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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
KIM 5055	CHEMISTRY OF THE ALKALOID	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MUSTAFA YAVUZ ERGÜN

Offered to

Chemistry
Chemistry

Course Objective

This course aims to teach students the chemistry of alkaloids are an important class of biologically active compouds

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Learn defination of alkaloids and predict which compounds obey alkaloids
2	Have a knowledge abaut history of alkaloids
3	Have a knowledge about classification of alkaloids and biolocical activity of alkaloids
4	Learn synthetic strategies of synthesis of alkaloids

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Defination and History of Alkaloids
2	Classification of Alkaloids
3	Biosynthesis of Alkaloids
4	Isolation of aAlkaloids from Plants
5	Indole Alkaloids
6	Synthetic Pathways of Indole Alkaloids
7	Carbazole Alkaloids
8	Midterm Exam
9	Pyridine Alkaloids
10	Pyridocarbazole Alkaloids
11	Carboline Alkaloids
12	Aspidosperma Alkaloids
13	Morphane Alkaloids
14	Homework Presantation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Biosynthesis of indole alkaloids, Atta-Ur-Rahman and Anwer Basha, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1983
2. G.W. Gribble, in. ed.: A. Brossi, The Alkaloids, Academic Press, New York, Vol:39, p 239, 1990.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer technique, homework presantation methods will be used presantation of the course

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Student will be aevaluated with midterm exam, homework presantation and final exam

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm exam (%25), homework presantation (%25) and final exam (%50)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr Mustafa Yavuz Ergün
Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Science,
Department of Chemistry
yavuz.ergun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday: 15:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture	12	3	36
Preparation of Homework	1	35	35
Preparation of Lecture	12	5	60
Preparation of midterm exam	1	20	20
Preparation of Final exam	1	30	30
Final Exam	1	3	3
Midterm Exam	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			187

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.4	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	5	3	4	4	5
LO.2	5	3	4	4	5
LO.3	5	3	4	4	5
LO.4	5	3	4	4	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

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Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

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Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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