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Course Name	Turkish	Biyolojinin Temelleri
	English	Fundamentals of Biology
Course Code	BIO 301E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Ayşe Saygün
Course Objectives		1- To inform students about the fundamental topics of biology. 2- To inform students about cell structure and function 2 - Introduction to basic genetics and laws of inheritance 3 - Introduction to evolution and molecular biology
Course Description		Introduction to biology. The definiton and chemistry of life. Classification of organisms, prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The structure and function of large biological molecules. The panoramic view of the cell, study of the cell organelles. Membrane structure and functions. An introduction to cellular metabolism. The cell cycle. Cell division. Meiosis and sexual life cycles. Laws of Mendelian inheritance, genes and chromosomes, molecular basis of inheritance. From gene to protein. Evolution, records of evolution. The evolution of populations and origin of species.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will be able to: I. learn basic properties of life and living cell. II. learn structure and functions of biomolecules forming the life III. have knowledge about cell, organelle and membrane structures and their functions IV. have a general information about cell metabolism V. learn cell cycle, meiosis and mitosis in detail VI. have knowledge about the molecular and chromosomal basis of inheritance VII. have an idea on evolution, populations and molecular biology
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Textbook		J.B. REECE , N.A. CAMPBELL, BIOLOGY, Benjamin Cummings; 9th Edition 2011, ISBN-10: 0321558235
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