Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
MOLECULAR GENETICS I 23101047 3 + 0 3.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals Learning basic concepts in molecular biology and genetics
Course Content Molecular biology and basic concepts of genetics
Learning Outcomes 1) Organic components and functions of the cell, DNA structure, genetic code, replication, transcription, translation, gene expression regulation, techniques used in molecular biology, knowledge about model organisms
2) To be able to make comments using basic concepts in molecular biology and genetics.
3) Learning basic concepts in molecular genetics

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Inheritance Biochemistry Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week Structure of DNA Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week Metabolism of DNA Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week Structure and types of RNA Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week Processing of RNA Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week Chromosome, Chromatin and Nucleosome Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week Transcription Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week Mutations and mutagens Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Translational Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
10. Week Organization of Human Genome Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
11. Week Regulation of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes Lecture; Question Answer

Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week Homologous and Region-specific Recombination Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week Basic Techniques Used in Molecular Genetics Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
Learning basic concepts in molecular biology and genetics Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Colloquium
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Human Molecular Genetics/3rd edn, Garland Science, London and New York/2003/Strachan T., Read A.
Molecular Biology of the Cell/4th edn, Garland Science, USA/2002/ Alberts B., Johnson A., Lewis J., Raff M., Roberts K., Walter P.
Molecular Biology of the Gene /5th edn, Pearson Benjamin Cumings, USA/ 2004/ Watson J. D., Baker T. A., Bell S. P., Gann A., Levine M., Losick R.
Molecular Cell Biology/5th edn, Freeman and Company, New York/2003/Lodish H., Berk A., Matsudaira P., Kaiser C., Krieger M., Scott M., Zipursky S., Darnell J.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15000
PY25555
PY35000
PY45000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 13 4
Homework 12 5
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 4
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 1 14
Final Exam 1 3
1 1
1 3
Dönem Sonu Sınavı (DSS) 1 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload