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Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (English)

Haliç Üniversitesi | Academic | Faculties | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | Departments | Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (English)
About The Program

Molecular Biology and Genetics, an ever-developing, interdisciplinary branch of science, investigates the basic properties, structures and functions of the molecules that make up life, their interactions with each other, and the cellular responses that result from these interactions. The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics is an innovative and qualified program that produces entrepreneurs, researchers, international qualifications, committed to ethical values, understanding the functioning of living things at the molecular level, applying their knowledge for the benefit of society and developing solutions to problems. The department, which started education in the 2000-2001 academic year within the body of Haliç University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, gave its first graduates in 2004. It continues its education with its expert academic staff. In addition to his undergraduate education, he started to provide education in the field of graduate education in the 2004-2005 academic year. Haliç University Molecular Biology and Genetics Department offers education opportunities to students with its high quality education program, well-equipped laboratory infrastructure and expert and experienced faculty members. In the first two years of the undergraduate program, mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology courses, which are mainly basic science courses, are given in order to provide students with a scientific background. In the last two years, compulsory theoretical and laboratory courses such as molecular biology, molecular genetics, molecular biology techniques and molecular biology applications, cell molecular biology are given. Apart from this, in addition to the compulsory courses on cancer biology and genetics, genetic engineering, stem cell biology, RNA world, bioinformatics, molecular microbiology and microbial technology courses, field and non-field elective courses are given in special fields so that students can explore different aspects of their departments. At the end of 4 years, our students complete the program as well-equipped, sought-after and preferred graduates in the field. Thanks to the equipment they have acquired during their undergraduate education, graduates are preferred in R&D centers, genetic laboratories of hospitals, private genetic diagnosis laboratories, IVF centers, Forensic Medicine Institute, agriculture, livestock and pharmaceutical sectors, or they can continue their careers as academicians. Molecular Biology and Genetics Department also offers double major and minor programs with departments such as Mathematics, Engineering departments, Midwifery, Nutrition and Dietetics. In addition, students are given the opportunity to study abroad within the scope of the Erasmus Exchange Program.

Vision

It is to be a department that makes a name for itself with its research environment, cooperation with other universities, scientific studies and quality.

Mission

To provide a knowledge-based, research-oriented education. To be an entrepreneur with an innovative and qualified program, to be an entrepreneur, researching, international, adhere to ethical values, to understand the functioning of living things at the molecular level, to apply their knowledge for the benefit of society and to produce graduates who can develop solutions to problems.

Message from the Head of the Department

Our department was established in 2000. Our department, which has been teaching Turkish from its establishment until the 2019-2020 academic year, has been the language of education with the approval of YÖK since the 2020-2021 academic year. Students who do not reach the required score in the English proficiency exam are required to attend a one-year English preparatory program. The education period in our department is 4 years. In the first year of our undergraduate program, in order to provide our students with a scientific background, mainly basic sciences: biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics; In the following years, departments such as molecular biology, genetics, molecular biology techniques, cell molecular biology, molecular microbiology, cancer biology are given. Our laboratory studies are applications of theoretical courses. Most of our theoretical courses include laboratory courses. Students attend our labs in small groups. The experiments are first explained by the lecturer of the course, and then the students gain experience by doing the experiments individually or with their group friends under the supervision of our faculty members and assistants. Our graduates can become academicians in many fields such as hospitals, genetic diagnosis centers, forensic medicine, stem cells, in vitro fertilization, pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology companies, food industry, R&D, plant and animal genetics, seed breeding, vaccine companies, microbial technology. can take charge.

Prof. Dr. Emine Esra KASABAŞI

Head of Molecular Biology and Genetics Department

SEFA ÇETİNKAYA

SEFA ÇETİNKAYA

Asst. Prof.

sefacetinkaya@halic.edu.tr

More Info
The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics was founded in 2000-2001 Academic Year within the Faculty of Science and Letters of Haliç University. Our department graduated its first students in 2004 and continues providing education with its academic staff, who are experts in their fields.
Besides our undergraduate program, our department has also started to offer a graduate education program since as of 2004-2005 academic year. Subsequent to the program change as part of Bologna Process since 2012, we have started to use European Credit System (ECTS).
Our graduates completing the two-year program of our curriculum are awarded “the Associate Degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics”, while the graduates completing our four-year curriculum are awarded “the Bachelor’s Degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics”.
Associate and undergraduate degree programs accept students according to the exam held by the Center for Evaluation, Selection And Placement (OSYM) or the decisions of the Council Of Higher Education (YOK).
Our graduates with a bachelor's degree can apply to master and doctorate programs in various fields such as Molecular Biology and Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Biology, Bioinformatics, Medical Biology, Medical Genetics, Pharmacogenetics, Food Engineering and Forensic Science.

1.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
CCC0105İngilizce I3+0+03Compulsory
HLU1001Matematik I5+0+06Compulsory
HLU1003Fizik I3+0+26Compulsory
MBG1001Genel Biyoloji I3+0+27Compulsory
MBG1003Genel Kimya I3+0+26Compulsory
OZDXX-1Türk Dili I / Turkish Language For International Students I-2Compulsory
CCC0101Uluslararası Öğrenciler için Türk Dili I2+0+02Compulsory
OZD0101Türk Dili I2+0+02Compulsory

2.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
CCC0106İngilizce II3+0+03Compulsory
HLU1002Matematik II5+0+06Compulsory
HLU1004Fizik II3+0+26Compulsory
MBG1002Genel Biyoloji II3+0+27Compulsory
MBG1004Genel Kimya II3+0+26Compulsory
OZDXX-2Türk Dili II / Turkish Language For International Students II-2Compulsory
CCC0102Uluslararası Öğrenciler için Türk Dili II2+0+02Compulsory
OZD0102Türk Dili II2+0+02Compulsory

3.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
CCC0103Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi I2+0+02Compulsory
CCC0130Kariyer Planlama2+0+02Compulsory
HLU0040Bilimsel Yazım ve Sunum Teknikleri1+2+03Compulsory
MBG2001Genetik3+0+05Compulsory
MBG2003Genetik Laboratuvarı1+0+23Compulsory
MBG2005Hücre Biyolojisi3+0+04Compulsory
MBG2007Organik Kimya I3+0+04Compulsory
MBG2009Ekoloji2+0+03Compulsory
ARE2XX1Alan İçi Seçmeli-4Elective
MBG2100Immunolojinin Temelleri3+0+04Elective
MBG2110Viroloji3+0+04Elective
MBG2120Biyoteknoloji3+0+04Elective
MBG2130Bitkilerin Yapısı ve Fonksiyonu3+0+04Elective

4.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
CCC0104Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi II2+0+02Compulsory
MBG2002Temel Mikrobiyoloji3+0+05Compulsory
MBG2004Temel Mikrobiyoloji Laboratuvarı1+0+23Compulsory
MBG2006Fizyoloji3+0+05Compulsory
MBG2008Organik Kimya II3+0+04Compulsory
MBG2012Organik Kimya Laboratuvarı0+0+23Compulsory
MBG2014Moleküler Genetik I3+0+04Compulsory
ARE2XX2Alan İçi Seçmeli-4Elective
MBG2100Immunolojinin Temelleri3+0+04Elective
MBG2110Viroloji3+0+04Elective
MBG2120Biyoteknoloji3+0+04Elective
MBG2130Bitkilerin Yapısı ve Fonksiyonu3+0+04Elective

