COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LABORATORY TECHNICS FOR LIGHT MICROSCOPY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HIS 5017 LABORATORY TECHNICS FOR LIGHT MICROSCOPY ELECTIVE 1 4 0 8

Offered By

Histology and Embryology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SERAP CILAKER MIÇILI

Offered to

Histology and Embryology
Anatomy

Course Objective

To provide learning methods of tissue preparation, sectioning and staining for light microscope.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defining fixatives
2   To apply the methods for fixation
3   Identify and apply methods of histological protocols
4   To apply the techniques of sectioning of tissue blocks
5   To define and apply light microscopic staining methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fixatives and fixation methods of preservation
2 Procedures of tissue preparing I
3 Procedures of tissue preparing II
4 Procedures of tissue preparing II
5 Trimming
6 Sectioning I
7 Sectioning II
8 Sectioning III
9 Sectioning IV
10 Light microscopic staining methods I
11 Light microscopic staining methods II
12 Light microscopic staining methods III
13 Light microscopic staining methods IV
14 Light microscopic staining methods V

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Histoloji boyama teknikleri, Ramazan Demir. Palme yayıncılık,2001.
Supplementary Book(s):
References:
Materials: Microtome, solutions, staining materials, Microscope.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and laboratory practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cetin.pekcetin@deu.edu.tr , 4124559

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Tutorials 14 4 56
Preparation for final exam 1 28 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 2 26 52
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 210

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55