Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

General Description

History

Laboratory Animal Science is a multidisciplinary department established with the approval of The Council of Higher Education in 2003 within the DEU Health Science Institute. Medical faculty members from basic sciences (Microbiology, Biochemistry, Histology and Embryology) and clinical sciences (Anesthesiology and Reanimation) are involved in our department. Ph.D Program of Laboratory Animal Science was started education in 2011. The duration of the program is totally 8 semesters involved lessons and thesis. The language of the program is Turkish.

Qualification Awarded

Doctorate Degree in Laboratory Animal Science PhD

Level of Qualification

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Second Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines. Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first or second cycle (with thesis) cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. However, ALES requirement is waived for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs as well as for the admissions to the graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

A successful student who has completed at least one semester at any postgraduate programme may be admitted to an institute at the University by lateral transfer. Requirements for admission of students by lateral transfer are determined by the Board of Directors of the Institute.Students who have matriculated after they have successfully passed the postgraduate entrance exam may be exempted from the courses they have already taken in other institutes upon the proposal of the relevant department and the approval of the Board of Directors of the Institute. However, the total credits of the exempted courses cannot exceed 1/3 of the credits required to finish the relevant programme.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree) Program is comprised of courses, (at least 78 ECTS), field study (12 ECTS) and thesis (150 ECTS), in total 240 ECTS credits. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50/4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP grades.

Profile of the Programme

Laboratory Animal Science Department started the Ph.D. program in 2011. The aims of this program are using the basic knowledge and skills related to laboratory animals production, breeding, housing, feeding, care, diseases, related, welfare and based on this information do research, to develop new technologies, to follow the literature related to the field and must have the ability to share that information in scientific environment . The program includes a compulsory lesson with elective lessons of laboratory animal science in different fields. Students may also select lessons from other departments, institutions and universities.

Key Learning Outcomes

1	In laboratory animal science the characteristics of academic scientists should be able to comprehended
2	Should be able to comprehend that laboratory animal science expertise is a profession which requires consciousness, attention, devotion and responsibility
3	Should be able to have the consciousness of occupational ethics4
4	Within this program, advanced knowledge and skills and the ability to apply advanced techniques should be able to obtained
5	In this area, he/she should be able to follow the current literature, make a scientific research and should be able to comment on the results
6	Should be able to have the ability of analyzing and evaluating the newly gained knowledge, blending it with the available information and producing original ideas
7	In this area, he/she should be able to plan original research, and be able to carry on research project independently
8	Should be able to gain the ability of writing an article in the level of refereed journals in his/her research area
9	In scientific meetings and congress, he/she should be able to express his/her ideas about the topic clearly
10	Should be able to gain the ability of seeing and evaluating his/her own self and his/her environment with a critical eye
11	Should be able to gain the ability of communicating effectively and of finding practical solutions to problems
12	Should be able to make good laboratory practices a life style

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

This degree enables the holder to exercise the profession in the public or private sector

