COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOLOGY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEN 1009 BIOLOGY I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SUAT TÜRKOGUZ

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to establish a comprehensive framework for understanding the definition of biology, its sub-disciplines, significance, influence on human life, historical development, and core concepts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defining biology.
2   Interpreting the significant of biology for live.
3   Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the major concepts in biology.
4   Advocating the importance of water for living organism.
5   Defining and explaining the biomolecules, structure and function of cells.
6   Understanding species concept and taxonomic structures.
7   Differentiating animate and Inanimate structures, knows the properties of viruses.
8   Knowing the structure and properties of plants.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ten themes in the study of life, the chemical context of life
2 Water and the fitness of the environment, carbon and the molecular diversity of life
3 The structure and function of macromolecules
4 An ıntroduction to metabolism
5 A tour of the cell
6 Membrane stucture and aunction, cell communication
7 The cell cycle
8 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 Diversity and classification of lives: animate and ınanimate structures
10 Lives science: viruses and bacteria (archae and real bacteria)
11 Eukaryotic (protista,fungi, plants and animals)
12 Species concept and taxonomic ttructures
13 Viruses, monera, protista, fungi. the structure of plans and their features
14 Tissues (vegetal tissues, divisible tissue, changeless tissue)
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Primary Sources:
Campbell, N. A., & Reece, J. B. (2007). Biology (R. Lachaîne & M. Bosset, Trans.). Paris: Pearson Éducation France.

Campbell, N. A., & Reece, J. B. (2008). Biology (Prof. Dr. Ali Demirsoy, Prof. Dr. Ertunç Gündüz, & Prof. Dr. Ismail Türkan, Trans. Eds.). Ankara: Palme Publishing.

Supplementary Sources:
Keeton, W. T., & Gould, J. L. (2003). General biology I, II (Prof. Dr. Ali Demirsoy, Prof. Dr. Ertunç Gündüz, & Prof. Dr. Ismail Türkan, Trans. Eds.). Ankara: Palme Publishing.

Sadava, D., Hillis, D. M., Heller, H. C., & Berenbaum, M. R. (2014). Life: The science of biology (9th ed., Prof. Dr. Ertunç Gündüz & Prof. Dr. Ismail Türkan, Trans. Eds.). Ankara: Palme Publishing.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussion, groupwork.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will be required to take a midterm and a final exam as part of the course. The format of these exams (e.g., written, multiple-choice) will be announced by the course instructor prior to the exam week.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It ıs obligated to continue to at least %70 of lessons
Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceeding.
The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.memisoglu@gmail.com

Office Hours

Office hours will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Preparing assignments 5 1 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 111

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.1355445
LO.2355445
LO.3355445
LO.4355445
LO.5355445
LO.6355435
LO.7355435
LO.8355435

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