COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL BIOCHEMISTRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 4258 ENVIRONMENTAL BIOCHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RAZIYE ÖZTÜRK ÜREK

Offered to

Course Objective

In this lecture the students will learn the biochemical processes profoundly influenced by chemical species in the environment, detection, importance and the nature of these species and their degradation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the basic concepts of environmental biochemistry and the basis of biochemical techniques used,
2   Explain and discuss the degradation processes of chemical substances in the environment,
3   Express the basis of determination methods of degradation products,
4   Discuss the metabolic importance of degradation products in biological systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to environmental biochemistry
2 Classification of chemical substances species (Xenobiyotics)
3 Structure of chemical substances species
4 Properties of Chemical Substances Species
5 Usage Areas of Chemical Substances Species
6 Inclusion of Chemical Substances Species (Xenobiyotics) to biological systems and their metabolisms
7 Transformation and degradation of Xenobiyotics
8 Mid-term exam
9 Elimination of Xenobiyotics
10 Metabolic Reactions of Xenobiyotics
11 Phase I and Phase II Reactions
12 Herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and their effects
13 The effect of reactive metabolites on DNA
14 Student's presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): N. Rajvaidya, Dilip Kumar Markandey, Environmental Biochemistry, ISBN: 817648789-9, 2005

Supplementary Book(s): O P Jasra, Environmental Biochemistry, ISBN: 8176253367, 2002

References:
Materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Question-answer technique
3. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + 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.Raziye Öztürk Ürek
Dokuz Eylul University,Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Division of Biochemistry, 35160, Kaynaklar Campus, IZMIR-TURKEY
raziye.urek@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0 232 301 86 89

Office Hours

Wednesday, 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 12 12
Preparation for Final Exam 1 16 16
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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