COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOPOLYMERS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYT 5038 BIOPOLYMERS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY 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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CATALINA NATALIA YILMAZ

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biotechnology
Ph.D. in Biotechnology
BIOTECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

To achieve information on biopolymers, their definition, sources, and their specific properties; by knowing the structural and chemical properties, the corelation with the application will be done. Up to the source, information on different type of biopolymers will be achieved.
To learn different applications in biotechnology and properties needed for each application; biotechnological processes, feedstocks and circular bioeconomy concepts will be learnt.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Classify biopolymers and comprehend their general properties.
2   Understand the relationship between the structure and properties.
3   Discus the processing methods and strategies for different applications (e.g. biotechnological, biomedical, food packaging, etc)
4   Understand the concepts of green technologies.
5   Understand the concepts of feedstocks and circular bioeconomy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Introduction to Biopolymers. Perspectives in biotechnology. Biopolymers modification strategies for biomedical applications II
2 Classification of biopolymers. Structure, features, and applications Biopolymers modification strategies for bio-packaging
3 Marine sourced biopolymers. Algae/microalgae biotechnology Green biotechnologies of biopolymers. Feedstocks and circular bioeconomy approach.
4 Lignocellulosic Biomass to Obtain Biopolymers. Structure, perspectives, biorefinery concept. Students presentations
5 Animal derived biopolymers, Structure, perspectives in biotechnology I
6 Animal derived biopolymers, Structure, perspectives in biotechnology II
7 Microbial-sources biopolymers, structure, perspectives in biotechnology I
8 Microbial-sources biopolymers, structure, perspectives in biotechnology II
9 Biopolymer blends and nano/composites: processing technologies and their properties for biotechnological applications
10 Biopolymers modification strategies for biomedical applications I

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1. Biotechnology in Biopolymers : Developments, Applications & Challenging Areas. Tiwari, Atul; Srivastava, Ravi B. iSmithers Rapra Publishing, 2012, pp.517.

Materials: ScienceDirect, web of science, google scholar scientific articles.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Interactive narrative
3. Question-answer technique
4. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.15 + PAR * 0.10 + FIN * 0.45
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.15 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.45


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Achieving skills and learning abilities related with the basic concepts given in presentations, intercorrelating the concepts with each other, being able to perform scientific assessment by using the information available for problems solving and producing new ideas are carried out with mid-term, final and resit exams, homework and presentations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr Catalina Natalia YILMAZ
Email: catalinanatalia.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

tbd

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 196

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15
LO.25
LO.353
LO.445
LO.544444

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