GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
VISION BIOPHYSICS/BFZ-3040
Course Title: VISION BIOPHYSICS
Credits 4 ECTS 6
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. Nesrin SEYHAN, Assoc. Prof. Dr. AYŞE G. CANSEVEN KURŞUN,. CANSEVEN KURŞUN, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Göknur Güler Öztürk, Assist. Prof. Dr.
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/canseven/
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  canseven@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
For students, to get general information about biophysics of visual system
To prepare an oral presentation on the article survey proposed by the supervisor
To gain the ability of presentation skills and scientific queries.
Learning visible light and optical components of eye, retina, photoreceptor cells and their potentials
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Visible light and optical components of eye
2. Week  Structure of eye
3. Week  Retina and its neural organization
4. Week  Refraction of light in curved surfaces and image formation
5. Week  Retina and its photoreceptor cells, receptor potentials
6. Week  Receptor cells and their functional roles
7. Week  Action potential generation in receptor cells
8. Week  Photosensitive compounds: Rhodopsin
9. Week  Conversion of light energy into the action potential
10. Week  Color seeing
11. Week  Eye defects and Accomodation
12. Week  electrophosphene formation in eye
13. Week  magnetophosphene formation in eye
14. Week  Final Exam
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  - Pehlivan F. Biyofizik 4. Baskı Hacettepe- Taş kitapçılık, 1997, ISBN No:975-7731-45-5 - Güner Z. Fizik I-II Beta Yayıncılık 1981 - Sperelakis N. Cell Physiology Source Book. 3. Baskı Elsevier 2001. - Tuszynski JA. Kurzynski M. Introduction to Molecular Biophysics. CRC Press 2003. - Sperelakis N, Banks RO. Essentials of Physiology. 2. Baskı Little Brown and Company, 1996.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  No
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
0
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
50
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
16
4
64
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
8
2
16
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
2
16
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
3
4
12
 Preparing Presentation
3
5
15
 Presentation
4
6
24
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
1
3
3
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
150
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
6
 ECTS: 
6
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2
3
4
5
6X
7
8
9
10
11
12
13X