COURSE SYLLABUS

EVOLUTION

1	Course Title:	EVOLUTION
2	Course Code:	BYL4002
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	none
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. NİLÜFER ÇİNKILIÇ
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Nilüfer ÇİNKILIÇ Doç. Dr. Özgür Vatan
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümü Görükle Kampüsü, Nilüfer/BURSA 16059 e-posta: aydemirn@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: 0 224 294 17 97 Uludag University Faculty of Arts and Science Department of Biology Gorukle Campus, Nilufer/BURSA 16059 e-mail: aydemirn@uludag.edu.tr Phone: 0 224 294 17 97
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The core of evolution course consists of describing and analysing the history of evolution and of analysing its causes and mechanisms.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	The student who takes the basis of Genetics courses at the Biology undergraduate level should have knowledge about the basis of life and the formation and life of human on Earth.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Comprehending that have common characteristics which molecular aspects of living organisms ;
2	Learning the relationship between evolutionary biology and other biological disciplines;
3	Learning the causes of biodiversity between organisms;
4	Comprehending the relationship between living organism and environment and the effect of evolutionary processes of this relationship;
5	Comprehending the types of genetic altered at the population level and procedure of analyzed method of these altered;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction, Subject of the course and discussion
2	History of evolutionary thought, evolution and philosophy
3	An example for evolutionary mechanisms; Understanding HIV
4	Origin of the Universe and the World
5	Origin of life and the RNA World
6	The RNA world and the evolution of the genetic code.
7	The evolution of genomes and metabolism
8	Evidence for evolution. Biogenetic basic rule
9	Determination of kinship relations and Darwinist natural selection
10	Population genetics, Hardy-Weinberg equation
11	Effects of mutation, migration and selection mechanisms on Hardy Weinberg equation
12	Effects of selfing and genetic drift mechanisms on Hardy-Weinberg equation
13	Neutral theory and molecular evolution
14	Species formation and mechanisms

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1)Evrim Ders notları, Prof. Dr. Rahmi BİLALOĞLU 2) Evolution, M. W. Strickberger, 2000. 3) Evrim, Zafer Bahçeci, 2000. 4) Evrimsel analiz, S. Freeman, J. C. Herron, 2002 5) Evrim, D. J Futuyma, Palme Yayıncılık.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Classical exam method is used in the measurement and evaluation of the course.
Information	Due to the intensive content of the course, it is appropriate to evaluate with the classical exam

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High