COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PELIN BALÇIK ERÇIN

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

Aims to give fundamental concepts of biotechnology and to define biotechnological products and organisms

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The graduate is able to define the basic principles of biotechnology
2   The graduate is able to define biotechnological processes and recombinant DNA technology.
3   The graduate will understand the impact of biotechnology on the agricultural industry
4   The graduate will understand the impact of biotechnology on the animal products industry

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History of biotechnology
2 Genes and genomes
3 Recombinant DNA technology
4 Genomic and bioinformatic
5 Traditional Biotechnology
6 Biotechnological proteins
7 Microbial biotechnology
8 Plant biotechnology
9 Review
10 Animal biotechnology
11 Aquatic biotechnology
12 Literature presentation and discussion
13 Literature presentation and discussion
14 Bioremediation
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Biyoteknolojiye Giriş William J. Thieman ve Michael A. Palladino Çeviri Editörü: Mücella Tekeoğlu, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara.

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 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRJ PROJECT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.05 + PRJ * 0.15 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.05 + PRJ * 0.15 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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.

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

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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 11 11
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 105

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.154
LO.2433
LO.3435
LO.435