COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOTECHNOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 4306 BIOTECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI ARAZ

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   Will be able to 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 its 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, yeasts, molds, protozoa and their biotechnological importances
7 Metabolism in microorganisms, catabolic and anabolic reactions
8 Mid-term exam
9 Microbial growths and biomass formation kinetics, continuous and batch cultures
10 Bioreactors and their types
11 Biotechnological enzyme production
12 Amino acid and Antibiotic productions
13 Organic acid production
14 Biotransformations and environmental biotechnology Student 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, Interactive presentation, Questions and answers, Homework, Application

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.30 + MTE2 * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.30 + MTE2 * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Questions in homeworks, mid-term and final exam will be based on the assessment of understanding of basic concepts in presentations, associating of concepts and cause-effect relationships.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU, Science Faculty, Chemistry Department
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali ARAZ
e-mail: ali.araz@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 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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