COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOTECHNOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RAZIYE ÖZTÜRK ÜREK

Offered to

Chemistry (Evening)
Chemistry

Course Objective

In the concept of this course, it is expected from the students to have information on the biotechnology and its application area, importance and place of enzyme technology in biotechnology, general view on biotechnological methods, fermentation technology, biological systems in biotechnology (bacteria, yeasts, molds, protozoa and their biotechnological importances), metabolism in microorganisms, catabolic and anabolic reactions, microbial growths and biomass formation kinetics, continuous and batch cultures, bioreactors and their types, biotechnological enzyme production, amino acid productions, antibiotic production, organic acid production, biotransformations and environmental biotechnology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have knowledge on biotechnology and its application areas, they can reach further information and interpret and discuss them.
2   Have knowledge on the place and importance of enzyme technology in biotechnology they can reach further information and interpret and discuss them.
3   Have knowledge on fundamental methods used in biotechnology and they can produce ideas.
4   Have knowledge on fermentation technology and they can produce ideas.
5   Have knowledge on biotechnological importance on bacteria, yeasts, molds, protozoa and the students can produce ideas and associate them.
6   Have knowledge on microbial growth and biomass formation kinetics, continuous and batch cultures and they can produce ideas and solve problems.
7   Express bioreactors and their types, compare and discuss their application areas.
8   Have knowledge on the biotechnological production of primer and secondary metabolites, biotransformations and environmental biotechnology and they can reach further information on these topics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Biotechnology and its application areas
2 Importance and place of enzyme technology in biotechnology
3 General view on biotechnological methods
4 Fermentation technology
5 Biological systems in biotechnology
6 Bacteria, yeasts, molds, protozoa and their biotechnological importances
7 Metabolism in microorganisms, catabolic and anabolic reactions
8 Mid-term exam
9 Microbial growths and biomass formation kinetics, continuous and batch cultures
10 Bioreactors and their types
11 Biotechnological enzyme production
12 Amino acid and Antibiotic productions
13 Organic acid production
14 Biotransformations and environmental biotechnology

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Smith J.E., Biotechnology, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Supplementary Book(s): Ratledge, C., Basic Biotechnology, Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Interactive presentation, Questions and answers, Homework, Application

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Questions in homeworks, mid-term and final exam will be based on the assessment of understanding of basic concepts in presentations, associating of concepts and cause-effect relationships.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU, Science Faculty, Chemistry Department
Prof. Dr. Raziye Öztürk Ürek
e-mail: raziye.urek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 15:00 - 17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 7 7
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

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