GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
FREE RADICALS AND DEFENSE SYSTEMS/BYO-2110
Course Title: FREE RADICALS AND DEFENSE SYSTEMS
Credits 2 ECTS 3
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
Learn the general concepts about free radicals and antioxidants.
Understand the relationship between free radical damage and disease.
Learn the antioxidant defense system.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Definition of free radicals and general concepts
2. Week  Types of free radicals
3. Week  Properties of free radicals
4. Week  Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)
5. Week  Reactive Nitrogen Species (RNS)
6. Week  Generation of Free Radicals
7. Week  Harmful effects of free radicals
8. Week  Free Radicals and related diseases
9. Week  General concepts and definitions related to antioxidants
10. Week  Classification of antioxidants
11. Week  Enzymatic antioxidants
12. Week  Nutrient antioxidant
13. Week  Metabolic antioxidant
14. Week  dietary recommendations
15. Week  Exam
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
3
2
6
 Searching in Internet and Library
3
2
6
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
3
2
6
 Presentation
3
2
6
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
4
2
8
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
5
2
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
5
1
5
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
75
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
3
 -- 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)
   (Assoc.Prof.Dr. Canan YILMAZ)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ()
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (cananyilmaz@gazi.edu.tr)