COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMB 6000 ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

Explain the fundamentals of ecosystem structure and function. Explain how ecological communities change in both space and time. Define biodiversity and explain why biodiversity is important

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   : Describe how organisms interact with each other and their environments
2   : Compare air, water and soil as environmental media providing resources and determining living conditions for organisms
3   Explain the fundamentals of ecosystem structure and function
4   : Explain how ecological communities change in both space and time
5   : Define biodiversity and explain why biodiversity is important
6   : Diagram the major cycles and be able to explain how human activity has altered this cycle
7   : Discuss current environmental issues in an ecological context

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of community, types of community, characteristics of species which are formed community
2 The concept of ecosystem
3 Specifications and elements of ecosystems, biotic and abiotic factors
4 Climate systems of the world
5 Geology and soil, natural ecosystems, the balance of water and energy
6 Structure of vegetation, succession, primary production
7 Energy flow through ecosystems, producers, consumers
8 Midterm exam
9 Ecological pyramid, net production
10 Soil-plant relation
11 Biodiversity
12 Biogeochemical cycles (water, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, sulfur)
13 Change of climate
14 Management of ecosystem
15 Sustainable ecosystem
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Attiwill P M and Leeper G W, Forest Soils and Nutrient Cycles. 1987 Melbourne University Press.
Aydin H, Dogan Y, S Baslar S (2007) Ekosistem Kavrami ve Ogretimi. In: Dogan Y (ed), Farkli Ekosistemler ve Cevre Egitimi, CEVKOR, Izmir.
Baslar S, Dogan Y, Mert HH (2007) Karasal Ekosistemlerde Yayilis Gosteren Bitkiler. In: Dogan Y (ed), Farkli Ekosistemler ve Cevre Egitimi, CEVKOR, Izmir.
Chapin FS, Matson P, Mooney HA (2002) Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology. Spinger-Verlag Inc., New York.
Gaston KJ, Spicer J (1998) Biodiversity, an introduction. Blackwell Science Malden MA.
Hagen JBP (1992) An Entangled Bank: The Origins of Ecosystem Ecology. Rutgers University Press, Piscataway, NJ.
Kışlalıoğlu M, Berkes F (1994) Ekoloji ve Çevre Bilimleri. Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul.
Kocataş A (1994) Ekoloji Çevre Biyolojisi. Ege Üniv. Basımevi, Izmir.
Öztürk M ve ark. (1998) Çevre Eğitiminde Temel Kavramlar, Çev-Kor Çevre Eğitim Merkezi Yayınları No: 5, Izmir.

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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Midterm Preparation 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Paper Preparation 2 15 30
Research Presentation 2 15 30
Final Exam 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 186

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.123
LO.223
LO.323
LO.423
LO.523
LO.623
LO.723

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