TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	2
SEMESTER	Fourth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	. Fef Komite
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Prepare media, learn and perform disinfection and sterilization techniques. 2) Inoculate bacteria using aseptic techniques, and measure bacterial growth. 3) Perform microorganism-specific staining techniques, examine bacterial morphologies microscopically. 4) Identify bacteria-specific metabolic activity, test sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics and evaluate and report the results.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Microbiology laboratory course provides practical skills about sterilization techniques and in vitro culture, transfer and analysis methods microorganisms. Also it demonstrates a wide variety of microbiological laboratory techniques including characterization of bacterial colony and cell morphology and determination of bacterial metabolic activity.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week First Meeting and Introduction 2nd Week Bacteriological Media Preparation 3rd Week Sterilization and Aseptic Techniques 4th Week Bacterial Inoculation and Transfer Techniques 5th Week Bacterial Growth Examination and Gram Staining 6th Week Colony PCR 7th Week Selective Bacteriological Media 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Oxygen Requirements of Bacteria 10th Week UV-Lethal Effects and Mutation 11th Week Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing 12th Week Carbohydrate Metabolism of Bacteria 13th Week Nitrogen Metabolism of Bacteria
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Laboratory manual
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Experiment,Report Preparation,Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Quiz 1 10 Other 1 15 Total(%) 55 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 55 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 45 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 12 ,5 6 Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam 1 8 8 Course hours Preparation for Midterm exam 1 6 6 Laboratory (including preparation) 12 5 60 Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Quiz 12 ,5 6 Report writing 12 2,5 30 Total Workload 120 Total Workload / 30 4 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No