Health Sciences Institute - Biochemistry (Master) (With Thesis)

General Description

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1 History Instıtute of Health Sciences, Biochemistry Master Degree programme started in 2006.
2 Qualification Awarded After successful completion of this master programme, our graduates will have the Biochemistry Master Degree.
3 Level of Qualification Second Cycle
4 Specific Admission Requirements To be available for applying the Biochemistry Master Degree Programme, anyone has to: 1) be graduated from Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary, Pharmacy or Faculty of Science including the divisions for Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Chemistry, Medical Sciences. 2)be graduated from a 4-year university and/or equivalent programme. 3) to have at least 55 points in the Examination for Postgraduate Academic Staff (ALES), or any equivalent point in international examinations such as Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). Those necessary minimum point limits may be changed by the management board of the university. In decision for accepting students, summation of 50% of ALES (or equivalent), 20% of graduation points and 30% of interview results has to be over 70 points.
5 Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal) The students that were educated at least half of an educational year in the biochemistry department of another university are welcome to apply for changeover to our programme.
6 Qualification Requirements and Regulations 'Biochemistry Master Programme with Thesis' is including at least seven lectures that will have a total value of at least 21 credits. Seminars and thesis have no credit values, instead they will be interpreted as 'passed' or 'failed'.
7 Profile of The Programme To give general and detailed informations about proteins, carbonhydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, enzymes and hormones, to describe their structures and define the metabolic pathways and their interrelationships about their disorders.
8 Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples The graduates will be able to work in national and/or international academic areas.
9 Access to Further Studies After a succesful graduation from the master programme and getting a proper language examination result, they will be able to have further education and degree in the area.
10 Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading In this master programme, the examinations are general midterm examinations, final examination and, if necessary, the justification examinations. Those examinations can be in the written, oral or practical. To have the right for entering the exams, the student must contribute 75% of all therotical and practical lectures. All contributions during the term , such as seminary, laboratory practices, gains 40% ,and final exam gains 60% of the total points. To be successful, the student must get at least 70 of 100 points for each examination.
11 Graduation Requirements To be graduated: Students must have at least 21 credits during the master programme, the average points of therotical and practical lectures must be 2.5 (of 4 in total) and must pass an oral examination of an academic council.
12 Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) 0
13 Address, Programme Director or Equivalent Prof Dr Sevda TANRIKULU KÜÇÜK, Head of the Department of Biochemistry.Demiroğlu Bilim University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry.Buyukdere Cad. No:120 34394 Esentepe/Şişli/ IstanbulPhone: +902122136486-+902122137935
14 Facilities The devices and equipments in the practical laboratory are: Spectrophotometer, Cell culture laboratory; SDS-PAGE, Western Blot , electrophoresis, RT-PCR, immunassay and immunohistochemistry equipments. In addition to the experimantal laboratory, clinical laboratory of the university hospital is also in use.

Key Learning Outcomes

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1 Apply the biochemical knowledges into practical and technical area.
2 Make biochemical researches, comment about the results
3 Making original contributions to the basic sciences as a young researches, having the teaching abilities
4 Having the self-confidence for academical studies as being a competent scientist
5 Updating the national and international developments
6 Develop novel research subjects
7 Having the ability of analytical thinking, preparing projects and writing scientific articles
8 Having the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
9 Having basic knowledges about the basic and clinical sciences both theoretically and pratically
10 Having the ability to built a novel project, making experiments, analyze data and evaluate the results
11 Presenting any research and preparing it for publication
12 Having ability to do literature searching and using them effectively

Key Programme Learning Outcomes - NQF for HE in Turkey

TYYÇ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
KNOWLEDGE 1 X X X X X X X X X X X
KNOWLEDGE 2 X X X X X
SKILLS 3 X X X X X X X X X X X X
SKILLS 4 X X X X X
SKILLS 5 X X X X X
COMPETENCES (Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility) 6 X X X X
COMPETENCES (Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility) 7 X X
COMPETENCES (Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility) 8 X X X X X
COMPETENCES (Learning Competence) 9 X X X X X X
COMPETENCES (Communication and Social Competence) 10 X X X X
COMPETENCES (Communication and Social Competence) 11 X X X
COMPETENCES (Communication and Social Competence) 12 X X X
COMPETENCES (Communication and Social Competence) 13 X X
COMPETENCES (Field Specific Competence) 14 X X X
COMPETENCES (Field Specific Competence) 15 X X X X
COMPETENCES (Field Specific Competence) 16 X X X X

Course Structure Diagram with Credits (60 ECTS per Full-Time Academic Year)

Course Code Course Title Course Type T A LC EC C
Year 1 Semester 1
1047006012012 Basic Biochemistry-I Compulsory 3.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 3.00
1047006032012 Basic Laboratory Techniques I Compulsory 2.00 0.00 6.00 20.00 5.00
1047006302012 Advanced Laboratory Techniques Compulsory 2.00 0.00 2.00 2.00 3.00
1047006052013 Clinical Biochemistry-I Compulsory 2.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 2.00
Year 1 Semester 2
1047006322012 Basic Principles in Biochemical Research Compulsory 1.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.00
1047006402012 Seminar Compulsory 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0.00
1047006022012 Basic Biochemistry-II Compulsory 3.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 3.00
1047006042012 Basic Laboratory Techniques II Compulsory 2.00 0.00 6.00 18.00 5.00
1047006062013 Clinical Biochemistry-II Compulsory 2.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 2.00
Year 2 Semester 1
1047006612013 Specific Subjects on Thesis-I Compulsory 3.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 3.00
1047006632013 Thesis Studies-I Compulsory 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 0.00
Year 2 Semester 2
1047006622013 Specific Subjects on Thesis-II Compulsory 3.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 3.00
1047006642013 Thesis Studies-II Compulsory 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 0.00