Program-Specific Required Courses
Kredi: 4
The structure of male and female reproductive systems at macroscopic and microscopic levels. Formation of the organs during the development of a human embryo. Lectures will be complemented by laboratory work.
Kredi: 3
Theoretical and practical aspects of working in a cell culture laboratory. Maintenance of a cell culture laboratory; problems and solutions.
Kredi: 4
The definition of infertility. The treatment strategies and drugs used to treat infertile couple during an ART cycle. Treatment strategies in assisted reproduction for special populations such as low responder patients, women with endometriosis and PCOS. The definition of recurrent implantation failure. The indications of fertility preservation and the strategies used to treat these patients. The complications of ART treatment.
Kredi: 4
The definition of ART. How to set up an IVF lab. The workflow and manipulations in ART. The evaluation of success in ART-evaluation of fertilization, embryo quality, early embryogenesis and implantation. The problems that affect success of ART. The evaluation and management of problems related to ART.
Kredi: 0
This course is non-credit and aims to increase scientific interaction between students and improve students’ presentation skills by ensuring the participation of students from all interdisciplinary programs. The seminar course, which consists of the presentation of the studies and research conducted in front of the community within the framework of the techniques determined with the guidance of the advisor and the question and answer section, is graded periodically as S/U by the program coordinators. The course must be taken at least once and completed successfully within the framework of Council of Higher Education rules. Program-specific rules are determined by program coordinators and shared with students.
Kredi: 0
This course is non-credit and is a course in which the advisor evaluates the student’s thesis work. It covers all the studies and research to be carried out on the thesis topic determined with the guidance of the advisor and is graded periodically as S/U by the advisor faculty member.
General Required Courses
Credit:3
Ethical principles in biomedical research, biosafety, ethics in animal studies, human and patients’ rights, ethics in clinical research, national and international examples in publication ethics and principles will be discussed. Course will be completed via CITI online education program.
Credit: 3
An introduction to important topics in biostatistical concepts and reasoning. Tools for describing central tendency and variability in data; methods for performing inference on population means and proportions via sample data; statistical hypothesis testing and its application to group comparisons. Several statistical methods such as linear regression, ANOVA, logistic regression, survival analysis, nonparametric methods, ROC analysis that are commonly used to study biological problems. In-lab practices on computers and software for statistical analysis, to provide students with the skills to generate, read and interpret the results in their fields of study.
Credit: 0
Foundations and basics of designing effective teaching environments for higher education courses, learning principles, teaching in English, integrating learning technologies into teaching practices, grading, communicating with students and instructors, and superdiversity and gender sensitive pedagogy.
Credit: 0
The following objectives will be met through extensive reading, writing and discussion both in and out of class.Build a solid background in academic discourse, both written and spoken. Improve intensive and extensive critical reading skills. Foster critical and creative thinking. Build fundamental academic writing skills including summary, paraphrase, analysis, synthesis. Master cohesiveness as well as proper academic citation when incorporating the work of others.
Program-Specific Elective Courses
Credit:2
Stem cells, which have potential to develop into many different cell types. Recent studies related to these cells. Clinical importance and laboratory applications.
Credit: 2
Placenta and fetal membranes (amniochorionic membranes) are one of the most important tissues in the intrauterine cavity that are vital for the safeguarding of the fetus, endurance of pregnancy, and as a signaler to introduce parturition. This course aims to learn the structure, biology, life cycle and functions of the placenta and fetal membranes by relating them to their pathology and possible outcomes to the newborn.
Credit: 2
Fertilization of an oocyte (female germ cell) by a sperm (male germ cell) and development of an embryo from zygote. Formation of the human body.
Credit: 2
Multiplication of cells, different stages of mitosis and meiosis, changes at the cell structure during division. Formation of male gametes (sperms) and female gametes (oocytes) will be discussed comparatively.
Credit: 4
This course mainly aims to build up a perspective of a proper IVF lab, particularly embryology and andrology labs, and will include the following topics; i) how to set up an IVF lab, ii) maintaining stability and quality control in the lab, iii) basic principles of work-flow in an embryology lab, iv) basic principles of work-flow in an andrology lab, v) accreditation of an IVF-lab and international aspects, vi) overview of the applications in an IVF lab, vii) legal aspects in the IVF-lab.
Credit: 3
This course is a special course given by the student’s advisor for the student’s thesis work. The PhD students who enrolled with a BS degree can count 2 Independent Study course credits, and the PhD students who enrolled with an MS degree and MS students can count 1 Independent Study course credit during the education period. The important thing is that the Independent Study course names and contents that you take must be different to count the credits.
