BIOL254 EXPERIMENTS IN ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
| Course Code: | 2380254 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 2 (0.00 - 4.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.5 |
| Department: | Biology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. HAVVA DOĞRU |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
1. To get students acquainted with experimental methods, equipment, and setups used in basic physiological measurements including recording and analysis of nerve action potential, heart action, skeletal and smooth muscle activity in animal models, and also spirometry, recording cardiovascular parameters (blood pressure, heart rate, EKG), brain gross potentials (EEG) and sensory perceptions in human subjects.
2. To teach students the basic ethical principles of animal use in research.
3. To make the students to understand and apply principles of laboratory safety.
4. To encourage students to solve the technical problems they may come across when running experiments.
5. To enforce analytical thinking and search for cause-effect relationship when recording and interpreting experimental data.
Course Content
During the course, students get acquainted with some electric/electronic equipment frequently used in physiological studies, learn how to handle the laboratory animals, and how to make tissue and organ preparation for physiological recordings. Experiments performed in this course constitute an illustration of concepts and processes described in the theoretical animal physiology course.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. The visualization of some physiological events and processes in this course helps students better understand and longer remember the issues discussed in the theoretical physiology course.
2. Students get experience with planning, preparing and running experimental studies.
3. Get hints into maintenance and treatment of experimental animals .
4. Writing reports from the experiments, students learn to analyze, evaluate and discuss the experimental data in relevance to the scientific literature.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Perform basic laboratory and field techniques/approaches used in various branches of biology. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Understand and apply principles of laboratory and field safety. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understand the inner workings of the scientific processes, think critically, and frame questions using experimental and theoretical approaches in biology. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Proficiency in communicating issues in both English and Turkish. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Read, and understand scientific communications from primary literature in biology. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Identify and explain issues in biological sciences. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Be ready to take new theoretical and technological challenges by recognizing the value and act upon the need for lifelong learning. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Work as an individual, as well as a team member, and assume leadship when needed. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Follow the rules of scientific ethics within their careers and professions. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution