GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

BIOPOLYMERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS/PLT-212

Course Title:	BIOPOLYMERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
Credits	2	ECTS	3
Course Semester	3	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

To know biopolymer materials and to have information about application areas

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction and history
2. Week	Biodegradable and bioinert synthetic polymers
3. Week	Smart polymers and gels
4. Week	Thermodynamic and mechanical properties of biopolymer solutions
5. Week	Water soluble biopolymers, chemical and supramolecular structures
6. Week	Polyelectrolytes and structures
7. Week	Interpolymer complexes
8. Week	Modification and structuring of biomolecules with biopolymers
9. Week	Relationship between biological activity and physicochemical properties of biopolymers
10. Week	Biopolymer systems, physico-chemical and biological properties
11. Week	Interaction of synthetic polymers with bio-macromolecules
12. Week	Interaction of synthetic polymers with bio-macromolecules
13. Week	Application areas of biopolymers in immunology
14. Week	Applications of biopolymers in medicine (drug release systems, etc.)
15. Week
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	50
Assignment	0	0
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		50
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		50

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	14	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks			0
Searching in Internet and Library			0
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam			0
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	5	5	25
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			67
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			2.68
Course Credit (ECTS):			3

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Learns the subjects specific to the discipline of basic science.					X
2	Applies the methods and technologies related to the field in the workplace / field			X
3	Analyze problems related to the field.					X
4	Understand the polymer science at an advanced level.				X
5	Conducts experimental studies in the field.			X
6	It can independently design an original research process.					X
7	Make improvements on the existing method in the field.					X
8	Carry out an original research process independently and as a team.					X
9	Acts with ethical responsibility					X
10	Expresses original ideas related to the field in written and oral form.					X
11	Monitors and communicates with colleagues in a foreign language using at least A2 level of European Language Portfolio					X
12	Uses information technologies effectively			X

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

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-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

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-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(ebrukondolot@gazi.edu.tr mithat@gazi.edu.tr)

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