COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AN INTRODUCTION TO MARINE SCIENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DEN 5001 AN INTRODUCTION TO MARINE SCIENCE COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8

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
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
MARINE CHEMISTRY
UNDERWATER ARCHAELOGY

Course Objective

The students understand main events occurring in the marine ecosystem and in multidisciplinary studies have a capability to interpret cause-result relationships in the ecosystem using knowledge obtained from the course as well as analysis of the interactions between ocean basins, ocean waves, currents, marine sources, marine communities and sea water peculiarities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to understand the geological characteristics of marine environment such as earth structure and plate tectonics, continental margins, deep ocean basins and to classify sediment sources and particle size. Be capable of interpreting collected data by means of actual equipment using in multidisciplinary studies.
2   The students understand ocean circulation, wave dynamics and wave types, tides and the forces that generate them as well as physical characteristics of seawater. They will gain the ability to evaluate outcomes of the projects conducted by multidisciplinary teams
3   To interpret and offer solutions about the variables defining the chemical properties of sea water, the factors affecting these variables and the effects are caused on marine ecosystem.
4   To plan the studies including different disciplines and to be creative while solving the problems by using their initiative.
5   Be able to interpret biological characteristics of marine environment, relationship between marine communities and marine organisms, sustainable exploitation of natural resources, climatic changes and pollution impacts on marine environment. At the same time they will have the ability to provide alternative suggestions for resolving problems.
6   Students make comments about different study fields like ecology, biology, geology, physical and chemical oceanography and link these fields up.
7   Be able to take responsibilities in the researches and tending to invent
8   To plan a research as an individual in the studies about marine environment and make decisions independently.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Earth structure and plate tectonics
2 Continental margins and ocean basins
3 Characteristics of Sediment
4 Nutrients
5 The source of chlorine and pollutants
6 Mid-term exam
7 Physical characteristics of ocean
8 Currents and waves
9 Tsunami and sea level changes
10 Assignment presentation
11 Primary productivity and plankton
12 Marine communities
13 Marine sources
14 Sampling equipment used in different disciplines and their working principle

Recomended or Required Reading

Garrison T.,2001. Oceanography, USA, Brooks/Cole, 552 pp

Nybakken, J.W.,1988. Marine Biology, An Ecological Approach, USA Harper and Row,
513pp.

Cognetti, G and Cognetti G.,1992. Inquinamenti e Protezione Del Mare, Calderini,
Bologno, 318pp.

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

Participation is obligatory 70% of lectures

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam (%30): LO1, LO2
Assignment (%20): LO1, LO2,LO3
Final (%50): LO1,LO2,LO4,LO5,LO6,LO7, LO8

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 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Reading 5 4 20
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.145534455444
LO.244544455444
LO.345554455454
LO.435545455444
LO.544534455444
LO.645544455444
LO.745544455444
LO.854544455444

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