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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Basic terms and concepts. Tissue culture laboratory, required devices and equipment |
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2) |
Aseptic techniques |
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3) |
Animal cell culture media |
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4) |
Maintaining of primary cell cultures and cell lines |
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5) |
How to use laminal flow, CO2 incubators, organize the cell cultre room |
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6) |
General techniques in cell culture: determine the cell types, seeding conditions I |
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7) |
General techniques in cell culture: determine the cell types, seeding conditions II |
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8) |
Cell counting methods, cell seeding and culturing |
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9) |
Cell preparation, cell freezing, and thawing of cells |
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10) |
Determine cell viability: MTT methods |
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11) |
Determine cell viability: Trypan blue staining |
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12) |
To determine cell death: PI staining |
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13) |
To determine the various metabolic functions in cells I |
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14) |
To determine the various metabolic functions in cells II |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Develop close interest in human mind and behavior, and attain critical thinking skills (in particular the ability to evaluate psychological theories using empirical evidence), as well as appreciating psychology as an evidence based science. |
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2) |
Gain a biopsychosocial understanding of human behavior, namely, the biological, psychological, social determinants of behavior. |
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3) |
Acquire theoretical and applied knowledge and learn about basic psychological concepts and perspectives |
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4) |
Familiarize with methodology and data evaluation techniques by being aware of scientific research methods (i.e. correlational, experimental, longitudinal, case study). |
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5) |
Employ ethical sensitivity while doing assessment, research or working with groups. |
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6) |
Familiarize with the essential perspectives of psychology (cognitive, developmental, clinical, social, behavioral, and biological). |
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7) |
Get the opportunity and skills to evaluate qualitative and quantitative data, write reports, and present them. |
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8) |
Attain preliminary knowledge for psychological measurement and evaluation. |
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9) |
To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (e.g. sociology, history, political science, communication studies, philosophy, anthropology, literature, law, art, etc) that can contribute to psychology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in understanding and interpreting of psychological process. |
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