COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
VET 1011 HISTORY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE COMPULSORY 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI YIĞIT

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

To determine the position of the veterinary profession from the past to the present from a historical point of view, to recognize the veterinary profession and thus to adapt to the veterinary faculty and profession.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gains the necessary professional adaptability to achieve success in professional, social, economic, cultural, philosophical and political life
2   Gains professional memory and awareness
3   Provides orientation to the profession.
4   Gains the identity of veterinary medicine

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Orientation to the profession of veterinary medicine
2 Veterinary medicine of the university system in place in the family and professions, the historical development of universities in the world and Türkiye
3 The place and importance of veterinary medicine history in veterinary medicine education and training program and its relationship with the history of science
4 Sources of the history of veterinary medicine and domestication-domestication and the birth of veterinary medicine
5 Veterinary medicine in India, China, Egypt-Mesopotamia, Hittite, Iran, Ancient Greece, Alexandria, Rome and Byzantium
6 Scientific developments and veterinary medicine in the Age of Islamic Civilization and Modern Age, Interaction between civilizations
7 The historical development of the scientific veterinary medicine in the world and Türkiye
8 Midterm Exam
9 Midterm Exam
10 Disease paradigms and treatment methods in history
11 Profile of veterinary medicine from past to present and names given to veterinarians in various civilizations
12 Services of veterinarians to humanity, National and international veterinary medicine institutions and organizations
13 Deontology in veterinary medicine (Concepts and approaches)
14 Professional deontology

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Yaşar, A. (2011). Veteriner Hekimliği Tarihi ve Deontoloji Ders Notları.
2. Bekman, M. (1940). Veteriner Tarihi Erk, N. (1978) Veteriner Tarihi.
3. Erk, N. , Dinçer, F. (1970). Türkiye'de Veteriner Hekimlik Öğretimi ve Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Tarihi.
4. Dunlop, R., Williams, D.J. (1996). Veterinary Medicine - An Illustrated History.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Power-point supported, verbal-visual expression, question-answer with theoretical lectures.

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

Midterm exam (40%) + Final exam (60%) + Make-up exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The responsibility of continuing to 70% of theoretical courses and 80% of laboratory practices during the semester belongs to the student.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ali YIĞIT
e-mail adress: ali.yigit@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

On Wednesday anda Thursday between 14:00 and 16:00.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 2 5 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 41

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555