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| YDM 214 | Professional English - I | 2+0+0 | ECTS:2 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To be able to read, write and translate articles in the biology. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | List the parts of a scientific paper and describe its contents | 1,3,6,7,9,10,11,12 | 1,2 | | LO - 2 : | Translate a scientific paper from English to Turkish | 1,3,6,7,9,11 | 1,2 | | LO - 3 : | Translate a scientific paper from Turkish to English. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 | 1,2 | | LO - 4 : | Explain the terms used in biological sciences | 1,2,3,6,7,9,10,11,12 | 1,2 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Academic studies in reading and writing beyond the secondary level. The health of your liver, basic genetics, what are gibberellins. What is DNA and what does it do. The plant structure. What is ATP. What is xenotransplantation. The sexual reproduction in flowering plants. What is genetically modified food. Liver cell structure and function. Blood types. Reproduction isolation. Animal migration. How bees make honey. How enzymes work. How is paper made from trees. How do muscles work. How are fossils created. Human genome research. What is taxonomy. Flower anatomy. What are mitochondria. What are plant tropism. Differences between monocots and dicots. Mangrove root function. Leaf coloration. Six characteristic of life. What is biosphere and what is chiti |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Basic genetics | | | Week 2 | What is DNA and what does it do? | | | Week 3 | The plant structure, what are plant tropism. | | | Week 4 | What is ATP, what are mitochondria. | | | Week 5 | What is xenotransplantation | | | Week 6 | The sexual reproduction in flowering plants | | | Week 7 | What is genetically modified food? | | | Week 8 | Liver cell structure and function, the health of your liver | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | What is taxonomy,differences between monocots and dicots | | | Week 11 | Reproduction isolation, animal migration. | | | Week 12 | How enzymes work
How do muscles work | | | Week 13 | Second mid-term exam | | | Week 14 | Blood types | | | Week 15 | Human genome researches | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Reading and Writing-the English of Science and Technology by Karl Drobnic, Sharon Abrams ve Marjorie Morray, PranticeHall, Inc. | | | |
| 1 | How to write and publish a scientific paper, Robert A. Day, Oryx Press. | | | 2 | Bilimsel bir makale nasıl yazılır ve yayınlanır? Robert A. Day, çeviri; Gülay Aşkar Altay, Tübitak, 1996. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 17/11/2013 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 07/01/2014 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 11 | 11 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 7 | 7 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 50 |
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