MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
SOC3091	Readings in Urban Studies	Fall	3	0	3	5

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Instructor İLHAN ZEYNEP KARAKILIÇ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	"."
Course Objectives:	The course is designed to analyze the major changes in the Mediterranean cities and societies in the Modern Ages. The urban profile of the Mediterranean in the cinquecento, with the emergence of new social classes, (eg. picaroons), social and moral decadence in the urban side, paradoxical coexistence of the Spanish Inquisition and the deviations from the norm, economic boom which ended up in bankruptcy will be interpreted. Peasants who flooded into the growing towns, wages that lagged behind prices, immense expansion of the overseas trade, over-population and many other façades of this social metamorphosis will be analyzed hand in hand with the literary genres, archival data and various readings. The drastic change in the social profile which is perfectly portrayed in the shift from the chivalric romances to the newly-flourishing novel genre will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course will be able to:
(1)Learn the urban structures and societies in the late Middle and Modern Ages in the both sides of the Mediterranean.
(2)Analyse the radical urban changes, -hand in hand with the rural metamorphosis, - in the Mediterranean basin, which simply constitutes a small model for the whole Europe.
(3)Analyze the drastic social changes in the Mediterranean cities with the emerging of the Modern State.
(4)Interpret the classical and new literary genres (e.g. Novel and picaresque novel) to analyze the urban societies of the age.
(5)Develop new skills to interpret the archival data (Avisos, dispacci, etc) to reconstruct the urban profile in the Mediterranean.
(6)Make use of visual data (engravings, miniatures, pictures etc.) to re-draw the social portrait in the Modern Ages.
Investigate the norms and deviations from the norm in the Mediterranean.

Course Content

This course aims to describe the social living of people who live in Mediteranean area.Culture, perceptions, religious views, occupations, art perceptions and other additional componenta will be analysed.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	General Mediterranean geography: cities, routes, ethnic groups, etc.
2)	The Mediterranean city in the late Middle and Modern ages: transformation and transfiguration
3)	Major social groups in the Mediterranean basin.
4)	: Religion as the basis of outstanding political and economical clashes and its effects on the urban profiles.
5)	Criminal urban social groups and phenomena.
6)	Crime and punishment
7)	Norms and deviation from the norms in the urban societies.
8)	: The Spanish Inquisition and its reflections on social values.
9)	Midterm	Exam preparation and midterm
10)	Corruption and degeneration: Picaresque society.
11)	Seville-Algiers-Constantinople: Babel towers of the Modern Ages.
12)	: A corrupted sea: Corsairs and pirates. Danger in the seas and on land.
13)	Pauperism in the urban side. Oral presentation in the classroom (20 min)	Research project submission
14)	Urban catastrophes: wars, epidemic diseases and famine. Oral presentation in the classroom (10 min)	Research project submission

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Ders notu yoktur.

References:

Alexandre Cowan (ed.), Mediterranean Urban Culture, 1400-1700, University of Exeter Press, 2004.
Lila Leontidou, The Mediterranean city in transition: social change and urban development, 2006, Athens.
Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, NY, 1974.
Giovanni Boccacio, The Decameron.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote.
And other partial readings will be provided.
Diğer okumalar dersin hocası tarafından verilecektir.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Field Work	2	% 10
Presentation	1	% 10
Project	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 20
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Field Work	2	2	4
Study Hours Out of Class	14	4	56
Presentations / Seminar	1	10	10
Project	1	30	30
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Utilize the wealth of information stored in computer databases to answer basic biological questions and solve problems such as diagnosis and treatment of diseases.	3
2)	Acquire an ability to compile and analyze biological information, clearly present and discuss the conclusions, the inferred knowledge and the arguments behind them both in oral and written format.	4
3)	Develop critical, creative and analytical thinking skills.	5
4)	Develop effective communication skills and have competence in scientific speaking, reading and writing abilities in English and Turkish.	3
5)	Gain knowledge of different techniques and methods used in genetics and acquire the relevant laboratory skills.	4
6)	Detect biological problems, learn to make hypothesis and solve the hypothesis by using variety of experimental and observational methods.	4
7)	Gain knowledge of methods for collecting quantitative and qualitative data and obtain the related skills.	3
8)	Conduct research through paying attention to ethics, human values and rights. Pay special attention to confidentiality of information while working with human subjects.	5
9)	Obtain basic concepts used in theory and practices of molecular biology and genetics and establish associations between them.	4
10)	Search and use literature to improve himself/herself and follow recent developments in science and technology.	5
11)	Be aware of the national and international problems in the field and search for solutions.	4