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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
KIM 4258	ENVIRONMENTAL BIOCHEMISTRY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	4

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR RAZIYE ÖZTÜRK ÜREK

Offered to

Chemistry (Evening)
Chemistry

Course Objective

In this lecture the students will learn the biochemical processes profoundly influenced by chemical species in the environment, detection, importance and the nature of these species and their degradation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Explain the basic concepts of environmental biochemistry,
2	Comprehend the principles of biochemical processes which are used in the environmental biochemistry,
3	Explain the degradation processes of chemical species in the environment,
4	State the detection methods of degradation metabolites,
5	Explain the importance of degradation metabolites.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction to environmental biochemistry
2	Classification of chemical substances species (Xenobiyotics)
3	Structure of chemical substances species
4	Properties of Chemical Substances Species
5	Usage Areas of Chemical Substances Species
6	Inclusion of Chemical Substances Species (Xenobiyotics) to biological systems and their metabolisms
7	Transformation and degradation of Xenobiyotics
8	Mid-term exam
9	Elimination of Xenobiyotics
10	Metabolic Reactions of Xenobiyotics
11	Phase I and Phase II Reactions
12	Herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and their effects
13	The effect of reactive metabolites on DNA
14	Student's presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): N. Rajvaidya, Dilip Kumar Markandey, Environmental Biochemistry, ISBN: 817648789-9, 2005

Supplementary Book(s): O P Jasra, Environmental Biochemistry, ISBN: 8176253367, 2002

References:
Materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Question-answer technique
3. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FINS	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

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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)

Prof.Dr.Raziye Öztürk Ürek
Dokuz Eylul University,Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Division of Biochemistry, 35160, Kaynaklar Campus, IZMIR-TURKEY
raziye.urek@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0 232 301 86 89

Office Hours

Wednesday, 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparation before/after weekly lectures	13	2	26
Preparation for Mid-term Exam	1	12	12
Preparation for Final Exam	1	16	16
Preparing Individual Assignments	1	6	6
Final	1	2	2
Mid-term	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14	PO.16	PO.17
LO.1	5			5		5	5	5	5
LO.2	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.3	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.5	5			5		5	5	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

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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