TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will be able to have knowledge about living and nonliving things, and understand interactions between living organisms and nature, 2) Will be able to have ability to transfer knowledge and experience to students, 3) Will be able to follow the new developments related to biology and use in lectures.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Living and nonliving things, Diversity of living things, Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organ systems, Nutrition.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Differences of living and nonliving things, Diversity of livings 2nd Week Microorganisms, one celled 3rd Week Protista 4th Week Fungi 5th Week Plants 6th Week Animals 7th Week The structure of living things cells 8th Week Midterm Exam 9th Week Tissues 10th Week Organs and organ systems 11th Week Human body and organ systems 12th Week Human body and organ systems 13th Week Nutrition, health and first aid 14th Week Living community and environment
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Çakır, M. Canlılar Bilimi, Nobel Yayıncılık Kiziroğlu İlhami , Genel Biyoloji Canlılar Bilimi Kadıoğlu, Asım &Demirbağ Zihni ,Temel Biyoloji 2000 Roberts M.B.V., Biology:a functional approach, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. 1986 Starr C- Taggart R., Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life 1998 Wadsworth Publish Company 2002 Wright,J., Coble C., Hopkins J., Johnson,S., Lahart, D. Life Science Prentice Hall 2003
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Other,Problem Solving
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No