COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED BIOLOGY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IFE 5017 ADVANCED BIOLOGY I ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASLI SADE MEMIŞOĞLU

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

Further developments in biology teach the importance of biology concepts in science education and the place of biology in everyday life

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define and explain the biomolecules, structure and function of cells
2   Understand the process of science
3   Classify animals according to similarities and differences
4   Understand species Concept and Taxonomic structures.
5   Differentiate animate and Inanimate structures, knows the properties of viruses.

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, A tour of the cell
5 Membrane stucture and functıon, cell communıcatıon
6 The cell cycle
7 Diversity and classification of lives: Animate and Inanimate structures
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9 Lives science: Viruses and bacteria (Archae and real bacteria)
10 Eukaryotic (Protista. Mushrooms. Plants. Animals)
11 Species Concept and Taxonomic structures
12 Viruses. Monera. Protista. Mushrooms. The structure of plans and their features
13 Tissues: Vegetal tissues, Divisible tissue, changeless tissue
14 Vegetal Organs and Structures: Vegetal organs, Generative organs, Classifications of animals
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Current national and international theses, articles on biology

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature research and review, question-answer, groupwork

Assessment Methods

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the mid-term scores. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation and written homework, end-of-semester final homework and short report presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3.The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.sade@gmail.com

Office Hours

weekdays - working hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 13 2 26
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 171

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.14445
LO.24445
LO.34445
LO.44445
LO.54445

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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