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General Information on Undergraduate Program
Molecular Biology and Genetics Program offers courses mainly on the biological, chemical, physical and mathematical principles governing the structure and functions of organisms at the molecular and cellular levels. Fundamental subjects as molecular and cellular biology, genetics, physiology, microbiology, biochemistry, plant biology, and ecology are supplemented by a wide variety of departmental and interdepartmental elective courses to prepare students for careers in research and teaching in university, and for various positions in biotechnology, food and drug industry, agriculture, forestry, and public health.
Elective Courses
There are two types of elective courses in our program,
1. Technical Elective (9 courses)
A MINIMUM of 3 of these 9 must be chosen from BIO or GENE programs.
A MAXIMUM of 6 technical electives may be chosen from other science and engineering departments of METU, in addition to BIO or GENE program courses. These include courses offered by the Departments of Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry, and Physics, as well as by the Faculty of Engineering and the Graduate Schools of Informatics or Marine Sciences.
2. Nontechnical Elective (2 courses)
These include courses offered by the Art Departments of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (e.g., Psychology or Philosophy) and faculties or graduate schools OTHER THAN Engineering and Informatics.
Course Lists and Prerequisites
Please visit the academic catalog for information on courses offered by the BIO and GENE programs of our department. For information on course prerequisites please click here.
The Special Project course (GENE472) is only offered to 4th-year students with CPGA >2.75.
Undergraduate Curriculum
Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Laboratory (h/w) | ECTS Credit |
CHEM111 | General Chemistry I | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6.0 |
ENG101 | English For Academic Purposes I | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 |
GENE103 | Molecular and Cellular Biology I | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7.5 |
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 |
BA100 | Career Planning | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 |
CHEM112 | General Chemistry II | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6.0 |
ENG102 | English For Academic Purposes II | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 |
GENE104 | Molecular and Cellular Biology II | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7.5 |
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 |
BIOL220 | Introduction to Biometry | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6.0 |
GENE205 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 |
HIST2201* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | |
PHYS111 | Physics I (Mechanics) | 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 |
BIOL252 | Physiology | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 |
CHEM231 | Organic Chemistry | 5 | 3 | 4 | 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 |
Nontechnical Elective |
Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Laboratory (h/w) | ECTS Credit |
BIOL303 | Microbiology | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 |
BIOL307 | Biochemistry I | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 |
BIOL355 | Microbiology Laboratory | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
GENE365 | General and Molecular Genetics | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 |
GENE367 | General and Molecular Genetics Laboratory | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3.0 |
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 |
BIOL308 | Biochemistry II | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8.0 |
BIOL310 | Biochemistry Laboratory | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
BIOL356 | Plant Biology | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7.0 |
GENE366 | Molecular Biology of the Gene | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 |
TURK304* | Turkish II | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 |
Technical Elective |
Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Laboratory (h/w) | ECTS Credit |
BIOL423 | Recombinant DNA Techniques | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 |
GENE473 | Molecular Biology of the Cell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 |
GENE475 | Molecular Biology of the Cell Laboratory | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5.0 |
GENE479 | Current Research in Biological Sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
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Technical Elective |
Course Code | Course Name | METU Credit | Contact (h/w) | Laboratory (h/w) | ECTS Credit |
BIOL360* | Summer Practice | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 |
GENE480 | Student Seminars in Molecular Biology and Genetics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 |
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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