţiei de mediu (EM) - versiune destinată studenţilor Ed. Corona, Iaşi. Ionescu I., Săhleanu V., Bindu G., 1989 – Protecţia mediului înconjurător şi educaţia ecologică. Ed. Ceres, Bucureşti.

Mănescu S., Cucu M., Diaconescu Mona Ligia, 1994 – Chimia sanitară a mediului, Edit. Medicală, Bucureşti. Pricope F., 2001 – Poluarea mediului şi conservarea naturii, Universitatea Bacău. Primak R., 2002 – Conservarea diversităţii biologice, Ed. Tehnică, Bucureşti. Rădulescu H., 2001- Poluare şi tehnici de depoluare a mediului. Ed. Eurobit. Timişoara Vişan S., Angelescu A., Alpopi C., 2000 – Mediul înconjurător - poluare şi protecţie. Ed. Economică, Bucureşti. Zaharia I., 1999 – Studii de ecologie. Influenţa poluării chimice asupra covorului vegetal din România. Ed. Economică, Bucureşti Zinca E., Grădinaru C., 2007- Poluarea apelor şi metode eficiente de epurare. Ed. Irco Script Drobeta Turnu – Severin. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: "IN VITRO" CULTURES NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: General Genetics, Plant Physiology GENERAL THEME: Plant cells, tissues and organ cultures- definition and history In vitro cultures- experimental systems of plant cell differentiation Dedifferentiation and redifferentiation through organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis The molecular aspects of in vitro regeneration The factors of morphogenesis The somaclonal variability In vitro mutagenesis The practical importance of cell cultures The vegetative multiplication and clones obtainement The androgenesis and ginogenesis In vitro fertilization The production of secondary metabolites from suspension cultures The genetic manipulation in vitro The protoplasts- model systems in genetic engeneering The somatic hybridization

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The obtainement of transgenic plants The theoretical importance of “ in vitro” cultures MINIMUM LECTURE: Alberts B., Bray D., Lewis J., Raff J., Roberts K., Watson J., 1983 – Special Features of Plant Cells, In Molecular Biology of the Cell, Garland Publishing Anderson, L.A.,Phillipson, J.D., Robers, M.F., Biosynthesis of secondary products by cell cultures of higher plants,in: Advances in Biochemical Engineering Biotechnology, Fiechter A. (Ed.), Springer Verlag Berlin Bhojwani S., Razdan M. K., 1996 – Plant Tissue Culture :Theory and Practice, In:developments in Crop Science, Elsevier Amsterdam, Oxford, New York Chrispeels, M.J., Sadava, D.E., 2003- Plants, Genes and Crop Biotechnology, Jones and Bartlett Publishers Tesule E.,1993 – Biotechnologie et Amelioration des Plantes. In Biotechnologie, Shiban R(Ed.) Vântu, S., Băra, I., Toma, O. (1998)- Culturi in vitro. Tehnici de laborator, Edit. Corson Vântu, S.(2005)- Culturi de celule şi ţesuturi vegetale în biotehnologie, Edit. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ETOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Animal Biology, Animal Taxonomy, Plant Biology, Plant Taxonomy GENERAL THEME: The behavior- study object of ethology Typology of behavior Classification of behaviors Behavior Causality External Causality of Behavior Internal Causality of Behavior Ontogenetic Development of Behavior Kind of learning The in associative learning The associative learning The adaptive function of behavior The adaptive behavior confronted by the abiotic factors The adaptive behavior confronted by the fito- biotic factors The feeding behavior The adaptive behavior confronted by zoo- biotic factors Inter- specific Behavior Intra- specific Behavior The environment prospecting behavior The communication Socio- signals Ritualization The communication types Optic communication Acoustic communication Chemical Communication Tactile Communication Bees’ Language Primates’ Language Inter- specific communication The reproduction behavior Mate Behavior Coupling The offspring care

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MINIMUM LECTURE: Gosling M., L., Sutherland J. W., 2004, Behaviour and Conservation, Cambridge Universitz Press, England Krebs J.R.;, Davies N. B., 2004, An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology, Blackwell Publishing, England McFarland D., 1999, Animal Behaviour, Psychobiology, ethology and evolution, Third Edition, Printed by Pearson Education Asia, Singapore Wilson, Eduard, O., 2003, Sociobiologia, Editura Trei, Bucureşti TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ORNITHOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Biologia vertebratelor; Taxonomia vertebratelor; Ecologie generală GENERAL THEME: Introduction: About the ornithology like science’s history Particularities of birds’ morphology, anatomy and physiology – external morphology; the plumes; the bones and muscles; particularities of the wing and fly’s physiology; the nervous system and receptors; the endocrine system; digestive system and the digestion; respiratory system and respiration; the sirinx and the sound’s production; circulatory system and circulation; excretory system and excretion; genital system and reproduction. Ecology of birds – longevity; territory – kind and importance; social life – costs and benefits; marriage systems; the nest; the clutch; incubation strategies; hatching; ecological groups of birds (feeding and ecosystems/habitats); birds’ migration. Ethology of birds – definitions, general information about the birds’ behaviour; instinctual and learning behaviours; communication and signalisation; aggression and ritual practices; territoriality and social behaviour; mating behaviour; nest’s building and defending; parental care. Bird’s origins and evolution – hypothesis; Archaeopteryx lithographica - characteristics, ecology’s hypothesis; taxonomy criteria. People and birds – human influence on the birds’ fauna’s evolution; protection measures and legislation; birds in mythology and traditional cultures. MINIMUM LECTURE: Bennet, P,M. & Owens, I.P.F., 2002 – Evolutionary ecology of birds, Ed. Oxford University Press, New York Botnariuc, N., Tatole, Victoria & colab., 2005 – Cartea Roşie a vertebratelor din România, Muz. Ist. Nat. „Gr. Antipa”, Bucureşti Brooke, M., Birkhead, T., 1991 - The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Ornithology, Ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Cojocaru, I., 2004 – Paleobiologie III, Chordata, Ed. Universităţii „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi Gache, Carmen, 2002 – Biologie animală, Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Carmen Gache, 2002 – Dinamica avifaunei în bazinul rîului Prut, Publicaţiile Societăţii Ornitologice Române, 15, 210 p., Ed. Risoprint, Cluj Napoca Sibley, C. G. & Ahlquist, J.E., 1995 – Phylogeny and classification of birds of the world: a study in molecular evolution, 2nd printing, Ed. Yale University Press, New Haven & London TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: PHYTOSOCIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Plant Taxonomy, General Ecology, Diversity of plants and animals of the Oriental Carpathians and Dobrogea. GENERAL THEME: Phytosociology – definition, goal, methodological stages; The functions of plant communities; The phytosociological relevé; The structure of plant communities; The dynamics of plant communities;

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338 p. Borza Al., Călinescu R., Celan Maria, Paşcovschi S., Paucă Ana, Pop E., Puşcaru-Soroceanu Evdochia. 1960. Vegetaţia, în Monografia geografică a R. P. R., I – Geografia fizică, Edit. Acad. R. P. R.: 541-587 Burduja, C., Mihai, Gh. 1973. Curs de geobotanică (litografiat), II, Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi: 291 p. Călinescu Raul (coord.). 1969. Biogeografia României, Edit. Ştiinţifică, Bucureşti: 92-209 Coldea Gh., 1991. Prodrome des associations végétales des Carpates du sud-est (Carpates Roumaines), Docum. Phytosoc., Camerino, 13: 447-539 Cristea V., 1991. Fitocenologie şi vegetaţia României, Îndrumător de lucrări practice, Univ. „Babeş-Bolyai” Cluj-Napoca: 149 p. Cristea V., 1993. Curs de Fitosociologie şi Vegetaţia României, Univ. „Babeş-Bolyai” Cluj-Napoca: 5-18; 211-230; 260-302 Cristea V., Gafta D., Pedrotti Fr., 2004. Fitosociologie, Edit. Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj Napoca:

394 p. Ivan Doina (coord.) 1992. Vegetaţia României, Edit. Tehnică Agricolă, Bucureşti Ivan Doina, 1979. Fitocenologie şi vegetaţia Republicii Socialiste România, Edit. Did. şi Pedag., Bucureşti: 332 p. Ivan Doina, Doniţă N., Coldea Gh., Sanda V., Popescu A., Chifu T., Boşcaiu N., Mititelu D., Paucă-Comănescu M., 1993. Végétation potentielle de la Roumanie, Braun-Blanquetia, 9, Camerino: 13-31; 36-38 Pedrotti Fr. 2004. Cartografia geobotanica, Pitagora Editrice, Bologna: 236 p. Stefan N., 2005. Fitocenologie si vegetatia Romaniei, Edit. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iasi: 219 p. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: IMMUNOBIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Animal Physiology, Histology, Microbiology GENERAL THEME: Introduction. Stages in the development of immunology and immunochemistry as sciences. The immunity system. Immunity and different types of immunity. The basic resistance and immunity mechanisms of organisms. Phagocytosis. Acquired immunity: definition, characteristics, classification. Antigens. Antibodies. The immune response (immunogenesis). The biological process of antibody generation (antibody genesis). Dynamics of the immune response. Antigen – antibody reactions. Immunological hypersensitivity. Autoimmune diseases. Tumour immunology. MINIMUM LECTURE: Abbas, A. K., Lichtman, A.H., 2007 - Basic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune System, W B Saunders Co. Ed. Octăviţa Ailiesei, 1982 – Imunobiologie, Editura Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iaşi, 170 p. Brigham Narins, 2003 - World of Microbiology and Immunology, Thompson- Gale Publishers, Farmington Hills. Eales, L., 2003 - Immunology for Life Scientists, Ed. John Wiley & Sons. Hawley, L., Ruebush, M., 2004 – Kaplan medical - microbiology and immunology, USMLE, Ed. Kindt, T.J., Osborne, B.A., Goldsby, R.A., Kuby, J., 2006 - Kuby Immunology, W H Freeman & Co. Ed. Lerner, K.L., Wilmoth, B., 2003 - World of microbiology and immunology, Thompson Ed. Levinson, W., 2006 - Medical Microbiology & Immunology: Examination & Board Review, McGraw-Hill Ed. Nijkamp, F.P., Parnham, M.J., 2005 - Principles of Immunopharmacology, Birkhäuser Verlag, Berlin.

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Paul, W.E., 2003 - Fundamental Immunology, 5th edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers. Revillard, J.P., 1995 – Immunologie, 2e édition, De Boeck & Larcier S.A., Bruxelles. Roitt, I., Brostoff, J., Male, D., 2007 - Immunology, 5 th Edition, Mosby Ed. Zarnea, G., Mihăescu, Gr., 1995 - Imunologie, Ed. Universităţii Bucureşti. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ECOLOGICAL BIOCHEMISTRY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Structural biochemistry; Plant physiology; Animal physiology; Genetics. GENERAL THEME: Biochemical interactions between living organisms Biochemical interactions between inferior plants Biochemical interactions between inferior and superior plants Biochemical interactions between inferior plants and animals Biochemical interactions between superior plants I.5. Biochemical interactions between superior plants and animals I.6. Biochemical interactions between animals Biochemical and molecular basis of plant adaptation to environment conditions Biochemical basis of interactions between living organisms and pollutants MINIMUM LECTURE: Artenie Vlad –Biochimie. Editura Universităţii „ Al. I. Cuza ” din Iaşi, 1991 Ghizdavu I., Tomescu N., Oprea I. – Feromonii insectelor „pesticide” din a III-a generaţie. Editura Dacia, Cluj-Napoca, 1983 Neamţu G. – Biochimie ecologică. Editura Dacia, Cluj-Napoca,1983 TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian BIOCHEMISTRY SUBJECT NAME: PLANT AND ANIMAL CYTOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Vegetal Biology and Animal Biology at high school level GENERAL THEME: Methods, techniques and instruments used in the investigations of plant cells. Summary data related to chemical composition of the vegetal and animal organisms. The structure of the plant and animal cell: 1. shape and dimensions; 2. structural components; 3. peculiar features; 4. the structure of the prokaryotic cell; 5. the structure of the eukaryotic cell (membranar system, cytoplasm). Cytoplasm organelles - endoplasmic reticulum (RE) Ribosome and Golgy apparatus. Lisosomes, microcorps, paramural bodies, cytoskeleton. Multitubulaire structures: cellular centre, cilia, flagellums, mitocondria Plastids (proplastids, chloroplasts, amyloplasts, chromoplasts) Nucleus: 1. during the interphase (morphology and structure: envelope, nucleolus, chromatin, nucleoplasma); during mitosis (chromosomes, envelope, nucleolus) Cell division: Mitosis (cariocinesis, citocinesis) Meiosis: fundamental differences between mitosis and meiosis; meiosis semnification Cellular inclusions: 1. liquids (vacuoles); 2. inert (starch grains, aleurone and crystals) Cell walls: 1. origin; 2. basic constituents; 3. helicoidally textures; 4. membranar fluxes and walls edification; 5. cell walls grow. Chemical secondary modifications of cell walls (cutinisation, wax deposits, lignification, suberification, mineral appositions) Cell differentiation and dediferentiation Celullar biosystem characterisation. Morpho-physiological characterisation of eukariotic cells

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Cell composition Instrumental analysis of the cells Biochemical and ultrastructural organisation of plasmalema and its main function Cytosol and cytoskeleton Eukaryotic nucleus Ribosomes Functional characterisation of cellular compartments (endoplamatic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, mithocondria, lysosomes) Ultrastucture of cell locomotion apparatus MINIMUM LECTURE: Anghel I. şi colab., 1981 - Ultrastructura celulei vegetale (atlas). Ed. Acad. Rom., Bucureşti Buvat R., 1969 - La cellule végétale. L'Univers des connaissances, Hachett éd., Paris Bronchar R., 1990 - Guide des travaux pratiques de biologie de la cellule végétale. Univ. Liege Toma C., Niţă M., 2000 - Celula vegetală, Ed. Univ. "Al. I. Cuza" Iaşi Toma N., Anghel I., 1985 - Citologie vegetală, Ed. Univ. Bucureşti Zanoschi V., Toma C., 1985 - Morfologia şi anatomia plantelor cultivate. Ed. Ceres, Bucureşti Alberts B. et al., 1998 – Essential Cell Biology, Garland Publishing Inc., New York and London Becker W.M. et al., 2000 – The World of the Cell, The Benjamin / Cummings Publishing Company, San Francisco, New York, Sydney Freifelder D., 1987 – Microbial Genetics, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, London, UK Lewin B., 1997 – Genes, 6th ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, Tokyo Neacşu I., Cîmpeanu C.S., 1999 – Biologie celulară – Lucrări practice, partea I-a. Ed. Univ. „Al.I.Cuza” Iaşi

Weaver R.F., Hedrick P.W., 1991 - Basic genetics, WMC.Brown Publishers, USA. Petit J. M., Maftah A., Julien R., 1997 – Biologie cellulaire, Chapitre 2: Méthodes d’exploration de la cellule, Masson, Paris Crăciun C., Florea A., Dragoş N., 1999 – Introduction to cell and molecular biology, Cluj University Press TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: HUMAN ANATOMY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Histology, Embryology GENERAL THEME: An introduction to the human body. Stades in human embriologycal developement. Animal tissue (characteristics, classification). Celome and viscera. Skeletal system . Muscular system. Nervous system (brain and cranial nervs, spinal cord and spinal nervs). Sense organs (eyes, ears, nouse, tongue). Integumentary system. Endocrine system. Digestive system. Respiratory system. Cardiovascular system. Lymphatic system. Blood. Urinary system. Reproductive system. Hygene. Characteristics of human body developement. The infuence of some substances upon human body (drogs, smoke, alchool). MINIMUM LECTURE: Gray H.,” Anathomy descriptive and surgical”, Chancellor Press, 1994. Mănescu S., Tănăsescu Gh., Dumitrache S., Cucu M.: Igiena, Ed. Medicală Bucureşti, 1991 Miscalencu D, Florica Mailat, Elena Marcu, Gh. Maxim, O. Draghici, Martha Gabos, Constantin Sorescu, „Anatomia omului”, Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti, 1989.


Papilian V. „Anatomia omului”, Vol.1 Aparatul locomotor, Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti 1982.

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Papilian V. „Anatomia omului”, Vol.2Splanhnologia, Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti, 1982. Ristoiu Flonta Marcu-Lapadat, „Noţiuni de anatomie şi fiziologie”, Editura Universităţii Bucureşti, 2007. Sirbu V, „Elemente de Histologie şi Embriologie animală”, Editura Tehnopress, Iasi, 2004. Krstic, R.V.,1997, “Atlas d’Histologie Generale”, Masson, Paris. William DeMyer 1988 “Neuroanatomy”, Harwal Publishing, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Hong Kong, London, Sydney, Tokyo. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL CHEMISTRY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Inorganic and organic chemistry at high school level GENERAL THEME: Fundamental notions in chemistry. Chemistry fundamental laws. Quantum and prequantum atomic models. Atom’s structure. Periodic and unperiodic properties of chemical elements in elements periodic system. Modern theories in chemical bounds interpretation. Types of chemical bounds. Chemical reactions stoichiometry. Acidity and alkalinity. Action mechanism of buffer solutions. Inorganic compounds implication in organisms’ metabolism. Reaction mechanisms in witch are implicated saturated, unsaturated and aromatic hydrocarbons. Hydroxyl compounds. Alcohols, phenols and enols. Properties and biochemical importance. Ethers. Structure, properties, natural representatives. Nitrogen compounds with biological action (amines, amino alcohols, amino phenols). Chemical behaviour of carbonyl compounds and carboxylic acids. Reaction mechanisms. Carbohydrates. Monosaccharide. Oligosaccharides. Polysaccharides. Structure, properties, biochemical representatives. Amino acids and peptides .Structure, properties and biochemical importance. MINIMUM LECTURE: Neniţescu, C.D. (1972) Chimie generală, Ed. Did. şi Pedag, Bucureşti. Rabega, C., Rabega M. (1975) Chimie generală, Ed. Did. şi Pedag., Bucureşti. Negoiu, D. (1972) Tratat de chimie anorganică, vol. I, II, III, Ed. Th. Bucureşti. Jurcă, V., Tanase, E., Budeanu, E. (1984) Lucrări practice de chimie generală, Ed. Univ. “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iaşi. Duca, A. (1980) Chimie analitică generală, Ed. Univ. Tehnice “Gh. Asachi” Iaşi. Marcu, G. (1991) Chimie anorganică, Ed. Did. şi Pedag, Bucureşti. Humelnicu, D. (2002) Introducere în chimia anorganică, Ed. Univ. “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iaşi Neniţescu, C. D. (1980) Chimie organică, vol. I şi II, Ed. Did. şi Pedag., Bucureşti, Badea, F. (1973) Mecanisme de reacţie în chimia organică, Ed. ştiinţifică, Bucureşti. Olteanu, Z. (2007) Elemente de chimie generală, Ed. Tehnopress, Iaşi. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: SYSTEMATIC OF CRYPTOGAMS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Plant anatomy and morphology GENERAL THEME: Introduction (object and content of Systematic of cryptogams, criteria and taxonomic units used in classification) Domain Procariota; Kingdom Monera ; Division Cyanophyta (general and specific features, nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Domain Eucariota; Kingdom Protista; Division Rhodophyta (general and specific features, , nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Division Euglenophyta (general and specific features, nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Division Dinophyta , Division Cryptophyta (general and specific features, nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Division Chrysophyta (general and specific features, , nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Division Phaeophyta (general and specific features, , nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny)

