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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
LHB 5009	MODULE 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL RESEARCH	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	3

Offered By

Laboratory Animal Science

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET ENSARI GÜNELI

Offered to

Laboratory Animal Science

Course Objective

By this course, laboratory animals will generally introduced and information about basic principles of nutrition, housing and breeding, basic laboratory principles to be fallowed during animal studies, basic surgical rules, basic anesthesia rules and animal disposal rules are aimed to gain the students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to understand general characteristics of laboratory animals
2	To be able to assimilate basic information about production and breeding techniques of laboratory animals
3	To be able to assimilate basic information about nutrition and housing of laboratory animals
4	To be able to understand basic anesthesia and surgery techniques in experimental animal studies
5	To be able to assimilate basic laboratory principles about experimental animal studies
6	Learning new technologies in laboratory animal science.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	General introduction of laboratory animals, (1 hour) Basic breeding characteristics of laboratory animals, (2 hours) Breeding techniques of laboratory animals, (2 hours) Housing in laboratory animals, (2 hours)	7 hours Theoretical
2	Nutrition in laboratory animals, (2 hours) MIDTERM EXAM	2 hours Theoretical MIDTERM EXAM
3	Basic laboratory principles that should be obeyed during animal studies (2 hours) Basic manipulations in experimental animal studies, (2 hours) Basic laboratory principals in experimental animal studies, (1 hour) Surgical rules in experimental animal studies (2 hours)	7 hours Theoretical
4	Basic rules of anesthesia in experimental animal studies (2 hours) Necropsy in experimental animals (2 hours) FINAL EXAM	4 hours Theoretical

Recomended or Required Reading

L. F. M. van Zutphen, Vera Baumans, Anton C. Beynen. Principles of laboratory animal science: a contribution to the humane use and care of animals and to the quality of experimental results.
Ide T, Laboratuvar hayvanları biliminin temel ilkeleri, Ankara, Medipress Yayıncılık, 2003
Başaran A, Deney hayvanları; laboratuvar teknikleri, nisan kitabevi yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentations
2. Topic research, interactive discussion and commenting
3. Homework preparation
4. Evaluation of information

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 * 0.60 +ASG * 0.10+ FIN* 0.30
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.60 +ASG * 0.10+ RST* 0.30

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

- It is evaluated if theoretical presentations and interactive discussions were understood or not by midterm and final exam
- Reaching to new information, synthesis of gained information and explaining clearly is evaluated by homework preparation and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ensari Güneli
ensari.guneli@deu.edu.tr,
0 232 412 4651

Office Hours

work hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	7	4	28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	7	3	21
Preparation for midterm exam	1	6	6
Preparation for final exam	1	6	6
Preparing assignments	1	2	2
Preparing presentations	1	18	18
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			85

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12
LO.1	4	3	4	5			4		3		5	5
LO.2			4			3		3
LO.3	4				5						4	4
LO.4			3	4			3		3	4
LO.5	5			4		4		4			5	5
LO.6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

COURSE UNIT TITLE

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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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