COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CYTOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ERKAN ÖZCAN

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To teach cell concept; chemical components of the cell; cycle and programmed cell death; cells and environmental relationships; the misconceptions about these subjects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn the concept of cell.
2   To be able to learn the chemical components of the cell, cycle and programmed cell death.
3   To be able to learn cell and environmental relations.
4   To be able to learn the misconceptions about the subjects.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Cell concept
2 Cell concept
3 Chemical components of the cell
4 Chemical components of the cell
5 Methods for examining cells
6 Methods for examining cells
7 Cell infrastructures
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 Cell infrastructures
10 Cell cycle
11 Cell cycle
12 Programmed cell death
13 Cells and environmental associations
14 Misconceptions about topics
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Akay, Cytology, Palme Publishing, 2017

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, demonstration, discussion, experiment, observation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Course topics according to learning outcomes will be assessed via midterm, homeworks, and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendence rule is 70% for the lectures and 80% for the laboratory section.
Attemps to cheat may result in disciplinary actions.
The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes may be added to midterm and final grades. Students will be informed at the beginning of the semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

behlul.guler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday, 13:30-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.144114555323
LO.244214453314
LO.344115453323
LO.444114452334

CONTACT INFORMATION
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