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Division Chlorophyta (general and specific features, nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) Kingdom Fungi; Division Mixomicota (general features and living cycle) Division Eumicota (general features and living cycle) Kingdom Plantae; Division Bryophyta (general and specific features, nutritious storage and life-cycle, phylogeny) MINIMUM LECTURE: Pop I., Hodişan I., Mititelu D., Mihai Gh., Cristurean I., Lungu L. 1984- Botanică sistematică Ed. Did. şi Ped. Bucureşti Peterfi St. Ionescu Al. 1976-1986- Tratat de algologie, I-IV, Edit. Acad. R.S.R. Mihai Gh. 1980- Curs de Botanică sistematică. Thallobionta. Iaşi (litografiat) TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: COMMUNICATION SKILLS I.T.C. NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: GENERAL THEME: Introduction to theory and information technology and communication (IT & C): The importance of systems management and computer information processing. Components of computer systems: hardware and software. Hardware architecture and structure of computing systems: the central unit (UC): microprocessors (definition, importance, architecture, classes and constructive solutions), internal memories (definition, importance, characteristics), external memory (definition, importance, types), I/O devices (definition, classification, characteristics). Computer classification. The evolution of personal computers (PC): history, types of systems, compatibility (problems and solutions). Computing systems software component organization: BIOS (definition and importance), operating systems (definition, importance, evolution and classification), software (definition, classification). Applied biology statistical concepts: fundamental concepts: the concept of variable (latent/observed, dependent/independent, discrete/continuous) measurement in biology (definition, importance, scale of measurement, examples), population/sample (issues of sampling, classical sampling procedures), descriptive and inferential statistics (non-parametric and parametric). Elements of descriptive statistics: frequency analysis (simple or grouped), graphic representation (bar graph, histogram, frequency polygon, cumulative frequency graph, circular chart, stemplot graph), indicators of statistical distributions for central tendency (mod, median, arithmetic mean) for dispersal (absolute amplitude, relative amplitude, quartile deviation, average deviation, standard deviation, variance, coefficient of variation), indicators of the shape distribution, elements of probability theory (basic concepts, probability, probability distribution, normal distribution). Inferential Statistics: Estimated arithmetic mean when sigma is known. Estimated arithmetic mean when sigma is unknown, t-student distribution. Hypothesis testing on a single population (Z-score test for arithmetic mean when sigma is known, testing hypotheses for the arithmetic mean when sigma is unknown). Testing hypotheses about the differences between two populations (Z-score and T-score tests for difference between two averages). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for one and two independent variables. Sizes of correlations. Non-parametric tests (chi-square for independence or concordance, Mcnemar, Mann-Whitney (U), Wilcoxon (T), Kruskal-Wallis (H)). MINIMUM LECTURE: Armeanu I., Petrehus V., Probabilităţi şi statistică aplicate în biologie, Ed. MatrixRom, 2006. Budianu Gh., Şerbănescu Cristina, Exerciţii şi probleme de probabilităţi şi statistică, Ed. MatrixROM, 2006. Chap T. Le, Introductory Biostatistics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2003. Florea C., Florea Laura, Prelucrarea statistica a informaţiei. Îndrumar de laborator. Ed. MatrixROM, 2008. Fogiel M., The statistics problem solver. A Complete Solution Guide, Research and Educational Association, New Jersey, 1996. Frye C., Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Step by Step, Microsoft Press, 2004. Jaba Elisabeta, Statistica, Editia a III-a, Ed. Economică, 2007. MacKay D. J. C., Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms,Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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Mârţanu R., Voicu Anca Elena, Tehnologia Informaţiei. Informatică – tehnologii asistate de calculator, Ed. All Educational, Bucureşti, 1999. Manafu Georgeta, Giju Adriana, Călinoiu Adriana, Microsoft Office Excel - Teste şi aplicaţii, 2003. Norman G.R., Streiner D., Biostatistics, B.C. Decker Inc. Hamilton, London, 1998. Şerb A., Programarea şi utilizarea calculatoarelor, Casa Editorială Demiurg, 2008. Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas: Elements of information theory. 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New Jersey, 2006. Vodă V. Gh., Isaic–Maniu A., Proiectarea statistica a experimentelor. Fundamente si studii de caz, Ed. Economică, 2006. Walkenbach J., Excel 2007 Bible, Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2007. Yockey H. P., Information theory, evolution, and the origin of life, 2005. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: CELLULAR BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY GENERAL THEME: Introduction. Definition of microorganism. The bacterium. Definition. Morphology and ultrastructure (conserved structural elements and variable structural elements). Chemical composition of bacterial cell. Nutrition of bacteria. Trophic levels in bacteria: autotrophy, chemoautotrophy, photoautotrophy, prototrophy and heterotrophy. Bacterial metabolism. Energy metabolism in bacteria: anaerobic respiration and aerobic respiration. Fermentations. Bacteria growth and multiplication. The viruses. Definition of viruses. General characteristics, morphology, sizes, structure, replication, classification. DNA and RNA bacteriophages. Eukaryotic microorganisms. Yeasts. Microfungi. Relationships between microorganisms and macroorganisms. MINIMUM LECTURE: Drăgan-Bularda M., 2000 – Lucrări practice de microbiologie generală, Editura Univ. „Babeş-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca. Dunca Simona, Octăviţa Ailiesei, Erica Nimiţan, Ştefan Marius, 2004 - Microbiologie aplicată - Ed.Tehnopress, Iaşi. Dunca Simona, Octăviţa Ailiesei, 2004 – Biologia termoactinomicetelor – Ed. Tehnopress, Iaşi. Dunca Simona, Octăviţa Ailiesei, Erica Nimiţan, Ştefan Marius, 2005 - Elemente de microbiologie - Ed. Junimea, Iaşi. Lim D., 1998 – Microbiology, Second Ed., WCB, McGraw-Hill, Boston. Madigan M., Martinko J., Parker J., 2000 – Brock Biology of microorganisms, 8th edition, Prentice Hall., Inc.Simon & Schuster, Viacom Company, New Jersey. Norrell S.A., Messley K.E., 1997 – Microbiology laboratory manual, Principles and applications – Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Tortora G.J., Funke B.R., Case C.L., 2002 - Microbiology, an introduction, Pearson Education, Inc., San Francisco. Wistreich G. A., 1997 – Microbiology Laboratory, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Zarnea G., 1983 – Tratat de microbiologie generală, vol. I, Ed. Academiei R.S.R., Bucureşti. Zarnea G., 1994 – Tratat de microbiologie generală, vol. V, Ed. Academiei Române, Bucureşti. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: BIOCHEMISTRY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: General chemistry GENERAL THEME: Catalogue is structured per chapters that refer to characterization of fundamental groups of compounds: glucids, lipids, amino acids, peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and enzymes, their metabolism and regulation of metabolic processes MINIMUM LECTURE: Artenie,Vl .- 1991, Biochimie, Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C. – 1997, Enzimologie, Ed. Gama, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C., Mariana Sandu – 2004, Biochimia proteinelor şi acizilor nucleici, Ed. PIM, Iaşi

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Cojocaru, D. C. – 2005, Enzimologie practică, Ed. TEHNOPRESS, Iaşi Dumitru, I. F. – 1980, Biochimie, Ed. Did, şi Ped., Bucureşti TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: BIOPHYSICS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Biochemistry, General Chemistry, Animal cytology, Vegetal Cytology. GENERAL THEME: Introduction; Biophysics – Interdisciplinary science; The structure of matter, elementary particles. Basic atomic structure; atomic models; Molecular Biophysics (The mechanisms of molecules formation; Types of intermolecular bonds; Three-dimensional conformations of biopolymers; Theories of bio-structures formation; Water and biological structures, heavy and tritium water). Thermodynamics of biological systems (Bio-thermodynamics systems – dissipative systems; Thermodynamics principles; The free energy; Enthalpy and entropy; Activation energy). Cellular biophysics (Supramolecular organization of living matter; Cellular membrane biophysics: membrane models, active and passive transport; bio-electrogenesis, excitation propagation; cable theory; Biomechanics: locomotion types, biophysics principles of muscle contraction). Cellular bioenergetics. (Macroergic compounds; External and internal cellular energy sources; General metabolic processes, chloroplast and mitochondria biophysics, fermentation, oxidative phosphorilation, photophosforilation – energetic efficiency and redox mechanisms). Interactions of physical agents with biological structures. (Biophysics of acoustic oscillations reception, ultrasounds; Non-ionizing radiations, electromagnetic radiation and their biological effects, magnetobiology; Ionizing radiations, radiobiology; biological effects of ionizing radiations; radiopollution and radioprotection). Biocybernetics and bioinformatics. (Elements of Information Theory. Systems with self-regulation, Feedback mechanisms. Systems for transmitting information; Redundancy and its biological significance; The relationship between energetics and informatics; Informational entropy;.Neurocybernetics, Information storage, Types of memory; Organism and ecosystem levels regulating systems). MINIMUM LECTURE: Campbell G. S., Norman J.M., An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics, Second Edition, 1998 Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. Cotterill R.M.J, Biophysics, An Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002, 2005. Dimoftache C., Herman S., Biofizica medicală. Ed. Cerma, Bucureşti.1996. Flonta M.L., Mărgineanu D.G., Movileanu L., Biofizică, partea I, Univ. Bucureşti 1992. Glaser R., Biophysics, Springer-Verlag, 2001, Berlin. Isac M., Biofizică, Univ."Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iaşi 1988. Isac M., Filipescu C., Isac R. M., Biofizică - De la Big Bang la ecosisteme,vol.1, Ed. Tehnică, Bucureşti, 1996. 08. Isac M., Biofizică - Manual pentru lucrări practice, vol.1 şi 2, Univ."Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iaşi, 1978 şi 1985. Konings N.W., Kaback H.R., Lolkema J.S., Handbook of Biological Physics, Volume 2, Transport Processes in Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Organisms, Elsevier Science B.V., 1996. Lipowsky R., Sackmann E., Handbook of Biological Physics, Volume 1, Structure and Dynamics of Membranes, Elsevier Science B.V., 1995. Mărgineanu D.G., Isac M., Tarba C., Biofizica, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti, 1980. Meyer B. Jackson, Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, Cambridge University Press, 2006. Neacşu I., Cîmpeanu C.S., Elemente de biofizică şi biologie celulară, Ed. Cermi, Iaşi 2000. Pattabhi Vasantha, Gautham N., Biophysics, 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York Popescu A., Fundamentele biofizicii medicale, vol.1, Ed. All, Bucureşti, 1994. Rusu V., Baran T., Brănişteanu D., Biomembrane şi patologie, vol.1, Ed. Medicală, Bucureşti 1988. Schulten K. and Kosztin I., Lectures in Theoretical Biophysics, University of Illinois, 2000. Zamfirescu M., Sajin Gh., Rusu I., Sajin Maria, Kovacs Eugenia: Efecte biologice ale radiaţiilor electromagnetice de radiofrecvenţă şi microunde, Ed. Medicală, Bucureşti, 2000.

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Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas, Elements of information theory. 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New Jersey, 2006. Becker O.M., MacKerell A.D., Roux B., Watanabe M., Computational Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2001 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: PLANT AND ANIMAL HISTOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Human anatomy, Animal Biology GENERAL THEME: Meristematic tissues: structure, localisation, functions Protective tissues (primary and secondary) Assimilatory and aeriferous tissues Mechanic tissues (collenchyma and sclerenchyma) Conductive tissues in ferns, gymnosperm and angiosperm Vascular bundles Secretor and sensitive tissues Animal cell: structure and ultrastructure. Animal tissues: definition and classification. Epithelial tissues: general biological features and classification of epithelial tissues, covering and lining epithelial tissues: general characteristics and classification. Glandular epithelial tissues: general characteristics and classification. Connective tissues: general characteristics and classification. Muscular tissues: general characteristics and classification. Nervous tissue: neurons and glial cells. Special histology: basic histology of animal organs. MINIMUM LECTURE: Evert R., 2006 –Esau’s Plant anatomy (ed. a 3-a). Ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York Gorenflot R., 1992, 1994 - Abreges de Biologie végétale. Plantes supérieures. 1. Appareil végétatif (ed. a 4-a); 2. Appareil reproducteur (ed. a 3-a), Ed. Masson, Paris Robert D., Catesson A.M., 1990 - Biologie végétale. II. Organisation végétative. Ed. Doin, Paris Toma C. (coordonator) Niţă M., Rugină R., Ivănescu L., Costică N.,, 2000, 2002 - Morfologia şi anatomia plantelor (Manual de lucrări practice), Ed. Univ. Iaşi Toma C., Gostin Irina, 2000 - Histologie vegetală, Ed. Junimea, Iaşi Bădescu, A., Căruntu, I., Amălinei, C., Floarea-Strat, A., Adomnicăi, M., 1994. Ţesuturi normale, Curs de Histologie, Ed. Graphix, Iaşi: 236 pp. Bădescu, A., Amălinei, C., Căruntu, I., Floarea Strat, A., Luca, C. I., Zamfir, C., Bădescu, M. E., 1998. Organe şi sisteme, curs de Histologie, Ed. Ankarom, Iaşi: 362 pp. Caruntu, I., Cotutiu, C., 2004. Histologie, tesuturi fundamentale, Ed. Gr. T. Popa, Iasi, 233p. Diculescu, I., Onicescu, D., 1987. Histologie medicala, vol. I., Ed. Medicala, 709 p. Junqueira, L. C., Carneiro, J., Long, J. A., 1986. Basic Histology, Lange, 529p. Manolache, V., 1990. Histologie si embriologie animala, Univ. din Bucuresti, 411p. Manolache, V., Neagu, A., 2008. Histologia organelor, vol. II, Ed. Univ. Bucureşti, 184 pp. Raica, M., si al., 2004. Histologie teoretica si practica, Ed. Brumar Timisoara, 491 p. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: SYSTEMATICS OF PHANEROGAMS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Plant Morphology and Anatomy, Systematics of Cryptogams GENERAL THEME: Introduction: definition, object, development stages, systematic categories, botanical nomenclature. Subkingdom Cormobionta (1): general traits, origin, origin of vegetative organs. Subkingdom Cormobionta (2): origin and development of reproductive organs, sexual reproduction, and alternation of fazes. Classification of cormobionta. Polypodiophyta: general traits, sporophyte, gametophyte, development cycle, classification. Class Psilophytatae. Class Lycopodiatae

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Class Equisetatae. Class Polypodiatae. Pinophyta: origin, general traits. Pinophyta: general traits, development cycle, classification. Class Cycadatae. Class Benettitatae.Pinophyta: Class Ginkgoatae. Class Pinate. Class Genetatae Magnoliophyta: general traits, development cycle, vegetative reproduction, origin, classification. Class Magnoliatae, Subclass Magnoliidae: Ord. Magnoliales, Ord. Ranunculales, Ord. Aristolochiales, Ord. Nymphaeales, Ord. Papaverales Subclass Hamamelidae: Ord. Hamamelidales, Ord. Urticales, Ord. Fagales, Ord. Juglandales Subclass Rosidae: Ord. Rosales, Ord. Fabales, Ord. Saxifragales, Ord. Sapindales, Ord. Cornales, Ord. Euphorbiales Subclass Dilleniidae: Ord. Dilleniales, Ord. Violales, Ord. Salicales, Ord. Cucurbitales, Ord. Malvales, Ord. Ericales, Ord. Primulales. Subclasa Cariophyllidae: Ord. Cariophyllales, Ord. Polygonales. Subclasa Asteridae: Ord. Oleales, Ord. Polemoniales, Ord. Scrophulariales, Ord. Plantaginales, Ord. Lamiales, Ord Campanulales, Ord Asterales Class Liliatae: Subclasa Alismidae: Ord. Alismales, Ord. Potamogetonales, Subclass Liliidae: Ord. Orchidales Class Liliatae: Subclass Liliidae: Ord. Juncales, Ord. Poales, Subclasa Arecidae: Ord. Arecales, Ord. Typhales, Ord. Arales MINIMUM LECTURE: CHIFU, T., et. al., 2001, Botanică sistematică. Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi, 534 p. CIOCÂRLAN, V., 2000, Flora ilustrată a României. Ed. Ceres, Bucureşti CRISTUREAN, I., 1983, Originea şi evoluţia plantelor în concepţii moderne. Ed. Did. Ped., Bucureşti CRISTUREAN, I., 1993, Concepţii actuale privind sistematica şi filogenia angiospermelor (Magnoliophyta). Natura, 1 – 4, Bucureşti POPESCU, G., 2000, Botanica. Ed. Universităţii Craiova Zamfirescu, Ş. R., Zamfirescu, O., Popescu, I. E., Ion, C., Strugariu, A. (2008): Vipera de stepă (Vipera ursinii moldavica) şi habitatele TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL VEGETAL PHYSIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Vegetal cytology; General chemistry; Systematic cryptogams; Biochemistry; Vegetal and animal histology (vegetal module); Systematic phanerogams. GENERAL THEME: Specific features of the vegetal organism; vegetal cyto-physiology; water regime for plants (absorption, conduction and elimination from plant body, transpiration, gutation, the transpiration role in the life of plants); mineral plant nutrition; carbon autotrophic plant nutrition (the importance of photosynthesis in the living world, Hill Blackmann phase of the photosynthesis, C3, C4, CAM cycle of the photosynthesis, plant adaptation to the life environment, photorespiration); carbon heterotrophic plant nutrition (saprophyte, symbiotic plants, phanerogams parasite, mixotrophic plants); transformation, circulation and settlement of organic substances in plants; plant respiration (aerobe respiration, aerobe respiration mechanism, anaerobe respiration, with examples of anaerobe respiration in plants); plant growth (stages of plant growth , growth areas in plants, growth regulation substances in plants, rest status in plants, germination process with elements regarding germination metabolism); plant developments (blooming and fruiting physiology, plant aging physiology); excitability and movement phenomena in plants (passive movement, active movement, plants that are fixated to substrate movements: tropism, nasties, movements of free plants, movement role in plant’s life); functional plant adaptation to stressful environment factors. MINIMUM LECTURE: ACATRINEI GH. – 1991-Reglarea proceselor ecofiziologice la plante Ed. Junimea Iaşi. BOLDOR O., TRIFU M., RAIANU O. –1981 -Fiziologia plantelor, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică Bucureşti. BURZO I., DELIAN E., DOBRESCU A., VOICAN V., BĂDULESCU L.- 2004 - Fiziologia plantelor de cultură vol. I Ed. Ceres Bucureşti. MURARIU AL. - 2002 Fiziologie vegetală vol. I, Ed. Junimea, Iaşi. MURARIU AL. - 2007 Fiziologie vegetală vol. II Ed. Univ. "AL. I. Cuza" Iaşi. ZAMFIRACHE M. M. -2001- Fiziologie vegetală (note de curs). Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza", Iaşi. ZAMFIRACHE TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian

