GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Research techniques in biochemistry/EBY-5010
Course Title: Research techniques in biochemistry
Credits 2 ECTS 5
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
Learning of the techniques used in biochemical research, advanced methods and its application
Advanced methods and their application areas
Monitoring the current developments related to techniques.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Analytical techniques and general concepts
2. Week  Spectrophotometry, spectrofluorometry, turbidimetry
3. Week  Chromotography and separation mechanisms
4. Week  Commonly used chromatography techniques
5. Week  High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
6. Week  Gas chromatography
7. Week  Principles of immunoassay methods
8. Week  Enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA)
9. Week  Radioimmunoassay
10. Week  Basic principles and separation techniques in electrophoresis
11. Week  Types of electrophoresis
12. Week  PCR
13. Week  Blotting methods
14. Week  Application of these methods
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
60
 Assignment
1
40
 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
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
5
10
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
2
18
36
 Presentation
2
2
4
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
15
15
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
30
30
 Other (should be emphasized)
1
2
2
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
125
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1
2X
3
4
5X
6
7
8
9X
10X
11
12X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Sevgi YARDIM-AKAYDIN)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/sevgiy)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (sevgiy@gazi.edu.tr)