COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHEMICALS AND TOXICOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 4235 CHEMICALS AND TOXICOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MÜNIRE NALAN DEMIR

Offered to

Chemistry (Evening)
Chemistry

Course Objective

In this course students will learn: transport and biotransformation of the chemicals into the body, toxic effect mechanisms of some chemicals; effect doses of some chemicals and protection ways; chemicals that cause to cancer; toxic chemicals to embryo; chemicals that lead allergy; chemicals that cause health risk.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Evaluate the transport ways of chemicals to the body besides effects and biotransformation of the chemicals into cell,
2   Comprehend and have information on toxic and adverse effects mechanisms of some chemicals in metabolism
3   Discuss the effect doses of some chemicals and protection ways,
4   Have knowledge on chemicals that cause to cancer and their effect mechanisms,
5   Explain and state toxic chemicals to embryo; chemicals that lead allergy and health risk.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Transports of Chemicals to the Body
2 The Effects and Biotransformation of the Chemicals-I
3 The Effects and Biotransformation of the Chemicals-II
4 Toxic Effect Mechanisms of Some Chemicals-II
5 Toxic Effect Mechanisms of Some Chemicals-II
6 Effect Doses of Some Chemicals
7 Protection Ways from Chemicals
8 Midterm
9 Cancer Causing Chemicals -I
10 Cancer Causing Chemicals -II
11 Embryotoxic Chemicals
12 Chemicals That Cause to Allergy
13 Health Risk of Chemicals-I
14 Health Risk of Chemicals-II

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Eric Newsholme, Anthony Leech, Functional Biochemistry in Health and Disease, Wiley Co., 2009.
Supplementary Book(s): Cris C. Enriquez,The Healthy Life, Whitaker House, 2004.
Johan Klavestrand, The Healthy Life: An Approach to Human Wellness, Aet Healthquest, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Question-answer technique, Application, Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PAR * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term and final exams, active participation to the lecture, homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.Leman Tarhan
Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
e-mail: leman.tarhan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 15.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 7 7
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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