COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VENOMOUS ANIMALS AND THEIR TOXIN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYL 5033 VENOMOUS ANIMALS AND THEIR TOXIN ELECTIVE 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YUSUF KUMLUTAŞ

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

In all of the vertebrate and invertebrate animals, only the group of the poison animals will be taken into consideration in term of systematic, the chemical structure of the venom, venom mechanism, chemical content of poison and their effect with treatment processes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding biology of venomous animals
2   Understanding ecology of venomous animals
3   Learning venom mehanism
4   Understanding chemical content of poisons
5   Learning treatment process

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Coelenterates, Cnidaria venom mechanisms
2 Lamelli branchiate (Mussels), Gastropoda ( slugs) venom mechanisms
3 Octopoda,Decapoda venom mechanisms
4 Myriapoda,Chilopoda,Diplopoda venom mechanisms
5 Insects venom mechanisms
6 Hemiptera, Formicinae (Ants)
7 Echinodermata (Echinodems) venom mechanisms
8 oveview
9 Pisces (Fishes) venom mechanisms
10 Amphibians venom mechanisms
11 Lizards venom mechanisms
12 Mechanisms of poison snakes. Elapidae (cobras),Hydrophiidae (sea snakes)
13 Mechanisms of poison snakes. Viperidae (Vipers, adlers)Crotalidae
14 General discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

- Altimari, W. : Venomous Snakes: A Safety Guide for Reptile Keepers. Series Herpetological Circulars. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 1998.
-Halstead, B. W. : Poisonous and venomous marine animals of the world, 2nd edition. 1168 pp + 288 Plates, pages. Darwin Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. 1988.
-Rothschild M, von Euw J, Reichstein T.: Cardiac glycosides in the oleander aphid, Aphis nerii. J Insect Physiol 16: 1141 1145,1970.
-Halstead, B. W. (1971). Venomous fishes. In: Burcherl, W., Buckley, E., eds. Venomous Animals and Their Poisons. New York: Academic Press.
-Brown, G.V., Kim, Y.H., Mosher, H.S., Fuhrman, J., Furhman, F.A. : Chemistry and pharmacology of skin toxins from the frog Atelopus zeteki (atelopidtoxin; zetekitoxin). Toxicon, 15: 115-128.1977.
-Dekker, M.: Handbook of Natural Toxins, Volume 5 Reptile and Amphibian Venoms. 712 pp.1991.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will consist of lectures, class discussions, presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Yusuf KUMLUTAŞ
yusuf.kumlutas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 14:00 / 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 6 6 36
Preparing presentations 2 6 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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