EKZ608 - ACTIVE COSMETICS (COSMECEUTICALS)
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVE COSMETICS (COSMECEUTICALS) | EKZ608 | Any Semester/Year | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Drill and Practice | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. R. Neslihan Gürsoy | |||||
| Course objective | It is aimed to have students informed on cosmetics that are used to help for the treatment | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Definition of drug, cosmetics and cosmeceutics and legal practices, definitions of basic cosmeceutical formulations, active substances and excipients that are used, cosmetics that are used to help for the treatments on Plastics and Reconstitute Surgery. | |||||
| References | General reference books on Pharmacy, specific books on the subject, lecture notes (CD/floppy disk), internet. 1. Cosmeceuticals: Drug vs Cosmetics, H.I. Maibach, 2000. 2. New Cosmetic Science, T. Mitsui, 1997. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Definition and legal applications of pharmaceutics, cosmetics, and cosmeceutics |
| Week 2 | Importance of skin lipids and NMF compounds for skin functions |
| Week 3 | Classification of dermatological and cosmetic formulations and basic excipients used:surface active agents, viscosity enhancers, preservatives, antioxidants |
| Week 4 | Formulation of basic dosage forms like emulsion, suspension, cream, gel |
| Week 5 | Cosmeceutic active agents: activity mechanism, application fields |
| Week 6 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 7 | Alfahydroxy acids |
| Week 8 | Vitamins |
| Week 9 | Materials of plant and biological origin |
| Week 10 | Sun and skin: physical and chemical skin filters |
| Week 11 | Midterm Assignment |
| Week 12 | Tanning enhancers, artificial tanning agents, skin whitening agents |
| Week 13 | Cosmetics in treatment for cellulite |
| Week 14 | Instrumental analysis of the effects claimed by cosmetics |
| Week 15 | Preparation for the final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 25 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 25 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 2 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 36 | 36 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 60 | 60 |
| Total Workload | 31 | 119 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest