GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
BASIC NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES/NBD-3010
Course Title: BASIC NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
Credits 3 ECTS 8
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
Learn the basic working principles of the nervous system
Learns synaptic transmission
Learns the basic features of action potential
Learns the properties of neurotransmission systems
Learns cell types in central nervous system and their functions
Learns the basic features of axonal transmission
Learns secondary messengers
Learns the features of the central nervous system
Learns the features of the peripheral nervous system
Learns the types and properties of ion channels
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Basics of Neurobiology-1
2. Week  Basics of Neurobiology -2
3. Week  Environmental and genetic characteristics of behavior
4. Week  Ion channels
5. Week  Membrane potential, action potential and other electrical properties of neuron
6. Week   The role of myelin in signal transduction
7. Week   Channelopathies
8. Week   Introduction to synaptic transmission
9. Week   Neurotransmitter release and presynaptic proteins
10. Week   Neurotransmitter systems-I
11. Week   Neurotransmitter systems –II
12. Week   Receptors and post-receptor events
13. Week   Secondary messenger systems
14. Week  Myasthenia gravis and muscle-nerve junction diseases
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 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
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
14
4
56
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
3
42
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
14
2
28
 Presentation
14
1
14
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
4
2
8
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
5
2
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
200
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
8
 -- 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. Hayrunnisa Bolay Belen)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://abs.gazi.edu.tr/hbolay)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ( hbolay@gazi.edu.tr)