Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : BYL439 |
| Course Type | : Area Elective |
| Couse Group | : First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Education Language | : Turkish |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 2 |
| Prt. | : 0 |
| Credit | : 2 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 4 |
The course intends to provide information about genetic factors in cancer formation, underlying molecular mechanisms and their importance.
Cell structure and cell division, cellular and viral oncogenes, oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes and their mutations, cancer and its stages, angiogenesis, metastasis, immunotherapy and gene therapy.
| 1. | Knows the mechanisms of cell cycle and regulation of growth. |
| 2. | Defines cancer, knows the structure and properties of cancer cells. |
| 3. | Knows cellular and viral oncogenes. |
| 4. | Knows and classifies mutations that occur in tumor suppressor genes and cause cancer. |
| 5. | Knows oncogenic mutations in growth-promoting proteins |
| 6. | Know the mutations that cause loss of cell cycle and growth inhibition controls |
| 7. | Knows and explains the stages of cancer. |
| 8. | Knows and explains the current approaches in cancer treatment. |
| 1. | Lecturer notes |
| 2. | Molecular Biology of Cancer, Lauren Pecorino, ISBN10: 0-19-921148-5, Oxford Press |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Attending Lectures | 1 | %5 |
| Verbal Examination | 1 | %5 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %30 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %60 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 3 | 2 | 70 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 94 | |||
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OÇ-1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
OÇ-2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
OÇ-3 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
OÇ-4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
OÇ-5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
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