Course Details

Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits	Last Updated Date
1	BENG525	INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS	3+0+0	3	7,5	13.05.2025

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Master's Degree
Department / Program	BIOENGINEERING
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Elective
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	O1. Indicating factual knowledge (terminology, classifications, methods, trends) for instrumental analysis. O2. Identifying sources of error in chemical and instrumental analysis. O3. Applying concepts of availability and evaluation of analytical standards by formulating standardization methodology. O4. Defining how to distinguish between qualitative and quantitative measurements and be able to effectively compare and critically select methods for elemental and molecular analyses.
Course Content	The course aims at the theory and practice of instrumental methods for the separation, identification and quantitative analysis of chemical substances. Satisfactory completion of this course will afford students a working knowledge of analytical instrumentation typically employed in chemical and biochemical research laboratories. It will also provide the student with an appreciation of the relative strengths and limitations of different instrumental based analysis methods.
Course Methods and Techniques	Lectures, particular talks by prominent scientists, quizzes, articles will be included within the course content.
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	Asist Prof.Dr. İSMAİL AKÇOK ismail.akcok@agu.edu.tr
Name of Lecturers	Asist Prof.Dr. NURETTİN AYVALI
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources

- Introduction to instrumental methods - Introduction to spectroscopy techniques - Spectroscopy techniques- Atomic Spectroscopy - Spectroscopy techniques- Molecular Spectroscopy - Introduction to electrochemical methods – Potentiometry - Introduction to separation techniques - Chromatography Methods - Gas Chromatography - Chromatography Methods - Liquid Chromatography - Chromatography Methods - Capillary Electrophoresis - Method selection for analysis - Validation of analytical methods

Course Notes

Lectures and some of the notes (on papers) would be shared. Some of the course highlights and/or subjects regarding course content was indicated within the 'content' section.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Yarıl yılSonu Sınavı/Dönem Projesinin Başarı Notuna Katkısı	1	% 20
Quiz/Küçük Sınav	7	% 30
Sunum/Seminer	1	% 20
Final examination	1	% 20
Diğer (Staj vb.)	1	% 10
Total	11	% 100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Araştırma Ödevi	3	10	30
Grup Sunumu	1	2	2
Ders Dışı Sınav	4	3	12
Sunum için Hazırlık	1	15	15
Sunum	1	2	2
Kısa Sınav	6	1	6
Okuma	12	4	48
Kişisel Çalışma	14	5	70
Derse Devam	14	3	42
Final Sınavı	1	3	3
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 7,5 230

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Recognise the theory and operational principles of analytical instruments.
2	Integrate a fundamental understanding of the underlining physics principles as they relate to specific instrumentation used for atomic, molecular, and mass spectrometry, magnetic resonance spectrometry and chromatography.
3	Identify the spectroscopic methods.
4	Define the chromatographic techniques.
5	Recognize the validation of analytical methods.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Introduction to instrumental methods
2	Introduction to spectroscopy techniques
3	Spectroscopy techniques - Atomic Spectroscopy
4	Spectroscopy techniques - Molecular Spectroscopy
5	Electrochemical methods – Potentiometry
6	Introduction to separation techniques
7	Chromatography Methods - Gas Chromatography
8	Chromatography Methods - Liquid Chromatography
9	Chromatography Methods - Capillary Electrophoresis
10	Method selection for analysis
11	Method selection for analysis - Special cases
12	Validation of analytical methods
13	Validation of analytical methods - Special cases
14	Application of selected methods.
15
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	P1	P2	P3	P5	P6	P8	P9	P10	P12
C1	4	5	3	4	5	2	4	4	4
C2	5	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	3
C3	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	3
C4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4
C5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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