COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HORMONES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 4265 HORMONES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MÜNIRE NALAN DEMIR

Offered to

Chemistry

Course Objective

The aim of this courses is to introduce hormones in human and their functions, to clarify the metabolic importance of prostaglandins and cell growth factor and to study hormones and cancer relation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to introduce hormones in human and their functions.
2   Students will be able to clarify the metabolic importance of prostaglandins and cell growth factor.
3   Students will be able to study hormones and cancer ralation.
4   Students will be able to read and clarify of literaturs about these subjects.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General considerations of hormones
2 Steroid hormones
3 Steroid hormones
4 Hypothalamic hormones
5 Posterior and anterior pituitary hormones
6 Thyroid hormones
7 Pancreatic hormones
8 Midterm
9 Gastrointestional hormones
10 Sexual hormones
11 Hormones of pregnancy and lactation
12 Prostaglandins and Cell growth factor-article evaluation
13 Hormones and cancer-article evaluation
14 Article evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. A.W. Norman and G. Litwack, Hormones , AcademicPress (1997) [ISBN: 978-0-12-521441-4].
2. J.M. Berg, J.L. Tymoczko, L.Stryer Biochemistry Palme Yayıncılık (2014) [ISBN: 978-605-355-202-4].
3. D.Voet and J.Voet, Biochemistry , John Wiley & Sons, Inc, (1995).
4. D.L. Nelson and M.M. Cox, Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry Fourth Edition, W.H. Freeman Company (2004).

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 * 0.30 + 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 midterms, final exam, and one home work. Assignments will be carried out in the last three weeks as journal evaluation and oral presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nalan.tuzmen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced due to the lecturer s programme.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.155555
LO.255555
LO.3545555
LO.4545555

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

Copyright 2015 DEÜ. BİD

HOME / ABOUT US / DEGREE PROGRAMMES / GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS