mbg-Course Contents

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS DEPARTMENT CURRICULUM

1st YEAR FALL SEMESTER

COURSE CODE COURSE NAME T U L CREDIT ECTS
CHEM101 General Chemistry I 3 0 0 3 5
CHEM121 General Chemistry Lab I 0 0 2 1 1
FENS101 Engineering Mathematics I 4 0 0 4 6
KHAS103 History of Humankind 3 0 0 3 5
KHAS105 Universal Values and Ethics 3 0 0 3 5
MBG103 Biology I 3 0 0 3 5
MBG116 Biology Lab I 0 0 2 1 1
TLL101 Critical Reading and Writing in Turkish I 2 0 0 2 3
Semester Total 18 0 4 20 31

1st YEAR SPRING SEMESTER

COURSE CODE COURSE NAME T U L CREDIT ECTS
CHEM102 General Chemistry II 3 0 0 3 5
CHEM122 General Chemistry Lab II 0 2 0 1 2
FENS102 Engineering Mathematics II 4 0 0 4 6
KHAS110 Civic Responsibility Project 0 2 0 1 2
MBG101 Genetics and Society 3 0 0 3 5
MBG104 Biology II 3 0 0 3 5
MBG118 Biology Lab II 0 0 2 1 1
TLL102 Critical Reading and Writing in Turkish II 2 0 0 2 3
Semester Total 15 4 4 19 29

2nd YEAR FALL SEMESTER

COURSE CODE COURSE NAME T U L CREDIT ECTS
FENS111 Physics II 3 0 2 4 6
HST101 History of Modern Turkey I 2 0 0 2 2
MBG201 Bioorganic Chemistry I 3 0 0 3 5
MBG205 Bioorganic Chemistry Lab I 0 0 2 1 1
MBG207 Genetics 3 0 0 3 5
MBG221 Genetics Lab 0 0 2 1 1
MBG299 Internship I 0 0 0 0 5
Field Elective I 3 0 0 3 5
Semester Total 14 0 6 17 30

2nd YEAR SPRING SEMESTER

COURSE CODE COURSE NAME T U L CREDIT ECTS
FENS112 Physics II 3 0 2 4 6
HST102 History of Modern Turkey II 2 0 0 2 2
MBG202 Bioorganic Chemistry II 3 0 0 3 5
MBG222 Bioorganic Chemistry Lab II 0 0 2 1 1
MBG242 Cellular Genetics 3 0 0 3 5
MBG244 Cellular Genetics Lab 0 0 2 1 1
Field Elective II 3 0 0 3 5
Free Elective I 3 0 0 3 5
Semester Total 17 0 6 20 30

3rd YEAR FALL SEMESTER

COURSE CODE COURSE NAME T U L CREDIT ECTS
MBG301 Cellular Biology I 3 0 0 3 5
MBG303 Cellular Biology Lab I 0 0 2 1 1
MBG307 Biochemistry I 3 0 0 3 5
MBG309 Biopython 2 2 0 3 6
MBG317 Biochemistry Lab I 0 0 2 1 1
Field Elective III 3 0 0 3 5
Free Elective II 3 0 0 3 5
Semester Total 14 2 4 17 28

3rd YEAR SPRING SEMESTER

COURSE CODE COURSE NAME T U L CREDIT ECTS
MBG302 Cellular Biology II 3 0 0 3 5
MBG308 Cellular Biology Lab II 0 0 2 1 1
MBG308 Biochemistry II 3 0 0 3 5
MBG326 Biochemistry Lab II 0 0 2 1 1
MBG399 Internship II 0 0 0 0 5
Field Elective IV 3 0 0 3 5
Field Elective V 3 0 0 3 5
Free Elective III 3 0 0 3 5
Semester Total 14 2 4 17 32

4th YEAR FALL SEMESTER

COURSE CODE COURSE NAME T U L CREDIT ECTS
MBG411 Graduation Project I 0 6 0 3 10
Field Elective VI 3 0 0 3 5
Free Elective IV 3 0 0 3 5
Field Elective VIII 3 0 0 3 5
Free Elective V 3 0 0 3 5
Semester Total 12 6 0 15 30

4th YEAR SPRING SEMESTER

COURSE CODE COURSE NAME T U L CREDIT ECTS
MBG412 Graduation Project II 0 6 0 3 10
Field Elective VIII 3 0 0 3 5
Field Elective IX 3 0 0 3 5
Free Elective VII 3 0 0 3 5
Free Elective VI 3 0 0 3 5
Semester Total 12 6 0 15 30
GRAND TOTAL 116 22 26 140 240

FIELD ELECTIVE COURSES

COURSE CODE COURSE NAME T U L CREDIT ECTS
CMPE470 Artificial Intelligence 3 0 0 3 5
CMPE476 Human-Computer Interaction 3 0 0 3 5
KHAS1004 Chemistry on a Plate 3 0 0 3 5
KHAS1012 Polymers in Daily Life: The Mystery Within Household Items 3 0 0 3 5
KHAS1014 The Path to the Nobel Prize: The Category of Physiology and Medicine 3 0 0 3 5
KHAS1018 The World of Elements 3 0 0 3 5
KHAS1422 Biomimicry 3 0 0 3 5
KHAS1600 Science and Religion 3 0 0 3 5
KHAS1712 Freedom of Speech, Hate Speech and Campus Hate Speech 3 0 0 3 5
KHAS1802 Chasing the Secrets of the Brain 3 0 0 3 5
PSYC493 Social Neuroscience 3 0 0 3 6
MBG311 Ethics in Science 3 0 0 3 5
MBG313 Evolution 3 0 0 3 5
MBG317 Molecular Biophysics 3 0 0 3 5
MBG318 Protein Folding 3 0 0 3 5
MBG319 Pharmacophore Modeling 3 0 0 3 5
MBG320 Molecular Modeling and Simulation 3 0 0 3 5
MBG408 Methods in Structural Biology 3 0 0 3 5
MBG413 Biotechnology and Bioengineering 3 0 0 3 5
MBG419 Cell and Tissue Culture 3 0 0 3 5
MBG420 Signaling Pathways 3 0 0 3 5
MBG421 Molecular Basis of Cancer 3 0 0 3 5
MBG422 Redox Biochemistry 3 0 0 3 5
MBG423 Statistical Thermodynamics 3 0 0 3 5
MBG425 Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action 3 0 0 3 5
MBG426 Complex Systems 3 0 0 3 5
MBG427 Bioinformatics and Sequence Analysis 3 0 0 3 5
MBG428 Structural Bioinformatics 3 0 0 3 5
MBG429 Proteins in Action 3 0 0 3 5
MBG430 Neuropharmacology 3 0 0 3 5
MBG431 Behavioral Biology 3 0 0 3 5
MBG432 Computer-aided drug design 3 0 0 3 5
MBG435 Seminar 3 0 0 3 5
MBG208 Virtual Basic Lab 3 0 0 3 5
MBG308 Neuroscience 3 0 0 3 5
MBG438 Quantum Biology 3 0 0 3 5
MBG409 Cancer Biology 3 0 0 3 5
MBG401 Modern Techniques in Molecular Biology 3 0 0 3 5
MBG402 Omics 3 0 0 3 5
MBG304 Introduction to Bioinformatics 2 2 0 3 5
MBG202 Introduction to Biostatistics 3 0 0 3 5
MBG210 Human Physiology 3 0 0 3 5
MBG215 Evolutionary Biology 3 0 0 3 5
FENS 495 Scientific Research I 3 0 0 3 5
FENS 496 Scientific Research II 3 0 0 3 5
FENS 497 Scientific Research III 3 0 0 3 5
FENS 498 Scientific Research IV 3 0 0 3 5
FENS 499 Scientific Research V 3 0 0 3 5