COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PLANNINGAND DESIGN IN ANIMAL LABORATORIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LHB 6036 PLANNINGAND DESIGN IN ANIMAL LABORATORIES ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

Laboratory Animal Science

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MEHMET ENSARI GÜNELI

Offered to

Laboratory Animal Science

Course Objective

By this course it is aimed to gain the students information about characteristics, architecture, engineering, planning and design of experimental animal facilities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to say most appropriate species specific environmental conditions
2   To be able to sort functional and structural area characteristics of ideal laboratory animal facilities
3   To be able to understand and manage the work flows in laboratory animal facilities
4   To be able to gain the ability of defining and solving the problems in laboratory animal facilities
5   To be able to be aware of tendencies of animal research centers

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic principles in laboratory animal facilities (1 hour) (T) One week course
2 Planning and design in laboratory animal facilities (3 hours) (T)
3 National legal necessities in laboratory animal facilities (1 hour) (T)
4 Cost in laboratory animal facilities(1 hour) (T)
5 MID-TERM EXAM
6 Work flows in laboratory animal facilities (3 hours) (T)
7 Management in laboratory animal facilities (1 hour) (T)
8 Functional areas and their characteristics in laboratory animal facilities (3 hours) (T)
9 Common facility errors (1 hour) (T)
10 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Foreign references:
Hessler J, Lehner N. Planning and Designing Research Animal Facilities, Academic Press, 2008
David N and Donald M, The CCAC guidelines on: laboratory animal facilities characteristics, design and development, Canadian Council on Animal Care, 2003.
Michael W. Fox. Laboratory animal husbandry: ethology, welfare, and experimental variables, State University of New York Press, NY,1986
Local references:
Ide T, Laboratuvar hayvanları biliminin temel ilkeleri, Ankara, Medipress Yayıncılık, 2003.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Preparing Individual Assignments and presentation
2. Mid-term exam and final exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.30 +RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

- It is evaluated if theoretical presentations and interactive discussions were understood by midterm and final exams
- It is evaluated if reference study, data collection, compilation, ability of synthesizing gained information and explaining it clearly by homework preparation and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Ensari Güneli
ensari.guneli@deu.edu.tr, 0 232 412 4652

Office Hours

Wednesday : 12.30 13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 2 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 2 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 1 4 4
Quiz etc. 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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