COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED HEALTH MICROBIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYL 5055 ADVANCED HEALTH MICROBIOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 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 KEREM CANLI

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

Epidemic varieties and history of world epidemics. Disease formation: Infection and the effect of toxins, people-to-person diseases, antimicrobial resistance and resistance development mechanisms, methods to combat microorganisms, pathogenic properties and the identification of common pathogens and chemical agents used in the fight to achieve sufficient knowledge and competence.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   This course is expected to help students who is planning to work on mirobiology and pharmacology
2   To develop the students microbial knowledge
3   To have the ability to understand microbial diseases

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 microorganisms 1.1. viruses 1.2. bacteria 1.3. Fungal species
2 Growth mechanisms of microorganisms
3 The concept of pathogenicity
4 Bacterial toxins
5 Antibiotic resistance
6 Fighting with microorganisms
7 Immunobiology and vaccination programs
8 Overview
9 Immunobiology and vaccination programs
10 Diseases transmitted from person to person: respiratory tract Bacterial diseases
11 Diseases transmitted from person to person: sexually transmitted diseases
12 Foodborne Diseases
13 Current developments in health microbiology
14 General Discussion
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Sağlık bilimlerinde mikrobiyoloji, Paul Engelkirk, Burton

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.

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

Student will be evaluated with midterm exam and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kerem.canli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 6 5 30
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 202

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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