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
BASIC CALCULATIONS IN MEDICAL BIOLOGY	Second cycle	TIB 531		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	Turkishic
Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Halit CANATAN
Lecturer(s)	Prof. Dr. Halit CANATAN
Teaching assitant(s)	Not
Mode of delivery	Theoric
Course objective	The objective of this course is to teach the student the basic calculations for medical biology.
Course description	This course is designed for students to prepare them to be familiar with basic calculations for medical biology.

Course contents

1	Scientific notation and metric prefixes
2	Solutions, mixes and media
3	Moles and molecular weight – I
4	Moles and molecular weight - I
5	Working with bacteriophages
6	Quantification of nucleic acids – I
7	Quantification of nucleic acids - II
8	PCR calculations – I
9	PCR calculations - II
10	Recombinant DNA calculations – I
11	Recombinant DNA calculations – II
12	Protein calculations – I
13	Protein calculations – II
14	Centrifugation
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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	12	144
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	0	0	0
Homework	3	0	0
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	4	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	0	0	0
Midterm exams	1	1	1
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	0	0	0
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	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	Books, lecture notes, Published articles, Web sources.
Additional references	1. Calculations for molecular biology and biotechnology, F. H. Stephenson, 2nd Ed, 2010, Academic press. 2. Molecular Cloning. 3rd Ed. Sambrook & Russell. CSHL Press, 200hs1.

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