COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HÜLYA AYAR KAYALI

Offered to

Course Objective

In this age, the place and importance of biotechnology in the global economy is gradually increasing. One of the main objectives of biotechnology is to achieve high yield with low cost. Therefore, people who working in this industry should have informantion about financial and legal issues as well as the need to have a good knowledge of biotechnology while designing biotechnological processes. The course explores relationship between biotechnology and economics and economic analysis of biotechnological applications. The course also involves the economic approaches to decide required raw material, energy and waste management in the followed biotechnological applications; consumer issues, ethical issues, biosafety, issues of legal rights, and patents.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Hacking , A. J., Economic Aspects of Biotechnology, University Press, UK, 1986.
Supplementary Book(s): Gaisford, J. D., Hobbs, J. E., Kerr, W. A., Perdikis, N., Plunkett, M. D., The Economics of Biotechnology, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Interactive narrative, Question-answer technique, Homework

Assessment Methods

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)

DEU, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry e-mail: hulya.kayali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30-15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes