COURSE SYLLABUS

VITAMINS AND VITAMINS ANALYSIS

1	Course Title:	VITAMINS AND VITAMINS ANALYSIS
2	Course Code:	VBK 6016
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	1
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Yrd.Doç.Dr. Duygu UDUM KÜÇÜKŞEN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	ngunes@uludag.edu.tr 0535 9553078 U.Ü.Veteriner Fakültesi Biyokimya ABD
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Comprehension of chemical structure and functions of vitamins which are essential to living organims as well as their excess intake and deficiencies, their tests and association with diseases.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Ability to comprehend chemical structure, functions and types of vitamins;
2	Being able to explain relationship between vitamins and coenzymes.;
3	Being able to comprehend the importance of vitamins in mechanism of metabolic processes;
4	Ability to set up analysis conditions.;
5	Ability to measure levels of various vitamins;
6	Ability to make connections between excess intake and deficiencies of vitamins and disease and disorders;
7	Ability to reach novel findings about vitamins;
8	Ability to disseminate knowledge gained about vitamins;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Vitamins and types	Introduction of laboratory environment
2	Vitamin A, properties, metabolism, functions and deficiencies	Introduction of analysis materials and use
3	Vitamin D, properties, metabolism, functions and deficiencies	Introduction of methods of spectrophotometric measurements, learning of spectrophotomer use.
4	Relationship between vitamin A and calcium metabolism	Introduction of methods of spectrophotometric vitamin measurements, learning of spectrophotomer use.
5	Vitamin E, properties, metabolism, functions and deficiencies	Vitamin A analysis.
6	Properties of Vitamin K, its role in coagulation, and deficiency	Vitamin A analysis.
7	Nicotinic acid, structure, properties, role in metabolism, and deficiency	Evaluation of vitamin A analysis results
8	Thiamine, riboflavine, properties, roles in metabolism and deficiencies	Vitamin E analysis
9	Pantothenic acid and folic acid, properties, roles in metabolism	Vitamin E analysis
10	Pyridoxine and biotin, properties, roles in metabolism and deficiencies	Evaluation of vitamin analysis results
11	Structure of cobalamin, properties, types, and functions	Comparison of vitamin analysis methods.
12	Structure of Vitamin C, properties, functions, and deficiency	Vitamin C analysis.
13	Vitamin-like compounds, properties, functions.	Vitamin C analysis.
14	Importance of vitamins in veterinary medicine and application	Evaluation of Vitamin C analysis results

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Biochemistry department course notes Vitaminler, Başpınar N., Kurtoğlu F.,Konya, 2003 Biochemistry, Kalaycıoğlu L, Serpek B.,Nizamlıoğlu M.,Başpınar N.,Tiftik A.,Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 2000. Lab Manual to Accompany, James B. Lawhead, Meecee Baker, Thomson Inc., Canada, 2005. BURTIS, C. A., ASHWOOD, E. R.: Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry, Third Ed., Saunders, Philadelphia, 1999.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High