CLINICAL CHEMISTRY This course introduces first-year anesthesia students to the fundamental principles of clinical chemistry and biochemistry relevant to peri-operative care. It covers the basic structure and function of biomolecules including carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and enzymes, and their roles in drug metabolism, distribution, and physiological balance. Students will learn the importance of fluid, electrolyte, and acid–base homeostasis, as well as the biochemical basis of laboratory investigations used before surgery. The course also highlights the influence of natural products, drug–biomolecule interactions, and enzyme activity on anesthetic safety, effectiveness, and patient recovery in clinical practice.
ACADEMIC DEBATE AND CRITICAL THINKING This course is designed to develop students’ abilities and skills in academic communication and debate. The topics of this course train the students on using sources for academic communication, putting knowledge to good use, and raising academic questions and answering questions in an academic way. The course also aims to teach students how to accept and respect differing opinions, and how to conduct academic arguments. In this course, students are directed to raise questions and analyze academic texts logically and critically, i.e. they are guided to conduct a critical analysis of what they read, and are provided with the opportunity to practice and develop their skills by writing their reflections on the material studied and on their own learning. Moreover, the students will be assisted in this course by considering the problems of their country, and making suggestions to solve problems relying on academic mechanisms and methodology.
ADVANCED ENGLISH The course reinforces academic writing skills. In this course students write different types of essays based on the ideas they are exposed to in the reading selections. The emphasis is on the writing process in which students go through many stages from brainstorming and outlining to producing a complete documented piece of writing.
FOUNDATION ENGLISH The foundation English is a course designed to improve the English of the students whom they did not pass in the proficiency English test, therefore, the course will begin simultaneously with their first-year classes.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY This course is designed to make students familiar with computer literature. Information Technology concepts are introduced with emphasis on software and hardware utilization. The students will be exposed to a broad range of computer technology and IT topics, including understanding computer, hardware, software, computer and communication, multimedia, web pages and the Internet, networking and the role of IT in public life. This course is divided into two sections: lectures and lab.
KURDOLOGY The territorial extent of Kurdistan, the ethnic and geographical extent of Kurdistan, numerical extent of the Kurds, the geography of Kurdistan, Physical aspect, the living landscape and habitat, the human aspect, an anthropological profile of Kurdistan will be taught in this course. Origins and pre-Islamic history, the Islamic period up to 1920, from1920 to the present day, the fundamental structures of Kurdish society, the Kurdish family, tribal organization, language and folklore will also be taught.
TURKISH Yeryüzündeki diller ve dil aileleri, Türkçenin dünya dilleri arasındaki yeri, konuşma dili, yazıdili, Sesin tanımı, türleri ve sınıflandırılması, Türkçedeki sesler ve özellikleri, Türkçe sözlerinözellikleri, Türkçe sözlerdeki ses değişimleri, Türkçe sözlerin yapı özellikleri, Konuşmadakiuyum ve ritm, kurallı ve anlamlı cümle kurma teknikleri.