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SUBJECT NAME: STRUCTURAL BIOCHEMISTRY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Inorganic and organic chemistry; General biochemistry GENERAL THEME: Amino acids, peptides and proteins (classification, structure and properties); Natural and synthesis (poli)peptides; Multiplicity of protein domains; Protein folding, predictions; Stability, denaturation and expression of proteins; types of proteins. Primary, secondary and tertiary structure of DNA and RNA; DNA and RNA types; Physic-chemical properties of nucleic acids; Denaturation and renaturation; biological functions of nucleic acids; Nucleic acids biosynthesis and cellular localisation; DNA molecular organisation in chromosomes. MINIMUM LECTURE: 1. Artenie Vl.,1991 - Biochimie. Centrul de multiplicare al Univ."Al.I.Cuza", Iaşi; 2. Artenie Vl.,Tănase Elvira,1981 - Practicum de biochimie generală. Ed. Univ. "Al.I.Cuza", Iaşi; 3. Dumitru I.F.,1989 - Biochimie. E.D.P., Bucureşti; 4. Lehninger A.L.,1987 - Biochimie,vol.1. E.T., Bucureşti; 6. Toma O., Bâra I., 1996/1997 - La sorgintea vieţii: aminoacizi, proteine, acizi nucleici - vol.1: Aminoacizi, peptide, proteine., - vol. 2: Acizi nucleici. Ed. Corson -colecţia Cogito, Iaşi, (ISBN 973-96522-2-0); 6.Voet D.,Voet J.,1990 - Biochemistry. Ed.John Wiley&Sons Inc., New-York; 7. Weil J.H. şi colab.,1990 - Biochimie generale. Ed.Masson, Paris; TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Invertebrate biology GENERAL THEME: Kingdom Protista. Phylums: Euglenozoa, Choanoflagellata, Retortamonada, Axostylata, Alveolata, Opalinata, Caryoblastea, Heterolobosa, Amoebozoa, Foraminiferea, Actinopoda. Kingdom Animalia. Phylum Spongiaria, classes Calcarea, Hexactinellida, Demospongi; Phylum Cnidaria, classes Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Anthozoa Phylum Acnidaria, class Ctenophora, Phylums: Plathelminthes, Nemathelminthes, Nemertini, – general characteristics, classification, examples, phylogeny. Triploblastic coelomate metazoans: 1. protostomians: Mollusca, Annelida; Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda; 2. deuterostomians: Echinodermata, Pogonophora, Chaetognatha, Stomochordata - general characteristics, classification, examples, phylogeny. MINIMUM LECTURE: Radu Gh. V. şi Varvara V. Radu, 1972 - Zoologia nevertebratelor, vol I, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică,

Bucureşti. Matic Z., Libertina Solomon, Maria Năstăsescu, Maria Suciu, C. Pisică şi N. Tomescu, 1983 - Zoologia nevertebratelor. Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti. Barnes, R. D., 1980, Invertebrate Zoology, ediţia a patra, Saunders College, Philadelphia. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ENZYMOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Biochemistry, General Chemistry GENERAL THEME: Catalogue is structured per chapters that refer to nomenclature, classification and enzymes structure and, respectively, enzymatically cofactors, their properties, cinetics of enzymatically reactions, regulation of enzymatically activity and notions of immobilization enzyme concept, sources of industrial interest enzymes, obtains of industrial enzymes, utilization of enzymes in industry. MINIMUM LECTURE: Artenie,Vl .- 1991, Biochimie, Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C. – 1997, Enzimologie, Ed. Gama, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C., Mariana Sandu – 2004, Biochimia proteinelor şi acizilor nucleici, Ed. PIM, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C. – 2005, Enzimologie practică, Ed. TEHNOPRESS, Iaşi

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Cojocaru, D.C., Zenovia Olteanu, Elena Ciornea, Lacramioara Oprica, Sabina Ioana Cojocaru, 2007 – Enzimologie generala, Ed. Tehnopress, Iasi. Dumitru, I. F. – 1980, Biochimie, Ed. Did, şi Ped., Bucureşti TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: VITAMINS AND HORMONES NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: General chemistry, General biochemistry GENERAL THEME: Plane of lecture is structured on chapters containing biochemical and physiological aspects of fat-soluble and hydro soluble vitamins, hormones of vertebrates, invertebrates and, respectively, plant hormones. MINIMUM LECTURE: Artenie,Vl .- 1991, Biochimie, Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi Artenie, Vl., Elvira Tănase – 1981, Practicum de biochimie generală, Ed.”Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi Cojocaru, D.C., 1996 – Biochimia vitaminelor, Ed. Gama, Iaşi Cojocaru, D.C., Elena Ciornea, Doina Irina Cojocaru – 2000, Biochimia vitaminelor şi hormonilor. Lucrări practice, Ed. Corson, Iaşi Dumitru, I.F. – 1967, Lucrări practice de biochimie, Ed. Did. Şi Ped., Bucureşti TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: IV PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Anatomy; Cellular Biology; Biophysics; Histology and Animal Embryology GENERAL THEME: 1.Main problems in physiology: 2.The physiology of muscular system; 3. The physiology of the nervuos sistem and of the analysators: the somesthesic function of the nervuos system; The somatomotor function of the nervuos system: The superior nervuos activity; the sleep; the memory; the role of the brain in learning and talking; the organization and working of the limbic system; the behavioural brain functions; The vegetative nervuos system and the vegetative functions of the hypotalamus. 4. The phisiology of digestion and absortion: the settlment of gastrointestinal’s transit; the gastrointestinal hormones; the activities of digestiv’s tube; the digestion and absortion ; some characteristics of digestion in animal serie; 5. Respiration: pulmonary ventilation; the change of gases at alveolus level; respiration regulation; respiratory functions of the lung. 6. The phisioloy of circulation: the phisiology of heart and of the blood’s circulation through vena; capilar circulation; venuos circulation; the settlment of cardiovascular activity; limfatic circulation. 7. Excretion: urine moulding and miction; the filtration and resorbtion at the level of renals tubes; the secretory function of the skin; some characteristics of excretion in animal serie. 8. The phisiology of endocrine system and the reproduction: neuro-endocrines interrelations, the mecanisms of hormones’ action, hipophysaries hormones, thyroid hormones; the parathormone,panchreatic hormones; sexual and reproductory hormones; epifiza and epiphizars hormones. MINIMUM LECTURE: CRISTEA, N., BOIŞTEANU, I., BARZA ELENA, BARBURA, T., 1978, Fiziologia animalelor domestice, Ed.Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti; HEFCO, V., 1998, Fiziologia animalelor şi a omului, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti, 634 pag.; MELNIC, B., HEFCO, V., CRIVOI, A., 1993, Fiziologia omului şi a animalelor, Ed.Ştiinţa, Chişinău, 656 p.; GUYTON, A.C., HALL, J.E., 2007, Tratat de Fiziologie a omului, ed.a XI-a, Ed.by Cuculici, Gh.P. and Gheorghiu, Anca, W.,Editura Medicală Callisto, Bucureşti, 1118 pp MISĂILĂ, C., 2000, Fiziologia animalelor si a omului, Editura IDESC, Univ.Iasi, 146 pp ; STRUNGARU, GR., POP, M., HEFCO, V., 1983, Fiziologia animală, Ed. Didactică şi Ped. Bucureşti; ŞANTA, N., JITARIU, P., 1970, Fiziologia animalelor şi a omului, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Buc. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian

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SUBJECT NAME: VERTEBRATE SYSTEMATIC NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: IV PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Invertebrates Systematic GENERAL THEME: The general characteristics of Phylum Chordata The general characteristics of Sub-Phylum Urochordata The general characteristics of Sub- Phylum Cephalochordata The general characteristics of Sub-Phylum Vertebrata The general characteristics the external morphology, the intern organization, examples, the spread of species at Class Ciclostomata The general characteristics the external morphology, the intern organization, examples, the spread of species at Class Chondrichthyes The general characteristics the external morphology, the intern organization, examples, the spread of species at Class Osteichthyes The ecology elements concerning fish The general characteristics the external morphology, the intern organization, examples, the spread of species at Class Amphibia The ecology elements concerning frogs The general characteristics the external morphology, the intern organization, examples, the spread of species at Class Reptilia The ecology elements concerning reptiles The general characteristics the external morphology, the intern organization, examples, the spread of species at Class Aves The ecology elements concerning birds The general characteristics the external morphology, the intern organization, examples, the spread of species at Class Mammalia The ecology elements concerning mammals MINIMUM LECTURE: Feider Z., Gyurko St., Grosu Al. V., Pop V., 1976, Zoologia vertebratelor, Edit. Did. Şi ped. Bucureşti Gache Carmen, 2002, Biologie animală, Edit. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Ion I., Gache Carmen, Ion C., Valenciuc N., 2003, Zoologia vertebratelor, Edit. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Kardong V. R., 1997, Vertebrates, Comparative Anatomz, Function, Evolution, Mc Graw Hill International, Singapore Linzey D., 2001, Vertebrate Biology, Mc Graw Hill International, Singapore Pough H. F., Heiser B. J., Mc farland N. W., 1989, Vertebrate Life, Macmillan Publish Company TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: PROTEINS METABOLISM NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: IV PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Biochemistry, Enzymology, Structural proteins and nucleic acids organization GENERAL THEME: Aminoacids biosynthesis Molecular nitrogen reduction and other transformations of inorganic nitrogen compounds Aminoacids penetration in microbial cell Principal paths of aminoacids biosynthesis Inessential aminoacids biosynthesis: biosynthesis of glicocol, alanine, serine, valine, izoleucine, leucine, aspartic acid and asparagin, glutamic acid and glutamine, hidroxyprolin Essential aminoacids biosynthesis: biosynthesis of lysine, arginine and ornitine, phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan, histidine and citruline. Aminoacids biosynthesis regulation. Aminoacids catabolism Common paths of aminoacids degradation: dezamination, decarboxilation and aminoacids transamination. Finally products of aminoacids metabolism Ammonia metabolism. Ureogenetic cycle. Ammonia fixation in amides form of dicarboxilic aminoacids.

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Special paths of aminoacids degradation. Proteins catabolism Enzymatic hydrolysis of proteins Proteolytic enzymes of digestive tractus, gastric, intestinal, tissular and sanguine Vegetable proteolytic enzymes Microbial proteolytic enzymes Proteins biosynthesis Recognize stage Protein biosynthesis in ribosome (translation): initiation, elongation and translate termination Biochemical codification of genetic information. Interaction codon – anticodon Specifically aspects of proteins biosynthesis by microorganisms Protein posttranslation modification Antibiotics action on ribosome Cromoproteins biosynthesis Porfirins biosynthesis Chlorophyll biosynthesis Cell regulation of proteins biosynthesis MINIMUM LECTURE: Artenie, Vl. G. – 1991, Biochimie, Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Artenie, Vl. G., Elvira Tănase – 1981, Practicum de biochimie generală, Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C., Mariana Sandu – 2004, Biochimia proteinelor şi acizilor nucleici, Ed. PIM, Iaşi Cojocaru, D.C. – 1997, Enzimologie, Ed. Gama, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C. – 1996, Biochimia vitaminelor, Ed. Gama, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C. – 2005, Enzimologie practică, Ed. TEHNOPRESS, Iaşi Dumitru, I. F. – 1980, Lucrări practice de biochimie, Ed. Did. şi Ped. Bucureşti Neniţescu, C.D. – 1980, Chimie generală, Ed. Did. Şi Ped., Bucureşti Nuţă, Gh., Buşneag, C. – 1977, Investigaţii biochimice, Ed. Did. şi Ped. Bucureşti TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: METABOLIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF SUGARS AND LIPIDS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: IV PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: General Chemistry, General Biochemistry, Enzymology, Cell Biology GENERAL THEME: Fundamental data about metabolism. Carbohydrates (sugars) anabolism: Photosynthesis, Biosynthesis of monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. Carbohydrates (sugars) catabolism: Anaerobic catabolism of carbohydrates. Glycolysis. Glycogenolysis. Microorganism’s fermentation of sugars. The pentose phosphate shunt pathway. Aerobic catabolism: The oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate. The Krebs (tricarboxylic acid) cycle. Biological oxidation (electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation). ATP synthesis. Triacylglycerols metabolism: fatty acids catabolism and biosynthesis. Triacyglycerols biosynthesis. The biosynthesis of sterols and sterides. Glycerophosphatides biosynthesis and catabolism. Sphingolipids and sphingoglycolipids metabolism. Lipid metabolism regulation. MINIMUM LECTURE: Artenie Vlad - Biochimie, Editura Universităţii „Al.I.Cuza” Iaşi, 1991; 3. Artenie Vlad, Tănase Elvira – Practicum de biochimie generală, Centrul de Multiplicare al Univ. „Al.I.Cuza” Iaşi, 1981; 3. Dumitru I.F.- Biochimie, EDP, Bucureşti, 1980; 4. Lehninger A.L. - Biochemistry, 4th Edition, 2004, 5. Neamţu G. şi alţii - Biochimie vegetală. Metabolism, EDP, Bucureşti, 1996; 6. Koolman J., Color Atlas of Biochemistry, 2nd edition, Thieme-Stuttgard, 2005; 7. Michael I. Gurr, John L. Harwood, Keith N. Frayn - Lipid Biochemistry 5th Edition, Blackwell Science, 2002; 8. Robert V. Stick - Carbohydrates: The Sweet Molecules of Life, Academic Press, 2001 TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Inorganic and organic chemistry; General biochemistry

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GENERAL THEME: Extraction methods in biology/biochemistry; Methods of separation, purification and physic-chemical characterisation; Modern and ultramodern research methods in biochemistry MINIMUM LECTURE: 1.Artenie Vl.,Tănase Elvira,1981 - Practicum de biochimie generală. Ed. Univ. "Al.I.Cuza", Iaşi; 2. Hames B.D., Rickwood D., 1981 - Gel Electrophoresis of proteins. Oxford Univ.Press, New York; 3. Hunkapiller M.V., Lujan E., 1986 - Methods of Protein Microcharacterization, Humana Press, Clifton; 4. Kent S.B.H. şi colab., 1982 - Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis. Ed.Humana, New Jersey ; 5. Matsuidara P., 1993 - A Practical Guide to Protein and Peptide Purification for Microsequencing . Academic Press, San Diego; 6. Tofan L., Bulgariu L., Toma O., 2008 – Biochimie analitică I : Metode chimice de analiză. Metode de separare şi concentrare a biomoleculelor. Editia a 2-a. Casa Editorială Demiurg, Iaşi ( ISBN – serie : 978-973-152-037-7 ; ISBN volum 1 : 978-973-152-038-7 ) 7. Tofan L., Bulgariu L., Toma O., 2008 –Biochimie analitică II: Aplicaţiile biologice ale biosenzorilor. Casa Demiurg, Iaşi ( ISBN – serie : 978-973-152-069-8; ISBN volum 2 : 978-973-152-111-4 ) TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: NUCLEIC ACIDS METABOLISM NUMBER OF CREDITS: SEMESTER:V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Biochemistry, Proteins and nucleic acids structural organization, Enzymology GENERAL THEME: NUCLEIC ACIDS CATABOLISM Enzymatic hydrolysis of nucleic acids Enzymatic hydrolysis of nucleotides and nucleosides Catabolism of purinic and pirimidinic nitric bases NUCLEIC ACIDS BIOSYNTHESIS Biosynthesis of purinic and pirimidinic nucleotides Biosynthesis of deoxyribonucleotides Biosynthesis of deoxyribonucleic acids Molecular mechanisms of DNA replication Biosynthesis of ribonucleic acids Cellular regulation of nucleic acids and proteins biosynthesis MINIMUM LECTURE: Artenie, Vl. G. - 1976, Curs de Chimie Biologică, Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Artenie,Vl G. - 1991, Biochimie, Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi Artenie, Vl. G., Elvira Tănase – 1981, Practicum de biochimie generală, Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Bailey, J. L. – 1962, Techniques in protein chemistry, Elsevier Publishing Company Cojocaru, D.C. – 1997, Enzimologie, Ed. Gama, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C., Mariana Sandu – 2004, Biochimia proteinelor şi acizilor nucleici, Ed. PIM, Iaşi Dumitru, I. F. – Lucrări practice de biochimie, Ed. Did. şi Ped. Bucureşti Nuţă, Gh., Buşneag, C. – 1977, Investigaţii biochimice, Ed. Did. şi Ped. Bucureşti TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: General chemistry; General biochemistry, Animal physiology, Genetics GENERAL THEME: Introduction Biochemistry of the blood. Metabolism of mature erythrocyte. Biochemistry of leukocytes. Biochemistry of platelets. Plasma proteins. Carbohydrates and carbohydrates metabolism pathology. Plasma lipids and lipoproteins. Plasma enzymes. Biochemistry of the liver. Molecular basis of liver participation at the carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and porphyrins metabolism. Detoxification functions of the liver. Biochemistry of biliary secretion. Pathology of liver biochemistry.

