COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD ELECTIVE III (CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL COMPOUNDS)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 2210 FIELD ELECTIVE III (CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL COMPOUNDS) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLTEN ŞENDUR

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

To inform students about natural organic compounds, their classification and reactions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognizing and classifying natural compounds
2   To have the knowledge and skills to follow the current developments in natural compounds.
3   To be able to explain how natural compounds can be separated
4   To be able to distinguish basic functional groups
5   To be able to explain the importance of natural compounds in the biological system

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the chemistry of natural compounds
2 Classification and chemical structure of carbohydrates-1
3 Classification and chemical structure of carbohydrates-2
4 Amino acids and proteins
5 Oils
6 Phospholipids
7 Steroids
8 Midterm exam
9 Nucleic acids: structure of DNA
10 Nucleic acids: structure of RNA
11 Vitamins
12 Students presentations
13 Students presentations
14 Students presentations
15 Students presentations
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

. G.Solomons, C.Fryhle, Organic Chemistry John Willey&Sons (2000)
2. H.Hart, D.J.Hart, L.E.Craine, Organic Chemistry Houghton Mifflin Company (1995)
3. R.J.Fessenden, J.S.Fessenden, Organic Chemistry Brooks/Cole Pub.Com. (2001)
4. R.C. Atkins, F.A. Carey, Organik Kimya Kısa ve Öz (Edt: Gürol Okay, Yılmaz Yıldırır) Bilim Yayınevi (2009)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, question-answer, lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment of the students will be done by using mid-term exam, students' presentations and final examination as can be seen from above gradings.

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. You can find the undergraduate policy at https://bef.deu.edu.tr/tr/

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: gulten.sendur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced during the term

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.1434
LO.24344
LO.3434
LO.4434
LO.54443