ADV3631 Project ManagementBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICSGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
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
ADV3631 Project Management Spring 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 : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ÖNDER YÖNET
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ÖNDER YÖNET
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The objective of this course is, within the concept of "project management", to gain the students the ability of designing many projects in life (and in advertising). Hence, in other words, the objective is from the organization of their weddings to designing advertising campaigs, to teach them the steps, main concepts of project management and mediate in their becoming effective and efficient project managers.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To clarify what project is
2) To differentiate what project management is
3) To describe the project life cycle
4) To identify the stakeholders of a project
5) To employ project initiation to any given project
6) To develope a project plan
7) To analyse how to execute a project
8) To determine how to control a given project
9) To formulate how to communicate about a project
10)To organise how to close a project
11)To assess any given project
12)To design a project
13)To manage a project


Course Content

The course will be held two-sided, on one side the students will learn theoretical knowledge about project management, on the other side, by the same time, they will analyse case studies and practise designing their own real-time projects.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction
1)
2) What is a project? What is project management? The players of projects: Who is who in the project management?
3) Project life cycle
4) scope management
5) stakeholder analysis & management
6) Stakeholder analysis & management
7) WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) and OBS (Organizational Breakdown Structure) The project in the organizational structure
8) Quiz-Review-Improving or Catching Up! past subjects.
9) Risk management
10) Risk management, Project budgeting
11) PERT Diagrams and the Critical Path Method
12) PERT Diagrams and the Critical Path Method and resource allocation Determining the final project topics
13) The Monitoring-Controlling Cycle, Determining how to control a given project - The fundamental purposes of control
14) Organising how to close a project

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Jack R. Meredith, Samuel J. Mantel Jr.,2011.

Managing Projects Large and Small: The Fundamental Skills to Deliver on budget and on Time by Richard Luecke, Harvard Business School Press (March 31, 2004) /
Proje Yönetimi,Richard Luecke, Türkiye İş Bankası Yayınları,2009.
References: The Principles of Project Management (SitePoint: Project Management), Mari Williams, 2008.

Project Management Case Studies,Harold Kerzner,2009

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 8 % 40
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 4 56
Homework Assignments 8 3 24
Final 1 3 3
Total Workload 125

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