GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
BIOCHEMISTRY OF AGING/TBY-6430
Course Title: BIOCHEMISTRY OF AGING
Credits 1 ECTS 3
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Definition of aging, Theories of aging
Theories of aging
Theories about cell aging
Apopytosis
Morphologic changes and biochemical comment of these changes
Biochemical parameters in aging; glikoz, insuline, cortisole
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 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  What is aging? Theorise of biolgical and psycosocial of aging
2. Week  Biological theories of aging
3. Week  Wear and Tear Theories of Aging,
4. Week  Programmed Aging: Limited Cell Proliferation Potential, The Hayflick Limit
5. Week  Biological Clock may be Telomeres
6. Week  Apopytosis
7. Week  Molecules of aging; Glycose, insulin, cortisole-1
8. Week  Molecules of aging; Glycose, insulin, cortisole-2
9. Week   Free radcai theory, Oxidative stress
10. Week  Oxidative stress
11. Week  Chronic inflammatory processes are ubiquitous during adult aging-1
12. Week  Chronic inflammatory processes are ubiquitous during adult aging-2
13. Week  Can you delay or stop aging by taking vitamins and other free radical scavengers?
14. Week  Anti -aging-1
15. Week  Anti -aging-2
16. Week  .
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
35
 Assignment
1
5
 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
1
14
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
14
1
14
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
2
16
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
 Report Preparing
0
0
 Preparing a Presentation
4
1
4
 Presentation
0
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
4
1
4
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
4
1
4
 Other (should be emphasized)
8
1
8
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
64
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
2.56
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
3
 -- 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)
   (Assoc.Prof. Dr. Canan YILMAZ)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/cananyilmaz)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (cananyilmaz@gazi.edu.tr)