GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND CANCER RISK/6291301
Course Title: GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND CANCER RISK
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
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
On completion of the course, students shall be able to: Understand the importance of genetic toxicology in human health
Understand the correlation between genetic toxicology and cancer risk
Learn the correlation between cancer and the cell cycle
Be aware of the correlation between cancer and various genes
Learn the mechanisms of cancer
To learn tests used in genetic toxicology
Be aware of some publications in genetic toxicology research
Discuss how to protect against cancer

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  Face-to-face,
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Genetics and toxicology
2. Week  Human cancer genetics; Student presentations
3. Week  Cell cycle and cancer; Student presentations
4. Week  Chromosomal aberrations and cancer; Student presentations
5. Week  Genotoxic mechanisms of carcinogenesis; Student presentations
6. Week  Nongenotoxic mechanisms of carcinogenesis; Student presentations
7. Week  Dose-response relationships; Student presentations
8. Week  Mid-term exam
9. Week  Genetic toxicity assays: Bacterial mutagenicity assay; Student presentations
10. Week  Unscheduled DNA synthesis assay; Student presentations
11. Week  Chromosome aberration assay; Student presentations
12. Week  Sister Chromatid Exchange Assay, Micronucleus test; Student presentations
13. Week  Comet assay, Protection against cancer; Student presentations
14. Week  Demonstration in laboratory: Chromosome aberrations, sister chromatid exchanges and micronuclei
15. Week  Final exam
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
5
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
20
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
5
60
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
0
0
0
 Preparing a Presentation
5
4
20
 Presentation
5
1
5
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
7
1
7
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
7
1
7
 Other (should be emphasized)
6
3
18
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
187
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.48
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Fatma Ünal)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/funal/)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (funal@gazi.edu.tr)