Department of Biology

Profile  of the Department of Biology

Vision

To be an excellent higher institute, independent and with dignity to develop professional activities for the prosperity of the people.

Mission

The mission of the Institute of Cristal is to:

Provide and share science and technology through the relationship between education and research to prepare and assist the development of human resources, which are important and strategic factors in the development of Timor-Leste’s sustainability.

Other specific activities to carry out the learning process, scientific research, community service at the tertiary level in the fields of education and health sciences, and professional training in science and technology based on international standards, assist trainees in obtaining the quality of qualifications and professions.

Objective

The objective of the department is:

  1. Educating students to become professional teachers in the field of biology;
  2. Produce Biology teachers who are competent in the field of integrated Biology,
    responsibility, creative, innovative, professional, independent, and committed to human values;
  3. Be Able to dominate the curricular substance in the area of education;
  4. To Produce graduates of Biology Education who are professional, competent spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and social;
  5. Produce community service activities that are beneficial for improving community welfare.

Department of Biology Structure

Lecturers of the Department of Biology

  1. Agostinha Barreto, M.Sc
  2. Casimiro Relvas Amaral,. S.Si,. M.Ed
  3. Mateus Dos Santos Ximenes,.M.Si
  4. Milena Lusia Nunes,.M.Sc
  5. Rolando Gaspar, L.Ed
  6. Rosa da Cruz, M.Sc

Curriculum

Semester I

  1. Portuguese Language I
  2. Tetum Language I
  3. English Language I
  4. Religion
  5. RDTL Constitution and Citizenship
  6. General Biology
  7. Basic Chemistry

Semester II

  1. Portuguese Language II
  2. Tetum Language II
  3. English II
  4. Don Bosco Preventive System
  5. Guidance and Counseling
  6. General Physics
  7. Human Biology

Semester III

  1. Mathematics
  2. Sociology of Education
  3. Introduction to Pedagogy
  4. General Geology
  5. Organic Chemistry
  6. General Zoology
  7. Laboratory Techniques in Biology

Semester IV

  1. Biology Teaching Strategy
  2. Biology Teaching Assessment
  3. School Administration
  4. Educational Psychology
  5. Applied Statistics
  6. General Ecology
  7. Environmental Introduction

Semester V

  1. Animal Embryology & Reproduction/Applied Microbiology
  2. Plant Taxonomy
  3. Genetics
  4. Evolution of Living Beings
  5. Plant Cytology and Physiology
  6. Biochemistry Nutrition

Semester VI

  1. Biology Curriculum Study
  2. Information and Communication Technology
  3. Business Education
  4. Food Safety/Food Industry
  5. Seminar
  6. Animal Cytology and Physiology
  7. Microbiology

Semester VII

  1. Micro-teaching
  2. Human Anatomy and Physiology
  3. Plant Morphology
  4. Marine Biology
  5. Research Methodology
  6. Media Learning
  7. Public Health/Natural Resource Management

Semester VIII

  1. Optional subjects
  2. Pedagogical Internship
  3. Monograph