COURSE SYLLABUS

NEW BREEDING METHODS

1	Course Title:	NEW BREEDING METHODS
2	Course Code:	MBG4123
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. AYDIN TÜRKEÇ
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Aydın Türkeç aturkec@uludag.edu.tr B.U.Ü. Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Moleküler Biyoloji ve Gnetik Bölümü
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The objective of the course is to Learn the principle and applications of commonly used techniques in recombinant DNA technology, applications for advanced techniques used in recombinant DNA technology and new plant breeding techniques. Student will gain the ability to use recombinant DNA technologies and to interpret the results obtained in MSc and PhD studies. It is aimed to teach rekombinant DNA technology to provide a strong baseline for new plant breeding methods
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To have knowledge about plant breeding in order to work in the laboratories and companies in the field of biotechnology

Learning Outcomes:

1	Students will have detailed knowledge about biotechnology and common techniques in recombinant DNA technology ;
2	Students will have detailed knowledge about the principles of advanced techniques in recombinant DNA technology ;
3	Students will have detailed knowledge about agricultural biotechnology;
4	Students will have detailed knowledge about 'Genetically modified Organisms (GMO) and transgenic plant';
5	Students will have detailed knowledge about plant breeding and new plant breeding methods;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The definition and importance of biotechnology, introductionto plant biotechnology
2	Recombinant DNA technology: Principles of gene cloning
3	Recombinant DNA technology: Identification of gene in DNA sequence
4	Recombinant DNA technology: Analyses of gene expression
5	Recombinant DNA technology: Analyses of gene function
6	Molecular markers
7	Application of agricultural biyotechnology
8	Plant biotechnology:Gene transformation
9	Plant biotechnology: Development of transgenic plants
10	Plant biotechnology: Doku kültür yöntemleri
11	Plant breeding and marker assisted selection (MAS)
12	New plant breeding methods
13	New plant breeding methods
14	Biosafety and risk assessments

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	- Özcan, S. Gürel, E. Ave babaoğlu, M., 2004. Bitki Biyoteknolojisi -2. 2. Baskı, 2004 Isbn 975-6652-05-5 - Babaoğlu, M. Gürel E. Ve Özcan Ös., 2002. Bitki Biyoteknolojisi I (Doku Kültürü Ve Uygulamaları). 2. Baskı2002, Isbn 975-6652-04- 7 - Bitki Biyoteknolojisi ve Genetik, İlkeler, Teknikler ve Uygulamalar, ÇeviriEditörleri: Hüseyin Avni Öktem, Meral Yücel, Nobel kitabevi - Glick, B.R., Pasternak, J.J., Molecular Biotechnology (Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA 5th Edition), ASM Press, 2017 - Brown T.A., Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis:An Introduction 7th Edition, Kindle Edition, 2015 Lusser M., Parisi C., Damien P, Rodriquez-Cerezo E., New plant breeding techniques (Stae of Art and Prospects for Commercial Development), JRC Scientific and Technical Reports, 2011 - Web sites
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	The system of relative evaluation is applied
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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