GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
METABOLISM AND REGULATION MECHANISMS/EBY-4020
Course Title: METABOLISM AND REGULATION MECHANISMS
Credits 4 ECTS 5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
To know the cellular functions of biological macromolecular structures
To learn metabolic reactions of macromolecular structures (carbohydrates, lipids) and their regulation
to learn the adaptation of these metabolic pathways according to the energy needs of the body
To learn the regulation and changes in biochemical metabolic processes in physiopathological changes

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  General characteristics, digestion, absorption and carrier systems of carbohydrates as macromolecular structures
2. Week  Aerobic and anaerobic glycolysis, Cori cycle and metabolic regulation
3. Week  Pyruvate oxidation, citric acid cycle and metabolic regulation
4. Week  Glucogenesis and glycogenolysis, regulation of glucogen metabolism
5. Week  Gluconeogenesis and pentose phosphate pathway, regulation of these metabolic pathways
6. Week  General characteristics, classification, digestion, absorption and carrier systems of lipids as macromolecular structures
7. Week  Lipoprotein metabolism and its regulation and clinical importance
8. Week  Oxidation of fatty acids (alpha-, beta-, omega-oxidation), metabolic regulation, enzyme defects and clinical importance
9. Week  Fatty acid synthesis and desaturation reactions, metabolic regulation
10. Week  Ketone body formation and diabetes metabolism, synthesis and metabolism of cholesterol and cholesterol derived compounds, regulatory mechanisms of int
11. Week  Synthesis and degradation of triacylglycerols, phospholipids
12. Week  Eicosanoids synthesis and metabolism, pathophysiological importance of them
13. Week  Synthesis and degradation of sphingolipids, metabolic regulation of sphingolipids
14. Week  Regulation of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in fasting and satiety
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
80
 Assignment
3
10
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
2
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
4
56
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
1
8
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
3
3
9
 Preparing a Presentation
3
3
9
 Presentation
2
1
2
 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: 
132
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5.28
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2
3X
4X
5X
6
7
8X
9X
10
11X
12X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Yeşim ÖZKAN)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/yesim)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (yesim@gazi.edu.tr)