5.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
HSF4010Biyoistatistik1+2+04Compulsory
MBG3001Biyokimya I3+0+05Compulsory
MBG3003Moleküler Genetik II3+0+04Compulsory
MBG3005Moleküler Biyoloji Teknikleri I2+0+03Compulsory
MBG3007Moleküler Biyoloji Teknikleri Laboratuvarı I1+0+23Compulsory
MBG3009Populasyon Genetiği2+0+03Compulsory
ARE3XX1Alan İçi Seçmeli (2 Aeet)-8Elective
MBG3100Beyin Nörobiyolojisi3+0+04Elective
MBG3110Enzimoloji3+0+04Elective
MBG3120Kök Hücre Biyolojisi3+0+04Elective
MBG3130RNA dünyası3+0+04Elective
MBG3140İnsan Genetiği3+0+04Elective
MBG3150Fizyoloji ve Endokrinolojinin Genetik Temelleri3+0+04Elective
MBG3160Adli Bilimlerde Moleküler Biyolojinin Uygulamaları3+0+04Elective
MBG3170Temel Farmakoloji3+0+04Elective
MBG3180Mikrobiyel Teknoloji3+0+04Elective
SLF0000Staj0+0+05Elective

6.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
MBG3002Biyokimya II3+0+05Compulsory
MBG3004Evrim ve Biyoçeşitlilik2+0+04Compulsory
MBG3006Moleküler Biyoloji Teknikleri II2+0+03Compulsory
MBG3008Moleküler Biyoloji Teknikleri Laboratuvarı II1+0+23Compulsory
MBG3012Biyoinformatik3+0+03Compulsory
ARE3XX2Alan İçi Seçmeli (2 Adet)-8Elective
NAE3XX2Alan Dışı Seçmeli-4Elective

7.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
HLU0020Meslek Etiği3+0+04Compulsory
MBG4001Hücre Moleküler Biyolojisi I3+0+04Compulsory
MBG4003Moleküler Biyoloji Uygulamaları I2+0+03Compulsory
MBG4005Moleküler Biyoloji Uygulamaları Laboratuvarı I1+0+23Compulsory
ARE4XX1Alan İçi Seçmeli (2 Adet)-8Elective
MBG4100Genetik Mühendisliği3+0+04Elective
MBG4101Moleküler Biyoloji ve Genetikte Araştırma Teknikleri I1+0+24Elective
MBG4110Kanser Biyolojisi ve Genetiği3+0+04Elective
MBG4120Tıbbi Mikrobiyoloji3+0+04Elective
MBG4130Farmakogenetik3+0+04Elective
MBG4140Hayvan Doku Kültürü3+0+04Elective
MBG4150İleri Biyoinformatik2+2+04Elective
MBG4160Gen Terapisi3+0+04Elective
MBG4170Gelişim Biyolojisi3+0+04Elective
MBG4180Biyomalzemeler3+0+04Elective
MBG4190Moleküler Mikrobiyoloji3+0+04Elective
NAE4XX1Alan Dışı Seçmeli (2 Adet)-8Elective

8.Semester Course Plan

Ders KoduDers AdıT+U+LAKTSDers Türü
MBG4002Hücre Moleküler Biyolojisi II3+0+04Compulsory
MBG4004Moleküler Biyoloji Uygulamaları II2+0+03Compulsory
MBG4006Moleküler Biyoloji Uygulamaları Laboratuvarı II1+0+23Compulsory
SLF4000Bitirme Projesi0+2+06Compulsory
ARE4XX2Alan İçi Seçmeli (2 Adet)-8Elective
MBG4100Genetik Mühendisliği3+0+04Elective
MBG4102Moleküler Biyoloji ve Genetikte Araştırma Teknikleri II1+0+24Elective
MBG4110Kanser Biyolojisi ve Genetiği3+0+04Elective
MBG4120Tıbbi Mikrobiyoloji3+0+04Elective
MBG4130Farmakogenetik3+0+04Elective
MBG4140Hayvan Doku Kültürü3+0+04Elective
MBG4150İleri Biyoinformatik2+2+04Elective
MBG4160Gen Terapisi3+0+04Elective
MBG4170Gelişim Biyolojisi3+0+04Elective
MBG4180Biyomalzemeler3+0+04Elective
MBG4190Moleküler Mikrobiyoloji3+0+04Elective
NAE4XX2Alan Dışı Seçmeli  (2 Adet)-6Elective
1) To successfully complete all the necessary requirements of their education program.

