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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
VET 1009	MEDICAL BIOLOGY	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	2

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MELTEM KUMAŞ KULUALP

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

Characteristics of cells, which are the smallest living unit of living things, general characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic living things, the stages of conversion of genetics into protein molecules in DNA, which is the hereditary material passed down through generations (replication, transcription, translation), and stopping events (cell analysis, mitosis). -meiosis and control), cell death mechanisms, signal transduction mechanisms and cancer biology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Reachs core knowledge in the subjects of molecular biology
2	Understands the cell structure and function sufficiently
3	Learns basic vital activities occuring inside the cell
4	Learns the changes in cellular molecules in healty cell or in pathological conditions
5	Reachs sufficient knowledge about the qualitative and quantitative methods to measure the changes in cellular molecules
6	Develops a point of scientific view in the lights of these knowledge
7	Gains the ability of cause-effect relationships between events of vitality

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Overview of medical biology concepts
2	General characteristics of the cell, Cell imaging methods
3	Cell membrane, structure and function, membrane transport
4	Cell cytoplasm, organalles
5	Cell adhesion, cell junctions
6	Cellular signal pathways
7	Cell nucleus and their properties
8	Genetic material of cell: DNA and Chromosomes
9	DNA replication, DNA repair, DNA repair systems
10	Transcription
11	Translation
12	Cell division
13	Cell aging and cellular death mechanisms
14	Cancer biology

Recomended or Required Reading

Moleküler Hücre Biyolojisi (2015). Hasan Veysi Güneş, Istanbul Tıp Kitabevi
Moleküler Biyoloji, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Karataş, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık
Tibbi Hücre Biyolojisi, Steven R. Goodman, Çeviri: Uzm. Dr. Rasim Özgür Rosti, Nobel Tip Kitabevleri
Hücre Ve Moleküler Biyoloji, Nalini Chandar Ve Susan Viselli, Çeviri: Betül Yanik, Nobel Tip Kitabevleri
Veteriner Histoloji: Evcil memeliler ve kuşlar. Hans Georg Liebich. Çeviri Editorleri: Meltem KUMAŞ KULUALP, Berrin TARAKÇI GENÇER, Medipres Yayınevi, 2023

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer, discussion

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 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will be evaluated with the questions to be asked in the midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The responsibility of continuing to 70% of theoretical courses during the semester belongs to the student.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Histoloji ve Embriyoloji Anabilim Dalı,

e-posta: meltem.kumas@deu.edu.tr
Telefon: 0 (232) 572 35 30- 14511

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	1	14
Preparation for midterm exam	1	7	7
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			61

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.3
LO.1	4	3
LO.2	4	3
LO.3	4	3
LO.4	5	4
LO.5	5	3
LO.6	5	3
LO.7	5	3

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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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