GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

CHROMOSOME BANDING/5821301

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who take this course can explain the terminology in chromosome and chromosome bands, and some banding techniques.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Origins and evolution of banding methods
2. Week	Structure and composition of chromosomes
3. Week	Classification and nomenclature of chromosome bands; Student presentations
4. Week	C-banding and related methods
5. Week	G-banding
6. Week	R- and T-banding; Student presentations
7. Week	Q-banding
8. Week	Mid-term exam
9. Week	Nucleolar organizer (NOR)Banding
10. Week	Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Student presentations
11. Week	Variations in FISH
12. Week	Variations in FISH
13. Week	Student presentations
14. Week	FISH in clinical cytogenetics
15. Week	Final exam
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	20
Assignment	4	20
Application	0	0
Projects	1	20
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		60
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		40

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	14	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours	0	0	0
Reading Tasks	14	2	28
Searching in Internet and Library	12	5	60
Material Design and Implementation	0	0	0
Report Preparing	0	0	0
Preparing a Presentation	4	5	20
Presentation	4	1	4
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	7	1	7
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	7	1	7
Other (should be emphasized)	6	3	18
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			186
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.44
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Dr. Fatma Ünal)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/funal/)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(funal@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University