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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / GM-589 - FOOD ENGINEERING

Code: GM-589 Course Title: LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND BIOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS -I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department FOOD ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer NESİMİ AKTAŞ (naktas@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to teach the students the points to be careful about laboratory studies and to give them practical skills.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can coordinate in laboratory works PO-10 Has the required endowments to advice food sector on matters related to his/her specialization area
PO-11 Has the skill of systematically extending the results of his/her works, nationally and internationally, in written form or orally
PO-12 Takes responsibility in the solution of a problem related to his/her specialization area as group leader
Examination
LO-2 Has detailed knowledge about various food analysis methods. PO-11 Has the skill of systematically extending the results of his/her works, nationally and internationally, in written form or orally
PO-12 Takes responsibility in the solution of a problem related to his/her specialization area as group leader
PO-13 Plays an active role in the solution of the problems of food industry
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Laboratory safety, basic calculations, basic analysis
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Laboratory Safety, Laboratory Accidents, First Aid Lecturing
2 Storage of Biochemical Materials, Cleaning of Materials Lecturing
3 Laboratory Organization Lecturing
4 Preparation of solutions in different concentration units Lecturing
5 Preparation of solutions in different concentration units Lecturing, practice
6 Factor determination Lecturing, practice
7 Buffers Lecturing, practice
8 mid-term exam
9 Buffers Lecturing
10 Ionic strength, emulsions, suspensions, colloids, aerosols Lecturing
11 Volume measurements Lecturing
12 Mass measurements Lecturing
13 Density measurements Lecturing
14 Viscosity Lecturing
15 Ionic strength Lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Biyokimya Laboratuvar Ders Notları, Ö.İrfan Küfrevioğlu, Nazan Demir, Halis Şakiroğlu, , Atatürk Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları, Erzurum, 2000.
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 5 8 40
       e) Term paper/Project 4 13 52
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 5 15
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 7 28
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 180