COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ARTHROPODOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ENDER DINÇER

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

To recognize arthropod diseases seen in humans and animals, to teach their morphology, spread and life cycles, to diagnose and identify the diseases they cause, to take measures to prevent the spread of these diseases among animals and to provide them with the necessary knowledge and skills to treat them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gains knowledge about the general structures of arthropods
2   Learns the morphological and biological features of arthropods.
3   Gains knowledge about the life cycle of arthropods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Arthropoda and Arthro Description of podology, Relationships between arthropods and their hosts, Types of parasitism, Immunity to arthropods, External structure of arthropods General characteristics, protection and control methods of arthropods in Glossinidae, Muscidae, Pupipara, Scorpionidea and Arenea groups
2 Internal structure of arthropods (respiratory, muscular, digestive, excretory, circulatory, nervous systems, endocrine system) Morphological features, life cycles, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and control methods of arthropods in the order Metastigmata
3 Control methods of parasitic arthropods, fight against Arthropoda General characteristics, protection and control methods of arthropods in Glossinidae, Muscidae, Pupipara, Scorpionidea and Arenea groups
4 Morphological features, life cycles, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and control methods of Phthiraptera (Lice) order Morphological features, life cycles, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and control methods of arthropods in the Prostigmata and Mesostigmata orders
5 Morphological features, life cycles, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and control methods of Siphonaptera (fleas) and Heteroptera (Cimicidae, Reduviidae) orders
6 General characteristics of the orders Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera
7 midterm
8 Pathogenesis, treatment, prevention and control methods of myiasis
9 General characteristics of the families Calliphoridae (Phormia, Cordylobia, Cochliomyia) and Sarcophagidae (Wolfahrtia, Sarcophaga)
10 Oestridae (O.ovis, R.purpureus), Hypodermatidae (H.bovis, H.lineatum, H.diana, P.silenus) and Gasterophilidae families morphological features, life cycles, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, control methods

Recomended or Required Reading

arthropodology
Associate Professor. Levent Aydin, Assoc. Dr. Ahmet Onur Girgin DORA PUBLICATIONS

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

oral and visual presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

midterm and final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç.Dr. Ender Dinçer
Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Virology
ender.dincer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Group session 3 2 6
Student Presentations 4 1 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 70

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19PO.20
LO.144
LO.244
LO.344