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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
BIY 2017	GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	3

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KEREM CANLI

Offered to

Course Objective

To introduce apatojen and pathogens microorganisms. To determine of microorganisms significance in relation to human, animal and the other living micro/macro-organisms life. To explain the implications and importance of microorganisms in the environment and environmental health. To introduce the characteristics of microorganisms for detection and identification

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To have basic knowledge about microbiology.
2	Prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to learn the classification.
3	To have knowledge about the metabolism of microbes
4	To have knowledge about the evolution of microbes.
5	May explain the basic concepts and issues related to Microbial Genetics
6	May explain the importance of the immune system and related events

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	History of microbiology, bacteria anatomic and morphologic structures
2	Bacterial cell surface structures,storage materials,motility
3	Types of nutrition and growth
4	Oxidation- reduction, major catabolic pathways, electron transport, proton motive force
5	Metabolism of bacteria and enzyme, respiration,synthesis of wall
6	Relations with the microbial environment and themselves
7	Resistance, Immunity
8	Midterm
9	Immune Response and Results
10	Bacterial genetics.
11	Microbial evolution and systematics.
12	Prokaryotic diversity: Archaea and Bacteria.
13	Eukaryotic cell biology
14	Eukaryotic microorganisms

Recomended or Required Reading

Madigan, M. T., Martinko, J. M., Parker, J. Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Prentice-Hall, Inc, 2003.

Tortora,C. F.,Funke, B. R., Case, C.L. Microbiology: An Introduction,Fifth Edition,The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company Inc. 1995.

Shlegel, H.D. General Microbiology. Cambridge University Press. 1994.

Hogg, S. Essential Microbiology, John Wiley & Ltd., West Sussex PO19 85Q, England, 2005.: 0471497541

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question & Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	VZ	Vize
2	FN	Final
3	BNS	BNS	VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4	BUT	Bütünleme Notu
5	BBN	Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu	VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm exams and final exam.

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 and homework delivery must be 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	12	1,5	18
Preparation for midterm exam	1	5	5
Preparation for final exam	1	9	9
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.5	PO.11	PO.12
LO.1	5		4
LO.2	5		4		5
LO.3	5	3	4	4
LO.4	5		4		5
LO.5	5		4	4
LO.6	5	3	4

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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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