GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

METABOLISM OF NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS/5541304

Course Title:	METABOLISM OF NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof .Dr. Ahmet YAŞAR

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

websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ayasar

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

ayasar@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Learning the basic concepts related to protein and nucleic acid metabolism, porphyrins and bile pigments, nucleic acid and protein synthesis and reg

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Protein metabolism; introduction to amino acids, peptite and proteins, Structure of protein, denaturations of proteins, hydrolysis of proteins, Determ
2. Week	Biosynthesis of amino acids
3. Week	Degradation of amino acids and conversion of amino acids to specialized products
4. Week	Degradation of amino acids and conversion of amino acids to specialized products
5. Week	Porphyrins and bile pigments;
6. Week	Midterm
7. Week	Metabolism of nucleic acids
8. Week	Metabolism of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides,
9. Week	Nucleic acid biosynthesis,
10. Week	Protein synthesis as the genetic code;
11. Week	Digestion and absorption of protein,
12. Week	Regulation of protein and nucleic acid metabolism.
13. Week	-
14. Week	-
15. Week	-
16. Week	-

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Textbooks of Biochemistry in Turkish and English

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

None

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	14	2	28
Searching in Internet and Library	14	2	28
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	2	5	10
Preparing Presentation	1	10	10
Presentation	1	3	3
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	25	25
Final and Studying for Final	1	30	30
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			176
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.04
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

Gazi University