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Biochemistry of the muscle tissue. Metabolism of substances in the muscle. Pathology of muscle biochemistry. Biochemistry of the connective tissue and of the osseous tissue. Biochemistry of the bone formation and dislocation processes. Troubles of the osseous homeostasis. Biochemistry of the nervous tissue. Metabolism of substances in the nervous tissue. Pathology of the nervous tissue biochemistry. The cephalo-rachidian liquid. Biochemistry of the renal excretion. Biochemistry of urine formation. Abnormal chemical compounds of urine. MINIMUM LECTURE: Cucuianu M. - Biochimie clinică. Vol.I. Editura “Dacia”,Cluj-Napoca,1977. Cucuianu M.,Olinic N.,Goia A.,Fekete T. - Biochimie clinică. Vol.II. Editura “Dacia”, Cluj-Napoca,1979. Cucuianu M.,Rus H.G., Niculescu D.,Vonica A. - Biochimie. Aplicaţii clinice. Editura “Dacia”,Cluj-Napoca,1991. Dinu Veronica, Truţia E.,Popa-Cristea Elena, Popescu Aurora - Biochimie medicală. Mic tratat. Editura Medicală, Bucureşti,1996. Zamfirescu-Gheorghiu Marcela, Popescu Aurora - Tratat de biochimie medicală. Vol.II. Editura Medicală, Bucureşti,1991 Manta I.,Cucuianu M.,Hodârnău A. - Metode biochimice în laboratorul clinic. Editura Dacia, Cluj-Napoca,1976. Mihele Denisa,Pavlovici Maria - Biochimie clinică - metode de laborator. Editura Medicală, Bucureşti,1996. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ECOLOGICAL BIOCHEMISTRY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Structural biochemistry; Plant physiology; Animal physiology; Genetics. GENERAL THEME: Biochemical interactions between living organisms Biochemical interactions between inferior plants Biochemical interactions between inferior and superior plants Biochemical interactions between inferior plants and animals Biochemical interactions between superior plants Biochemical interactions between superior plants and animals Biochemical interactions between animals Biochemical and molecular basis of plant adaptation to environment conditions Biochemical basis of interactions between living organisms and pollutants MINIMUM LECTURE: Artenie Vlad –Biochimie. Editura Universităţii „ Al. I. Cuza ” din Iaşi, 1991 Ghizdavu I., Tomescu N., Oprea I. – Feromonii insectelor „pesticide” din a III-a generaţie. Editura Dacia, Cluj-Napoca, 1983 Neamţu G. – Biochimie ecologică. Editura Dacia, Cluj-Napoca,1983 TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: MOLECULAR GENETICS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V GENERAL THEME: Nucleic acids – structure and function Gene expression Clivage and ligation of DNA molecules Cloning strategy and gene library Cloning in prokaryotes Cloning in eukaryotes MINIMUM LECTURE: Freifelder D., 1987 – Microbial Genetics, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, London, UK Lewin B., 1997 – Genes, 6th ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, Tokyo

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Watson J.D., Gilman M., Witkowski J., Zoller M., 1992 – Recombinant DNA, 2nd ed., Scientific American Books, New York, USA Weaver R.F., Hedrick P.W., 1991 - Basic genetics, WMC.Brown Publishers, USA. Băra I., Cîmpeanu M., 2003 - Genetica, Ed. Corson, Iasi Deacon J.W., 1997 – Modern Mycology, 3rd ed., Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK Freifelder D., 1987 – Microbial Genetics, Jones and Bartlett publishers, Boston, London, UK Lim D., 1998 – Microbiology, 2nd ed., WCB McGraw-Hill Boston, San Francisco, USA Summers D.K., 1996 – The Biology of Plasmids, Blackwell science LTD., Oxford, UK TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL GENETICS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Cell biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology GENERAL THEME: Mendelian genetics Structure and organisation of genetic materials Chromosomal theory of heredity Sex determination Mutations Populational genetics MINIMUM LECTURE: Freifelder D., 1987 – Microbial Genetics, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, London, UK Lewin B., 1997 – Genes, 6th ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, Tokyo Watson J.D., Gilman M., Witkowski J., Zoller M., 1992 – Recombinant DNA, 2nd ed., Scientific American Books, New York, USA Weaver R.F., Hedrick P.W., 1991 - Basic genetics, WMC.Brown Publishers, USA. Băra I., Cîmpeanu M., 2003 - Genetica, Ed. Corson, Iasi TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: General Micvrobiology, Cellular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry GENERAL THEME: Introduction. Definitions. History. Interdisciplinary connections of medical microbiology. Presence and role of microorganisms in the natural environment. Relationships between microorganism and human host. Normal microbiota of the human body: microbiota of the skin and mucous membranes; microbiota of the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary tracts. Influence of the physical agents (temperature, radiations, osmotic and hydrostatic pressure, ultrasounds) on the microorganisms. Influence of the chemical agents on the microorganisms. Antibiotics: establishing the natural antimicrobial spectrum of antibiotics, acquired resistance of bacteria, determining the susceptibility of the infecting strain, effects of antibiotics on microorganisms, mechanisms of antimicrobial action of antibiotics, classification of antibiotics according to their natural antimicrobial spectrum. Applications of microorganisms in pharmaceutical sciences. MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY Infection and defense against infections. Pathogenicity of bacteria and pathogenicity factors. Bacterial groups: staphylococci, streptococci, neisseria, bacteria of the Enterobacteriaceae family, vibrios, spirilla, pseudomonads, bacteria belonging to the Acinetobacter genus, mycobacteria, spirochaetes, mycoplasmas, rickettsiae, chlamydiae. MEDICAL VIROLOGY Defining the modern concept of virus. General characteristics, morphology, sizes, structure, replication, classification. Types of virus – host cell interactions.

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Interferons and mechanisms of action. Viral oncogenesis. Oncogenic viruses. Pathogenesis of viral infection. Antiviral defense of the human body. Chemotherapy and chemoprophylaxis of viral infection. Subviral infectious agents: viroids and prions. Groups of viruses: picornaviruses, reoviruses, orthomyxoviruses, paramyxoviruses, coronaviruses, adenoviruses, herpesviruses, poxviruses, arboviruses, retroviruses, hepatitis viruses. EUKARYOTIC MICROORGANISMS OF MICROBIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE: MICROFUNGI MINIMUM LECTURE: Buiuc D., 2003 – Microbiologie medicală, Ed. „Gr. T. Popa” Iaşi. Cajal N., 1990 – Tratat de Virusologie Medicală – Ed. Medicală, Bucureşti. Cernescu C., 2000 – Virusologie Medicală – Ed. Medicală, Bucureşti. Collier L., Balows A., Sussman M., 1998 – Topley and Wilson’s Microbiology and Medical Infections – 9th ed., vol.1-3, Arnold, London. Collier L., Oxford J., 1993 – Human Virology. A Textbook for students of medicine dentistry and microbiology, Oxford University, Press, London. Dunca Simona, Octăviţa Ailiesei, Erica Nimiţan, Ştefan Marius, 2005 - Elemente de microbiologie, vol.1 - Ed. Junimea, Iaşi. Hollinger F.B., Dienstag J.L., 1985 – Manual of Clinical Microbiology – 4th ed. American Society for Microbiology, Washington D.C. Holt J.G., et al. – Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, vol. 1,2, 8th ed. (1984), 9th ed. (1994), Lippincot William and Wilkins, Baltimore. Mims C.A., et al., 1993 – Medical Microbiology – Mosby Company, St. Louis. Murray R.P., Rosenthal K.S., Kobayashi G.S., Pfaller M.A., 2002 – Medical Microbiology – 4th ed., Mosby Company, St. Louis. Murray R.P., Baron E.J., Pfaller M.A., Yolken R.H., 2003 – Manual of Clinical Microbiology – 8th ed., vol.1, ASM, Press, Washington D.C. Poiată Antoniea, 2004 – Microbiologie farmaceutică – Ed. Cermi, Iaşi. Rusu V., 2001 – Dicţionar Medical – Ed. Medicală, Bucureşti. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: EVOLUTIONISM NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS,COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Comparative anatomy, Invertebrate systematics, Vertebrate systematics, Palaeobiology, Genetics GENERAL THEME: Introduction LIVING MATTER Physico-chemical properties of the living matter Systemic organization of the living matter Levels of the living matter organization: general notions; individual level; population or species level; biocoenotic level; biosphere level BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION Idea of evolution (Antiquity – sec- XVIII) Lamarckism Period between Lamarck and Darwin Darwinism The post-Darwin period

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The synthetic theory of evolution (STE) Proves of the evolution Evolution factors Individual variability. Types of individual variations and their role in the evolution. Mutations. Genetic recombination. Organism relationship with the environment. Relationship with the abiotic environment. Relationship with the biotic environment (intraspecific, interspecific). Selection. Artificial selection. Natural selection. The object of the natural selection. Forms of the natural selection: Stabilizer selection; Disruptive selection; Directional selection. The creative role of the natural selection (homochromatic coloration; Imitation; warning coloration; demonstration; mimicry). Population - the basic unit of the evolution. The genetic structure of the populations. Factors influencing the genetic structure of the populations. Adaptation Accommodation. Evolutionary adaptation. Species Definition. Concepts of species: typological and biologic. Species structure. Infraspecific units. Local population. Geographical variation and species structure. Speciation Isolation role in the speciation process. The main modes of speciation. 1. allopatric 2. non-allopatric. Macroevolution General characteristics of the evolution Conclusions regarding STE MINIMUM LECTURE: BĂNĂRESCU, P., 1973 – Principiile şi metodele zoologiei sistematice, Ed. Acad. Rom. Bucureşti. BOTNARIUC, N., 1961 – Din istoria biologiei generale, Editura Ştiinţifică, Bucureşti. BOTNARIUC, N., 1979 – Biologie generală, Editura didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti. BOTNARIUC, N., 1992 – Evoluţionismul în impas? Editura Ştiinţifică, Bucureşti CEAPOIU, N., 1980 – Evoluţia speciilor, Editura Academiei R.S.R., Bucureşti. CEAPOIU, N., 1988 – Evoluţia biologică. Microevoluţia şi macroevoluţia, Editura Academiei R.S.R., Bucureşti. COJOCARU, I., 2002 – Paleobiologie,vol. I, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi - idem, 2003 – Paleobiologie,vol. II, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi - idem , 2004 – Paleobiologie,vol. III, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi - idem , 2005 – Paleobiologie,vol. IV, Editura Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi DARWIN, CH., 1957 – Originea speciilor, Editura Academiei RPR, Bucureşti. MAYR, E., 1989 – Histoire de la biologie (Diversité, évolution et héredité), Fayard, traducere în limba franceză după E. Mayr, 1982 – The growth of biological thought. Diversity, evolution and inheritance, editată de The Bellknap Press of Harvard University Press. MAYR, E., 2004 – De la bacterii la om, Editura Humanitas, Bucureşti, traducere în limba română după E. Mayr, 2001 – What Evolution is?, The Orion Publishing Group Ltd. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ANIMAL PARAZITOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Animal Biology, Animal Taxonomy GENERAL THEME: 1)General aspects of the parasitic reality, the adaptations of the animal parasitic species for the parasitic way of life, the action of the parasitic beings on the host, types of parasitism, reaction of the host to the presence of the parasitic species. 2) Parasitic Protozoa: Flagellates (Leishmania donovani, Trypanosoma gambiense, Trypanosoma cruzi, Giardia duodenalis, Trichomonas vaginalis...), Amoebas (Entamoeba histolytica...), Sporozoans (Toxoplasma gondii, Plasmodium spp....). 3) Metazoan parasitic species: Trematodes (Fasciola hepatica, Dicrocoelium lanceatum, Opistorchis felineus...), Cestodes (Diphyllobothrium latum, Taenia solium, T. saginata, Ecinococcus granulosus, Hymenolepis nana, Dipylidium caninum, Multiceps multiceps, Moniesia expansa...), Nematodes

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(Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, Trichuris trichiura, Trichinella spiralis...), Arachnids (Sarcoptes spp., Demodex spp., Ixodes spp....), Insects (Cimex lectularius, Pediculus spp., Pulex irritans...). MINIMUM LECTURE: Moglan I. 1998 –Parazitologie, Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi; Rădulescu Simona 2000 –Parazitologie medicală, Ed. All, Bucureşti; Chiriac Elena 1976 –Parazitologie generală, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti; Nitzulescu V., Gherman I. 1990 –Entomologie medicală, Ed. Academiei Române, Bucureşti; Teodoresc Irina, Toma Diana 1999 –Boli parazitare, Ed. Constelaţii, Bucureşti; Nitzulescu V. 1979 –Parazitologie pentru toţi, Ed. Medicală, Bucureşti ; Şuteu E. 2005 –Parazitica, Ed. Risoprint, Cluj. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: MYCOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Organization and systematic of cryptogams, Microbiology, Ecology GENERAL THEME: Biology of fungus Intoxications produced by fungus Fungus ecology Fungus systematics Phyllogeny and evolution of fungus MINIMUM LECTURE: Gams W. AA, H. A. Van Der, Plaats – Niterink, A. J. van Der, Samson R. A., Stalpers J. A., 1987. CBS course of Mycology (3rd Edition). Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baarn Pârvu M., 1996. Fitopatologie. Cluj Universitarian Press, Cluj - Napoca Tănase C., Mititiuc M., 2001. Micologie. “Al. I. Cuza“ University Press, Iaşi Tănase C., 2001, Ciuperci utile şi patogene, Centrul pentru Învăţământ Deschis la Distanţă şi Conversie Profesională Şesan Tatiana Eugenia, Tănase C., 2007, Ciuperci anamorfe fitopatogene, Bucharest University Press, Bucharest. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: MICROORGANISMS GENETICS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Cell biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology GENERAL THEME: Introduction, generality Viruses genetics Bacterial genetics Plasmids Yeasts genetics MINIMUM LECTURE: Freifelder D., 1987 – Microbial Genetics, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, London, UK Lewin B., 1997 – Genes, 6th ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, Tokyo Watson J.D., Gilman M., Witkowski J., Zoller M., 1992 – Recombinant DNA, 2nd ed., Scientific American Books, New York, USA Weaver R.F., Hedrick P.W., 1991 - Basic genetics, WMC.Brown Publishers, USA. Băra I., Cîmpeanu M., 2003 - Genetica, Ed. Corson, Iasi Deacon J.W., 1997 – Modern Mycology, 3rd ed., Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK Freifelder D., 1987 – Microbial Genetics, Jones and Bartlett publishers, Boston, London, UK Lim D., 1998 – Microbiology, 2nd ed., WCB McGraw-Hill Boston, San Francisco, USA Summers D.K., 1996 – The Biology of Plasmids, Blackwell science LTD., Oxford, UK TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian

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SUBJECT NAME: IMMUNOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: CELL BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY, HISTOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY GENERAL THEME: Introduction. Stages in the development of immunology and immunochemistry as sciences. The immunity system. Immunity and different types of immunity. The basic resistance and immunity mechanisms of organisms. Phagocytosis. Acquired immunity: definition, characteristics, classification. Antigens. Antibodies. The immune response (immunogenesis). The biological process of antibody generation (antibody genesis). Dynamics of the immune response. Antigen – antibody reactions. Immunological hypersensitivity. Autoimmune diseases. Tumour immunology. MINIMUM LECTURE: Abbas, A. K., Lichtman, A.H., 2007 - Basic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune System, W B Saunders Co. Ed. Octăviţa Ailiesei, 1982 – Imunobiologie, Editura Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iaşi, 170 p. Brigham Narins, 2003 - World of Microbiology and Immunology, Thompson- Gale Publishers, Farmington Hills. Eales, L., 2003 - Immunology for Life Scientists, Ed. John Wiley & Sons. Hawley, L., Ruebush, M., 2004 – Kaplan medical - microbiology and immunology, USMLE, Ed. Kindt, T.J., Osborne, B.A., Goldsby, R.A., Kuby, J., 2006 - Kuby Immunology, W H Freeman & Co. Ed. Lerner, K.L., Wilmoth, B., 2003 - World of microbiology and immunology, Thompson Ed. Levinson, W., 2006 - Medical Microbiology & Immunology: Examination & Board Review, McGraw-Hill Ed. Nijkamp, F.P., Parnham, M.J., 2005 - Principles of Immunopharmacology, Birkhäuser Verlag, Berlin. Paul, W.E., 2003 - Fundamental Immunology, 5th edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers. Revillard, J.P., 1995 – Immunologie, 2e édition, De Boeck & Larcier S.A., Bruxelles. Roitt, I., Brostoff, J., Male, D., 2007 - Immunology, 5 th Edition, Mosby Ed. Zarnea, G., Mihăescu, Gr., 1995 - Imunologie, Ed. Universităţii Bucureşti. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL ECOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Systematics of Cryptogams, Biochemistry, Systematics of Phanerogams, General Plant Physiology, Systematics of Invertebrates, General Animal Physiology, Systematics of Vertebrates. GENERAL THEME: Introduction: Ecology: Definition and object; Development as a science. The necessity and methodology of the ecological study: Ecology and diversity; The scientific methodology; Experiments; Scale effect. Systemic organisation: Generalities; The classification of systems. Biological system characteristics; The hierarchy of biological systems. The Environment: Generalities; The classification of the environmental factors. The major lows of ecology. Ecophysiological aspects: Climate; Temperature; Humidity. Population (1): Generalities; Descriptors: Size, Density, Natality, Mortality, Numerical growth coefficient. Population (2) – Age, sex, and spatial (dispersion) structure. Population (3) – Dynamics. Relation within and among species Population regulation.

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Ecosystem – spatial dimension Ecosystem – trophic dimension, energy flux and nutrient cycles. Ecosystem – temporal dimension: Ecological Succession MINIMUM LECTURE: Botnariuc, N. (1999): Evoluţia sistemelor biologice supraindividuale. Ed. Univ. din Bucureşti Simionescu, V. (1980): Ecologie – Curs universitar. Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” – Iaşi. Mititiuc, M., Zamfirescu, O., Zamfirescu, Ş. R. (2002): Biogeografia României. Centrul pentru Învăţământ Deschis la Distanţă şi Conversie Profesională, ISSN 1221-9363. Smith, R. L., 1996, Ecology and Field Biology. ed. a V-a, Harper Collins College Publishers. Stiling, P. D. (1996): Ecology Theories and Applications. ed. a II-a, Prentice Hall, New Jersey. Varvara, M. (2000): Curs de Ecologie. Vol. 1, Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” – Iasi. Vădineanu, A. (1998): Dezvoltarea durabilă: teorie şi practică. Ed. Univ. din Bucureşti, Bucureşti. Wilkinson, D. M. (2006): Fundamental Processes in Ecology – An Eath Systems Aproach. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Zamfirescu, Ş. R., Zamfirescu, O., Popescu, I. E., Ion, C., Strugariu, A. (2008): Vipera de stepă (Vipera ursinii moldavica) şi habitatele sale din Moldova (Romania). Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian ECOLOGY and ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SUBJECT NAME: PLANT BIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Plant Biochemistry, Cell biology GENERAL THEME: Cytology Instruments, techniques and methods used in the study of vegetal cells Elements of cell morphology Cytological characteristics of organisms belonging to different kingdoms Membranes and cell functionality: membrane structure models, mechanisms of trans-membrane transport Structure and functionality of endo -membrane system: Endoplasmic Reticulum (RE), Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, microbodies , vacuoles Cytoplasm: hyaloplasm (structure, physical proprieties), cytoskeleton (microtubules, microfilaments and intermediary filaments, cytoplasm movements (types, mechanism), organelles (ribosomes, mitochondria, plastids, nucleus). Cell division: mitosis and meiosis Cell inclusions: vacuoles, protein and carbohydrate grains, mineral and organic crystals Wall cell: structure, growth, secondary chemical modifications, pits and plasmodesma Tissue classification according to different criteria Meristematic tissues (root apical meristem, shoot apical meristem, vascular cambium, cork cambium) Protective tissues (primary and secondary) Assimilation tissues Absorption tissues Types of stomata Mechanic and vascular tissues Secretory structures and tissues Sensory tissues Organography Root: primary and secondary structure; Shoot: primary and secondary structure; Leaf: structure; Flower, fruit, seed: structure. MINIMUM LECTURE: Andrei Marin, 1997 - Morfologia generală a plantelor. Ed. Encicloped., Bucureşti.

