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
NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY	Second cycle	CEBK 547		1	8.00	8.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Assistant Professor Serap SAHIN
Lecturer(s)	Assistant Professor Serap SAHIN
Teaching assitant(s)	None
Mode of delivery	Theoretical
Course objective	Examining the relationship between chronic diseases, nutritional disorders, vitamins, minerals and nutritional and biochemical pathways.
Course description	Nutrition and its relationship with diseases such as cancer and obesity, working of metabolism in starvation and good nutrition condition.

Course contents

1	Introduction and context
2	Nutritional and energy requirements of the people, the recommended daily dietary consumption
3	Basic energy sources (fats, carbohydrates, proteins)
4	Metabolism of good nutrition condition, (liver, adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, brain)
5	Metabolism of starvation condition ( liver, adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, brain)
6	Biomedical importance of vitamins and minerals
7	Midterm exam week
8	Diseases that have occurred due to lack of vitamins and minerals
9	Nutrition in children during protein-energy malnutrition and congenital metabolic disorders
10	Physiological and metabolic changes in old age
11	Nutrition and coronary artery disease
12	The relationship between nutrition and cancer
13	The relationship between nutrition and obesity
14	Changes in the biochemical parameters of nutritional disorders
15	Review
16	Work Week
17	Final Exam Week
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	The relationship between chronic diseases and nutrition. Vitamins and minerals. Malnutrition-related diseases. The relationship between nutrition and biochemical pathways.
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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)	3	14	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	6	14	84
Homework	0	0	0
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	12	12
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	12	12
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			154
ECTS			6.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
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	Harper's Biochemistry
Additional references

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