COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENDEMIC VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYL 5063 ENDEMIC VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF TURKEY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÇETIN ILGAZ

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide information on endemism, the contribution of geographical features of Turkey on endemism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand Turkey's Zoogeographical importance
2   To obtain information on Turkey's vertebrate taxa
3   To learn endemic vertebrate species and their distribution in Turkey
4   To be able to recognize geographic regions that contains endemic species in our country
5   To learn information and methods related to conservation of species in Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The factors affecting animal life and their distributions
2 Turkey zoogeography and The importance of Turkey in the animal kingdom
3 Turkey zoogeography and The importance of Turkey in the animal kingdom
4 Endemism and reasons
5 Endemic fishes of Turkey and threatening factors
6 Endemic amphibians of Turkey and threatening factors
7 Endemic amphibians of Turkey and threatening factors
8 Endemic reptiles of Turkey and threatening factors
9 Midterm Examination
10 Endemic reptiles of Turkey and threatening factors
11 Endemic birds of Turkey and threatening factors
12 Endemic mammals of Turkey and threatening factors
13 Vertebrate species which show narrow distribution are nonendemic species for our country but called area endemic and their threats
14 Vertebrate species which show narrow distribution are nonendemic species for our country but called area endemic and their threats
15 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Baran, I. & Atatür, M. K. 1998. Türkiye Herpetofaunası (Kurbağa ve Sürüngenler), Çevre
Bakanlığı-Ankara, ISBN 975-7347-37-X, 1-214.
Baran, I., Ilgaz, Ç., Avcı, A., Kumlutaş, Y. & Olgun, K. 2012. Türkiye Amfibi ve Sürüngenleri,
Tübitak Popüler Bilim Kitapları, ISBN 978-975-403-703-6, 1-204.
Başoğlu, M. & Baran, I. 1977. Türkiye Sürüngenleri Kısım I, Kaplumbağalar ve Kertenkeleler,
Ege Üniv. Fen Fak. Kitaplar Serisi, Izmir, No: 76.
Başoğlu, M. & Baran, I. 1998. Türkiye Sürüngenleri Kısım II, Yılanlar, Ege Üniv. Fen Fak.
Kitaplar Serisi, Izmir, No: 81.
Başoğlu, M., Özeti, N. & Yılmaz, I. 1994. Türkiye Amfibileri, Ege Üniv. Fen Fak. Kitaplar Serisi,
Izmir, No: 151.
Demirsoy, A. 1996. Genel ve Türkiye Zoocoğrafyası, Meteksan A. Ş.-Ankara.
Geldiay, R., Balık, S. Türkiye Tatlısu Balıkları, Ege Üniversitesi Su Ürünleri Fakültesi Yayınları
No:46, Ders Kitabı Dizini No: 16. 1996.
Kuru, M. Omurgalı Hayvanlar.. Gazi Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi. Ankara. 841 Sayfa.
Türkiye Çevre Sorunları Vakfı. Türkiye nin Biyolojik Zenginlikleri. Ankara. 318 sayfa. 1990.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm exams, quiz, homework presentation and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cetin.ilgaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparation for quiz etc. 4 3 12
Preparing assignments 6 1 6
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 4 1 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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