COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENERAL BIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SNÖ 1003 GENERAL BIOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Elementary Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR SALIH HAKAN DURMUŞ

Offered to

Elementary Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education

Course Objective

An overview of biological concepts; and to help the students gain an appreciation of importance that biology plays in our lives and will continue to play in the future

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to have of knowledge about the basic characteristics of cell namely; the structure, division, growth, development, metabolism of which.
2   Being able to have of knowledge about Mendel s genetics and principles.
3   Being able to of knowledge about the structure of DNA, replication and protein synthesis; thereby, having knowledge of heredity .
4   Being able to comprehend of knowledge about classification of living-things .
5   Being able to apply knowledge about plantal and animal tissues .

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introducation of the biology course and deciding the evaluation of course cooperatively.
2 Difference between live and lifeless, common characteristics of living things.
3 Chemistry of living things, inorganic compounds, organic compounds, nucleic acids.
4 Cell, prokaryotic cell, eukaryotic cell, cytoplasm, organelles, nucleus
5 Passage of substance from the cell membrane, passive transport (diffusion, osmosis), active transport, ekzositosis, endositosis (fagositoz, pinositoz).
6 Cell division, amitoz division, mitotic division, meiosis, gamete formation in plants, gamete formation in animals, segmentation.
7 Classification of living things, viruses, bacteria, fungi, plants, animals
8 Mid-term exam
9 Feeding patterns of organisms, reproductive patterns of organisms, asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction.
10 Plant tissues and organs
11 Animal tissues and organs.
12 Human body and organ systems, nervous system,
13 Skeletal system, muscular system,
14 circulatory system, respiratory system, digestive system,
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Kadıoğlu, A., Demirbağ, Z., Şahin, B. (2008). Temel Biyoloji, Gündüz Ofset Matbaacılık, Trabzon
2. Kiziroğlu, I, (2008). Genel Biyoloji, canlılar Bilimi, 6. Baskı, Okutman Yayıncılık, Ankara.
3. Dindar, H, Tunç, K (2006). Genel Biyoloji, Kök Yayıncılık, Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussion, case studies, group work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 5 5 25
Preparation for final exam 5 5 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 93

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.1323
LO.2434
LO.3333
LO.444
LO.54443

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