COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATURAL HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEO 4157 NATURAL HISTORY AND EVOLUTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FUNDA AKGÜN

Offered to

Geological Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

Following aims will be reached as a result of this course;
a) As of the formation of world and emergence of first living organisms, the concept of evolution and their mechanisms will be taught to students.
b) To provide an understanding of changes in living organisms on the basis of evolution concepts of living and fossils records

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn the living organisms originating from ancestral species lived in the past geological periods.
2   To be able to understand the processes and mechanisms appearing of a new species.
3   To be able to comprehend not only single individuals of a new species but also changing of some individuals in population.
4   Based on the fossil and current records, to be able to realize that the species change constantly.
5   to be able to associate evolutionary processes with human evolution

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Big-Bang theory
2 The aspects of inorganic and organic evolution
3 Geological time and the origin of life
4 Emergence and development of the theory of evolution
5 Theories of Evolution: Lamarckism, Darwinism, Mutationism, NeoDarwinism
6 Evolutionary processes: genetic variation, mutation, adaptation, naturel selection, genetic drift and magrations
7 Midterm exam
8 Microevolution
9 Rate of evolution and phylogeny
10 Speciation, mutation in forming new species
11 Macroevolution
12 Fossil evidences: homology, vestigial structures, distribution in time and space, direct observation, history of life
13 Human evolution
14 Presentation of the assignments

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
1. Demirsoy, A. (1999) Kalıtım ve Evrim, Meteksan Yayınları, Ankara
2. Freeman, S.& Herron, J.C (2002) Evrimsel analiz, Çev. ed. Çıplak, B. vd. Palme Yay., Ankara
References:
1. Gould, S., J., 1977, Darwin ve sonrası, Türkiye Bilimsel Araştırma Kurumu, Popüler Bilim Kitapları, no. 125, 313s
2. Şengün, A & Ulakoğlu, S. (1992) Evrim (Evolusyon), Ist. Üni. Yay. No: 3629. Ist. Üni. Basımevi, Istanbul.
3. Bilim ve Teknik, 1999, Canlıların evrimi, Türkiye Bilimsel Araştırma Kurumu, Aylık popüler bilim dergisi, sayı 375, 104s.
4. http://evrimianlamak.org

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral and visual presentations, homework and discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 QUZ QUIZ
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + QUZ * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 + QUZ * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Evaluation of this course will be made by a midterm exam (20%), a final exam (50%) and a homework (30%).
All students must come to the class by preparing topics that are not related to homework. All issues are handled by interactive manner.

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcome (1) will be testified by midterm and final exam.
The other learning outcomes (2, 3 and 4) will be testified by homework and exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students are required to attend lectures regularly and participate in dicussions.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e mail. funda.akgun@deu.edu.tr
Phone: 311 73 08

Office Hours

Friday, 15-17 p.m.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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