2) To complete 120 ECTS for two-year associate degree programs, 240 ECTS for four-year undergraduate programs, 300 ECTS for the five-year programs granting both undergraduate and graduate degrees and 360 ECTS for six-year programs.

3) To pass all the compulsory and elective courses required by the program.

4) To acquire at least 2.00 CGPA.

5) To not be discharged from the University.
The graduates of our undergraduate program can be employed in several sectors such as medical and genetic research and development centers, genetic diagnostic centers, forensic science laboratories, or genetic engineering related to biology, pharmaceutical industry, food, agriculture and livestock and microbiology.
The academic standings of the students of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics is determined with regard to “the Regulations of Haliç University on Associate Degree and Undergraduate Education”

(1) Final grade refers to the equivalent of raw final grade in 4.00 grading system specified by reckoning students’ studies in a half year/year and their mid-term/final exam grades based on the prevenient weights; apart from single course, grade-increase and exemption exams.


(2) Relative or absolute evaluation systems are used to calculate students’ final grades. The type of evaluation system is designated by the concerned Board of Directors before the beginning of an academic year. The Equivalence Table issued by the Council of Higher Education is utilized for the equivalence between 4.00 and 100 grading systems.


(3) On the purpose of success evalution in a course; mid-term exams, additional exams, trainings in fields and working places, practices, assignments, projects, workshops, seminars, class attendance, laboratory and other relevant studies in a mid-term comprise 40% of the course evalution score. The instructor of the relevant course announces mid-term study types and the contributions of these studies and final exam grades to the final grade in the course and proclaims all the mid-term studies and final exam grades to the students.

(4) In absolute evalution system, academic ranking is determined for raw academic rankings according to the absolute ranges laid down in this Directive. However, in relative evalution system, academic ranking is ascertained based upon average raw academic rankings and their statistical distribution.

(5) Assessment and evaluation principles of relative and absolute evaluation systems, provisions and limitations of final grade calculations in the relative evaluation system and academic success levels are defined by the Senate and published on the website of University.

(6) In both evaluation systems, the students, who do not take a final or re-sit examination of a course and who has not received 40 points out of 100 in the aforesaid examinations; fails the course.

(7) The point and letter equivalences of academic ranking levels in the absolute evaluation system is given below: Final Grade Letter Grade Meaning Grade Range 4.00 AA Excellent 90-100 3.50 BA Very Good 80-89 3.00 BB Good 70-79 2.50 CB Fair 65-69 2.00 Acceptable 60-64 1.50 DC Partially Acceptable 55-59 1.00 DD Partially Acceptable 50-54 0.00 FF Fail 0-49 0.00 NA Not Attended 0

(8) Apart from the final grades in Article 7, students’ academic success level in a course is determined by use of nonnumeric expressions as shown below:

a) NA (Not Attended): It is given for the courses which students have failed due to absence and treated as FF grade for credit courses and U grade for non-credit courses.

b) I (Incomplete): It is given when students are not able to complete necessary course studies such as internship, project, assignment, laboratory experiments etc., even though they pass the course. It is mandatory to give a grade to those students who have received I grade, when they make up their incomplete studies in 15 days after the exam period. Otherwise, this grade turns into FF grade.

c) S (Satisfactory): It is given to the students who have successfully completed their internships and credit courses.

ç) T (Transfer/Exempt): It is given for the courses which had been taken in another higher education institution and accepted as exempt when its accreditation was approved by the concerned board of directors.

d) W (Withdrawal): It is given for the courses from which students have withdrawn.

e) P (Passing): It is given when students still attend non-credit courses which expand more than one semester.

(9) The letter grades and coefficients mentioned in this Article applies for students’ course accreditation or evaluation of numeric grades taken in another higher education institution.

(10) A student who receives one of AA, BA, BB, CB and CC is regarded as successful in the relevant course.
Dr. Faculty Member Deniz KANCA DEMİRCİ
Böl.Sekreteri İlknur BOYLU