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Anghel Ion, 1979 - Citologie vegetală, Ed. Did. şi Ped., Bucureşti. Gabriela Şerbănescu-Jitariu, C. Toma, 1980 - Morfologia şi anatomia plantelor, Ed. Did. şi Ped., Bucureşti. Grinţescu Ioan, 1985 - Botanica, ed. a II- a, Ed. Şt. şi Encicloped., Bucureşti. Toma C., Rugină R., 1998 - Anatomia plantelor medicinale. Atlas. Ed. Acad. Rom., Bucureşti. Niţă Mihaela, Ivănescu Lăcrămioara, Rugină Rodica, Costică Naela (coord. Toma C.). 2003 - Morfologia şi anatomia plantelor. Manual de lucrări practice, Ed, Univ. „Al.I. Cuza” Iaşi. Toma C., Niţă Mihaela, 1995 - Celula vegetală, Ed. Univ. "Al.I.Cuza" Iaşi. Toma C., Gostin Irina, 2000 - Histologie vegetală, Ed. Junimea, Iaşi. Ştefan N., Lăcrămioara Ivănescu, 2002 - Elemente de morfologie şi taxonomie vegetală, Ed. Univ. "Al.I.Cuza" Iaşi. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ANIMAL BIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Zoology, Animal Biology GENERAL THEME: The Kingdom Protista (Phylum Euglenozoa; Phylum Chlorophyta; Phylum Choanoflagellata; Phylum Retortamonada; Phylum Axostylata; Phylum Opalinida; Phylum Caryoblasta; Phylum Heterolobosa; Phylum Amoebozoa; Phylum Foraminiferea (Granuloreticulosa); Phylum Actinopoda; Phylum Apicomplexa; Phylum Ciliophora): the general characteristics, the extern morphology; intern organization; the mode of life; the life environment; the function adaptation for the mode and environment of life. The Kingdom Animalia (Phylum Porifera; Phylum Placozoa; Phylum Cnidari; Phylum Ctenophora; Phylum Platyhelminthes; Phylum Orthonectida; Phylum Dicyemida; Phylum Gastrotricha; Phylum Nematoda; Phylum Nematomorpha; Phylum Priapulida; Phylum Loricifera; Phylum Kinorhyncha; Phylum Rotifera; Phylum Acanthocephala; Phylum Nemertea; Phylum Mollusca; Phylum Annelida; Phylum Echiura; Phylum Sipuncula; Phylum Onychophora; Phylum Tardigrada; Phylum Arthropoda; Phylum Kamptozoa; Phylum Phoronida; Phylum Brachiopoda; Phylum Bryozoa; Phylum Chaetognatha; Phylum Echinodermata; Phylum Chordata): the general characteristics, the extern morphology; intern organization; the mode of life; the life environment; the function adaptation for the mode and environment of life. MINIMUM LECTURE: Barnes D. Robert, 1980. Invertebrate Zoology (fourth Edition). Saunders Company, USA Edward E. Ruppert, Richard S. Fox, Robert D. Barnes, 2003. Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach editia a 7-a, Brooks Cole Feider Z., Gyurko St., Grosu Al. V., Pop V., 1976, Zoologia vertebratelor, Edit. Did. Şi ped. Bucureşti Gache Carmen, 2002, Biologie animală, Edit. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Ion I., Gache Carmen, Ion C., Valenciuc N., 2003, Zoologia vertebratelor, Edit. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Kardong V. R., 1997, Vertebrates, Comparative Anatomz, Function, Evolution, Mc Graw Hill International, Singapore Linzey D., 2001, Vertebrate Biology, Mc Graw Hill International, Singapore Matic Z., Libertina Solomon, Maria Năstăsescu, Maria Suciu, C. Pisică şi N. Tomescu, 1983. Zoologia nevertebratelor. Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti Pisică C., I. Moglan şi I. Cojocaru, 1999. Zoologia nevertebratelor vol. 1. manual de lucrări practice de laborator. Ed. Univ. “Al.I. Cuza” Pisică C., I. Moglan şi I. Cojocaru, 1999. Zoologia nevertebratelor vol. 2. manual de lucrări practice de laborator. Ed. Univ. “Al.I. Cuza” Pough H. F., Heiser B. J., Mc farland N. W., 1989, Vertebrate Life, Macmillan Publish Company Radu Gh. V. şi Varvara V. Radu, 1972. Zoologia nevertebratelor, vol I, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti WallaceL. R & Taylor K. W., 1997. Invertebrate Zoology, a Laboratory Manual (5-Edition). Printice Hall, Upper Saddle River, USA TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian

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SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL CHEMISTRY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Inorganic and organic chemistry at high school level GENERAL THEME: Fundamental notions in chemistry. Chemistry fundamental laws. Quantum and prequantum atomic models. Atom’s structure. Periodic and unperiodic properties of chemical elements in elements periodic system. Modern theories in chemical bounds interpretation. Types of chemical bounds. Chemical reactions stoichiometry. Acidity and alkalinity. Action mechanism of buffer solutions. Inorganic compounds implication in organisms’ metabolism. Reaction mechanisms in witch are implicated saturated, unsaturated and aromatic hydrocarbons. Hydroxyl compounds. Alcohols, phenols and enols. Properties and biochemical importance. Ethers. Structure, properties, natural representatives. Nitrogen compounds with biological action (amines, amino alcohols, amino phenols). Chemical behaviour of carbonyl compounds and carboxylic acids. Reaction mechanisms. Carbohydrates. Monosaccharide. Oligosaccharides. Polysaccharides. Structure, properties, biochemical representatives. Amino acids and peptides .Structure, properties and biochemical importance. MINIMUM LECTURE: Neniţescu, C.D. (1972) Chimie generală, Ed. Did. şi Pedag, Bucureşti. Rabega, C., Rabega M. (1975) Chimie generală, Ed. Did. şi Pedag., Bucureşti. Negoiu, D. (1972) Tratat de chimie anorganică, vol. I, II, III, Ed. Th. Bucureşti. Jurcă, V., Tanase, E., Budeanu, E. (1984) Lucrări practice de chimie generală, Ed. Univ. “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iaşi. Duca, A. (1980) Chimie analitică generală, Ed. Univ. Tehnice “Gh. Asachi” Iaşi. Marcu, G. (1991) Chimie anorganică, Ed. Did. şi Pedag, Bucureşti. Humelnicu, D. (2002) Introducere în chimia anorganică, Ed. Univ. “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iaşi Neniţescu, C. D. (1980) Chimie organică, vol. I şi II, Ed. Did. şi Pedag., Bucureşti, Badea, F. (1973) Mecanisme de reacţie în chimia organică, Ed. ştiinţifică, Bucureşti. Olteanu, Z. (2007) Elemente de chimie generală, Ed. Tehnopress, Iaşi. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: COMMUNICATION SKILLS I.T.C. NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: I PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: GENERAL THEME: Introduction to theory and information technology and communication (IT & C): The importance of systems management and computer information processing. Components of computer systems: hardware and software. Hardware architecture and structure of computing systems: the central unit (UC): microprocessors (definition, importance, architecture, classes and constructive solutions), internal memories (definition, importance, characteristics), external memory (definition, importance, types), I/O devices (definition, classification, characteristics). Computer classification. The evolution of personal computers (PC): history, types of systems, compatibility (problems and solutions). Computing systems software component organization: BIOS (definition and importance), operating systems (definition, importance, evolution and classification), software (definition, classification). Applied biology statistical concepts: fundamental concepts: the concept of variable (latent/observed, dependent/independent, discrete/continuous) measurement in biology (definition, importance, scale of measurement, examples), population/sample (issues of sampling, classical sampling procedures), descriptive and inferential statistics (non-parametric and parametric). Elements of descriptive statistics: frequency analysis (simple or grouped), graphic representation (bar graph, histogram, frequency polygon, cumulative frequency graph, circular chart, stemplot graph), indicators of statistical distributions for central tendency (mod, median, arithmetic mean) for dispersal (absolute amplitude, relative amplitude, quartile deviation, average deviation, standard deviation,

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Mihai Gh. 1980- Curs de Botanică sistematică. Thallobionta. Iaşi (litografiat) CHIFU, T., et. al., 2001, Botanică sistematică. Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi, 534 p. CIOCÂRLAN, V., 2000, Flora ilustrată a României. Ed. Ceres, Bucureşti CRISTUREAN, I., 1983, Originea şi evoluţia plantelor în concepţii moderne. Ed. Did. Ped., Bucureşti CRISTUREAN, I., 1993, Concepţii actuale privind sistematica şi filogenia angiospermelor (Magnoliophyta). Natura, 1 – 4, Bucureşti POPESCU, G., 2000, Botanica. Ed. Universităţii Craiova TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ANIMAL TAXONOMY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Animal Biology GENERAL THEME: Kingdom Protista (Phylum Euglenozoa; Phylum Chlorophyta; Phylum Choanoflagellata; Phylum Retortamonada; Phylum Axostylata; Phylum Opalinida; Phylum Caryoblasta; Phylum Heterolobosa; Phylum Amoebozoa; Phylum Foraminiferea (Granuloreticulosa); Phylum Actinopoda; Phylum Apicomplexa; Phylum Ciliophora):

- established of criterions used in protists’ taxonomy. - characterization of the main systematic unit, with emphasize on those characters that define

the group. - description of characteristic species for each systematic group. - establishing of phylogenetic relationships between major groups of protists. - emphasizing the practical importance of knowledge of protists.

Kingdom Animalia (Phylum Porifera; Phylum Placozoa; Phylum Cnidari; Phylum Ctenophora; Phylum Platyhelminthes; Phylum Orthonectida; Phylum Dicyemida; Phylum Gastrotricha; Phylum Nematoda; Phylum Nematomorpha; Phylum Priapulida; Phylum Loricifera; Phylum Kinorhyncha; Phylum Rotifera; Phylum Acanthocephala; Phylum Nemertea; Phylum Mollusca; Phylum Annelida; Phylum Echiura; Phylum Sipuncula; Phylum Onychophora; Phylum Tardigrada; Phylum Arthropoda; Phylum Kamptozoa; Phylum Phoronida; Phylum Brachiopoda; Phylum Bryozoa; Phylum Chaetognatha; Phylum Echinodermata):

- established of criterions used in protists’ taxonomy. - characterization of the main systematic unit, with emphasize on those characters that define

the group. - description of characteristic species for each systematic group. - establishing of phylogenetic relationships between major groups of protists.

emphasizing the practical importance of knowledge of Animals.The Kingdom Protista: general characteristics; systematic, phylogeny. Phylum Chordata: general characteristics; systematic, phylogeny, examples Subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata) Clasa Ascidiacea Clasa Thaliacea Clasa Appendicularia Subphylum Cephalochordata Suphylum Vertebrata: the classification criterias. Class Ciclostomata: classification, examples, the species biology, spread Class Chondrichthyes: classification, examples, the species biology, dispersion Class Osteichthyes: classification, examples, the species biology, dispersion Class Amphibia: classification, examples, the species biology, dispersion Class Reptilia: classification, examples, the species biology, spread Class Aves: classification, examples, the species biology, dispersion Class Mammalia: classification, examples, the species biology, spread MINIMUM LECTURE: Barnes D. Robert, 1980. Invertebrate Zoology (fourth Edition). Saunders Company, USA Feider Z., Gyurko St., Grosu Al. V., Pop V., 1976, Zoologia vertebratelor, Edit. Did. Şi ped. Bucureşti Gache Carmen, 2002, Biologie animală, Edit. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Ion I., Gache Carmen, Ion C., Valenciuc N., 2003, Zoologia vertebratelor, Edit. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi

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Kardong V. R., 1997, Vertebrates, Comparative Anatomz, Function, Evolution, Mc Graw Hill International, Singapore Linzey D., 2001, Vertebrate Biology, Mc Graw Hill International, Singapore Matic Z., Libertina Solomon, Maria Năstăsescu, Maria Suciu, C. Pisică şi N. Tomescu, 1983. Zoologia nevertebratelor. Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti Pisică C., I. Moglan şi I. Cojocaru, 1999. Zoologia nevertebratelor vol. 1. Manual de lucrări practice de laborator. Ed. Univ. “Al.I. Cuza” Pisică C., I. Moglan şi I. Cojocaru, 1999. Zoologia nevertebratelor vol. 2. Manual de lucrări practice de laborator. Ed. Univ. “Al.I. Cuza” Pough H. F., Heiser B. J., Mc farland N. W., 1989, Vertebrate Life, Macmillan Publish Company, Radu Gh. V. şi Varvara V. Radu, 1972. Zoologia nevertebratelor, vol I, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti WallaceL. R & Taylor K. W., 1997. Invertebrate Zoology, a Laboratory Manual (5-Edition). Printice Hall, Upper Saddle River, USA Edward E. Ruppert, Richard S. Fox, Robert D. Barnes, 2003. Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach editia a 7-a, Brooks Cole TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: General chemistry GENERAL THEME: The Earth’s atmosphere. Natural composition and the regions of the atmosphere. Air pollution. Pollution sources. Chemical and photochemical reactions in atmosphere. Air self-cleaning. The water in nature. Chemical and physical properties of pure water. General properties of natural waters. Water interacts with environment. Water-atmosphere, water-lithosphere and water-aquatic biocoenosis interacts. Water pollution. Natural and artificial sources of water pollution. The effects of water main pollutants substances. The soil. Structure, chemical composition, properties and soil sanitary indicators. Soil pollution and Romania’s contaminated regions. Pesticide pollution impact. Soils remediation technologies. MINIMUM LECTURE: Neniţescu, C.D. (1972) Chimie generală, Ed. Did. şi Pedag, Bucureşti. Niac, G., Naşcu, H. (1998) Chimie ecologică, Ed. Dacia, Cluj-Napoca Nistreanu V. Chimia mediului, note de curs, www.hydrop.pub.ro. Negoiu, D. (1972) Tratat de chimie anorganică, vol. I, II, III, Ed. Th. Bucureşti. Jurcă, V., Tanase, E., Budeanu, E. (1984) Lucrări practice de chimie generală, Ed. Univ. “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iaşi. Duca, A. (1980) Chimie analitică generală, Ed. Univ. Tehnice “Gh. Asachi” Iaşi. Neniţescu, C. D. (1980) Chimie organică, vol. I şi II, Ed. Did. şi Pedag., Bucureşti, Badea, F. (1973) Mecanisme de reacţie în chimia organică, Ed. ştiinţifică, Bucureşti. Olteanu, Z. (2007) Elemente de chimie generală, Ed. Tehnopress, Iaşi. Zamfir, Gh. (1979) Efectele unor poluanţi şi prevenirea lor, Editura Academiei RSR, Bucureşti. Bajescu, I., Chiriac, A. (1984) Distribuţia microelementelor în solurile din România. Implicaţii în agricultură, Editura Ceres, Bucureşti. Mănescu S., Cucu M., Diaconescu M (1978) Chimia sanitară a mediului, Editura Medicală, Bucureşti. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: HUMAN ANATOMY AND HYGENE NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Histology, Embryology GENERAL THEME:

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An introduction to the human body. Stades in human embriologycal developement. Animal tissue (characteristics, classification). Celome and viscera. Skeletal system . Muscular system . Nervous system (brain and cranial nervs, spinal cord and spinal nervs). Sense organs (eyes, ears, nouse, tongue). Integumentary system. Endocrine system. Digestive system. Respiratory system. Cardiovascular system. Lymphatic system. Blood. Urinary system. Reproductive system. Hygene. Characteristics of human body developement. The infuence of some substances upon human body (drogs, smoke, alchool). MINIMUM LECTURE: Gray H.,” Anathomy descriptive and surgical”, Chancellor Press, 1994. Mănescu S., Tănăsescu Gh., Dumitrache S., Cucu M.: Igiena, Ed. Medicală Bucureşti, 1991 Miscalencu D, Florica Mailat, Elena Marcu, Gh. Maxim, O. Draghici, Martha Gabos, Constantin Sorescu, „Anatomia omului”, Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti, 1989.


Papilian V. „Anatomia omului”, Vol.1 Aparatul locomotor, Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti 1982. Papilian V. „Anatomia omului”, Vol.2Splanhnologia, Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti, 1982. Ristoiu Flonta Marcu-Lapadat, „Noţiuni de anatomie şi fiziologie”, Editura Universităţii Bucureşti, 2007. Sirbu V, „Elemente de Histologie şi Embriologie animală”, Editura Tehnopress, Iasi, 2004. Krstic, R.V.,1997, “Atlas d’Histologie Generale”, Masson, Paris. William DeMyer 1988 “Neuroanatomy”, Harwal Publishing, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Hong Kong, London, Sydney, Tokyo. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOMORPHOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: II PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Plant Biology, Ecology, Comparative Anatomy/Human anatomy GENERAL THEME: Water – an ecological factor: gas changes, light conditions, water density and movement, respiration in the aquatic environment; Hydrophytes – morphological and anatomical adaptations; Mesophytes, Xerophytes morphological peculiarities; Cryophytes – adaprative features of the tundra plants Temperature as an ecological factor (cryoprotective effects) Ligth as an ecological factor (comparative aspects in shadow and sun plants) Soil as an ecological factor: sand plants and salt plants. Landscape as an ecological factor Ecophysiological classifications of plants from Black See coast related to their behaviour toward light, water and temperature; the histo-anatomical peculiarities Biotic factors with ecological importance Concepts and research methodology in animal ecomorphology. The ecological role of environment as modulator factors in evolution of animal organisms. Ecological role of abiotic factors. Ecological role of biotic factors. Ecomorphological adaptations to the terrestrial environment Ecomorphological adaptations for flight Ecomorphological adaptations to the aquatic environment Ecomorphological adaptations to the extreme environments. MINIMUM LECTURE: Toma C., 1979 - Anatomia plantelor II. Structura organelor vegetative şi de reproducere, Ed. Univ. Iaşi Toma C., Rugină R., 1998 - Anatomia plantelor medicinale. Ed. Acad. Rom., Bucureşti

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Toma C. (coordonator) Niţă M., Rugină R., Ivănescu L., Costică N.,, 2000, 2002 - Morfologia şi anatomia plantelor (Manual de lucrări practice), Ed. Univ. Iaşi Toma C., Gostin Irina, 2000 - Histologie vegetală, Ed. Junimea, Iaşi Alexander, R. McN., 1988. The scope and aims of functional and ecological morphology, Netherl. J. Zool. 31: 3-22. Bock, J. W., 1994. Concepts and methods in Ecomorphology, J. Biosci., Vol. 19, no. 4: 403-413. Manolache, V., 1990. Histologie şi embriologie animală, Univ. Bucureşti: 411 pp. Necrasov, O. C., Dornescu, G. T., 1971. Anatomia comparată a vertebratelor, vol. II, Ed. Did. Şi Ped, Bucureşti: 320 pp. Wake, D. B., 1982. Functional and evolutionary morphology, Persp. Biol. Med. 25: 603-620. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL ECOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Plant Biology, Animal Biology, Plant Taxonomy, Animal Taxonomy, Plant and Animal Ecomorphology GENERAL THEME: Introduction: Ecology: Definition and object; Development as a science. The necessity and methodology of the ecological study: Ecology and diversity; The scientific methodology; Experiments; Scale effect. Systemic organisation: Generalities; The classification of systems. Biological system characteristics; The hierarchy of biological systems. The Environment: Generalities; The classification of the environmental factors. The major lows of ecology. Ecophysiological aspects: Climate; Temperature; Humidity. Population (1): Generalities; Descriptors: Size, Density, Natality, Mortality, Numerical growth coefficient. Population (2) – Age, sex, and spatial (dispersion) structure. Population (3) – Dynamics. Relation within and among species Population regulation. Ecosystem – spatial dimension Ecosystem – trophic dimension, energy flux and nutrient cycles. Ecosystem – temporal dimension: Ecological Succession MINIMUM LECTURE: Botnariuc, N. (1999): Evoluţia sistemelor biologice supraindividuale. Ed. Univ. din Bucureşti Simionescu, V. (1980): Ecologie – Curs universitar. Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” – Iaşi. Mititiuc, M., Zamfirescu, O., Zamfirescu, Ş. R. (2002): Biogeografia României. Centrul pentru Învăţământ Deschis la Distanţă şi Conversie Profesională, ISSN 1221-9363. Smith, R. L., 1996, Ecology and Field Biology. ed. a V-a, Harper Collins College Publishers. Stiling, P. D. (1996): Ecology Theories and Applications. ed. a II-a, Prentice Hall, New Jersey. Varvara, M. (2000): Curs de Ecologie. Vol. 1, Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” – Iasi. Vădineanu, A. (1998): Dezvoltarea durabilă: teorie şi practică. Ed. Univ. din Bucureşti, Bucureşti. Wilkinson, D. M. (2006): Fundamental Processes in Ecology – An Eath Systems Aproach. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Zamfirescu, Ş. R., Zamfirescu, O., Popescu, I. E., Ion, C., Strugariu, A. (2008): Vipera de stepă (Vipera ursinii moldavica) şi habitatele sale din Moldova (Romania). Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: General chemistry GENERAL THEME: Catalogue is structured per chapters that refer to characterization of fundamental groups of compounds: glucids, lipids, amino acids, peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and enzymes, their metabolism and regulation of metabolic processes.

