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SYKK1110 Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Anatomi, fysiologi og biokjemi
Study programme
Bachelor's Programme in Nursing
Weight
15.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

Part 1 Contact lecturer approves the exam after recommendation from the practical training supervisor. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

Part 2 Internal and minimum one external examiner.

The examiner awards points according to predetermined checklists with criteria based on learning outcomes in the course.

Required preliminary courses

  • Completed course SYKK/SYKP1010 Foundations of Nursing 1, 15 ECTS.

Learning outcomes

SYKKPRA10, SYKPPRA10 og SYKDPRA10 are fully overlapping.

Content

A more detailed description of the academic depth and level of the different topics is given in the specification of content set out in a document posted on OsloMet's digital learning platform at the start of the programme.

Detailed learning outcomes and course content are prepared annually by NOKUT.

https://www.nokut.no/utdanningskvalitet/nasjonal-deleksamen/nasjonal-deleksamen-i-anatomi-fysiologi-og-biokjemi-afb/

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures, group work, seminars, written assignments, supervision, multiple choice assignments and self-study.

The flipped classroom is used as a teaching method for part of the course. Digital learning resources will be made available in advance.

Course requirements

The following must have been completed and approved in order for a student to take the exam:

  • 80 % attendance of timetabled activity marked.
  • Multiple choice assignments - 60% correct answers on digital multiple-choice tests.
  • Oral presentation, groups of 3-5 students, each study group is awarded an issue in microbiology to be presented at a seminar.

Assessment

Supervised individual written national exam.

  • 4 hours.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

None.

Grading scale

Gradert skala A-F.

Examiners

National examination body (two examiners).

Overlapping courses

  • 12 ECTS overlap with SYKK1100/SYKP1100, SYBA1010, SYBAS1010 og SPH1230 Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, 12 ECTS.
  • 3 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKP1200 Microbiology and Infection Control, 5 ECTS
  • SYKK1110, SYKP1110 and SYKD1110 are fully overlapping.