COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED BIOLOGY II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IFE 5012 ADVANCED BIOLOGY II ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASLI SADE MEMIŞOĞLU

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

To teach the areas of use of advanced biology research techniques, literature search, subject identification and develop projects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the steps ofscientific project writing
2   Knows how to make effective literature search
3   Can identify research subject
4   Can write a basic level research project including the advanced methods in biology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 How to search biology literature
3 How to search biology literature
4 TUBITAK guide examination
5 Literature search
6 Literature search
7 Defining subject
8 Defining question
9 Defining method
10 Defining method
11 Defining specificity
12 Discussing possible outcomes
13 Project writing
14 Project writing
15 Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Literature

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Searching literature and presentations, Group works, Question and answer.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.80 + PRS * 0.20


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation, project preparation and final presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and plagiarism will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.memisoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 11:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Web Search and Library Research 10 4 40
Reading 10 3 30
Project Preparation 10 4 40
Midterm 0 0 0
Project Final Presentation 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 174

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.14
LO.24322
LO.342232
LO.43432