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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
LHB 6034	PLANNING AND EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL STUDIES	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3

Offered By

Laboratory Animal Science

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET ENSARI GÜNELI

Offered to

Laboratory Animal Science

Course Objective

By this course it is aimed to gain the students information about planning and evaluation of experimental animal studies

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to make literature survey
2	To be able to understand philosophy of science, logic, probability and statistics
3	To be able to plan animal experiments
4	To be able to analyze experimental animal studies
5	To be able to gain the skill of management and organization of animal experiments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Philosophy of science
2	Literature survey
3	Phases in animal experiments
4	Planning experiments
5	Planning experimental animal studies
6	Example studies
7	Organization and management of animal experiments
8	Statistical approach in experimental animal studies
9	Standardization of experimental animal studies

Recomended or Required Reading

Foreign references:
- Srinagesh K, The Principles of Experimental Research, Hardbound, 2005.
- J. Krauth (Editor). Experimental Design a Handbook and Dictionary for Medical And Behavioral Research Volume 14, Pages 1-284 (2000)
- Michael W. Fox. Laboratory animal husbandry: ethology, welfare, and experimental variables, State University of New York Press, NY,1986
- James G . Fox, Bennett. J. Cohen, Franklin M. Loew : Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academıc Press, Inc. 1984.
Local references:
- Ide T, Laboratuvar hayvanları biliminin temel ilkeleri, Ankara, Medipress Yayıncılık, 2003.
- Poyraz Ö, Laboratuar hayvanları bilimi, Ankara, Kardelen ofset baskısı, 2000.
- Başaran A, Deney hayvanları; laboratuvar teknikleri, nisan kitabevi yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The strategies were given in Assessment Methods and Work Load Calculation sections

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.50+ FIN* 0.50
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	ASG * 0.50+ RST* 0.50

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Preparing Individual Assignments and presentation
2. Mid-term exam and final exam

Assessment Criteria

- It is evaluated if theoretical presentations and interactive discussions were understood by midterm and final exams
- It is evaluated if reference study, data collection, compilation, ability of synthesizing gained information and explaining it clearly by homework preparation and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ensari.guneli@deu.edu.tr, 0 232 412 4652

Office Hours

Wednesday: 12.30 13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	7	2	14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	7	5	35
Preparation for midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for final exam	1	5	5
Preparation for quiz etc.	1	5	5
Preparing assignments	2	5	10
Preparing presentations	1	5	5
Final	1	5	5
Midterm	1	4	4
Quiz etc.	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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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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