COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOTECHNOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CHE 4089 BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR LEVENT ÇAVAŞ

Offered to

Chemistry

Course Objective

In the concept of this course, it is expected from the students to have information on the biotechnology and its application area, importance and place of enzyme technology in biotechnology, general view on biotechnological methods, fermentation technology, biological systems in biotechnology (bacteria, yeasts, molds, protozoa and their biotechnological importances), metabolism in microorganisms, catabolic and anabolic reactions, microbial growths and biomass formation kinetics, continuous and batch cultures, bioreactors and their types, biotechnological enzyme production, amino acid productions, antibiotic production, organic acid production, biotransformations and environmental biotechnology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   explain the application areas of biotechnology and biotechnology and the basic methods used in biotechnology
2   discuss the place and importance of enzyme technology in biotechnology
3   explain the biotechnological importance of organisms used in biotechnology and explain, discuss and solve problems about microbial growth and bioproduct formation kinetics, batch-continuous cultures
4   express and compare bioreactors and their types with fermentation technology and examine their application areas
5   explain biotechnological primary and secondary metabolite production, discuss and generate ideas about biotransformations and environmental biotechnology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Biotechnology and application areas
2 Importance and place of enzyme technology in biotechnology
3 General view on biotechnological methods
4 Fermentation technology
5 Biological systems in biotechnology
6 Bacteria, yeast, molds, protozoa and their biotechnological importances
7 Metabolism in microorganisms, catabolic and anabolic reactions
8 general revision before midterm
9 Microbial growth and biomass kinetics
10 Bioreactors and their types
11 Biotechnological enzyme production
12 Amino acids and antibiotics productions
13 Organic acid production
14 Students presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Smith J.E., Biotechnology, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Supplementary Book(s): Ratledge, C., Basic Biotechnology, Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation
Questions and answers
Homework
Application

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The learning of fundamental concepts given in the lectures, associating of concepts, constracting relationship between cause and effect, interpreting on the questions through current knowledge, and evaluation of idea production will be carried out by mid terms, final exam, active participation to the lecture, home works

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

available at www.deu.edu.tr

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

levent.cavas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 15:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 2 22
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

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