BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| FILM AND TELEVISION | |||||
| 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 |
| MBG4057 | Special Topics in Bioinformatics | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 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 : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ELIZABETH HEMOND |
| Course Objectives: | This course aims to discuss technical papers from the recent bioinformatics literature, examine their algorithms and conduct an intensive study on a specific bioinformatics problem. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Define the open research questions in bioinformatics. 2. Discuss current solutions to tackle bioinformatics problems. 3. Develop an ability to discuss open research issues in computational biology. 4. Acquire an understanding of existing bioinformatics solutions for genomics. 5. Acquire an understanding of existing bioinformatics solutions for proteomics. 6. Develop an ability to focus on several bioinformatics articles and present their findings. 7. Obtain a familiarity with emerging topics in bioinformatics. 8. Obtain a familiarity with emerging topics in computational biology. 9. Develop an ability to find, read and discuss scientific articles published in the bioinformatics field. |
Course Content
| This discussion-based bioinformatics course will expose students to the latest developments in bioinformatics analyses and algorithms. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Genomics (genome sequencing, storage and study of genome information, genome databases) | |
| 2) | Genomics (polymorphism in the human genome and association with diseases) | |
| 3) | Comparative genomics (genome subtraction method, whole-genome alignment methods, genome-context methods, gene-fusion method) | |
| 4) | Structural genomics (the scientific program of structural genomics, target selection in structural genomics) | |
| 5) | Functional genomics (integration of experimental and computational methods) | |
| 6) | Functional genomics (gene-expression data and DNA micro-arrays) | |
| 7) | Functional genomics (regulatory networks, protein-protein interaction networks) | |
| 8) | Proteomics, Protein folding and fold recognition | |
| 9) | Epigenomics | |
| 10) | Cancer informatics | |
| 11) | Non-coding RNA identification and search | |
| 12) | Emerging topics in bioinformatics | |
| 13) | Emerging topics in computational biology | |
| 14) | Presentations |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Haftalık ders notları iletilecektir. Course notes will be supplied. |
| References: | Articles from the primary literature (scientific journals, e.g. Nature Reviews Genetics, Nature, Science, Genome Research, Nature Genetics, Nature Methods, Bioinformatics, Molecular Systems Biology etc.) |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | % 15 |
| Project | 1 | % 25 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 10 |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 25 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 75 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 8 | 112 |
| Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 158 | ||
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) | Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | 4 |
| 2) | Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | 3 |
| 3) | Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | 1 |
| 4) | Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | 1 |
| 5) | Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | 2 |
| 6) | Being able to write a script ready to be shot | 2 |
| 7) | Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | |
| 8) | Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | |
| 9) | Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | |
| 10) | Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | |
| 11) | Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | 3 |
| 12) | Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility | 5 |