GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Biochemistry of hormones/EBY-4010

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

know the biochemical structure, synthesis pathways and function of hormones

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction to endocrinology and endocrin system, hormones, receptors, endocrine glands
2. Week	Chemical classes of hormons, general synthesis of amino acid-derived, peptid, protein and steroid hormones
3. Week	Signal transduction pathways, integration of hormone signal transduction pathways
4. Week	Second messengers, hormon cellular receptor and hormone action
5. Week	Metabolic regulation of hormones
6. Week	Hypothalamic hormones, structure, biochemical synthesis and actionsi
7. Week	Adenohypophysial and neurohypophysial hormone structure, biochemical synthesis and actions
8. Week	Hormones of Thyroid gland, structure, biochemical synthesis and actions
9. Week	Hormones involved in cCalcium homeostasis, structure, biochemical synthesis and actions
10. Week	Sex hormones, structure, biochemical synthesis and actions
11. Week	Adrenal cortex hormones, structure, biochemical synthesis and actions
12. Week	Adrenal medulla hormones, structure, biochemical synthesis and actions
13. Week	Pancreatic and gastrointestinal hormones, structure, biochemical synthesis and actions
14. Week	Other hormones affecting metabolism
15. Week
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	80
Assignment	1	10
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	1	10

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	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks	14	2	28
Searching in Internet and Library	14	1	14
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation	2	4	8
Presentation	2	2	4
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	1	6	6
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	7	2	14
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			116
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			4.64
Course Credit (ECTS):			5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Yeşim ÖZKAN , PhD)

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

(http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/yesim)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(yesim@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University