BIOL242 BIOLOGY III
| Course Code: | 2380242 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 4.0 |
| Department: | Biology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. SEÇKİN EROĞLU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
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Course Content
Offered to Elementary Science Education majors. The third of the three course biology series includes transmission genetics, patterns of inheritance (Mendelian, non-Mendelian), DNA structure and function, mutations, genetic engineering, biotechnology applications, speciation, evolution of populations.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Students can explain how cells divide and how uncontrolled division may lead to cancer.
- Students can compare and contrast meiosis and mitosis.
- Students can clearly demonstrate check points in cell cycle.
- Students can evaluate which speciation mechanism might be the most effective in evolution of species in case studies
- Students can explain three major GM technologies