GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Biological membranes/EBY-4050
Course Title: Biological membranes
Credits 2 ECTS 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
Learning of the importance of membrane in living system
Learning of membrane transport systems of substances
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Chemical composition of membranes, lipid composition of biological membranes, micelles and liposomes, fluid mosaic model
2. Week  Membrane proteins I: integral proteins
3. Week  Membrane proteins I: peripheral proteins
4. Week  Structure and functions of membrane carbohydrates: glycoproteins and glycolipids
5. Week  Foundation of membranes, protein targeting
6. Week  Diseases related to mutations of membrane proteins
7. Week  Difusion and osmos in biomembranes
8. Week  Primary and secondary active mediated transport systems in membranes
9. Week  ATP-powered P and V type pumps
10. Week  ATP-powered F type pumps and ABC superfamily
11. Week  Ion channels: gated and non-gated ion channels
12. Week  Membrane carriers: uniporters, simporters and antiporters
13. Week  Transport vesicules, endocytosis and exocytosis
14. Week  Extracellular matrix; adhesion, gap and tight junctions
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
100
 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
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
5
10
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
2
8
16
 Presentation
2
2
4
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
25
25
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
40
40
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
123
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.92
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2
3X
4X
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof.Sevgi YARDIM-AKAYDIN)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/sevgiy)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (sevgiy@gazi.edu.tr)