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  Course Description
Course Name : Genetics

Course Code : BKP110

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 1

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 3

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. NUMAN ÖZCAN

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Students understand the structure and function of genetic material
Students gene, genotype, phenotype, understands the concepts of

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : To understand the Essential Principles of plant genetics

Course Contents : The concept of genetics, Mendel stands, linkage, nucleic acids, DNA replication

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : class


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 genetic concepts whether to grade student work preparation face to face
2 Meiosis and mitosis whether to grade student work preparation Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
3 Mendel´s Laws whether to grade student work preparation Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
4 Deviations of Mendel Genetics whether to grade student work preparation Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
5 hybridization whether to grade student work preparation Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
6 sex-linked inheritance whether to grade student work preparation Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
7 Connectivity and recombination whether to grade student work preparation Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
8 Nucleic acids, Replication whether to grade student work preparation Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
9 Exam General review written examination
10 Gene structure, genetic code and Transcription whether to grade student work preparation Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
11 protein Synthesis whether to grade student work preparation Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
12 Control of Gene Study whether to grade student work preparation Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
13 Chromosome and genome mutations whether to grade student work preparation Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
14 Virus and bacterial genomes whether to grade student work preparation Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
15 exam preparation General review Lectures problem-solving interactive animation practice sites
16/17 exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  An İntroduction Genetic Analysis; David T. SUZUKI, Anthony J.F. GRIFFITHS W.H. Freeman and Company/Newyork
 Essential of Genetics W.S. Klug, M.R. Cummings, Pretntice Hall, New Jersey
 Genetics, Prof.Dr. Ali Nihat BOZCUK, Palme yayıncılık, Ankara
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 70
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 2 30
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Gain the sufficient equipment to determine the challenges about the diseases, pests and weeds in plant health and identify those agents. 0
2 Decide to the best and economic strategy by using knowledge to solve the challenges in plant protection and keep safe the protection of natural and sustainable sources. 2
3 Gain the ability to communicate with farmers and organizations dealing with agriculture and be able to teach his professionals to them 0
4 Provides to apply practical control strategies safely and interpret the results; prescribe the pesticides in case of using chemical control. 0
5 Obtain the skill to choose and use modern technical tools in plant protection. 3
6 Skills on using a laboratory, identifying of the diseases, pests or weeds in laboratory conditions, analyzing, determination and interpret of the results and prepare reports. 0
7 Acqure the competence to be respectful to the professional ethics, to understand the plant protection challenges within the legal legislations and improve strategies to cope with them 0
8 Easily reaches to information on plant protection by using qualified Technologies and combine them with its knowledge to prepare written or oral presentations. 0
9 Gain the skills to catch and analyze the basic methods of the scientific researches 3
10 Gain the ability to work lonely or with a team, responsibility in professional ethics and safety in applications. 0
11 Learn the basic plant protection topics such as biology, ecology, systematic, control strategies of agents causing economical losses in cultivation 0
12 Students have the sufficient knowledge about agricultural engineering in general and also, plant protection area in private 0
13 Professional development in accordance with their interests and abilities, as well as the scientific, cultural, artistic and social fields, constantly improves itself by identifying training needs 0
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 2 28
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 15 2 30
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 2 1 2
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 4 4
    Final Exam 1 6 6
Total Workload: 70
Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.8
ECTS Credit: 3