GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY/TMK-311
Course Title: MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
Credits 2 ECTS 6
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
Explains molecular microbiological concepts
Explains genomic structure of viruses,bacteria, parasites and fungi
Explains molecular methods used in extraction of microroganism DNA and proteins and their utilization in microbiological studies
Explains nucleic acids of microorganisms and their targets
Explains electrophoresis methods used in microbiological studies
Explains DNA analysis, hibridization ....
Explains several PCR methods
Explains NASBA, TMA b-DNA,chip technologies.....
Explains utilization of molecular methods in virology, bacteriology, mycology and parasitology
Discussion
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
   The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Genomic structures of bacteriae, viruses, fungi and parasites
2. Week   Isolation of proteins and use in microbiology
3. Week  Electrophoresis
4. Week  Nucleic acids: target sequence and examples
5. Week  Isolation of nucleic acids
6. Week  DNA analysis
7. Week   Hybridization techniques
8. Week   PCR methods
9. Week  Detection of non-cultivable pathogens
10. Week  NASBA, TMA etc.
11. Week   Nucleic acid based typing
12. Week  Antimicrobial susceptibility
13. Week   Quantification of pathogenes
14. Week  Other technologies as b-DNA, SDA, chip.
15. Week  Utilization of molecular methods in virology, bacteriology, mycology and parasitology
16. Week  Quizz
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
50
 Assignment
9
50
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
1
5
 Percent of In-term Studies  
10
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
90
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
16
2
32
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
16
1
16
 Searching in Internet and Library
16
1
16
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
13
2
26
 Presentation
2
2
4
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
15
1
15
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
16
2
32
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
141
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5.64
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
6
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3X
4
5X
6X
7X
8X
9
10X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Meltem Yalınay Çırak)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (www.meltemyalinay.com , http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/meltemyc)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (meltemyc@gazi.edu.tr , meltemyc@gmail.com)