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MINIMUM LECTURE: Artenie,Vl .- 1991, Biochimie, Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C. – 1997, Enzimologie, Ed. Gama, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C., Mariana Sandu – 2004, Biochimia proteinelor şi acizilor nucleici, Ed. PIM, Iaşi Cojocaru, D. C. – 2005, Enzimologie practică, Ed. TEHNOPRESS, Iaşi Dumitru, I. F. – 1980, Biochimie, Ed. Did, şi Ped., Bucureşti TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: PLANT ECOPHYSIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: III PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Vegetal Ecomorphology, Vegetal Biology; Vegetal Taxonomy; General Chemistry; Environment Chemistry; and animal (vegetal module). GENERAL THEME: Specific features of the vegetal organism; vegetal cito-physiology; water regime for plants (absorption, conduction and elimination from plant body, transpiration, gutation, interne and extern factors that influence plant transpiration, the transpiration role in the life of plants); mineral plant nutrition; carbon autotrophic plant nutrition (the importance of photosynthesis in the living world, Hill Blackmann phase of the photosynthesis, C3, C4, CAM cycle of the photosynthesis, plant adaptation to the life environment, internal and external factors that influence the photosynthesis process, daily and seasonally pace of the photosynthesis process); carbon heterotrophic plant nutrition (saprophyte, symbiotic plants, fanerogam parasite, mixotrophic plants); transformation, circulation and settlement of organic substances in plants; plant respiration (aerobe respiration, internal and external factors that influence the respiration process, anaerobe respiration, with examples of anaerobe respiration in plants); plant growth (stages of plant growth , growth areas in plants, growth regulation substances in plants, rest status in plants, germination process); plant developments (blooming and fruiting physiology, plant aging physiology); excitability and movement phenomena in plants (passive movement, active movement, plants that are fixated to substrate movements: tropism, nasties, movements of free plants, movement role in plant’s life); functional plant adaptation to stressful environment factors. MINIMUM LECTURE: ACATRINEI GH. – 1991-Reglarea proceselor ecofiziologice la plante Ed. Junimea Iaşi. BOLDOR O., TRIFU M., RAIANU O. –1981 -Fiziologia plantelor, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică Bucureşti. BURZO I., DELIAN E., DOBRESCU A., VOICAN V., BĂDULESCU L.- 2004 - Fiziologia plantelor de cultură vol. I Ed. Ceres Bucureşti. MURARIU AL. - 2002 Fiziologie vegetală vol. I, Ed. Junimea, Iaşi. MURARIU AL. - 2007 Fiziologie vegetală vol. II Ed. Univ. "AL. I. Cuza" Iaşi. ZAMFIRACHE M. M. -2001- Fiziologie vegetală (note de curs). Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza", Iaşi. ZAMFIRACHE M. M. -2005- Fiziologie vegetală. Vol I. Ed. Azimuth, Iaşi. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: HYDROBIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Botany, Zoology, Chemistry GENERAL THEME: The study object of the Aquatic ecology Hydrological cycle Water as natural resource Water reserve Types of water reserves Water consumption Water crisis Problems related to ground water The integrated management of the water resources Water properties Organoleptical properties Phyisical properties Chemical properties The types of aquatic ecosystems

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course of Mycology (3rd Edition). Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baarn Pârvu M., 1996. Fitopatologie. Cluj Universitarian Press, Cluj - Napoca Tănase C., Mititiuc M., 2001. Micologie. “Al. I. Cuza“ University Press, Iaşi Tănase C., 2001, Ciuperci utile şi patogene, Centrul pentru Învăţământ Deschis la Distanţă şi Conversie Profesională Şesan Tatiana Eugenia, Tănase C., 2007, Ciuperci anamorfe fitopatogene, Bucharest University Press, Bucharest. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian

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Mănescu S., Cucu M., Diaconescu Mona Ligia, 1994 – Chimia sanitară a mediului, Edit. Medicală, Bucureşti.

Pricope F., 2001 – Poluarea mediului şi conservarea naturii, Universitatea Bacău. Primak R., 2002 – Conservarea diversităţii biologice, Ed. Tehnică, Bucureşti. Rădulescu H., 2001- Poluare şi tehnici de depoluare a mediului. Ed. Eurobit. Timişoara Vişan S., Angelescu A., Alpopi C., 2000 – Mediul înconjurător - poluare şi protecţie. Ed. Economică, Bucureşti. Zaharia I., 1999 – Studii de ecologie. Influenţa poluării chimice asupra covorului vegetal din România. Ed. Economică, Bucureşti Zinca E., Grădinaru C., 2007- Poluarea apelor şi metode eficiente de epurare. Ed. Irco Script Drobeta Turnu – Severin. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ENTOMOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: IV PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Invertebrate Biology; Ecology GENERAL THEME: Definition, historical and importance of Entomology. External morphology of insects. Insect appendages (Antennae; Mouthparts; Legs; Wings and Appendages of the abdomen); Anatomy of insects (tegument; musculature; nervous system and sense organs; endocrine system; excretion; internal transport; gas exchange; nutrition; reproduction); Insect Life Cycles: embryonary and post-embryonary development, metamorphosis in insects. Ecology of insects; distribution of insects. Diversity of insects: general characters; classification; exemplification; significance. Superclass Hexapoda Class Parainsecta, ord. Protura and Collembola (general characters; classification; exemplification; significance); Class Entognatha, ordinul Diplura (general characters; classification; exemplification; significance); Class Insecta, subclass Apterygota – ord.: Archeognatha and Thysanura (general characters; classification; exemplification; significance); 6. Subclass Pterygota, infraclass Paleoptera, ord. Odonata and Ephemeroptera (general characters; classification; exemplification; significance); Infraclass Neoptera, superorders: Orthopteroidea (ord. Blattodea, Mantodea, Isoptera, Plecoptera, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, Grylloblattodea, Embiidina, Phasmida), Hemipteroidea (ord. Zoraptera, Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Hemiptera and Thysanoptera), Neuropteroidea (ord. Strepsiptera, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera, Megaloptera and Coleoptera), Mecopteroidea (ord. Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera şi Trichoptera) and Hymenopteroidea (ord. Hymenoptera) (general characters; classification; exemplification; significance MINIMUM LECTURE: Capinera John, 2004. Encyclopedia of Entomology (vol. 1-3). Kluwer Academic Publishets, Netherlands, 2580p Daly V. H., Doyen T. J. & Purcell H. A. (III), 1998. Introduction to Insect Biology and diversity. Second edition. Oxford University Press, USA, 680 p Ionescu A. M. şi Matilda Lăcătuşu, 1971. Entomologie. Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti

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Manolache C. şi colab., 1970. Entomologie agricolă. Ed. Agrosilvică, Bucureşti Marcu Olimpia şi I. Tudor, 1975. Protecţia Pădurilor. Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică Bucureşti McGavin George, 2001. Essential Entomology. Oxford University Press, 318 p Nitzulescu V. şi I. Gherman, 1990. Entomologie medicală. Ed. Academiei Române, Bucureşti Romoser S. W. & Stoffolano G. John jr., 1994. The science of Entomology. Ed. Wm. C. Brown, USA, (Third edition.) 532 p. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ANIMAL ECOPHISIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: IV PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: General ecology; Anatomy; Cellular Biology; Biophysics; Histology and Animal Embryology GENERAL THEME: 1. General problems in ecophisiology: Ecophisiology as a discipline; The connections of the ecophisiology with physiology and ecology; Ecophysiological investigations’ sphere; Practical importance of animal ecophysiology knowledges. 2. Interdependence between the environment and the animal organism : environment factors; the organism as a biological system; The animal relations’ with the environment; 3. The physiology of adaptation: The general concept of biological adaptation; The connections between adaptation and homeosthesie; Automatic systems for reglation; Reversal connection; Umoral reglation; Nervous reglation; 4. Physiological adaptation: Relative stabilization of the intern environment at the human beeing and at the animals; The features of physiological adaptation; The functions of physiological adaptation; The crossed physiological adaptation; Heterosthaesie; The mechanisms of physiological adaptation. 5. Thermo-reglation: Animal warmth; Physiological basis of the thermoregulation; Ecophisiological effects of the heat about the animal organism; The animals’ defence against the cold weather; The animals’ defence against the heat; 6. The reglation of liquids’metaboloism: General considerations regarding the intern environment; The composition and the volume of the liquids at animals and at human; Mechanisms of reglation of capillary filtration and resorbtion; Mechanisms of reglation of glomerural filtration and resorbtion; Hidrical equilibrium; Getting water for the organism; Mechanisms of evoiding dehydrating; 7. Elements of sanguine homeostasis: The componence and the lability of sanguine tissue: The functions of blood in maintaining homeosthaesie; Principles for sanguine regeneration; The reglation of the report poieza/clazia. MINIMUM LECTURE: ŞANTA, N., JITARIU, P., 1970, Fiziologia animalelor şi a omului, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti; MOGOŞ Gh., IANCULESCU Al., 1975, Compendiu de Anatomie şi fiziologie, Editura Ştiinţifică, Bucureşti; PORA E., 1985, Homeostazia, Editura Stiinţifică şi Enciclopedică, Buc. HĂULICĂ, I., 1989, Fiziologie umană, Ed.Medicală, Bucureşti; HEFCO, V., 1998, Fiziologia animalelor şi a omului, Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti, 634 pag.; MISĂILĂ, C., 1996, Ecofiziologie animală, Editura Univ.”Al.I.Cuza”, Iaşi MISĂILĂ, C., 2000, Fiziologia animalelor si a omului, Editura IDESC, Univ.Iasi, TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ORNITHOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: IV PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Vertebrate Biology, Vertebrate Taxonomy, General Ecology GENERAL THEME: Introduction: About the ornithology like science’s history Particularities of birds’ morphology, anatomy and physiology – external morphology; the plumes; the bones and muscles; particularities of the wing and fly’s physiology; the nervous system and receptors; the endocrine system; digestive system and the digestion; respiratory system and respiration; the sirinx and the sound’s production; circulatory system and circulation; excretory system and excretion; genital system and reproduction.

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Ecology of birds – longevity; territory – kind and importance; social life – costs and benefits; marriage systems; the nest; the clutch; incubation strategies; hatching; ecological groups of birds (feeding and ecosystems/habitats); birds’ migration. Ethology of birds – definitions, general information about the birds’ behaviour; instinctual and learning behaviours; communication and signalisation; aggression and ritual practices; territoriality and social behaviour; mating behaviour; nest’s building and defending; parental care. Bird’s origins and evolution – hypothesis; Archaeopteryx lithographica - characteristics, ecology’s hypothesis; taxonomy criteria. People and birds – human influence on the birds’ fauna’s evolution; protection measures and legislation; birds in mythology and traditional cultures. MINIMUM LECTURE: Bennet, P,M. & Owens, I.P.F., 2002 – Evolutionary ecology of birds, Ed. Oxford University Press, New York Botnariuc, N., Tatole, Victoria & colab., 2005 – Cartea Roşie a vertebratelor din România, Muz. Ist. Nat. „Gr. Antipa”, Bucureşti Brooke, M., Birkhead, T., 1991 - The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Ornithology, Ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Cojocaru, I., 2004 – Paleobiologie III, Chordata, Ed. Universităţii „Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi Gache, Carmen, 2002 – Biologie animală, Ed. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi Carmen Gache, 2002 – Dinamica avifaunei în bazinul rîului Prut, Publicaţiile Societăţii Ornitologice Române, 15, 210 p., Ed. Risoprint, Cluj Napoca Sibley, C. G. & Ahlquist, J.E., 1995 – Phylogeny and classification of birds of the world: a study in molecular evolution, 2nd printing, Ed. Yale University Press, New Haven & London TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Ecology, Hydrobiology GENERAL THEME: The Ecosphere The forms of environmental aggression Man intervention in the ecosphere’s echilibriums Ecological system stability and reserves Elements of environmental toxicity The bioindicator value of certain species The environmental risk assessment and management The classification of the monitoring systems The regulation of the natural environment quality MINIMUM LECTURE: Bobică N., 1994 – Elemente de ecologie şi dreptul mediului înconjurător, Edit. Fundaţiei Chemarea, Iaşi Godeanu Stoica, 1997 - Elemente de monitoring ecologic/integrat, Ed. Bucura Mond, Bucureşti Negulescu et al., 1995 - Protecţia mediului înconjurător, Ed. Tehnică, Bucureşti Nicoară M., Bomher E., 2004 - Ghidul ariilor protejate din judeţul Iaşi, S.C. Tipografia Moldova, Iaşi Pumnea C, Grigoriu G., 1994 - Protecţia mediului ambiant, Ed. Did. şi Ped., R.A., Bucureşti TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: ANIMAL PARAZITOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Animal Biology, Animal Taxonomy GENERAL THEME: 1) General aspects of the parasitic reality, the adaptations of the animal parasitic species for the parasitic way of life, the action of the parasitic beings on the host, types of parasitism, reaction of the host to the presence of the parasitic species. 2) Parasitic Protozoa: Flagellates (Leishmania donovani, Trypanosoma gambiense, Trypanosoma cruzi, Giardia duodenalis, Trichomonas vaginalis...), Amoebas (Entamoeba histolytica...), Sporozoans (Toxoplasma gondii, Plasmodium spp....). 3)

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Metazoan parasitic species: Trematodes (Fasciola hepatica, Dicrocoelium lanceatum, Opistorchis felineus...), Cestodes (Diphyllobothrium latum, Taenia solium, T. saginata, Ecinococcus granulosus, Hymenolepis nana, Dipylidium caninum, Multiceps multiceps, Moniesia expansa...), Nematodes (Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, Trichuris trichiura, Trichinella spiralis...), Arachnids (Sarcoptes spp., Demodex spp., Ixodes spp....), Insects (Cimex lectularius, Pediculus spp., Pulex irritans...). MINIMUM LECTURE: Moglan I. 1998 –Parazitologie, Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi; Rădulescu Simona 2000 –Parazitologie medicală, Ed. All, Bucureşti; Chiriac Elena 1976 –Parazitologie generală, Ed. Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti; Nitzulescu V., Gherman I. 1990 –Entomologie medicală, Ed. Academiei Române, Bucureşti; Teodoresc Irina, Toma Diana 1999 –Boli parazitare, Ed. Constelaţii, Bucureşti; Nitzulescu V. 1979 –Parazitologie pentru toţi, Ed. Medicală, Bucureşti ; Şuteu E. 2005 –Parazitica, Ed. Risoprint, Cluj. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF VEGETAL PARASITS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Organization and systematic of cryptogams, Microbiology, Ecology GENERAL THEME: General concepts about phytopathogen agents; Characteristics of the phytopathogen agents; The evolution of pathogen process in plants (Pathogenesis) Simptomathology of plant disease Biology and ecology of vegetal parasits MINIMUM LECTURE: Gams W. AA, H. A. Van Der, Plaats – Niterink, A. J. van Der, Samson R. A., Stalpers J. A., 1987. CBS course of Mycology (3rd Edition). Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baarn Pârvu M., 1996. Fitopatologie. Cluj Universitarian Press, Cluj - Napoca Tănase C., Mititiuc M., 2001. Micologie. “Al. I. Cuza“ University Press, Iaşi Tănase C., 2001, Ciuperci utile şi patogene, Centrul pentru Învăţământ Deschis la Distanţă şi Conversie Profesională Şesan Tatiana Eugenia, Tănase C., 2007, Ciuperci anamorfe fitopatogene, Bucharest University Press, Bucharest. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: HUMAN ECOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: V PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: General Ecology GENERAL THEME: The systemic organization of the living world ; Individual level; populatiopnal level :

- Statics and dynamics of the human populations; - The demographic-evolution of the human population;

Ecological dimensions of the species Homo sapiens sapiens; Man , multidimensiona being; The position of man in nature; The stages of the human evolution ; Human evolution and the climatic environment; The influence of the atmospheric elements on the human physiology; The building of the biological person and of the psychological person; Informational stress, Ecology and the sustainable development in human settlements; The power (energetic) complex of the human body.

