ÇANKAYA UNIVERSITY

BIO101-INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY

2022-2023 FALL SEMESTER

INSTRUCTOR

Esin Demir

esindemir@cankaya.edu.tr

COURSE WILL BE HELD FACE TO FACE

Time & Place 

BIO101-Section 1: Friday, 9:20-12:10; Amfi-3 PSYC

BIO101-Section 2: Friday, 13:20-16:10; Amfi-3 CENG

BIO101-Section 3: Thursday, 13:20-16:10; Amfi-3- SENG

FINAL EXAM DATE:

For all sections: 

10.01.2023 Tuesday, Start: 10:00-12:00 

MIDTERM DATE:

For all sections: 

25.11.2022 Friday, Start: 13:20-15:20

QUIZ DATES FOR ALL SECTIONS:

QUIZ 1: November 3-4; Online; in class hours 

QUIZ 2: November 18; Online; 22:00-22:15

QUIZ 3, 4, 5 are written below

Disclaimer: This syllabus is prepared to give the students for using as a guide during the course. It will be covered in the course and will be followed as closely as possible. However, changes or additions to this syllabus, including reading, exam schedule, grading, and course policies can be made at the discretion of the instructor when needs arise at any time

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER / SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

CATALOG DESCRIPTION

An introduction to the fundamental concepts of biological science will be covered. Topics include structures and processes from molecules to organisms, cell structure and function, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, cellular reproduction, patterns of inheritance, the structure and function of DNA, gene expression and regulation, genetic engineering, DNA technology and genomics, bioinformatics and biological databases, synthetic biology, applying engineering to biology and nanobiotechnology.

LECTURE SCHEDULE

(It is tentative and my subject to change with advanced notice)

WEEK

TOPIC

 Week 1

(4-10 October)

First meeting

About the course

Course Learning Goals

Biology and Computer

Assignments and Grading

Week 2

(11-17 October)

An Introduction to Life on Earth

· What is Life?

· What is Science?

The Life of the Cell

· Atoms, Molecules and Life

· Biological Molecules

 Week 3

(18-24 October)

Cell Structure

Week 4

(25-31 October)

The Working Cell

•Membrane Structure & Function
•Energy Flow in the Cell
•Photosynthesis

Week 5

(1-7 November)

 QUIZ-1 

Cellular Respiration 

Week 6

(8-14 November)

Cellular Reproduction

  • Mitosis 

  • Meisosis

Week 7

(15-21 November)

 QUIZ-2 

The Structure and Function of DNA

Week 8

(22-28 November)

MIDTERM EXAM

Gene Expression and Regulation

Week 9

(29 November- 5 December)

DNA Technology-I

  • Genetic Engineering
  • Bioinformatics

Week 10

(6-12 December)

PERFORMANCE

Biology and Computer/Software Engineering  Psychology Presentations

Week 11

(13-19 December)

 

PERFORMANCE

Biology and Computer/Software Engineering  Psychology Presentations

Week 12

(20-26 December)

QUIZ-3 (23-12-2022, Friday, 22:00-22:10)

PERFORMANCE

Biology and Computer/Software Engineering  Psychology Presentations

Week 13 

(27 December-2 January)

QUIZ-4 (30-12-2022, Friday, 22:00-22:10)

PERFORMANCE

Biology and Computer/Software Engineering  Psychology Presentations

Week 14

(3-9 January)

Bonus: QUIZ-5 (06-01-2023, Friday, 22:00-22:10)

DNA Technology-II

  • Genetic Engineering
  • Bioinformatics

Week 15

(January 10-14)

Final Exams

TEXTBOOK INFORMATION

Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Kelly A. Hogan, Jane B. Reece,

Campbell Essential Biology.

6th Edition. Pearson, 2016.

 

Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Kelly Hogan,

Campbell Biology Concepts and Connections.

Pearson, 2013.

 

RECOMMENDED READING

Dan Gusfield,

Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences: Computer Science and Computational Biology.

Cambridge University Press, 1997.

 

David W. Mount,

Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004.

EVALUATION

 
ITEM PERCENTAGE
 MIDTERM 20%
 QUIZ 20%
 BONUS (Attendance for at least 70% of classes) 5%
 PRESENTATION (FACE-TO-FACE) 20%
 FINAL 40%