COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODEL ORGANISMS IN BIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PELIN BALÇIK ERÇIN

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

This course aims to teach types of model organisms, their importance for biology, selection criteria, and disease models.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. The graduate is able to define model organisms in biology
2   2. The graduate is able to define selection criteria of model organisms
3   3. The graduate is able to define microbiological model organisms and their experimental models
4   4. The graduate learns ethics rules of model organisms
5   5. The graduate is able to define plant model organisms
6   6. The graduate is able to define non-vertebrate model organisms and experimental models
7   7. The graduate learns modeling diseases in model organisms

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Model organism properties
2 Model organisms subgroups
3 The ethics of model organisms
4 Prokaryote model organisms
5 Plant model organisms
6 Unicellular eukaryotic model organisms
7 Nonvertebrate model organism- Caenorhabditis elegans
8 Nonvertebrate model organism- Drosophila melanogaster
9 Midterm Exam
10 Literature presentation and discussion
11 Literature presentation and discussion
12 Fish models
13 Mouse models
14 Disease models in research organisms
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Model Organisms-Rachel A. Ankeny, Sabina Leonelli ISBN: 9781108593014
2. Fundamental Molecular Biology- Lizabeth A. Allison ISBN: 978-1405103794

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.

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

Student will be evaluated with midterm exam, homework presentation 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://fbe.deu.edu.tr/

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

pelin.balcikercin@deu.edu.tr

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 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.134
LO.243
LO.34
LO.45
LO.534
LO.6543
LO.753

CONTACT INFORMATION
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