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| BIY3015 | Endocrinology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Rabiye TERZİ | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The main objectives of this course are to provide information about hormones in invertebrates and vertebrates and about action mechanisms of hormones. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Explain the principles of hormone actions, biosynthesis and secretion. | 1,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Describe the endocrine system in invertebrate comparatively. | 1,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Summarize hypophysis hormones and their actions. | 1,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | Define tyroid, paratyroid, pineal, tymus, pancreas, pituitary, adrenal gland, gonad and gastro-intestinal hormones actions. | 1,3,4 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Intracellular messengers, the mechanism of hormones, the secretion and action of hormones, hormone reseptors, the characteristics and classification of hormones, hypophize gland and hormones, growth hormones, somotomedine and the other growth hormones, FSH, LH, prolactine, and ACTH, tyroid gland, the anatomy and pyhsiology of the thyroid gland, synthesis, secretion and regulation of the thyroid gland, circulation of cortisol and adrena/metabolism, hormones of the adrenal medulla. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Endocrinology | | | Week 2 | The Characteristics and Classification of Hormones | | | Week 3 | The Biosynthesis, Secretion and Action Mechanisms of Hormones | | | Week 4 | Chemical Mesengers in Organism, The Methods Used in Endocrinology | | | Week 5 | Endocrine System in Invertebrate | | | Week 6 | Endocrine System in Vertebrate
| | | Week 7 | Tyroid Gland | | | Week 8 | Paratyroid Gland | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Pineal Gland | | | Week 11 | Thymus Gland | | | Week 12 | Pancreas and Its Hormones | | | Week 13 | Gastro-intestinal Hormones | | | Week 14 | Hystology and Hormones of Adrenal Gland | | | Week 15 | Hormones of Gonad | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Akgül, Ü. 1993; Karşılaştırmalı Endokrinoloji, Atatürk Üniversitesi Yayımları, Erzurum | | | |
| 1 | Guyton, A.C. 2007. Tıbbi Fizyoloji, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, Ankara | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 26/11/2023 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 11 | 12/12/2023 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 24/01/2024 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 13 | 52 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 180 |
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