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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
CDK 6010	SENSITIVE ECOSYSTEMS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FERAH KOÇAK

Offered to

MARINE LIVING RESOURCES
MARINE LIVING RESOURCES

Course Objective

The aims of this lecture are to give information about ecosystem and their constituents; sensitive habitats; the economic and ecologic importance of sensitive ecosystems and maintaining biodiversity.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Be able to interpret about changes caused by biotic and abiotic factors in sensitive ecosystems
2	Be able to define bio-ecological properties of benthic invertebrates
3	Be able to comprehend the economic and ecologic importance of sensitive ecosystems
4	Be able to follow up recent studies and methods on this subject
5	Be able to plan scientific researches on sensitive ecosystems and to interpret the results obtained from these studies
6	Be able to play an active role in national and international studies and ability to participate in a multi-disciplinary studies
7	To offer suggestions for the protection of sensitive ecosystems
8	Be able to cooperation with local authorities in order to reduce the impact of pollution sources on maintaining biodiversity

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Description of ecology, the concept of the ecosystem and energy cycles in ecosystem.
2	Ecosystem development and community ecology
3	The importance of wetlands
4	Case study on wetlands: Great Meander Delta
5	The importance of Posidonia oceanica meadows.
6	The factors threatening Posidonia oceanica meadows.
7	Mid-Term Exam
8	The importance of artificial and coral reefs.
9	Mangrove ecosystem and its importance
10	The presentation of assignment
11	Ecology of estuaries and anthropogenic effects
12	Human activities and their impacts on biodiversity.
13	Maintaining biodiversity
14	Resolution of problems encountered in managment strategies of sensitive ecosystem

Recomended or Required Reading

Day, J.H. (1981). Estuarine Ecology with particular reference to southern Africa, A.A.Balkema, Netherlands.
Gaston, K.J. and SpicerJ.I. (2004). Biodiversity:An Introduction, Blackwell Publishing, UK.
Kennish J.M. (1992). Ecology of Estuaries: Anthropogenic Effects, CRC Press, London.
Odum, E.P. ve Barrett, G.W. (2008). Ekolojinin Temel Ilkeleri (Çev. Kani Işık, 5. baskı), Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theorical Lecture and Assignment

Assessment Methods

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

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ferah.kocak@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	2	24
Preparation for midterm exam	1	15	15
Preparation for final exam	1	30	30
Preparing assignments	1	30	30
Reading	7	2	14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	4	48
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6
LO.1	4	5	5	5	3	3
LO.2	5	5	4	5	4	4
LO.3	4	5	5	5	3	3
LO.4	4	5	5	5	4	4
LO.5	3	5	5	5	4	4
LO.6	5	5	5	5	4	4
LO.7	5	5	4	5	4	4
LO.8	5	5	5	5	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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