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
DIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN GENETICS	First cycle	SEC134		1	3.00	3.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	Not
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Lecturer Müge Gülcihan Önal
Lecturer(s)	Lecturer Müge Gülcihan Önal
Teaching assitant(s)	Not
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Course objective	To know nucleic acids, to learn molecular concepts, to know which techniques to use in classification of genetic diseases.
Course description	To know the methods used in medical genetics laboratories.

Course contents

1	Introduction to genetics
2	Nucleic acids and their functions
3	Replication
4	Transcription and Translation
5	Cell cycle
6	Meiosis and Mitosis
7	DNA packaging-Chromosomes
8	Midterm exam
9	Chromosome acquisition and analysis methods
10	Classification of single gene diseases
11	Methods used in chromosome diseases
12	Classification of single gene diseases
13	DNA-RNA isolation and molecular methods
14	DNA-RNA isolation and molecular methods
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Knows molecular concepts
2	Know the genetic terms
3	Knows the inheritance patterns
4	Can isolate nucleic acids
5	Knows the methods of obtaining chromosomes
6	Analyze single gene diseases by molecular methods
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*Contribution level of the course unit to the key learning outcomes

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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)	14	2	28
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	0	0	0
Homework	0	0	0
Presentation / seminar	14	1	14
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	10	10
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	12	12
Final exam	1	1	1
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			66
ECTS			3.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Moleküler Biyolojide Kullanılan Yöntemler. Editörler: Prof. Dr. Güler Temizkan, Prof. Dr. Nazlı Arda, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri. 2008
Additional references	Moleküler Biyolojide Kullanılan Yöntemler. Editörler: Prof. Dr. Güler Temizkan, Prof. Dr. Nazlı Arda, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri. 2008

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