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FACULTY OF DENTISTRY / DIS446 - DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ

Code: DIS446 Course Title: MOLECULAR GENETICS Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer IŞINSU ALKAN (isinsu.alkan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To gain knowledge about molecular genetics and to gain the ability to make comments on dental issues.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can explain the basic information about the genetic materials. PO-1 As a dentist, she/he has the basic knowledge of clinical and social sciences required by her profession and uses them throughout her/his life.
PO-2 She/he applies the basic medical and science knowledge she has learned in both clinical and laboratory studies and has problem solving skills.
PO-3 She/he can work in interdisciplinary teams in various branches of dentistry and other medical fields and seeks the opinion or treatment of the necessary specialist for medical and dental treatments beyond her ability.
Examination
LO-2 Can explain the inheritance pattern PO-1 As a dentist, she/he has the basic knowledge of clinical and social sciences required by her profession and uses them throughout her/his life.
PO-2 She/he applies the basic medical and science knowledge she has learned in both clinical and laboratory studies and has problem solving skills.
PO-3 She/he can work in interdisciplinary teams in various branches of dentistry and other medical fields and seeks the opinion or treatment of the necessary specialist for medical and dental treatments beyond her ability.
Examination
LO-3 Can explain the basic concepts of the gene therapies. PO-1 As a dentist, she/he has the basic knowledge of clinical and social sciences required by her profession and uses them throughout her/his life.
PO-2 She/he applies the basic medical and science knowledge she has learned in both clinical and laboratory studies and has problem solving skills.
PO-3 She/he can work in interdisciplinary teams in various branches of dentistry and other medical fields and seeks the opinion or treatment of the necessary specialist for medical and dental treatments beyond her ability.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Structure, function and variations of genetic material; Subjects related to inheritance models, gene technologies and treatment methods will be covered.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Structure and function of nucleic acids carrying genetic information, definition of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes Lecture
2 Structure and function of nucleic acids: DNA structure and replication Lecture
3 Histone proteins and chromatin structure Lecture
4 Structure and function of nucleic acids: RNA structure, types Lecture
5 Transcription and RNA processing Lecture
6 Genetic code Lecture
7 Chromosome structure and Chromosome mutations Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 Basic principles of inheritance, mechanisms of single gene and common diseases Lecture
10 Hereditary diseases Lecture
11 Gene mutations Lecture
12 Analysis methods of gene-level mutations Lecture
13 Mutation analysis methods Lecture
14 Technological foundations of new and current treatments Lecture
15 Gene therapy Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Hücre ve Moleküler Biyoloji, Lippincott's, Editor: Richard A. Harvey, Çeviri Editörü; Betül Yanık, Güneş Tıp Kitabevi, Ankara, 2014, 9786053350613.
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 5 25
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 4 16
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 7 1 7
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 10 1 10
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 90