COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENERAL BIOLOGY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBÖ 2001 GENERAL BIOLOGY I COMPULSORY 4 0 0 5

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MEHMET ŞAHIN

Offered to

Science Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

General information about Biology, Scientific method, Historical development of biology, General characteristics of livingthings, Biological molecules, Cell theory and cell structure. Cell membrane, cytoplasm, organelles and nucleus. Cell division; Mitosis, meiosis division and cancer.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define biology
2   2. Interpret the significant of biology for live
3   3. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the major concepts in biology
4   4. Advocate the importance of water for living organism
5   5. Define and explain the biomolecules, structure and function of cells
6   6. understand species Concept and Taxonomic structures.
7   7. Differentiate animate and Inanimate structures, knows the properties of viruses.
8   8. Knows the structure and properties of plants

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ten themes in the study of life, the chemical context of life
2 Water and the fitness of the environment, carbon and the molecular diversity of life
3 The structure and functıon of macromolecules
4 An introduction to metabolism
5 A tour of the cell
6 Membrane stucture and functıon, cell communıcatıon
7 The cell cycle
8 Diversity and classification of lives: Animate and Inanimate structures
9 MID-TERM EXAM
10 Lives science: Viruses and bacteria (Archae and real bacteria)
11 Eukaryotic (Protista. Mushrooms. Plants. Animals)
12 Species Concept and Taxonomic structures
13 Viruses. Monera. Protista. Mushrooms. The structure of plans and their features
14 Tissues: Vegetal tissues, Divisible tissue, changeless tissue
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Biologie, Campell, Reece'den fransızcaya çeviren Rene Lachaine, Michel Bosset (7.ed) Biyoloji, Campbell, Reece'den çeviren Prof. Dr. Ali Demirsoy, Prof. Dr. Ertunç Gündüz, Prof. Dr. Ismail Türkan (6.baskı) Genel Biyoloji 1,2, Keeton, Gould'dan çeviren Prof. Dr. Ali Demirsoy, Prof. Dr. Ertunç Gündüz, Prof. Dr. Ismail Türkan (5. bsk)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Discussion
3. Groupwork

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 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 4 52
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Preparing assignments 5 1 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.14433
LO.24433
LO.34433
LO.44433
LO.54433
LO.64433
LO.74433
LO.84433

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