GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION TO HORMONES/BYO-2090
Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO HORMONES
Credits 2 ECTS 5
Course Semester 1 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
Recognize the general concepts related to hormons.
Learn how endokrine and nervous systems regulate metabolism.
Learn the principles of feedback regulation of hormonal stimuli
Learn neurotrasmitter and hormone signaling pathways at the cellular and molecular level.
Learn how defects in signaling pathaways form the biochemical basis of some human diseases.
Learn the chemistry of hormones acting at the cell surface.
Understand the regulation of hormone secretion
Understand the action of hormones acting at the cell surface.
Learn disease states associated with loss or overproduction of hormones.
Recognize the general concepts related steoroid hormones.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction to hormones 1
2. Week  Introduction to hormones 2
3. Week  Hormones classification and metabolism
4. Week  Protein and peptide hormones
5. Week  Hormones that are smallmolecules
6. Week  Ribosomal synthesis
7. Week  Hormone secretion
8. Week  Binding Proteins
9. Week  Plasma membrane REceptors
10. Week  Hormone receptor interactions
11. Week  Cell signaling pathways
12. Week  Hypothalamic neuropeptides
13. Week  Anterior pituitary hormones, Adrenocorticotropin and endorphins
14. Week  Steroid hormones
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
10
3
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
2
10
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
5
3
15
 Presentation
2
2
4
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
6
2
12
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
8
2
16
 Other (should be emphasized)
5
2
10
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
125
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Learn biochemical concepts about cell and tissues.X
2Learn the role in the human metabolism of related course.X
3Learn the relations of course with other concepts.X
4Distinguish biochemical changes in physiological processes in healthy individuals.X
5Learn the biochemical changes observed in disease states.X
6Understand the molecular mechanisms of the human body.X
7Learn the methods of biochemical measurements.X
8Learn how to use the mechanism of related topic in the laboratory.X
9Win evidence-based medicine skills benefiting from the current literature.X
10Gain the skill of preparing and delivering presentations about the determined subject.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof.Dr.Hatice PAŞAOĞLU)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr › site › pasaogluh)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (pasaogluh@gazi.edu.tr)