Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
BYK-23-105BİYOKİMYADA KANTİTATİF PROBLEMLERElective116
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The course introduces the basic technical and analytical considerations to be considered in the design, execution and evaluation of research with biomolecules; It aims to provide controlled, repeatable and questioned experimental design skills.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Tuğba BAYRAKTUTAN
Learning Outcomes
1Expression
2Article Critical Of
3Discussion
4
5Homework
6Questions and Answers
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
none
Recommended Optional Programme Components
1. Settlement of quantitative thinking, expression and recording habits 2. Raising awareness of the chemical dimensions of biochemical research Minimizing the risk of misleading / acceptance in evaluating the results obtained in person and the experiments and results reported in the literature.
Course Contents
1. Concentration units, solutions. 2. pH, importance and control. Buffers, buffer effects. 3. Acid-base balances and reflections on biomolecular behavior: I. pH-ion composition and pH-speed relationships. 4. Spectrophotometric and fluorometric monitoring and evaluation methods: I. Spectral examination, wavelength selection, sensitivity limits; quantity and composition determinations ii. Chemical and physical balance calculations, iii. Basic kinetic evaluations having knowledge about, interpreting and gaining the ability to solve practical problems
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13Tissue and Fluid Content
14Practical Calculations
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Fundamentals of Biochemical Calculations, Second Edition, Krish Moorthy, CRC press 2. Biochemical Calculations: How to Solve Mathematical Problems in General Biochemistry, Irwin H. Segel, Wiley Press
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination120
Attending Lectures160
Individual Study for Homework Problems110
SUM90
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Attending Lectures14342
Problem Solving14228
Demonstration14114
Individual Study for Homework Problems14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination10110
Performance14456
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)179
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PO
1
PO
2
PO
3
PO
4
LO15  5
LO2  5 
LO3 4  
LO45 3 
LO5   3
LO6 5  
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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