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MINIMUM LECTURE: Barnea, M., Calciu Al., 1979 – „Ecologie umană” Ed. Medicală Bucureşti Botnariuc N, 1991 – „Evoluţia sistemelor supraindividuale” Ed. Ştiinţifică şi enciclopedică Bucureşti Campbell, B, 1967 – „Human Evolution” University Pres Cambridge Mustaţă Ghe., Mustaţă Maria, 2002 – „Homo sapiens sapiens L. Origine şi evoluţie” Ed. Vasile Goldiş University Press Arad Mustaţă Maria, Mustaţă Ghe., 2003 – „Probleme de ecologie generală şi umană” Ed. Universităţii „Al. I.Cuza” Iaşi Pârvu Constantin, 1999 – „Ecologie generală” Ed. Tehnică Buucureşti Puia I., Ardelean A, Soran V, Maiar C, 1999 – „Elemente de ecologie umană” ” Ed. Vasile Goldiş University Press Arad TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: GENERAL THEME: Introduction. Microorganisms in the living world. Bacteria – anatomy of bacteria: morphology and sizes; ultrastructure. Chemical composition of bacterial cells. Nutrition of bacteria: nutritive requirements and trophic classification of bacteria. Bacterial metabolism. Bacteria growth and multiplication. Eukaryotes: yeasts and microfungi. Acellular infective entities: viruses. Subviral agents: viroids, prionis. Influence of physical and chemical factors on microorganisms. Microbial interactions. Interactions between microorganisms and higher organisms (plants and animals). MINIMUM LECTURE: Alcamo, I.E., 2003 – Microbes and society, an introduction to microbiology, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, 294-315. Atlas, R.M., Bartha, R., 1998 – Microbial ecology – fundamentals and applications, Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., 99-133. Dunca Simona, Octăviţa Ailiesei, Erica Nimiţan, Ştefan Marius, 2005 - Elemente de microbiologie - Ed. Junimea, Iaşi. Lim, D., 1998 – Microbiology, Second Ed., WCB, McGraw-Hill, Boston. Lynch, J.M., 1990 – The rhizosphere, John Wiley and Sons, Chicester, U.K., 57-165. Madigan, M., Martinko, J., Parker, J., 2000 – Brock Biology of microorganisms, 8th edition, Prentice Hall., Inc. Simon & Schuster, Viacom Company, New Jersey. Madsen, E.L., 2008 - Environmental Microbiology: From Genomes to Biogeochemistry, Blackwell Pub. Raina M, Ian L., Charles P.G., 2000 - Environmental Microbiology, Academic Press. Sylvia, D.M., Fuhrmann, J.J., Hartel, P.G., Zuberer, D.A., 1999 – Principles and applications of soil microbiology, Prentice Hall Inc, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 389-407. Zarnea, G., 1994 – Tratat de microbiologie generală, vol. V, Ed. Academiei Române, Bucureşti. TEACHING LANGUAGE: Roma SUBJECT NAME: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, LEGISLATION, POLICIES AND STRATEGIES NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Botany, Zoology, Hydrobiology GENERAL THEME: Principles of the International Environmental Law European Environmental Law: Framework directives, Directives, Regulations and Appendices The legislation activity in Romania for environmental protection Juridical responsibility in the field of environmental protection World, regional and national organizations for environmental protection European Union environmental policy Environmental policies in Romania MINIMUM LECTURE: Bobică N., 1994 – Elemente de ecologie şi dreptul mediului înconjurător, Edit. Fundaţiei Chemarea, Iaşi Brăilean T., 2002 - Euroregiunile şi cooperarea transfrontalieră, Centrul de Studii europene, Iaşi Duţu M., 1995 – Dreptul internaţional şi comunitar al mediului, Edit. Econ., Bucureşti

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Duţu M., 1998 - Dreptul mediului. Tratat. Vol I şi II, Edit. Econ., Bucureşti Lupan E., 1993 – Dreptul mediului, Edit. Lumina Lex, Bucureşti Marinescu D., 1996 - Dreptul mediului înconjurător, Casa de edit. şi presă "Şansa" SRL, Bucuresti Nicoară M., 2003 - Legislaţia mediului, Ed. Univ. "Al.I. Cuza" Iaşi Nicoară M., Bomher E., 2004 - Ghidul ariilor protejate din judeţul Iaşi, S.C. Tipografia Moldova, Iaşi Pumnea C, Grigoriu G., 1994 - Protecţia mediului ambiant, Ed. Did. şi Ped., R.A., Bucureşti Sion I.G., 1990 - Ecologie şi drept internaţional, Edit. Şt. şi Enciclop., Bucureşti Vădineanu A., 1998 - Dezvoltarea durabilă, vol. I, Edit. Universităţii Bucureşti TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: PHYTOSOCIOLOGY AND ROMANIA’S VEGETATION CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: GENERAL THEME: PHYTOSOCIOLOGY – DEFINITION, INTEREST, TASKS, METHODOLOGICAL STAGES; PHYTOCENOSIS’S FUNCTIONS; PHYTOCENOSIS’S RELEVEE; PHYOTCENOSIS’S DYNAMICS; CENOTAXONOMY OF VEGETAL GROUPS; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY’S APPLICATIONS; VEGETATION MAPPING. GENERAL CHARACTERISATION OF ROMANIAN VEGETATION. MINIMUM LECTURE: TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian SUBJECT NAME: METODOLOGY OF ELABORATING IMPACT STUDIES NUMBER OF CREDITS: 5 SEMESTER: VI PREVIOUS, COMPULSORY SUBJECTS: Vegetal and animal eco-morphology, Environmental pollution and protection, Environmental law, Legislation, policies and strategies GENERAL THEME: The research and development system in Romania (1. units and research and development institutions 2. national strategy; 3. plans, programs and grants for research and development, innovation and their corresponding financing: a. national plan for research and development and innovation; b. IMPACT program; c. sectorial plans; d. Romanian Academy plan; e. the nucleus program; f. grants; 4. human resources within the research, development and innovation system). International scientific research programs (1. The framework program of the European Union; 2. Other international programs: the COST program, Eureka program, NATO’s scientific program, ESF-funded programs, bilateral programs). Typology of scientific research and data collecting methods in scientific research Stages in scientific research Research project (1. drawing up a research project proposal; 2. management of a research project) Presenting the scientific research’s results (oral and poster presentation, oral presentation at scientific events, writing and presenting a thesis, writing an article for scientific publication, drawing up and presenting a research report). Evaluation of scientific research Ethics in scientific research Intellectual property MINIMUM LECTURE: Ivănescu L., C. Toma, 2003 – Influenţa poluării asupra structurii plantelor, Ed. Fundaţiei Andrei Şaguna, Constanţa Pisoschi Aurel, Aurel Ardelean, 2007 – Aspecte metodologice in cercetarea stiintifica, Editura Academiei Romane Stiglitz E. Joseph, 2008 – Mecanismele globalizării, Editura Polirom, Iaşi TEACHING LANGUAGE: Romanian

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FACILITIES PROVIDED TO STUDENTS BY THE FACULTY

SOCIAL, DIDACTIC AND RESEARCH FACILITIES

PERSPECTIVES PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AFTER GRADUATION

PREMISES OF THE FACULTY OF BIOLOGY

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SOCIAL, DIDACTIC AND RESEARCH FACILITIES

Based on the structure, organization and the equipment that it is endowed with, the Faculty

of Biology represents the optimal place for the training and formation of biology specialists.

These are completed by the social opportunities (accommodation, scholarships) provided by “Al. I. Cuza” University, by means of the Faculty of Biology, as well as the university mobility opportunities provided especially by means of the European academic exchange programme SOCRATES-ERASMUS.

SOCRATES programme is a transnational cooperation programme in the educational field, which is supported and financed by the European Union, by means of the European Commission. Our university has implemented it since 1996. Mainly due to our ERASMUS component, this programme has so far facilitated the accomplishment of almost 1000 opportunities of study mobility (Romanian students who go to European universities and foreign students who come to our university). After 1990, the Faculty of Biology has developed its collaboration programmes with

other similar institutions inside the country and abroad. Within the UNIVERSITARIA Consortium, established in 1996, the Faculty of Biology from Iasi collaborates, both from a didactic perspective, and by means of scientific research projects, with similar faculties within associated universities (University from Bucharest, “Babeş-Bolyai” University from Cluj, and Western University from Timişoara).

Here are the foreign partners of our faculty with which we maintain relations of collaboration and integration in European programmes: University of Liege (Belgium), University of Gent (Belgium), Universite Catholique de l’Ouest Angers (France), Universite d’Auvergne-Clermont Ferrant I (France), Universite des Sciences et Technologies Lille I (France), Technische Universitaet Braunschweig (Germany), Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg (Germany), Universitaet Konstanz (Germany), Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Greece), Universita degli Studi di Bari (Italy), Universita degli Studi di Camerino (Italy), Universita degli Studi di Padova (Italy), Universita degli Studi di Torino (Italy), University of Sussex (Great Britain), Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands), Universiteit Utrecht (Netherlands), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands), Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal), Catholic University of Portugal (Portugal), University of Porto (Portugal), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Universidad de Vigo (Spain), Mid Sweden University (Sweden), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden), Uppsala Universitet (Sweden), Umeå University (Sweden). Beside the teaching and research premises that have been previously presented (lecture

rooms, laboratories), the material endowment of the Faculty of Biology is completed by a set of institutions where students develop practical on-site activities, which may help them elaborate University-Degree and Dissertation Theses. These institutions have a long tradition and an activity that is intimately connected to our own activity.

The faculty area includes all the premises and fields made available to the academic community in order to develop teaching and research processes, as well as to provide students with appropriate conditions of study and accommodation. Approximately 68% of these premises are modernized and equipped with multimedia systems; about 6.5% represents the area of the computer science laboratory.

The Faculty of Biology exploits a total area of 4956.68 m2, which is intended for didactic activities, scientific research, administrative activities, libraries and storing rooms.

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Situation of the existing spaces within the Faculty of Biology

No. Professional Laboratory Area Percentage (%)

1 Molecular biology and biochemistry 1615.18 32.586

2 Vegetal biology 951.21 19.190 3 Animal biology 1443.14 29.115 4 Faculty, common 947.15 19.108 Total 4956.68 100.000

The rooms, which are intended to be practical work laboratories with students,

have a total area of 2595.98 m2 (52.37%). Approximately 41.07% of these places correspond to the practical and research activities performed by students attending master’s degree and doctor’s degree programmes.

The students of the Faculty of Biology use the Faculty Library and develop specialized practical activities in specific Scientific Research Stations within “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, while these stations are scientifically coordinated by the Faculty of Biology. The students of our faculty develop practical on-site activities at these locations in order to elaborate their university-degree, dissertation and doctor’s degree theses.

As far as students’ accommodation is concerned, the Faculty of Biology has rooms in the student hostels of “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi. Moreover, guest professors or professors who are temporarily employed are accommodated in guest houses and in hotel hostels “Gaudeamus” and “Akademos”. The students who come to study by means of Erasmus – Socrates mobility/programmes, foreign professors, participants in various courses, symposiums or colloquia organized by the faculty, etc., are accommodated in "Gaudeamus" International Exchange Center, which is located in "Codrescu" Student Hostel Complex.

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The Library of the Faculty of Biology is one of the branches of “Mihai Eminescu” Central University Library, it is located within “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, in Building B, 1st floor, and it was founded in February 1953, by the name of Natural Sciences Library, by the fusion of the libraries of botanical, biology, morphology, animal and vegetal physiology laboratories, having a total number of 61 512 publications.

The library of our faculty is currently individualized by: - total number of volumes purchased during the last 5 years: 1201 books + 1648

periodicals = 2849 volumes; - total number of places made available for users: 80; - total area of the library: 456 m2, distributed as follows:

o publication storing rooms: one storing room for books and two rooms for periodicals;

o reading rooms: one reading room for students, with 70 places available and a reading room for professors, with 10 available places;

o available storing rooms: one storing room for books; two storing rooms for serials; two available offices; two halls; one catalogue room; one toilet.

II.9.1. Presentation of the library fund a. Book fund:

- total number of titles: 17,293; - number of textbooks and lectures: 3200; - specialized textbooks (98): biology; ecology; biochemistry; - atlases: 532 volumes; - specific dictionaries (466 vol.) and encyclopedias (188 vol.): - monographs and specialized treaties (615 vol.); - guides (572 vol.); - albums (23 vol.).

b. Old book:

- procurement form: donations and purchase; total number of volumes: 235; - the oldest publication is from year 1836: Bryologia Europaea seu Genera Museorum

europaeorum: Vol. 1; - origin countries: Romania, France, Germany, Russia, Italy.

c. Periodicals:

- Total number of volumes: 28,558 of link volumes; - Total number of titles: 1941; - Covered publications scopes: biology, ecology, agronomy geology, geography,

astronomy, chemistry-physics, biophysics, animal breeding, botanic, pharmacology, etc.;

- Significant titles (the starting year of the periodical included in the library fund is mentioned):

- “Flora oder Botanische Zeitung Welche Recensionen Abhandlungen, Aufsatze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten die Botanik betreffend enthalt”, Resensburg: 1818;

- “Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Botanique”, Paris, Crochard&Ce: 1839; - “Revue Generale de Botanique”, Paris, Gaston Bonnier: 1890.

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II.9.1. Library computerization and the on-line database

a. Computers of the branch / parameters: 1. User profiles: BIB-BCU\Administrator; BIB-BCU\biology

Computer: X86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3; AT/AT COMPATIBLE; 64 KB RAM ACPI Uniprocessor PC Unit: Compaq 10GB 64MB Model No. PM VT DT Barcode reader: CE 1021G SA1T24004225 Display adapters: Intel® 82815 Graphics Controller DVD/CD-Rom: E-IDE CD-ROM 48x/TKU FDD: standard Keyboards: Compaq Standard 101/102 key; PS/2 Keyboard (Compaq) Mouse: Compaq C/T. F!3490N5BI6A2LS; Monitor: Compaq V500 Network Adapter: Realtek RTL 8139(A) PCI FastEthernet Adapter

2. User profiles: BCU-BIO\ Administrator; BCU-BIO\biology Computer: x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3; T/AT COMPATIBLE; 64 KB RAM Unitate: CEL600 10GB 64MB Model No. PM VT DT Barcode reader: CIPHER LabCE 1021PLUS CP062401744 DVD/CD-ROM : LITEON CD-ROM LTN83L FDD.: 48X Max 3 ½ inch Keyboards: PC/AT Enhanced Keyboard (101/102 – key) Mouse: Logitech PS/2 Port Mouse Monitor: Z-Vision 15 HR Network Adapter: Accton EN1207D Series PCI FastEthernet Adapter Printer: Epson LX-1050+ Model P10SA Unit: CEL600 10GB 64MB Model No. PM VT DT

b. Database used for publication registration: At the beginning of year 1999, the Central University Library from Iaşi implements

the integrated library system ExLibris Aleph (Automated Library Expandable Program). Version 505.14.2 is currently used, and its platform is a Unix system and a database of the Oracle 8.0 type. The Aleph system is made of 8 flexible modules (OPAC, Cataloguing, Items, Serials, Acquisition, Circulation, Administration and Alef Administration). In Central University Library from Iaşi, the registered information is managed by means of two databases:

- BCU 01 bibliographic base which includes the bibliographic registrations of the documents included in the Cataloguing module;

- BCU 50 administrative base which contains the information coming from the modules of Items, Acquisition, Circulation and Serial Control.

c. On- line catalogue: Our library provides the beneficiary with the database of its publications, books and

serials (a database that is integrated in the bibliographic database of the Central University Library from Iaşi).

This database may be accessed by means of the on-line catalogue on the Internet, by the web-page of the library: www.bcu-iasi.ro, where you must click on the “On-line catalogue” button. The access to the information included in the on-line catalogue of the library is free of charge (the “Visitor” button) and it is available anytime and from any place with access to the Internet. The news is that the traditional library cards have been scanned and introduced in the database o the library this year with information that could not be found

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before 2008 in the on-line catalogue. Since 2004, the Central University Library (BCU) from Iaşi is included in a library consortium (BCU Bucharest, BCU Cluj, BCU Iaşi and BCU Timişoara), which has subscribed to a database consisting in other several databases. This database includes periodical articles, their full-text or summary. The Biology Library, as a subsidiary of BCU Iaşi, provides its users with this new database, which may be accessed free of charge only from the network of the Central Library and its Subsidiaries; therefore, there is a need of a public computer which may provide access both to the database of the Library and to the databases PRO-QUEST, RoLinest, SpringerLink, Ebsco, Scopus, Elsevier, Emerald, Sage and Embase.

“PROF. IOAN BORCEA PH D” MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION OF AGIGEA (CONSTANŢA COUNTY )

Manager: Senior Lecturer Victor Surugiu, Ph D.

Tel.: +40-241-742940

“Prof. Ioan Borcea Ph D” Marine Biological Station is located at approximately 11 km south from the city of Constanţa and 3 km north from the town of Eforie Nord; from an administrative point-of-view, it belongs to the commune of Agigea, Constanţa County. The station has a total area of 15.1539 ha. The access to the station is provided by the national road DN 39 (E87) Constanţa-Mangalia, either by a lateral road though Agigea commune, or by the road bridge to the ferryboat terminal Ro-Ro, right before entering Eforie Nord.

The station was founded in 1926 by the eminent zoologist Prof. Ioan Borcea Ph D, and it was the first marine research station on the Romanian shore of the Black Sea. When Professor Ioan Borcea chose the appropriate place for the station, he considered the variety of the benthonic and terrestrial biocenoses. The station has gradually developed and turned into the most famous school for the Romanian hydrobiology. Prestigious specialists worked in this station, such as Academician Constantin Motaş, Academician Eugen Macovschi, Academician Mihai Băcescu, Academician Petre Jitariu, Academician Eugen Pora, Academician Olga Necrasov, Prof. Sergiu Cărăuşu, Prof. Nicolae Gavrilescu, Dr. Maria Celan, etc. Six national and international scientific manifestations have been organized aqt the Station from Agigea so far (in 1956, 1966, 1969, 1996, 2001 and 2006).

“Prof. Ioan Borcea Ph D” Marine Biological Station from Agigea includes the protected area “Reservation of marine dune plants from Agigea”, which is the only reservation of this type from Romania and Europe. This reservation gathers rare and very rare plants, such as the endemic species Alyssum borzeanum, Ephedra distachya or Convolvulus persicus. Marine dunes have been formed by the deposition of the sand brought by the wind from an old marine bay situated at north, where there is a part of the old lake Agigea. Nowadays, the reservation is in the custody of the station according to the Custody Convention no. 11, based on the provisions of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 236/2000 on the status of natural protected area, natural habitats and species of wild flora and fauna conservation, approved with modifications by Law no. 462/2001. The current area of the reservation is of 6600 m2 and it gathers more than 346 species of vascular plants and 8 moss species. The north Dobrogean turtle (Testudo graeca ibera) is one of the animals that are protected by law in the reservation. A project was elaborated in 2007 for better management of the protected area “Reservation of marine dune plants”. The specialists from the Faculty of Biology within “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi secure a permanent monitoring and a periodical inventory of the flora and fauna existing in the reservation. The station has three buildings, where there are the research laboratories and the dormitories for students, professors and researchers, having a total capacity of 110 places. A canteen is open in the summer, and it may provide meals for approximately 150 people.

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The location of the station near the Danube-Black Sea Channel and near Constanţa Sud-Agigea sea port presents the advantage of an interdisciplinary research approach, aiming at an anthropic impact on the biodiversity of marine and sweet-water ecosystems, the elaboration of methods that may evaluate the quality of the marine environment, as well as prevent and remove the effects of pollution and euthrophysation. 15 research contracts have been accomplished at Agigea Station between 1990 and 2008.

The Marine Biological Station from Agigea has the following experimenting facilities in order to develop its researching activities:

- Marine benthos laboratory, focused especially on the systematic, bionomic and ecological study of benthonic marine invertebrates;

- University-degree laboratory, for students attending the courses of the 1st and 2nd cycles, who perform research activities in order to elaborate their university-degree and dissertation theses in the field of biology and the Black Sea ecology; the laboratory is equally focused on the study of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems from the Romanian shore of the Black Sea and Dobrogea;

- Laboratory for students’ practical training, focused on processing the material collected during the summer practical training activities;

- Specialized library, which currently contains more than 3000 volumes and specialized periodicals, and which exchanges scientific magazines with more than 25 similar institutions abroad;

- Station museum, which contains a collection of vertebrates from Dobrogea, fishes and invertebrates from the Black Sea, a collection of macrophyte algae, and a herbarium with plants that are characteristic to the natural reservations from Dobrogea.

Every year, the station hosts the summer practical training activity performed by the students from the Faculty of Biology and the Faculty of Geography-Geology within “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, from the University of Bucharest, Western University of Timişoara, “Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj, University of Bacău, “Ovidius” University of Constanţa, “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galaţi, “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, University of Sibiu, University of Piteşti, etc. 44 university-degree theses, 14 dissertation theses and 4 doctor’s degree theses have been elaborated at the Marine Biological Station from Agigea so far. Moreover, the Station of Agigea has hosted the summer practical training activities and university-degree theses of students from the Public University from the Republic of Moldova, the University of Tiraspol, University of Vigo, Western Catholic University of Angers, etc.

