MATHEMATICS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
MBG2004 | Computation for Biological Sciences II | Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
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 Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. SÜREYYA AKYÜZ |
Course Objectives: | This class intended to provide advanced information to computational tools for biology. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Learn important biological data sources. 2. Evaluate the results of biological analysis statistically and mathematically. 3. Learns how to use various tools to evaluate genome sequencing data. 4. Learn basic level Matlab. |
Sequence data, searching and alignment, structural data, genome sequencing, genome analysis, genetic variation, gene and protein expression, and biological networks and pathways. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Advanced sequencing data analysis | |
2) | Genome alignment I | |
3) | Genome alignment II | |
4) | Structural data | |
5) | Genome sequencing | |
6) | Genome analysis I | |
7) | Genome analysis II | |
8) | Advanced genetic variation analysis I | |
9) | Advanced genetic variation analysis II | |
10) | Biological networks I | |
11) | Biological networks II | |
12) | Biological pathways I | |
13) | Biological pathways II | |
14) | Biological pathways III |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Ders notları haftalık olarak verilecektir. Course material will be provided weekly. |
References: | Computational Biology Series Editors: Dress, A., Linial, M., Troyanskaya, O., Vingron, M. ISSN: 1568-2684 |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 10 | % 10 |
Presentation | 1 | % 15 |
Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 7 | 98 |
Presentations / Seminar | 5 | 4 | 20 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 178 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics and theories and applications in Mathematics | |
2) | To be able to understand and assess mathematical proofs and construct appropriate proofs of their own and also define and analyze problems and to find solutions based on scientific methods, | |
3) | To be able to apply mathematics in real life with interdisciplinary approach and to discover their potentials, | |
4) | To be able to acquire necessary information and to make modeling in any field that mathematics is used and to improve herself/himself, | 4 |
5) | To be able to tell theoretical and technical information easily to both experts in detail and non-experts in basic and comprehensible way, | |
6) | To be familiar with computer programs used in the fields of mathematics and to be able to use at least one of them effectively at the European Computer Driving Licence Advanced Level, | |
7) | To be able to behave in accordance with social, scientific and ethical values in each step of the projects involved and to be able to introduce and apply projects in terms of civic engagement, | |
8) | To be able to evaluate all processes effectively and to have enough awareness about quality management by being conscious and having intellectual background in the universal sense, | 4 |
9) | By having a way of abstract thinking, to be able to connect concrete events and to transfer solutions, to be able to design experiments, collect data, and analyze results by scientific methods and to interfere, | |
10) | To be able to continue lifelong learning by renewing the knowledge, the abilities and the competencies which have been developed during the program, and being conscious about lifelong learning, | |
11) | To be able to adapt and transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of mathematics ; such as algebra, analysis, number theory, mathematical logic, geometry and topology to the level of secondary school, | |
12) | To be able to conduct a research either as an individual or as a team member, and to be effective in each related step of the project, to take role in the decision process, to plan and manage the project by using time effectively. |