Access to Further Studies

Graduates may apply to post doctorate studies.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Unit Type	T	P	L	ECTS
Every student must register to total of 30 ECTS. 150 out of 240 ECTS must be thesis studies. Throughout PhD study, each student must collect 90 ECTS (including 12 ECTS of Specialty Area course) in 3 semesters. During course period of PhD study, every student should enroll to at least 20 ECTS of common elective courses (such as, Research culture, research methods and transferrable skills) and at least 20 ECTS more from discipline based and laboratory skill courses. Also, student may enroll to a common elective, discipline based and laboratory skill courses in a different institute or university to complete 20 ECTS. Every student must register to Thesis related reseach topic I in first semester and Thesis related reseach topic II in second semester. Furthermore, during course period , each student should attend to a Ethics course or training.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
ALL COURSES
G	1	SBE 6025	QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	2	SBE 6082	COMMUNITY SERVICE PRACTICES AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECTS	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	9
G	3	SBE 6054	DATA-BASE SEARCHING IN HEALTH SCIENCES AND EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	4	SBE 6027	HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	5	SBE 6084	ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HEALTH SCIENCES II	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	6	SBE 6083	ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HEALTH SCIENCES	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	7	SBE 6081	MILESTONES OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
G	8	SBE 6080	INTERDISCIPLINARY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN HEALTHCARE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
G	9	LHB 6038	STUDIES IN THE BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE LABORATORY ANIMALS	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	9
G	10	LHB 6036	PLANNINGAND DESIGN İN ANIMAL LABORATORIES	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	11	LHB 6035	LABORATORY ANIMAL PHARMACOLOGY	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	12	LHB 6034	PLANNING AND EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL STUDIES	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	13	LHB 6032	BIOSAFETY İN LABORATORY ANIMALS	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	14	LHB 6028	LABORATORY ANIMAL MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
G	15	LHB 6026	LABORATORY ANIMAL MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	9
G	16	LHB 6300	RESEARCH SUBJECTS FOR THESIS II	REQUIRED	3	0	0	10
G	17	LHB 6200	RESEARCH SUBJECTS FOR THESIS I	REQUIRED	3	0	0	8
G	18	FAR 6060	EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
G	19	BİO 5036	RESEARCH METHODS OF CELLULAR MOLECULAR MECHANISMS	ELECTIVE	2	4	0	7
G	20	SBE 6085	DISASTERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
G	21	SBE 6079	PLANNING, CARRYING OUT AND EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
G	22	BEP 6001	SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	23	SBE 6078	ETHICS IN HEALTH SCIENCES II	REQUIRED	1	0	0	3
G	24	SBE 6061	RECORDING AND PRESENTING EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DATA	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	25	SBE 6075	GENDER EQUALITY	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
G	26	SBE 6068	COMPUTER APPLIED STATISTICS	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
G	27	SBE 6071	PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
G	28	SBE 6076	EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS AND ADVANCED APPLICATION METHODS	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
G	29	BİO 6059	BASIC LABORATORY PRINCIPLES AND METHODS I	ELECTIVE	1	4	0	9
B	30	TBG 6101	MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY TECHIQUES II	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	9
B	31	SBE 6058	CREATIVITY, DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION IN SCIENCE	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	32	BYF 6067	IMAGING TECHNIQUES	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
B	33	LHB 6029	LABORATORY ANIMAL CARE AND FEEDING	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	9
B	34	LHB 6400	SEMINAR	SEMINAR	0	3	0	3
B	35	LHB 6027	LABORATORY ANIMAL BREEDING, GENETICS AND STANDARDIZATION	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	9
B	36	LHB 6033	REGULATIONS AND ETHICAL APPROACHES İN LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	37	LHB 6037	LABORATORY ANIMAL RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	38	LHB 6031	EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	9
B	39	LHB 6199	THESIS STUDY	THESIS	0	0	0	150
B	40	TBG 6095	CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES	ELECTIVE	2	4	0	12
B	41	BİO 6060	BASIC LABORATORY PRINCIPLES AND METHODS II	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	9
B	42	LHB 6098	SPECIALTY FIELD	EXPERTNESS	3	0	0	12
B	43	FAR 6061	PRINCIPLES OF CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
B	44	LHB 6030	EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY LABORATORY ANIMALS	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
B	45	SBE 6070	MEDICAL EDUCATION: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND METHODS	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	46	SBE 6069	RESEARCH METHODS AND ADVANCED ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN HEALTH SCIENCES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
B	47	BİO 6061	ELECTROPHORESIS TECHNIQUES	ELECTIVE	1	2	0	6
B	48	SBE 6066	DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	49	SBE 6065	BIOMEDICAL MANAGEMENT	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
B	50	SBE 6062	HOW TO WRITE AND PUBLISH RESEARCH ARTICLES	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3
B	51	TBG 6100	MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY TECHIQUES I	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	9

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

The assessment criteria for each course are defined in the Course Description Form included in the information pack prepared by the faculty member/members. The relevant items of the DEU Undergraduate, Graduate Education-Training and Exam Regulations and Instutie Examination Regulations apply in relation to exams and course grades. To be successful in this course must be received at least 75.

Graduation Requirements

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Prof. Dr. Osman Yılmaz
e-mail: osman.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 90.232.412 4650

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