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)	Professor Füsun Eyidoğan
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) understand the theory and principles of cellular toti-potency. 2) understand the principles behind single cell regeneration which is known as 'plant cell and tissue culture'. 3) know the various methods or pathways by which single cells develop into a tissue, organ or whole plant. 4) understand the Genetic improvement at the single cell level and how this can be translated at the organism level. 5) know how to regenerate plants in sterile environment. 6) know how to use plant cell and tissue culture techniques for both research and commercial purposes.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	Plant Biology
COURSE DEFINITION	Principles and culture techniques of cells, callus, organs, pollen, anthers, embryos, and protoplasts. The applications in clonal propagation and research in breeding, physiology, and pathology.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Tissue Culture History , Basis for Plant Tissue Culture 2nd Week Laboratory Design and Aseptic Techniques 3rd Week Nutrition of Plant Tissue Cultures 4th Week Dealing with Biological Contaminants 5th Week Callus and Cell Suspension Cultures 6th Week Meristem Culture and Clonal Propagation 7th Week Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seeds 8th Week Direct and Indirect Organogenesis 9th Week Anther Culture, Haploidy and Embryo Rescue 10th Week Protoplast Culture and Somatic Hybridization Acclimatization and Establishment of In Vitro Grown Plants 11th Week Paper presentation 12th Week Paper presentation 13th Week Paper presentation 14th Week Paper presentation
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	No text books are required as the lectures are compiled from a number of such books./LECTURE NOTES
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Presentation of Article 3 60 Other 1 40 Total(%) 100 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 1 4 4 Preparation for Final exam 1 130 130 Course hours 13 3 39 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework Article Presentation 3 40 120 Total Workload 296 Total Workload / 30 9,86 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No