GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
BIOCHEMISTRY OF HORMONES/TBY-5230
Course Title: BIOCHEMISTRY OF HORMONES
Credits 2 ECTS 7
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
Understand how endocrine and nervous systems regulate metabolism
Learn signaling pathways.
Understanding how defeects in signsling pathways form the biochemical basis of some human diseases.
Hypothalamic hormones
Anterior pituitary hormones
Learn The pancreatic hormones.
Learn Insulin action
Somatostatini öğrenir. Learn Glucagon action Learn sommatostatin
Learn hormones active inside the cell.
Learn thyroid hormones.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Cell signaling by hormones and neurotransmitters
2. Week  Overview of metabolic regulation by hormones and neurotransmitters
3. Week  Hormones active at the cell surface
4. Week   Insulin action
5. Week   Insulin effects on glucose metabolism
6. Week  Insulin effects on lipid metabolism
7. Week   Insulin effects on protein metabolism
8. Week  Brain ınsulin pathway
9. Week  glucagon action
10. Week   Glucagon effects on carbohydrate metabolism
11. Week  Glucagon effects on lipid metabolism
12. Week  Control of thyroid hormone secretion
13. Week  Synthesis, transport and action mechanisms of thyroidhormones
14. Week   Biologic effects of thyroid hormones and biochemical mechanism of thyroid diseases
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
1
35
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
25
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
1
20
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
9
3
27
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
6
2
12
 Preparing a Presentation
6
4
24
 Presentation
2
2
4
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
8
4
32
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
5
2
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
5
2
10
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
175
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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2
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4
5
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2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
15X
16X
17X
18X
19X
20X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Aylin Sepici Dinçel (MD , PhD))
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/asepici)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (asepicidincel@gmail.com )