GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
NANOPARTICLES, PRACTICE AREAS AND THE PLACE IN PARTICLE TOXICOLOGY OF THEM/FTO-3100
Course Title: NANOPARTICLES, PRACTICE AREAS AND THE PLACE IN PARTICLE TOXICOLOGY OF THEM
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
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
To know the place of nanoparticles and nanomaterials among particles.
To understand the role of toxicology for safe use of nanomaterials in the areas such as medicine and technology
To be informed about the toxicity tests and and their application systems considering the safety of nanomaterials
To know the development of the regulations due to the nanomaterials.
To take attention and increase the awareness on theclassification, defining, and testing the nanoparticles

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction; historical development of particle toxicology from mining to nanotechnology.
2. Week  Chemical and physical properties of particles and the place of nanoparticles among the particles.
3. Week  Toxic particles and toxicity mechanisms (genotoxicity, cytotoxicity, immunotoxicity, etc.) I
4. Week  Toxic particles and toxicity mechanisms (oxidative stress, cell signaling pathways) II
5. Week  Overview to the in vitro, in vivo, and ex-vivo research on particle-cell, particle-tissue interactions
6. Week  Occupational exposure possibilities to the particles and nanoparticles, and arising speciality diseases
7. Week  Environmental exposure possibilities to the particles and nanoparticles (traffic, heating and natural resources of PM(particulate matter)x and their
8. Week  Midterm exam
9. Week  What is nanotechnology due to nanoparticles? How does it shape the future?
10. Week  Particles in nano-medicine and nanomaterials (imaging, diagnosis, drug delivery systems)
11. Week  Toxicity and risks of nanoparticles (cardiovascular system, brain)
12. Week  Improvements on nanoparticle toxicity assessment of engineered nanomaterials
13. Week  Test systems for nanoproducts
14. Week  Comparison of international bodies for nanoproduct regulations
15. Week  Presentation on a chosen sample nanoproduct toxicity
16. Week  
 -- 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
0
0
 Reading Tasks
2
10
20
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
10
20
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
2
10
20
 Preparing a Presentation
2
10
20
 Presentation
2
9
18
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
18
18
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
30
30
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 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
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13
14X
15X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Gonca ÇAKMAK)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (-)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (gcakmak@gazi.edu.tr)