COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR LEMAN TARHAN

Offered to

M.Sc. in Biochemistry
Chemistry
Ph.D in Biochemistry

Course Objective

Plants are renewable source of energy and their products are essential for the humanity on this planet. Recently, new and improved crop plant via genetic factors develop in order to increase the product efficiency. The aim is to provide students in plant science with a concise, general account of plant biochemistry, plant metabolism, but enzymological, functional, regulatory and molecular biological aspects, pathyways and structural features and the cell, primary metabolism, special metabolism and the plant-enviroment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Dey, P. M., Harborne, J. B., Plant Biochemistry, Academic Press, USA, 1997.
Supplementary Book(s): Simpson, M. G., Plant Systematics, Academic Press, USA, 1953.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term and final exams, active participation to the lecture, homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.kayali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30-15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes