| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Master's Degree With Thesis |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 10 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | -
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Understand content of bioinformatics, biological databases, and basic principles and algorithms of sequence alignment and similarity search in databases.
2) Learn basic prediction and molecular phylogenetic strategies.
3) Understand fundamentals of structural bioinformatics.
4) Understand fundamentals approaches of functional genomics.
5) Perform computer application of the course content, run a study on individual basis, and discuss results.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | No |
| COURSE DEFINITION | |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | 1. Definition and Content of Bioinformatics | | 2nd Week | 2. Biological Databases | | 3rd Week | 3. Sequence Alignment | | 4th Week | 4. Similarity Search in Databases | | 5th Week | 5. Basic Algorithms | | 6th Week | 6. Gene Prediction | | 7th Week | 7. Promotor and Regolatory Sequence Prediction | | 8th Week | 8. MIDTERM | | 9th Week | 9. Phylogenetic Tree Construction Methods and Programs | | 10th Week | 10. Structural Bioinformatics I: Protein Structures | | 11th Week | 11. Structural Bioinformatics II: RNA Secondary Structures | | 12th Week | 12. Genome Mapping, Assembly, and Comparison | | 13th Week | 13. Microarray Analysis | | 14th Week | 14. Student Projects | | 15th Week | |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | ? Essential Bioinformatics. Jin Xiong. Cambridge University Press, 2006. |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 35 | | Practice | 1 | 25 | | Total(%) | | 60 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 60 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 40 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 84 | 84 | | Preparation for Quiz | 1 | 16 | 16 | | Individual or group work | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 24 | 24 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 11 | 11 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Final exam | 1 | 96 | 96 | | Homework | 1 | 12 | 12 | | Project | 1 | 12 | 12 | | Total Workload | | | 297 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 9,9 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 10 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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