COURSE UNIT TITLE

: APPLIED ECOLOGY EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMB 5015 APPLIED ECOLOGY EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

: Ecological approach and ecological planning on maintenance of natural resources, effects of ecological problems on ecosystems, solutions on ecological problems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Nutrient.cycles on ecosystems
2   Energy change patterns on ecosystems
3   Identification of ecologicaly sensitive areas
4   Ecological knowledge on planning steps
5   : Relationships between natural resource management and applied ecology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and basic terms on applied ecology
2 Natural resources and management
3 Ecological problems impacted on natural resources, population increase, environmental pollution
4 energy, carbon balence and global climate change
5 Land use and its ecological effects
6 Ecological sensitivity, ecological sensitive areas and ecosystems
7 Human and ecosystems
8 Midterm exam
9 Problems awaiting of humanity
10 Potentials on decrease of ecological problems in ecosytems (in special for global warming)
11 Global warming and forests
12 Applied ecology and natural resource management
13 Environmental impact assessment
14 Ecological approaches on management of forest ecosystems
15 Natural resource conservation
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Newman, E. I. 2000. Applied ecology and environmental management. - 2nd ed. Blackwell Publishing, Ingiltere
Odum, E.P., Barret, G.W., 2008. Ekolojinin Temel Ilkeleri. Beşinci Baskıdan Çeviri. Çeviri Editörü Prof.Dr. Kani IŞIK. Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, Türkiye.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, individual work, question-answer

Assessment Methods

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


*** 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 3 39
Application 0
Pre Class Self Study 13 5 65
Midterm Preparation 1 10 10
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Paper Preparation 2 15 30
Research Presentation 2 15 30
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1233311
LO.2233311
LO.3233311
LO.4233311
LO.52333