GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
RESPIRATION BIOPHYSICS/BFZ-6040
Course Title: RESPIRATION BIOPHYSICS
Credits 4 ECTS 12
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. Nesrin Seyhan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. AYŞE G. CANSEVEN KURŞUN, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Göknur Güler Öztürk, Assist. Prof. Dr. Bahriye Sırav Aral
 -- 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 respiration 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 gasous laws related to respireation and applications of them to respiration system
 -- 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  Respiration system and its dynamic properties
2. Week  Functional properties of lungs
3. Week  Ventilation
4. Week  Oxygen transport
5. Week  Oxygen transport and factors affecting this transport
6. Week  Mechanical factors on respiratory work
7. Week  Physics' laws related with respiration
8. Week  application of Poiseuille's Law in respiration system
9. Week  application of Laplace's Laws in respiration system
10. Week  Surface tension
11. Week   alveolus mechanics
12. Week  The role of surfactan in respiration process
13. Week  Compliance in lung and breast
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
9
8
72
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
7
70
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
7
5
35
 Preparing Presentation
6
6
36
 Presentation
5
4
20
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
1
3
3
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
300
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
12
 ECTS: 
12
 -- 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
12X
13