Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
GENERAL CELL BIOLOGY	Second cycle	TIB 000		1	6.00	6.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	Only postgraduate students are accepted for the course
Language of instruction	Türkçe
Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Hamiyet ALTUNTAŞ
Lecturer(s)	Prof. Dr. Hamiyet ALTUNTAŞ
Teaching assitant(s)	None
Mode of delivery	This course will be 2 hours of theorical lecture per week.
Course objective	To teach the structure and functions of the cell, cell nucleus, DNA, RNA and protein synthesis, cell division and intercellular communication.
Course description	All detailed characteristics of a cell as a whole.

Course contents

1	Introduction to cell biology
2	Evolution of the cell, prokaryotic, eukaryotic cells
3	Cells as experimental models
4	Materials (Basic) of Cell Biology
5	Cell membrane and its properties
6	Cytoskeleton and intercellular connections
7	Cytoplasmic organelles,
8	Cell nucleus
9	DNA structure ve DNA replication
10	RNA structure and RNA synthesis
11	Protein synthesis
12	Cell Cycle, Mitosis, amitosis and meiosis cell division
13	Intercellular communication
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	12	2	24
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	0	0	0
Homework	0	0	0
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	60	60
Midterm exams	1	1	1
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	60	60
Final exam	1	1	1
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			146
ECTS			6.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	0	1
Quiz	0	1
Homework	0	0
Semester total		2
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		1
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		1
General total		2

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	1. G. M. Cooper and R.E. Hausman, (2009) The Cell: A Molecular Approach (5th Ed), ASM Press and Sinauer Associates. 2. G.M. Cooper & Robert E. Hausman. Çeviri Editörleri: Meral Sakızlı & Neşe Atabey, (2006) Hücre, Moleküler Yaklaşım. 3. Baskının Çevirisi; İzmir Tıp Kitabevi, ISBN 9944-5148-0-2, İzmir. 3. Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter. Çeviri Editörleri: Nur Buyru, Nejat Dalay, Meral Özgüç, Mehmet Öztürk, Meral Sakızlı, (2008) Hücrenin Moleküler Biyolojisi, 4. Baskı Çevirisi; TÜBA, ISBN 978-9944-252-22-5, Ankara.
Additional references	Web pages and literature articles.

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