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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
KIM 6117	MICROALGAL CULTURE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RAZIYE ÖZTÜRK ÜREK

Offered to

M.Sc.Biochemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry
Ph.D in Biochemistry

Course Objective

Microalgae culture is an important field of modern Biochemistry and Biotechnology. It has a significant role due to provided 5 million dollars to world economy every year. In the world life, microalgae are used as a CO2/O2 convertor. However, these are primer biomass producer and the most valued microorganisms in the ecological groups. Established researchs that are for enhancing food, feed, environmental and cosmetics aplications.
The students will learn biochemical features of microalgae related with microalgal culture, will give details about designed systems for microalgal biomass culture and economic applications of microalgae.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	explain structure of microalgal cells and express to photosynthesis in microalgae,
2	have knowledge about basic culturing techniques of microalgae and compare these,
3	have knowledge on effects of environmental stress factor on microalgal cell composition and function,
4	different culturing techniques designed to increase biomass production of microalgae,
5	give examples about the economic applications of microalgae and discuss their importance.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Microalgae and Microalgal cells
2	Photosynthesis in Microalgae
3	Basic culturing techniques
4	Environmental Stress Physiology
5	Environmental Effects on Cell Composition
6	Biomass Cultivation of Microalgae
7	Economic Applications of Microalgae-1
8	Economic Applications of Microalgae-2
9	Economic Applications of Microalgae-3
10	Economic Applications of Microalgae-4
11	New Biotechnological Applications and Microalgae as Platform for Recombinant Proteins
12	Bioactive Chemicals in Microalgae, Heterotrophic Production of Marina Algae for Aquaculture
13	The Enhancement of Marine Productivity for Climate Stabilization and Food Security
14	Student presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Galanakis C.M., Microalgae: Cultivation, Recovery of Compounds and Applications. Academic Press, 2020.
Richmond, A., Microalgal Culture: Biotechnology and Applied Phycology, Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
Supplementary Book(s): Barsanti, L. & Gualtieri, P., Algae: anatomy, biochemistry, and biotechnology, CRC Press, 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation,
Questions and answers,
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 0.35 + ASG 0.25 +FIN *0.40
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE 0.35 + ASG 0.25 +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, homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
e-mail: raziye.urek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 16.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	3	42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	3	42
Preparation for midterm exam	1	18	18
Preparation for final exam	1	25	25
Preparing assignments	1	15	15
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11
LO.1	3	3	5	5		4	3	3	3	2	4
LO.2	5	4	5	5		5	3	4	5		5
LO.3	5	4	5	5		5	4	5	5	5	5
LO.4	5	4	5	5		5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.5	5	4	5	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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