GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
BIOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS/TBY-5240
Course Title: BIOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS
Credits 2 ECTS 6
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 concentration units
Concepts ionization equilibriom of acids and bases
Learn the pH and pOH
Learn the preperation of buffer solution
Learn the dialysis
Learn the chromatography and types
Understand the electromgnetic spectrum
Understand the light-matter interaction
Learn the spectroscopic analysis techniques
Learn the based on radioactivities analysis techniques

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week   Concentration units: % concentrations, molarity and osmolarity
2. Week  Molality and osmolality; isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic solutions
3. Week  Normality (Eq/L), preparation of stock solutions and standart stock solutions
4. Week  Acids and bases, definition and classification
5. Week   Ionization equilibrium of acids and bases; calculation of H+ and OH- concentration
6. Week  Calculation of pH and pOH in acids and base solutions
7. Week  Buffer solutions, equation of Henderson Hasselbalch
8. Week  Dialysis, definition and application in biochemistry laboratory
9. Week  Chromatography as seperation techniques: Principles of paper, thin-layer and other seperation methods
10. Week   Properties of electromagnetic radiation and spectrum of lıght
11. Week  Beer-Lambert Law; colorimeters and spectrophotometers
12. Week  Calculation of concentration and enzyme activity with spectrophotometric analyses
13. Week  Definition of Radioactivity and application of radioactive compaunds in medicine.
14. Week  Methods of analysis depending on radioactivity
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
1
10
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
1
10
 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
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
2
16
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
0
0
0
 Preparing a Presentation
8
2
16
 Presentation
8
2
16
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
9
2
18
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
10
2
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
4
2
8
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
150
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
6
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
6
 -- 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
13X
14X
15X
16X
17X
18X
19X
20X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (PROF. MUSTAFA KAVUTÇU)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/kavutcu)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (kavutcu@gazi.edu.tr , kavutcum@gmail.com)