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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
BIY 3002	GENETICS II	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	5

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FERHAT MATUR

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to give the student an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of the basic concepts of genetics; the ability to have analytical thinking on genetics; the ability to relate and synthesize the concepts of genetics and other disciplines; an understanding of the role of genetics in biological structure, function and organization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To learn the basic concepts of genetics in molecular level
2	To relate and synthesize the concepts of genetics
3	To examine the relationship between the concepts and experiments of genetics
4	To relate analytical thinking, experimental logic, quantitative analysis and problem solving
5	To relate the approaches of different disciplines such as molecular biology, biochemistry, statistics with genetics
6	To understand and relate the role of genetics in biological structure, function and organization
7	To understand daily life applications of the concepts of genetics
8	To search genetics databases and evaluate information from multiple sources and viewpoints by means of oral and written manners

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Chromosome structure and organization of DNA
2	Gene mutations and repair mechanisms
3	DNA recombination: homolog recombination
4	DNA recombination: site specific recombination, transposition, V(D)J recombination
5	Control of gene expression in Prokaryotes
6	Control of gene expression in Eukaryotes
7	Developmental genetics: cell-cell interactions in developmental process, programmed cell death
8	Midterm exam
9	Genetics and Cancer: Cell cycle control, tumor suppressor genes, oncogenes
10	Quantitatlive genetics
11	Population genetics
12	Genetics and Evolution
13	Model organisms
14	Genetics and ethics

Recomended or Required Reading

Bozcuk, A. Genetic. Palme Publishers, 2000
Lewin, B. Genes, VIII. Oxford University Press. New York/USA. 2003.
Klug,W.S., Cummings, M.R. ve Spencer, C.A. Genetik Kavramlar, Ç. ed. Öner, C ve ark. Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2009.
Alberts, B., Bray, D., Johnson, A., Lewis, J., Raff, M., Roberts, K. ve Walter, P. Essential Cell Biology. Garland Publishing Inc. New York/USA. 1998.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture format, discussion, problem solving and question-answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The student s performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	3	39
Preparation for midterm exam	1	14	14
Preparation for final exam	1	18	18
Preparing assignments	1	11	11
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14
LO.1	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	1	3
LO.2	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	1	3
LO.3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	1	3
LO.4	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	1	3
LO.5	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	1	3
LO.6	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	1	3
LO.7	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	1	3
LO.8	4	4	4	3	5		4	4	5	5	5	5	1	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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