COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIY 3028 BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 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

Aims to give fundamental concepts of biotechnology applications in daily life and industries.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The graduate is able to define the products of biotechnology
2   The graduate is able to define medicinal biotechnological applications.
3   The graduate will understand the impact of biotechnology on the forensic science
4   The graduate will understand the impact of biotechnology on the food industry

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Biotechnology
2 Modern biotechnology applications
3 pharmaceutical biotechnology
4 food biotechnology
5 Industrial biotechnology-I
6 Industrial biotechnology-II
7 Medical biotechnology-I
8 Medical biotechnology-II
9 Review
10 Literature presentation and discussion
11 Literature presentation and discussion
12 vaccines
13 forensic science and biotechnology-I
14 forensic science and biotechnology-II
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

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

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 13 2 26
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) 103

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.2435
LO.344435
LO.4435