COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC VIROLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIY 4128 BASIC VIROLOGY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ERGIN ŞAHIN

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

The course aims to give comprehensive information about the viruses infecting bacteria, animals, plants and fungi, their structural features and their proliferation patterns in the host cells, to understand what changes they cause in the host cell or the organism and improve the student's thinking, applying and evaluation skills about viruses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Compare and contrast the cultivation methods of virus.
2   Recognize the most important genera and species of virus.
3   Describe the biotechnological applications of virus.
4   Explain how virus reproduction pathway.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to virology field
2 General properties of viruses
3 Viral replication
4 Virus taxonomy and evolution
5 RNA viruses I
6 RNA viruses II
7 Viruses using reverse transcriptase
8 DNA viruses
9 Virus-like infectious agents
10 Transformation by DNA and RNA viruses
11 Immunization against viruses (Vaccines)
12 Host antiviral immune responses
13 Methods in virology
14 Viruses as tools in medicine and biotechnology

Recomended or Required Reading

- Basic Virology 3e, Edward K. Wagner, Martinez J. Hewlett, David C. Bloom, David Camerini, October 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
- Principles of Virology, Fourth Edition, Jane Flint, Vincent Racaniello, Glenn Rall, Anna Marie Skalka, 2015, ASM.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will consist of lectures, class discussions, presentations.

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

mid-term 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 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://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ergin.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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