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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
COP4408 OBASE Business Intelligence 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 : Prof. Dr. ADEM KARAHOCA
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr. ADEM KARAHOCA
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The course provides the student with an introduction to the basic and more advanced concepts of Business Intelligence and discusses the architectures of possible solutions.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Define basic concepts and categories of business intelligence and business intelligence market
2. Describe data warehouse architectures
3. Define relational models, construct normalized data models and identify queries to data sources with SQL.
4. Discuss case studies in terms of business intelligence concepts
5. Specify data mining and clustering methods
6. Describe neural networks
7. Define decision trees
8. Identify business intelligence front end applications
9. Prepare project presentations

Course Content

Concepts of business intelligence, data warehousing, rdbms concepts, modeling the dimensions and creating the aggregations, panel - case studies, introduction to data mining unsupervised methods, supervised methods, business intelligence front end

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to Business Intelligence
2) Data Warehousing
3) RDBMS Concepts I
4) RDBMS Concepts II
5) Modeling the Dimensions and Creating the Aggregations
6) Modeling the Dimensions and Creating the Aggregations
7) Panel - Case Study: Migros
8) Introduction to Data Mining Unsupervised Methods
9) Introduction to Data Mining Unsupervised Methods
10) Supervised Methods
11) Supervised Methods
12) Business Intelligence Front End
13) Project Presentations
14) Panel – Case Study: Turkcell

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Corporate Information Factory, W. H. Inmon, Claudia Imhoff, Ryan Sousa, 2001, 0471399612

Business intelligence : a managerial approach, E. Turban, R. Sharda, J.E. Arnsson, D. King, 2007, 013234761X

The Data Warehouse Toolkit, R. Kimball, M. Ross, 1996, 0471153370
References: Yok

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 1 % 10
Project 1 % 35
Midterms 1 % 15
Final 1 % 40
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 3 5 15
Project 1 20 20
Midterms 1 18 18
Final 1 20 20
Total Workload 115

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