COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EVOLUTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIY 3010 EVOLUTION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ISA GÖKLER

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

The aim of evolution course consists of describing and analysing the history of evolution and of analysing its causes and mechanisms, the relationship between evolutionary biology and other biological disciplines; the causes of biodiversity between organisms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehending that have common characteristics which molecular aspects of living organisms
2   Learning the relationship between evolutionary biology and other biological disciplines
3   Learning the causes of biodiversity between organisms
4   Comprehending the relationship between living organism and environment and the effect of evolutionary processes of this relationship
5   Comprehending the types of genetic altered at the population level and procedure of analyzed method of these altered

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, the history of evolution
2 The origin of life and earth
3 RNA World, origin of proteins and genetic code
4 Evolution of metabolism
5 Evolution of procaryotic and eucaryotic cell
6 Relationships of organisms and evidences of evolution
7 Biogenetic basic rule and evolution. of the fossil records
8 Midterm exam
9 Molecular phylogenies
10 Population genetics
11 Genetic drift
12 Mutation and selection
13 Speciation and Mechanisms
14 Evolution of mankind

Recomended or Required Reading

Çıplak, B. Başıbüyük, H.H., Karaytuğ, S., Gündüz I. Evrimsel Analiz, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2009.
Campbell, N.A., Reece, J.B. Biyoloji, Palme Yayıncılık. 2013.
Kardong, K.V. An Introduction to Biological Evoluation, McGraw Hill Companies. 2005.
Demirsoy, A. Kalıtım ve Evrim. Meteksan A.Ş. 946 sayfa, Ankara. 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture format, discussion, problem solving and question-answer

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The student s performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

isa.gokler@deu.edu.tr, cetin.ilgaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will 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 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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