Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
BIOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS	Third cycle	EBK518		1	8.00	8.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	None
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Associate Professor BEHZAT ÇİMEN
Lecturer(s)	Associate Professor BEHZAT ÇİMEN
Teaching assitant(s)	None
Mode of delivery	The emphasis of this course will be on theoretical and practical subject and methodological solve of different problems. The class meets for three lectures a week, each consisting of 50-minute sessions. In lectures, interactive training techniques and various audio-visual materials will be used.
Course objective	The objective of this course is to teach the student methods of chemical calculations. The course objectives are to provide a basic understanding how to solve mathematical problems in general biochemistry and how to prepare buffer solutions and laboratory reagents.
Course description	Only postgraduate students are accepted for the course

Course contents

1	Introduction to concentration units
2	Mole, molarity, normality, molality, formality
3	ppm and ppb
4	Osmolarity and osmolality
5	Concentration % W/V, % W/W, % V/V
6	EXAM
7	pH and pOH calculations
8	Buffers
9	Dilutions
10	Acids and Bases
11	Titration
12	Stock and standart solutions
13	Standard curve and the use of standard curve
14	Calculations of experimental analysis.
15	FİNAL EXAMINATION
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	to teach the student methods of chemical calculations.
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	3	42
Homework	5	5	25
Presentation / seminar	5	10	50
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	15	15
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			198
ECTS			8.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	20
Quiz	0	0
Homework	1	20
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Prof.Dr.K.Muzaffer Üstdal, Prof.Dr.Orkide Donma, Prof.Dr.Sezai Kuş, Yrd.Doç.Dr.Behzat Çimen. Genel ve Klinik Biyokimya I. İstanbul Medikal Yayıncılık. İstanbul. 2011. K. Moorthy, Fundamentals of Biochemical Calculations. 2nd Edn. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL. 2008.
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