The station is open all year long for students and researchers monitoring certain aspects of marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Student camps, summer courses, creation camps, workshops and other educational-cultural activities may be organized at Agigea throughout the year based on the existing applications.

“Petre Jitariu” Biological Station from Piatra Neamţ (Neamţ County)

Manager: Prof. Costică Misăilă, Ph D. Tel. +40-232-201522

“Petre Jitariu” Biological Station from Piatra Neamţ (Neamţ County) includes:

- Laboratory of Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology from Piatra Neamţ (Neamţ County);

- Laboratory of Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology from Potoci (Neamţ County).

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The Laboratory of Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology from Piatra Neamţ, 2 Aleea Migdalilor; Tel. 0233/218645; Head of Laboratory CP II Dr. Nicolae APETROAIE, and the Laboratory of Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology from Potoci, Neamţ County (on the shore of Bicaz Lake - Izvorul Muntelui); Tel. 0233/253248; Head of Laboratory Prof. Ionel Miron Ph D.

The Laboratory of Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology from Piatra Neamţ and the Laboratory of Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology from Potoci originate in “Stejarul” Station of Biological Geological and Geographic Research from Pângăraţi, a station that belongs to “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iaşi. The station was founded in 1957 by the academician Petre Jitariu from the Faculty of Biology from Iaşi, having the following objectives:

- outlining the complex ecological, economic and social processes generated by the hydro-energetic arrangements on Bistriţa river (formation of Bicaz - Izvorul Muntelui dam lake and of all the accumulation lakes on this river);

- research of genetics and for the improvement of certain medicinal herbs; - underlay and biological fight against certain vermin that attack plants of economic

importance; - ornitofauna research; - pedologic, geomorphologic, climatologic and hydrologic research; - geologic and geochemical research; - supplying the material, didactic and scientific equipment that is necessary for the

practical training development of students from the Faculties of Biology, Geography-Geology within “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iaşi, and from other faculties of Biology from the country and abroad;

- supplying the necessary infrastructure for the elaboration of Doctor’s Degree Theses, Dissertation Theses, University-Degree Projects, and for the 1st teaching degree in pre-university educational system.

“Petre Jitariu” Biological Station from Neamţ currently belongs to “Al. I. Cuza”

University of Iaşi, and it is scientifically coordinated by the Faculty of Biology; it has two basic missions:

- the didactic-scientific activity regarding the supply of practical training conditions for the students of the Faculties of Biology, Geography and Geology of our University, as well as for the students attending similar faculties at other Universities from the country and abroad. The Station area is adapted to the requirements of students’ practical training, as it has 80 accommodation places, canteen, library, laboratories, working offices, a lecture room with 108 places, etc.;

- research activity within various research contracts and grants in fields of Hydrobiology (algology, aquaculture, microbiology aquatics, hydrochemistry, sediment chemism, etc.), application and utilization of sub-aquatic means with submerse laboratory. Moreover, this is the place of development for certain experiments and observations that are necessary for Unviersity-Degree, Dissertation and Doctor’s Degree Theses.

AQUACULTURE AND AQUATIC ECOLOGY RESEARCH STATION FROM IASI

Economic Manager: Economist Cornelia Medeleanu Tel. +40-232-222513

The Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology Research Station from Iaşi is located in the

southern part of Iasi City, in the area of the Heavy Equipment Plant, on Iaşi – Ciurea road, downstream Iezăreni accumulation dam. Founded in 1961, the Fish Research Station from Podu Iloaiei is the oldest specialized unit in Moldova, and it has this location since 1985. The

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station has a total area of 10.7 ha; it includes buildings, interior access ways, dams, and 5.2 ha of water. Moreover, the staff of the station manages, from a fishy perspective, Iezăreni accumulation lake, which has an area of 50 ha.

The Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology Research Station from Iaşi provides the necessary infrastructure for the development of specific practical activities in the field of aquaculture and aquatic ecology, for the development of research activities within various research grants and programmes, for the accomplishment of scientific studies in view of the elaboration of university-degree, dissertation and doctor’s degree theses.

“ANASTASIE FĂTU” BOTANICAL GARDENS OF IAŞI

Manager: Prof. Cătălin Tănase, Ph D. Address: 7-9 Dumbrava Roşie Str.

Tel.: +40-232-201373; +40-232-201385

http://botanica.uaic.ro This representative institution of Iasi City was founded in 1856, and it was the first

university Botanical Garden of Romania. In time, the Garden has had several locations, and, in 1963, it was moved on Copou hill, at west of “Expoziţiei” Park. The allotted area was of 65 ha at first, and it currently reaches an approximate area of 100 ha; therefore, the Garden of Iasi is the biggest in the country.

Plantations followed a modern technique on its current location, in order to fulfill the following functions: didactic, scientific, recreational-cultural and hygienic-sanitary functions. The scientific thematic of the current botanical garden is developed in 12 sections, where 8000 taxa are currently cultivated from all the bio-geographic regions of the world and from Romania. The activity performed in these departments is accomplished in collaboration with the Herbarium, Museum and Library of the Garden, and it is supported by the Laboratory of micro-propagation and preservation of germoplasm, Laboratory for international seed exchange, Computer Science Laboratory and the Administrative Office.

Taxonomic Section

It is located near the main entrance into the Garden, and it occupies an area of 5 ha. Approximately 2,000 herbal and wooden taxa are cultivated in this department. The central axis of the section is marked by two alleys guarded by Thuja occidentalis 'Fastigiata', which limit a wide ground floor, decorated with Buxus. Around the ground floor, there are various representatives of the Gymnospermae phylum, casting their shadow on species belonging to the Pteridophyta phylum. The Gymnospermae phylum is represented by two types of Metasequoia gliptostroboides (Taxodiaceae family), a collection of species included in the Pinus genus and several types of Ginkgo biloba. We should also mention the relictary species of Ephedra distachya. The Angiospermatophyta phylum occupies most part of the section. Less evaluated representatives of Angiospermae are grouped at the center, around a basin of aquatic plants and an Auditorium. Several lawns fetch away from this central point in a radial manner, drawing limits among groups of orders that have evaluated towards the same direction, creating the following species: Policarpigenae, Rosigenae, Columniferigenae, Parietaligenae, Centrospermigenae, Liliiflorigenae and Spadiciflorigenae.

Greenhouse Complex Section The Greenhouse Complex has a total area of 3,800 m2, a shelter for approximately 2,600 taxa, which includes 18 departments, some of them being reserved for scientific

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research. Plant collections are grouped based on the geographic origin of plants, taking into account the ecologic requirements, the plant utility and various esthetic principles. World Flora Section This section is located in the North-Western part of the Garden on a total area of 16 ha. The plants, which are grouped by their place of origin, continents and geographic regions, have been located using the landscape and mixed styles. Ornamental Section It is located at the entry into the Garden, around the administrative premises and the Greenhouse Complex, and it has an area of 4 ha. Near the Garden entry, there is a ground floor in the classical style with arabesques of Buxus, rose ribbons and groups of ornamental graminaceae.

Biologic Section It is located in the central part of the Garden and it has a total area of 4.5 ha. The

scientific thematic presents certain organization aspects of the vegetal world (structure and functions), aspects related to plant evolution (evidence and mechanisms), adaptation of plants to the environmental conditions and man’s role in guiding the evolutionary process. This section also contains collections of cultivated plants (annual and evergreen), which include the collection of Iris genera; these plants represent a great attraction for visitors in springtime.

Romanian Flora and Vegetation Section It occupies an area of 25 ha on the two slopes of Podgoria Copou Valley. The flora and vegetation are presented by historical provinces and floors of vegetations. Several lakes have been created by the damming of the Podgoria Copou brook, which provide ecological environments for water and moor plants. The plants belonging to this Section have been brought from nature, from the historical provinces that were to be represented. Dendrologic Section Having a total area of 20 ha, it is located at the southern extremity of the garden, on the slope oriented to the West. The collections of trees and bushes have been grouped by genera and based on the ecologic requirements of the plants. The section has been arranged using the mixed style, with an inclination towards the landscape style. The section presents a symmetry axis, which establishes the limit between the sub-sections Gymnospermae and Angiospermae, facilitating visitors’ circulation. Rosarium Section The Rosarium Section is located at the intersection between the main Sections and the access paths, and it has a total area of 1.55 ha. Roses are grouped based on systematic, horticultural, genetic and landscaping criteria, observing the chronology of their apparition: in an evolutionary line, from the spontaneous ones to the last creations of noble genera. Wild roses and their genera, as well as park and climbing roses occupy the peripheral lawn, near the coniferous plantations. The noble rose genera are distributed at the center of the area.

Didactic-Experimental Section In the vicinity of the Rosarium Section, on the south-eastern part of the Garden, there is the Didactic-Experimental Section, which occupies an area of 4 ha. This section represents a horticultural and agricultural laboratory, where students, pupils and teachers develop a part of their practical training and research activity. The structure of this section includes: a) a

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selective pomological collection, which is arranged in an intensive tree-culture system; b) a selective ampelographic collection with various vine genera, which is arranged in an intensive culture system; c) an experimental field for various experiments performed by the scientific staff of the Garden and by the professors from the Faculty of Biology. Useful Plant Section It has a total area of 1.5 ha and it includes representatives of vegetal resources, spontaneous and cultivated ones, which are used by man for various purposes. As they walk through the 9 sub-sections, groups arranged on the land, visitors may be acquainted with and recognize various plants that are useful or harmful for man: medicinal, toxic, aromatic and spices, fodders and melifferous, tanning and tinctorial plants, textiles and plants that are used as sources of cellulose, rubber and resin plants, alimentary and oleaginous plats, as well as soil fixing plants. The Memorial Plant Section and the Entertaining Section, which are located in the northern region of the Garden, are currently being arranged.

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF Iaşi

Manager: Senior Lecturer Ion Cojocaru, Ph D. Address: B-dul Independenţei nr. 16, 6600 Iaşi Tel./fax: +40-232-201339 http://www.bio.uaic.ro/muzeu/muzeu.html The Natural History Museum of Iasi was founded on 4 February 1834, at the initiative

of a small group of members of the Society of Physicians and Naturalists from Iaşi, coordinated by Iacob Czihac, Gheorghe Asachi, Mihail Zotta, Constantin Sturdza and Costachi Negri. It is the first museum of this type founded in the Romanian Principalities, and, as a cultural institution, its purpose was to inform the people of Iaşi about the “ground and underground riches of Moldavia, as well as various curiosities from other parts of the world.”

The solemn inauguration of the Museum took place on Sunday, at the Bals house, on Podu Verde alley, nowadays Copou Boulevard. The Museum was sheltered by this house until 1838, when it was moved to the Great Hall of Mihaileanu Academy.

In 1840, the house of the High Stewart Costachi Sturza was bought for the Museum, on Hagioaiei Alley, today Independenţei Boulevard, no. 16, the building where the Musuem, and the Society, currently develop their activity too. Article 5 of the House Purchasing Project stipulates the following: “This house is bought especially for the Cabinet of Natural History or Museum, a purchase that is for public benefit.”

The Cabinet of Natural History becomes well-known to the public also due to the fact that, on the night of 3/15 January 1859, in one of its rooms, the Parliament Representatives of the National Party decided the nomination of Colonel Alexandru Ioan Cuza to the Moldavian regency. At the historic meeting, due to which the building is subsequently designated a “Historic Monument”, the group of the 30 Parliament Representatives included passionate unionists: Mihail Kogalniceanu, Vasile Alecsandri, Constantin Rolla, Nicolae Docan, Anastasie Panu, Petru Cazimir, Petru Mavrogheni, Dumitru Miclescu, Constantin Roset Tetcanu, Nicolae Suţu a.s.o.

The collections of the Museum currently include more than 300 000 copies; the most valuable collections are those of Insects, Mollusks, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Minerals and Plants.

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Collections In 2000, the inventory of the Museum includes more than 350 000 items; 3,500 of

them are patrimony items, 5,290 are exhibited, and the other ones are stored. The mollusk collection includes almost all the species of Lamelibranchiate and

Gasteropode of the Romanian fauna. The arachnid (spider) collection is one of the biggest in the country; it includes specimens from the entire eastern part of the country (Dobrogea, Moldova and Bucovina).

The biggest insect collections are those of Orthopters, Odonates, Coleopters, Lepidoptera and Neuropters. Coleopters include more than 50,000 specimens, and the best represented families are: Staphylinidae, Meloidae, Cerambicidae and Scarabeidae.

The vertebrate collection, which consists of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, includes more than 14,000 specimens representing almost all the species that exist in our county; this makes it one of the richest collections in our museums.

The collections of nests and eggs are particularly interesting. The paleontology collection includes more than 10,000 specimens, while the mineral

collection has more than 2,900 samples. Plants are arranged in herbariums with species from all over the country, which have

been collected throughout 150 years, while the collection of lichens is one of the richest in Europe.

Activity The Museum provides special training programmes, in collaboration with educational

institutions of various levels. These programmes are based on the programme of study at the gymnasium and high school levels, also including practical projects of zoology, agricultural pests, bio-geography, bio-diversity, nature protection, etc., which are taught at the university level.

Periodically, to the extent of the available space, temporary exhibitions and conferences are organized on topics related to: biology, ecology, environment protection.

The specialists of the Museum participate in the research programmes of the Faculty of Biology focused on topics related to the study of biodiversity.

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PERSPECTIVES PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AFTER GRADUATION After the graduation from the three-year cycle of studies (cycle I), when graduates are

awarded the university-degree diploma (in Biology or in the Environment Science), they may choose one of the following options:

continuation of studies

This may be performed by attending the master’s degree studies (two years), based on

which graduates may fulfill a teaching career in the secondary school – high school system. Moreover, specialists who have a Master’s Degree Diploma in Biology may work in various research institutes, medical laboratories, in various branches of the food and pharmaceutical industries, in phyto-sanitary control laboratories, belonging to public health departments, environment protection agencies, in museums of natural history, botanical and zoological gardens, etc.

Master’s degree graduates may also attend a third cycle of studies (doctor’s degree – 3 years), after the graduation from a two-year doctor’s degree school. The title of Doctor in Biology diversifies the opportunities of fulfilling an academic career, allowing the access to the university educational system and to scientific research.

employment as a teacher of biology in the secondary school – gymnasium

educational system

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PREMISES OF THE FACULTY OF BIOLOGY The faculty has an adequate number of rooms for various purposes (laboratories for practical

activities, lecture rooms, research laboratories, library), which are appropriately equipped for the optimal development of the didactic process and of the research activity.

No. Building Floor Purpose Room No. Department

1. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 122a Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 2. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 124 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 3. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 129 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 4. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 225 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 5. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 236 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 6. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 237 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 7. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 238a Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 8. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 239 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 9. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 240 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 10. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 244 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 11. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 381a Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 12. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 381b Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 13. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 382 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 14. Building B Floor I Laboratory 435 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 15. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 224 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 16. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 364 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 17. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 242 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 18. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 344 Biochemistry-Genetics-Microbiology 19. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 117 Vegetal biology 20. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 217 Vegetal biology 21. Building B Floor I Laboratory 442 Vegetal biology 22. Building B Floor I Laboratory 451 Vegetal biology 23. Building B Floor I Laboratory 460 Vegetal biology 24. Building B Floor I Laboratory 461 Vegetal biology 25. Building B Floor I Laboratory 462a Vegetal biology 26. Building B Floor I Laboratory 462c Vegetal biology 27. Building B Floor I Laboratory 463a Vegetal biology 28. Building B Floor I Laboratory 463b Vegetal biology 29. Building B Floor I Laboratory 463c Vegetal biology 30. Building B Floor I Laboratory 464 Vegetal biology 31. Building B Floor I Laboratory 465 Vegetal biology 32. Building B Floor I Laboratory 466 Vegetal biology 33. Building B Floor I Laboratory 467 Vegetal biology 34. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 126a Vegetal biology 35. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 107 Animal morphology and physiology 36. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 107b Animal morphology and physiology

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37. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 108 Animal morphology and physiology 38. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 115 Animal morphology and physiology 39. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 122f Animal morphology and physiology 40. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 122g Animal morphology and physiology 41. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 122h Animal morphology and physiology 42. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 125 Animal morphology and physiology 43. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 127 Animal morphology and physiology 44. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 130a Animal morphology and physiology 45. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 136 Animal morphology and physiology 46. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 203 Animal morphology and physiology 47. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 204 Animal morphology and physiology 48. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 205 Animal morphology and physiology 49. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 223 Animal morphology and physiology 50. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 234a Animal morphology and physiology 51. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 234b Animal morphology and physiology 52. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 226 Animal morphology and physiology 53. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 227 Animal morphology and physiology 54. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 229 Animal morphology and physiology 55. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 245 Animal morphology and physiology 56. Building B Semi-basement I Laboratory 250 Animal morphology and physiology 57. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 122b Animal morphology and physiology 58. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 122c Animal morphology and physiology 59. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 134 Zoology and ecology 60. Building B Semi-basement II Laboratory 135 Zoology and ecology 61. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 343 Zoology and ecology 62. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 360 Zoology and ecology 63. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 361 Zoology and ecology 64. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 362 Zoology and ecology 65. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 365 Zoology and ecology 66. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 373 Zoology and ecology 67. Building B Ground floor Inter-Media 375c Zoology and ecology 68. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 376 Zoology and ecology 69. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 378 Zoology and ecology 70. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 380 Zoology and ecology 71. Building B Ground floor Laboratory 341a Zoology and ecology 72. Building B Semi-basement II Photo Laboratory 126b Faculty 73. Building B Semi-basement I Microscopy Laboratory 218 Faculty 74. Building B Semi-basement I Microscopy Laboratory 219 Faculty 75. Building B Ground floor Lecture room 339 Faculty 76. Building B Floor I Library 456 Faculty 77. Building B Floor I Library 459 Faculty 78. Building B Floor I Library 459b Faculty 79. Building B Floor I Library 459c Faculty 80. Building B Floor I Library 459d Faculty 81. Building B Floor I Library 459e Faculty

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82. Building B Floor I Library 459f Faculty 83. Building B Floor I Dean, Deputy Dean,

Chancellor’s office 428 Faculty

84. Building B Floor I Council room 468a Faculty 85. Building B Floor I Dean’s office 468 Faculty 86. Building B Floor I Lecture room B2 Faculty

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C O N T E N T S

I. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE FACULTY

ADDRESS OF THE FACULTY 3 BRIEF HISTORY 3 MISSION 4 SPECIALIZATIONS 5 ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES 8 FACULTY MANAGEMENT 13 SECRETARIAT 16 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 17

II. ACADEMIC OFFER OF THE FACULTY

PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 18 OBSERVATIONS ON THE VARIANTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC ITINERARY

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AVAILABLE SUBJECTS FOR THE COMPLEMENTARY ITINERARY 40 OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE COMPULSORY FACULTY SUBJECTS FOR 120 CREDITS

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CRITERIA USED BY THE FACULTY FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF THE ACADEMIC ITINERARY

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DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECTS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME OF STUDY

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III. FACILITIES PROVIDED TO STUDENTS BY THE FACULTY

SOCIAL, DIDACTIC AND RESEARCH FACILITIES 106 PERSPECTIVES PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AFTER GRADUATION 118 PREMISES OF THE FACULTY OF BIOLOGY 119

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