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Biology At The Open UniversityNewest Review: ... throughout the course! Not only is biology a major part of the course but socio-economic issues and psychology matters also figure relatively highly in the course. A major theme of the course is the way in which reductionism (the practise of concentrating on one little part of a problem, for instance the role of genetics in cardiovascular disease) and holism (encompassing all disciplines into the study of a disease or illness) play their parts in diagnosis and research of disease/illness. Essay work figures quite highly in the course, with essays of around 1000 to 1500 words being part of every TMA and a 1000 word essay forms 36% of the... more |
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by - written on 19/10/01 (Very useful, 126 readings)
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This course is extremely hard work for a level 2 course, but very rewarding if you are prepared to put that work in. Of course any OU course requires a great deal of effort as none of them could possibly be easy, but this one covers an extremely large amount of topics, ranging from the time before conception right up to the time of death. With 5, fairly substantial sized text books, it seems like every process of the human body is covered throughout the course! Not only is biology a major part of the course but socio-economic issues and psychology matters also figure relatively highly in the course. A major theme of the course is the way in which reductionism ... Read the complete review

