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| BIY4025 | Virology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Zihni DEMİRBAĞ | | Co-Lecturer | Asst. Dr. Remziye NALÇACIOĞLU | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The main objectives of this course are to provide the student with a clear presentation of the basic concepts and principles of related subjects |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Have knowledge about fundamental features, replication and general aspects of different group of viruses | 4,6,10 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Do detail literature research on a specific virus including its significance in human life and in modern science | 4,6,10 | 3, | | LO - 3 : | Participate in discussion on viruses with his/her classmates | 4,6,10 | 5, | | LO - 4 : | Learn about host virus interactions in detail | 4,6,10 | 1, | | 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 | | |
| General information about viruses, unenveloped plus-strand RNA viruses, enveloped plus-strand RNA viruses, minus-strand RNA viruses, viroids, other small disease-associated viral RNAs and pirions, double stranded RNA viruses, small genome DNA viruses, medium and large DNA animal viruses, medium and large bacteriophages, biological consequences of viral infection in eukaryotic cells, transformation of animal cells by tumor viruses, biological consequences of viral infections on organisms and populations |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction and history of virology | | | Week 2 | Morphological features of viruses | | | Week 3 | Basic features of viruses | | | Week 4 | Classification of viruses | | | Week 5 | Host-virus interactions and virus replication | | | Week 6 | Viral genomes and gene expression | | | Week 7 | Viral infections | | | Week 8 | Viral pathogenesis
| | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Immune response, viral control and treatments of viral diseases | | | Week 11 | Semminars: Current topics in virology I
| | | Week 12 | Semminars: Current topics in virology II | | | Week 13 | Semminars: Current topics in virology III | | | Week 14 | Current methods used in clinical virology
| | | Week 15 | Clinical virology | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Demirbağ, Z. 2009. Genel Viroloji. Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Trabzon | | | |
| 1 | Ustaçelebi, Ş. ve Us, D.A. Genel Viroloji. Pelikan Yayınevi, Ankara | | | 2 | Flint, S.J. ve arkadaşları. 2000. Principles of Virology. ASM Press, USA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 22/11/2021 | 1 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 07/01/2021 | 20 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 19/01/2022 | 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 | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 16 | 16 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 11 | 22 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 16 | 48 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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