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OSD FAKÜLTESİ / OSDKİM 305 - ORTAK SEÇMELİ DERSLER BÖLÜMÜ

Code: OSDKİM 305 Course Title: NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ORTAK SEÇMELİ DERSLER BÖLÜMÜ
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer BAHAR TUBA FINDIK (btfindik@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
This course provides introduction to biochemistry of macro- and micronutrients in order to understand the importance of nutritional materials, the functions of diet and supplements for a healthy life.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can be able to name the essential nutrients in a food. PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.
 		Examination
Oral Examination
LO-2 can calculate the average daily calorie requirement for a healthy life. PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.
 		Examination
LO-3 can define macro and micro nutrients in foods. PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The structure and properties of biological molecules such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids; metabolism, body composition and energy balance in the state of nutrition or starvation; fibrous foods, vitamin and mineral balance issues will be discussed.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction of nutritional biochemistry Lecture, question and answer
2 Classification of Biological Structures Lecture, question and answer
3 Acids and Bases Lecture, question and answer
4 Nutrition and the human body Lecture, question and answer
5 Proteins, Digestion and Absorption Lecture, question and answer, slide show
6 Proteins, Digestion and Absorption Lecture, question and answer, slide show
7 Carbohydrates, Digestion and Absorption Lecture, question and answer, slide show
8 mid-term exam
9 Carbohydrates, Digestion and Absorption Lecture, question and answer, slide show
10 Lipids, Digestion and Absorption Lecture, question and answer, slide show
11 Lipids, Digestion and Absorption Lecture, question and answer, slide show
12 Water Lecture, question and answer
13 Vitamins (fat soluble) Lecture, question and answer
14 Vitamins (water soluble) Lecture, question and answer
15 Minerals Lecture, question and answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Baysal, A. (2020). Beslenme. Ankara: Hatiboğlu Yayıncılık
2 Brody, T. (1999). Nutritional Biochemistry. California, Academic Press
Required Course instruments and materials
Lecture notes, books, computer

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 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 14 14
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 4 8
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 5 10
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 90