Information Package / Course Catalogue
Hormones
Course Code: VBY506
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 0
Credit: 1
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To give the basic information about hormones

Course Content

Structure and classificition of hormones, mechanism of protein hormones, mechanism of steroid hormones, feedback-control at hormones, synthesis of hormones, hormones and receptors, endocrin system pathology

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Ayşegül BİLDİK
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to respond these questions: What is hormon? What is its important in organism?
2.To be able to comprehend classification of hormones
3. To be able to comprehend effect mechanisms of hormones.
4.To be able to explain packing, storage and storage of Hormones.
5.To be able to analyse hormon’s function in organism and to identify the disorders which may occur in the cases of their deficiencies or excessiveness.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Kaya, N. (1993) Biyokimya, Atatürk Üniversitesi, Erzurum.
2.Murray, R.K. (1993) Harper's Biochemistry, Appleton and Lange, Norwalk
3.Onat, T., Emerk, K. (1997) Biyokimya, Saray, İzmir.
4.Sittman, D. (2000) Biyokimya, çev. Güner G., Nobel, İstanbul.
5.Nihat BAYŞU, Nalan Bayşu SÖZBİLİR.(2008) Biyokimya Güneş Tıp kitabevleri, 2008.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to hormones
Week 2 - Theoretical
Intracellular messenger systems
Week 3 - Theoretical
Classification of hormones
Week 4 - Theoretical
Synthesis and storage of hormones
Week 5 - Theoretical
Regulation of secretion of hormones
Week 6 - Theoretical
Cellular receptors
Week 7 - Theoretical
Hormones’s effect mechanisms
Week 8 - Theoretical
Midterm exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Endocrine glands and hormones
Week 10 - Theoretical
Neurohypophysis hormones
Week 11 - Theoretical
Pars intermedia hormones
Week 12 - Theoretical
Adenohypophyseal hormones
Week 13 - Theoretical
Hormones that affect metabolism
Week 14 - Theoretical
Hormones affect the sex glands
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Final Examination1%100
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144170
Term Project101717
Quiz25011
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)120
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
OÇ-1
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-2
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
3
3
3
3
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026