COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANIMAL BEHAVIOURS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
VET 2013 ANIMAL BEHAVIOURS COMPULSORY 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GÖKÇEN GÜVENÇ BAYRAM

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

To give information to students by explaining the behavior in different animal species and the mechanisms underlying these behaviors.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Definition of behavior, knows the neural and hormonal systems including animal behavior.
2   Explains the effects of domestication on behavior.
3   Knows and explains the resting and sleeping behaviors of animals.
4   Knows behavioral changes in animals depending on heat and environmental conditions.
5   Knows the feeding and destructive behaviors of animals according to species.
6   Explains sexuality and maternal behaviors in animals according to species.
7   Knows the differences in play and social behavior in puppies.
8   Knows the effects of stress on behavior in animals.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of behavior, effects of domestication on behavior
2 Neural and hormonal control of behavior
3 Regulation of body temperature, warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals, hibernation
4 Adaptation of cold and heat in animals
5 Sleeping behaviors in animals
6 Basic behaviors in dogs
7 Basic behaviors in cats
8 Basic behaviors in farm animals
9 Basic behaviors in horses
10 Basic behaviors in pigs
11 Different types of social behavior
12 Different types of social behavior
13 Foraging, hunting and feeding behaviors in animals
14 Effects of stress on behavior

Recomended or Required Reading

Physiology of Small and Large Animal (RUCKEBUSCH Y., PHANEUF, L., 1991)
2 Hayvan Davranışları (Cengiz, F., 2008, Bursa)
3 Hayvan Davranışı (Animal Behavior) (Michael D. Breed, Janice Moore; Çeviri Editörü: Prof. Dr. Nusret Ayyıldız, 2015)
4 Hayvan Davranışları Temel Ögeler (Prof. Dr. Ayla Öber, 2007)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, video narration, question-answer, discussion, research, student presentations and homework

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will be evaluated with the questions to be asked in the midterm and final exam or oral-presentation homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The responsibility of continuing to 70% of theoretical courses during the semester belongs to the student.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Deparment of Physiology, Kiraz, Izmir/TURKEY.

e-mail: gokcen.guvencbayram@deu.edu.tr
Phone: +90 232 572 35 30- 14 537

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 38

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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