1	Course Title:	INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENETIC ENGINEERING
2	Course Code:	ZOO4415-S
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
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. CENGİZ ELMACI
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Cengiz ELMACI Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi Zootekni Bölümü Tel: 0(224)2941554 e-posta:elmaci@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of the course is to teach the basic principles of molecular genetics and genetic engineering, its importance and effect in agricultural activity, genes that are important in agriculture and their effects. At the same time, various genetic engineering and biotechnological applications that are used for increasing productivity in agricultural production and the future of these applications and their effects on ethical values will be emphasized.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Learns the basic principles of molecular genetic and genetic engineering, its importance and effect in agricultural activity, genes that are important for agriculture and their effects. Thus, it can follow the developments in this field and increase productivity by applying it in different sectors of agriculture.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Gains the ability to complement the genetic knowledge with molecular genetics and genetic engineering knowledge.; 2 Learn the concepts of molecular genetics, biotechnology and genetic engineering; 3 Learns the importance of molecular genetics and genetic engineering in the agricultural field.; 4 Gains knowledge of molecular genetics and genetic engineering studies.; 5 Learns different genetic engineering applications;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction, Concept of biotechnology and genetic engineering
2	Basic concept and defination
3	Structure of gene and their function
4	Structure of gene and their function
5	How to clone a gene
6	Cutting DNA
7	Joining DNA
8	Vectors
9	Vectors
10	Article reading
11	Alalysis of Genetic variation
12	Alalysis of Genetic variation
13	Biotechnology in Animal Production
14	Biotechnology in Animal Production

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Dale, W.J., and von Schantz, M., 2002. From Genes to Genomes: Concepts and Applications of DNA Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., England. Brown, T.A., 2010. Gene Cloning & DNA Analysis, An Intoduction. Wiley-Blackwell, UK Yıldırım, A., Bardakçı, F., Karataş, M., Tanyolaç,B., 2007. Moleküler Biyoloji. Nobel Yayın No:1170 Nicholl, D.S.T. 2002. An Introduction to Genetic Engineering, Cambridge University Press.
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	For assessment and evaluation, article 29 of the Bursa Uludag University Rules and Regulations governing undergraduate studies are used.
Information	Relative evaluation system(RES) are used to determine for success of student.

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	0	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	12	12
Others	14	2	28
Final Exams	1	22	22
Total WorkLoad			90
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 PQ13 PQ14 LO1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 LO4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High