GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
NUTRIGENOMICS/FTO-3120
Course Title: NUTRIGENOMICS
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(English
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Student will learn the concepts of nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics and nutriepigenomics.
Student will learn the genotypic and phenotypic effects of nutrition on the metabolic pathways and their homeostatic control.
Student will learn the interaction of the genome and nutrition and related disorders.
Student will learn how to use the obtained information.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Nutritionalgenomics; nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics – introduction and concepts
2. Week  Evaluation of the genome
3. Week  Gene expression regulation – nutritional aspects
4. Week  Bioinformatics – introduction
5. Week  Application of omic technologies in nutrition
6. Week  Epigenetic mechanisms, diseases and nutrition
7. Week  Developmental disorders and nutrition
8. Week  Midterm exam
9. Week  Nutritional neuroscience
10. Week  Inflammation and related target gene
11. Week  Obesity and related target gene
12. Week  Diabetes and related target gene
13. Week  Cardiovascular diseases and related target gene
14. Week  Cancer and related target gene
15. Week  Osteoporosis and related target genes
16. Week  Homework and presentation
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
25
 Assignment
1
25
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- 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
8
3
24
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
7
3
21
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
14
3
42
 Other (should be emphasized)
14
1
14
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2
3X
4X
5X
6X
7
8X
9
10
11X
12X
13X
14X
15
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Ayse Basak ENGIN)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/abengin)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (abengin@gmail.com)