COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ELIF YILDIRIM CAYNAK

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to get the students acquainted with the germ cells and their information, differentiation, cell migration paths, regeneration, cell death is intended to provide information for developmental biology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to the structure and formation of sperm and egg cells.
2   To understand cell differentiation and determination.
3   To have information about fertilization, sex determination and postembryonic development.
4   To understand intercellular coordination
5   To understand the importance of developmental biology.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to developmental biology
2 Germ cell formation
3 Germ cell structure
4 Fertilization
5 Growth and development
6 Segmentation and cell migration
7 Emergence of ectoderm
8 Mid-term examination
9 Intermeate mesoderm
10 Lateral plate mesoderm and endoderm
11 Regeneration, apoptosis, cell death
12 Development of tetrapod limbs
13 Sex determination
14 Postembryonic development
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Principles of Development, 3rd Ed., Lewis Wolpert, Oxford University Press, New York, 2007,ISBN: 978-0-19-927537-3

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and take part in the discussion sessions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 +ASG * 0.10 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +ASG * 0.10 +RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm exams, homework presentation and final exam.

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 and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yildirim.elif@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparation for quiz etc. 4 3 12
Preparing assignments 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 6 2 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 154

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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