GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
GENE CLONING/5681301
Course Title: GENE CLONING
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
Should be able to learn basic applications and methods of the gene cloning.
Should be able to know tecniques and methods which are used for gene cloning.
Should be able to follow latest developments in molecular biology.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  An introduction to genetic engineering and identification of the usage areas of the genetic engineering, stages and strategies of the cloning, selecti
2. Week  Cloning vectors which were used in genetic engineering and their characteristics, types of the host organisms, methods of the gene transfer
3. Week  Stages of the genomic DNA and cDNA library constitution, their usage areas, real time PCR analysis
4. Week  genom analysis, human genom project
5. Week  Mutagenesis of the cloning DNA and strategies of the selection of the mutant DNA
6. Week  Theoretical practice of transforming mutant form of genomic and cDNA sites via direct mutagenesis by using blast
7. Week  Microarray analysis, genom scaled association studies
8. Week  Microarray analysis, genom scaled association studies, Middle exam
9. Week  Proteom, Protein analysis, fusion recombinant protein cloning, stages of the expression and purification
10. Week  Cloning, in vivo and in vitro genetic reporter methods
11. Week  Gene therapy and its future
12. Week  Molecular analysis in forensic science
13. Week  Ancient DNA
14. Week  SNP analysis
15. Week  Final exam
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
2
20
 Application
2
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
5
8
40
 Material Design and Implementation
3
5
15
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
6
6
36
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
3
7
21
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
5
6
30
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
187
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.48
 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
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof.Dr. Leyla Açık)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (www.gazi.edu.tr/leylaacik)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (leylaacik@gazi.edu.tr)