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Course information

General information

Dear Students! Welcome to the Genetics and Genomics course! In accordance with the Regulations for Studies and Examinations (RSE), we would like to inform you about the most important information for the successful completion of the course. If there are any changes, we will inform you on our website and via Neptun messages.

Course Instructors and Contact Information:

Course instructor: Dr med.habil. Hargita Hegyesi, PhD
Office: NET 621
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Emails must include your full name, faculty and student number and have a descriptive subject line.
Expect an average response time of 2 business days. Email will not be checked on weekends or holidays.

Office hours: Educational administration is managed online. In case of questions and/or concerns better addressed in person, ask about the possibility of personal administration at the education administrator's phone number or e-mail address.

Education administrator: Andrea Kovács; office: NET 623, Phone: +36 1 210 2950, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Prerequisite subject: Cell Biology
Attendance: 75% of practices
Final exam: Moodle test in the exam period.

Genetics, which covers basic human genetics, has theoretical (GYKGEN339E1A) and practical parts. According to the Academic and Examination Rules the students must visit at least 75% of the practices. Attendance on the practices will be checked weekly. More than three absences from the practices for any reason will invalidate the semester, no signature will be given and you will not be allowed to take the exam. There are no extra lectures and practices.

Remember the exact time of lectures and practices. Being late (10 minutes or more) from practice will be considered an absence.

In this semester, you have two midterms: in the 5^th (Moodle test) and 11^th week (Moodle test) during the practices. Midterms will include questions from both practices and lectures. Absence from the midterm will be considered an absence from practice. There is no opportunity to improve or retake the midterm.

Bonus point system:

A total of 79 bonus points can be collected during the semester as follows:

• A maximum of 39 points in lectures (three points Moodle test per each lecture),
• 20 points in the first midterm,
• 20 points in the second midterm.

According to the current “Study and Examination Rules”, students who achieve the best results will be offered an exam grade as follows:

a) top 10 %: excellent (5)

b) top 10.1-20%: good (4)

Writing the midterms is not mandatory.

If you recieve the signature, you will have a final exam during the exam period, which will be a Moodle test (multiple choice, essay, gap filling, etc. similar to midterms) covering practice and lecture parts.

Registration for the exam can be done online through the Neptun system starting from the second half of April. Students will have three opportunities to take the exam. During the examination period, there will be voluntary consultations.

Further information will be available on the homepage (http://gsi.semmelweis.hu) as well as on the Moodle page of the department: e.g. lecture and practice presentations, detailed list of topics for midterm and final exam. (The username and password are on the Neptun course sheet)

Contacts

Literature:

• Genetics and genomics (e-book) - http://gsi.semmelweis.hu (The user name and password is on course datasheet of the Neptun)
• Some chapters of Alberts et al.: Essential Cell Biology. (third or fourth edition) Garland Publ. Inc. are also useful
• Lecture/practice presentations and pdf documents, which can be downloaded from our website (http://gsi.semmelweis.hu/) and from the Moodle page of the course

Ebook

Medical Genetics and genomics:   

Methods in genetics: 

Genetics and genomics glossary:  (collection of terms introduced during the semester, you can expect to find them in the competition and exam tests)

Exam

Exam topic list:  (updated: 14.05.2025)

Consultation

Consultations in the exam period: