GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ADVANCED TOPICS IN BIOCHEMISTRY/EBY-6010
Course Title: ADVANCED TOPICS 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
To learn the recent developments in biochemistry
To learn new biochemical markers related to diseases

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Apoptosis
2. Week  Calcium binding proteins
3. Week  Vascular oxidant stress: nitric oxide and the pathophysiologic implication
4. Week  Genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and applications
5. Week  New concepts in Diabetes mellitus and its treatment
6. Week  LDL oxidation and atherosclerosis
7. Week  Use of glycopeptides and glycoproteins
8. Week  Biochemistry of signal transduction and regulations
9. Week  New developments in cardiac biomarkers
10. Week  Paraoxonase and clinical importance
11. Week  Coenzyme Q10 and other new coenzymes
12. Week  Oxidative DNA damage and repair mechanisms
13. Week  New developments in cancer biomarkers
14. Week  The importance of biochemical pathways in cancer treatment
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
80
 Assignment
2
20
 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
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
3
5
15
 Presentation
3
2
6
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
10
10
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
10
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 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
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof.Aymelek Gönenç , Prof.Meral Torun , Prof.Sevgi Akaydın , Prof.Yeşim Özkan , , Assoc.Prof..Aysun Hacışevki)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (www.gazi.edu.tr/site/mtorun , www.gazi.edu.tr/site/sevgiy , www.gazi.edu.tr/site/yeşim , www.gazi.edu.tr/site/aymelek , www.gazi.edu.tr/site/abozkir)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (aymelek@gazi.edu.tr mtorun@gazi.edu.tr sevgiy@gazi.edu.tr @gazi.edu.tr abozkir@gazi.edu.tr)