GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SENSORY FUNCTION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM/FZY - 4060
Course Title: SENSORY FUNCTION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Credits 2 ECTS 4
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 be able to describe the general organization of the sensory systems
To be able to list, diagram and describe different componenet of sensory systems
To be able to describe the classification of sensory nerves
To be able to describe and diagram the receptors,
To be able to describe and diagram the anatomical sensory pathways,
To be able to describe the physiological functions of tactile sensations
To be able to describe the physiological functions of conscious proprioception
To be able to describe the the physiological functions of nonconscious proprioception
To be able to describe the the physiological functions of pain
To be able to describe the the physiological functions of temperature
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week   General organization of somatosensory nervous system
2. Week  Sensory Receptors; Modality, Adaptation and receptive field properties
3. Week  Tactile Sensations-Touch, Pressure and Vibration
4. Week  Visseral sensations
5. Week  Classification of Sensory Nerve Fibers
6. Week  Somatosensory Pathways
7. Week  Thalamus and its role of sensory function
8. Week  Somatovisseral sensory cortex
9. Week   Integration of sensory cortex
10. Week  Pain sensation
11. Week   The control of pain
12. Week  The effect of lesions in sensory pathways, thalamus and sensory cortex on sensory perception
13. Week   Limbic system, neuronal basis of impulsive behaviour and emotions
14. Week  Brain chemistry- neurotransmitters effecting behaviour
15. Week  Article presentation
16. Week  Article presentation
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
0
0
 Assignment
1
40
 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
0
0
 Reading Tasks
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
4
2
8
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
4
8
32
 Presentation
2
1
2
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
0
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
4
8
32
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
102
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.08
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Sibel Dinçer)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/sdincer/ )
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (sdincer@gazi.edu.tr)