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Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
EVOLUTION	Second cycle	BİY403		7	3.00	3.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	No
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Coşkun TEZ
Lecturer(s)	Prof. Dr. Coşkun TEZ
Teaching assitant(s)	No
Mode of delivery	Each subject will be taught using computer programs. Subject Teaching and discussion will be the methods used in teaching this course. Moreover, the students' knowledge of evolution will be consolidated by giving them homework about different subjects.
Course objective	The aims of this course are to appreciate the scope of historical and modern evolutionary biology; to become familiar with the professional literature in evolutionary biology; to hear research reports presented by evolutionary biologists.
Course description	History and philosophy of evolutionary biology (development of evolutionary biology, evolution in modern biology, evolution outside of biology, Evolution theories); Origin of life; Evidences for evolution; Basic principles of evolutionary biology (unity and diversity of life, fundamental definitions and concepts in evolution (e.g., population thinking, fitness, adaptation, selection, genetic drift, founder effect, species, clade, phylogeny, hierarchy, homology, etc.)); Mutations; variations; Population genetics and evolution; Speciation and speciation mechanisms; Human evolution

Course contents

1	History and philosophy of evolutionary biology
2	An example for evolutionary thinking: understanding of HIV
3	Origin of life
4	Evidences for evolution,
5	Darwinist natural selection
6	Mutation and Genetic variation
7	Mutation and Genetic variation
8	Mutation and Selection as Evolutionary mechanisms
9	Mutation and Selection as Evolutionary mechanisms
10	Genetic drift, Migration and Non-random mating
11	Adaptation, Sexual selection
12	Speciation and speciation mechanisms;
13	Speciation and speciation mechanisms;
14	Human evolution
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Able to comprehend that living things have changed over time.
2	Able to see evidences related to evolution of living things over time.
3	Able to comprehend Darwinian Natural Selection.
4	Able to perform how to construct evolutionary trees.
5	Able to comprehend source of new alleles and genes.
6	Able to understand that populations could be changed over time.
7	Able to comprehend evolutionary forces causing changes in populations over time
8	Able to understand species concepts and the mechanisms of speciation.
9	Able to comprehend the role of past geologic events in shaping biodiversity.
10	Able to understand origin of Human and its evolution andthe applications of Evolution.

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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	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	2	5	10
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	2	5	10
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	5	10	50
Total work load			102
ECTS			4.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	100
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		100
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	1-Çıplak, B., Başıbüyük, H.H., Karaytuğ, S., Gündüz, İ., Evrimsel Analiz Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara 2009 (Evolutionary Analysis S. Freeman, J. C. Herron Prentice-Hall, Inc 2. Edit. 1999) (Turkish translation)
Additional references	2-Kence, A., Bozcuk, N., Evrim. Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2008 (Evolution, Futuyma, D.J., Sinauer Associates, INC., Sunderland USA) (Turkish translation)

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