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General Information on Undergraduate Program
Biology Program offers courses on the biological, chemical, physical and mathematical principles governing the behavior of living matter at the molecular, cellular, organism and population levels. Fundamental subjects as molecular and cellular biology, genetics, physiology, microbiology, biochemistry, plant biology, and ecology are supplemented by a wide variety of elective courses to prepare the students for careers in research and teaching in university, and for various positions in food and drug industry, agriculture, forestry, and public health. The Biology program allows students to choose an option among molecular biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, and environmental biology fields in their junior year.
Elective Courses
There are two types of elective courses in our program,
1. Technical Elective (11 courses)
Students are free to take technical elective courses from other departments up to 4 courses. The remaining courses must be taken from BIO or GENE programs of our department.
2. Nontechnical Elective (2 courses)
Prerequisites
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Undergraduate Curriculum
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Laboratory (h/w) | ECTS Credit |
| BIOL101 | General Biology I | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9.0 |
| CHEM101 | General Chemistry I | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7.5 |
| ENG101 | English For Academic Purposes I | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 |
| MATH117 | Calculus I | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7.5 |
| OHS101 | Occupational Health and Safety I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Laboratory (h/w) | ECTS Credit |
| BIOL102 | General Biology II | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9.0 |
| CHEM102 | General Chemistry II | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7.5 |
| ENG102 | English For Academic Purposes II | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 |
| IS100 | Introduction to Information Technologies and Applications | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 |
| MATH118 | Calculus II | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7.5 |
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Laboratory (h/w) | ECTS Credit |
| BIOL203 | Cell Biology | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 |
| BIOL206 | Ecology | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.5 |
| BIOL251 | Cell Biology Laboratory | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| CHEM231 | Organic Chemistry | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7.0 |
| HIST2201* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | |
| PHYS111 | Physics I (Mechanics) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7.5 |
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Laboratory (h/w) | ECTS Credit |
| BIOL220 | Introduction to Biometry | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6.0 |
| BIOL252 | Physiology | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 |
| ENG211 | Academic Oral Presentation Skills | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4.0 |
| HIST2202* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | |
| PHYS112 | Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7.5 |
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| Nontechnical Elective |
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Laboratory (h/w) | ECTS Credit |
| BIOL303 | Microbiology | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 |
| BIOL351 | Introduction to Genetics | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 |
| BIOL353 | Biochemistry | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 |
| BIOL355 | Microbiology Laboratory | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| OHS301 | Occupational Health and Safety II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
| TURK303* | Turkish I | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Technical Elective |
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Laboratory (h/w) | ECTS Credit |
| BIOL310 | Biochemistry Laboratory | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| BIOL352 | Genetics Laboratory | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| BIOL356 | Plant Biology | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7.0 |
| TURK304* | Turkish II | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 |
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| Nontechnical Elective |
| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Laboratory (h/w) | ECTS Credit |
| BIOL404 | Evolution | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 |
| GENE479 | Current Research in Biological Sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
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| Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Laboratory (h/w) | ECTS Credit |
| BIOL360* | Summer Practice | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 |
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* Students who did their internship with the Erasmus program must take BIOL361 course instead of BIOL360.
h/w: hours per week