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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
BIY 3029	GENETICS I	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	4

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

The aim of this course is to give the student an understanding of the basic concepts of genetics; the ability to relate the gene, genotype and phenotype; the ability to having analytical thinking, to generating experimental logic and to solving problems related to genetics; an understanding of Mendelian and Non-Mendelian genetics, models of inheritance, laws of probability, pedigree trees, sex determination, gene linkage, chromosomal mapping, extrachromosomal inheritance and chromosomal mutations and the ability to relating these topics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to learn the basic concepts of genetics
2	To be able to appreciate basic principles of heredity
3	To be able to relate the approaches of different disciplines such as molecular biology, biochemistry, statistics with genetics
4	To be able to relate the gene, genotype and phenotype
5	To be able to adapt the genetically issues on current life
6	To be able to examine the relationship between the concepts and experiments of genetics
7	To be able to search genetics databases and evaluate information from multiple sources and viewpoints by means of oral and written manners
8	To be able to relate between experimental logic, analytical thinking, quantitative analysis and problem solving

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction to Genetics: History of the Genetics, The Founding of Modern Biology, Basic concepts of genetics
2	Interphase and Cell Cycle, Cell divisions
3	Mendelian Genetics; Mendel Laws, monohybrid and dihybrid crosses, reciprocal, test crosses, phenotype and genotype ratios
4	Probability: multiplication and addition law, conditional probability, binomial theorem, chi-square test, pedigree trees
5	Extensions of Mendelian Genetics: Complete, incomplete Dominance, Multiple alleles, incompatibility alleles, lethal alleles, pleiotropy
6	Gene interactions
7	X-linked inheritance
8	Review
9	Sex determination and sex chromosomes
10	Linkage in eukaryotes
11	Mitotic recombination
12	Recombination in Bacteria and bacteriophage and mapping
13	Extrachromosomal inheritance
14	Chromosomal mutations

Recomended or Required Reading

Russel, P.J. Genetics. Harper Collins College Publishers. New York/USA 1996.
Weaver, R.F. ve Hedrick, P.W. Genetics. C. Brown Publishers. Dubuque/USA 1989.
Klug,W.S., Cummings, M.R. ve Spencer, C.A. Genetik Kavramlar Ç. ed. Öner, C. ve ark. Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture format, discussion, problem solving and 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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The student s performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams.

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 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)

ferhat.matur@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	3	42
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	14	14
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14
LO.1	5	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	1	3
LO.2	5	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	1	3
LO.3	5	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	1	3
LO.4	5	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	1	3
LO.5	5	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	1	3
LO.6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
LO.7	5	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	1	3
LO.8	5	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	1	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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