Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) |
Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives |
Course Objectives |
Competency Indicators |
Ratio(%) |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
Stimulate students to think about all aspects of agricultural production sustainability and how to improve it to meet the needs of a growing population. |
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topic Discussion/Production |
Exercises |
Lecturing |
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Attendance |
Oral Presentation |
Quiz |
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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
Week |
Course Content |
Week 1 |
Crop and animal domestication and breeding are the origins of plant biotechnology and synthetic biology |
Week 2 |
Principles of plant genetic engineering |
Week 3 |
Conventional mutagenesis and CRISPR-Cas genome editing |
Week 4 |
Genome editing and fast breeding for new traits |
Week 5 |
Early transgenic plant traits (insect and herbicide resistance) |
Week 6 |
Advances in crop genome engineering and new traits: Micronutrient
improvement
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Week 7 |
Advances in crop genome engineering and new traits: Pathogen resistance |
Week 8 |
Advances in crop genome engineering and new traits: Abiotic stress tolerance |
Week 9 |
Advances in crop genome engineering and new traits: Nutrient-use efficiency and yield increase |
Week 10 |
Advances in crop genome engineering and new traits: Photosynthetic factories
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Week 11 |
Advances in crop genome engineering and new traits: Changing crop source-sink relations |
Week 12 |
Advances in crop genome engineering and new traits: Novel bioproducts (plant-produced vaccines, renewable chemicals)
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Week 13 |
Synthetic biology toolbox and technologies |
Week 14 |
Direct and indirect biosensors for plant hormones, synthetic plant hormone regulatory circuits
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Week 15 |
Ethical and societal aspects of genome editing and genetically modified crops
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Week 16 |
Study week |
Week 17 |
Study week |
Week 18 |
Written exam |
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Evaluation |
1. One short question related to each lecture topic (16 questions total, 20%)
2. The final course grade will be based on the written exam (50%)
3. Participation the course discussions (30%). |
Textbook & other References |
1.Lawrence Davenport (2019) Genetic Engineering for Crop Improvement, Callisto Reference 2019, ISBN-13: 978-1641161961
2.Daniel G. Gibson, Clyde A. Hutchinson III, Hamilton O. Smith, J. Craig Venter (2017) Synthetic Biology: Tools for Engineering Biological Systems, ISBN 978-1-621821-18-2
3.Relevant literature publications. |
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
Lecture media, papers |
Office Hours |
Tuesday 16:00~17:00 |
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs |
01.No Poverty   02.Zero Hunger   03.Good Health and Well-Being   04.Quality Education   05.Gender Equality   06.Clean Water and Sanitation   07.Affordable and Clean Energy   08.Decent Work and Economic Growth   09.Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure   12.Responsible Consumption   13.Climate Action   14.Life Below Water   15.Life On Land | include experience courses:N |
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