GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY/1410125
Course Title: ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
To be able to define biotechnology and to understand the interdisciplinary nature of biotechnology.
To give examples of historical process and current applications of biotechnology and its products.
To be able to define different areas and applications of biotechnology and give examples.
To give examples of potential developments in biotechnology.
To be able to comprehend that there are many contradictory situations in this field. To be able to explain contradictory situations related to biotechnology based on information.
To be able to make applications in biotechnology teaching.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Century of the biotechnology and its workforce Gene isolation and cloning
2. Week   Recombinant DNA techniques and genomics
3. Week   Microbial Biotechnology
4. Week  Animal biotechnology
5. Week   DNA fingerprinting and forensic analysis
6. Week  Aquatic biotechnology
7. Week  Bioremidation
8. Week   Medical Biotechnology
9. Week   Medical Biotechnology
10. Week   Plant biotechnology
11. Week  Plant biotechnology
12. Week   Tissue culture technique
13. Week  Agrobacterium mediated gene transfer
14. Week  Technology protection system and Ethical and legal issues about biotechnology
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
0
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
5
70
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
1
5
5
 Presentation
6
2
12
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
6
5
30
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
6
6
36
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
195
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.8
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Semra Mirici)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/semramirici)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (semramirici@gazi.edu.tr)