COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ZOOGEOGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FSH 0046 ZOOGEOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty Of Science

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FERHAT MATUR

Offered to

Chemistry
Biology
Computer Science
Statistics
Physics
Mathematics

Course Objective

Upon completion of this course, the student will exhibit an understanding of the basic principles of evolution, contemporary ideas in evolution, macroevolution, and microevolution. Will have idea about how to use evolution algoritm in multidicipliniary studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand evolutionary patterns and how evolutionary relationships are estimated
2   To become a skilled reader and critic of scientific literature.
3   To understand the principles of population genetics, including selection, genetic drift, mutation,
4   To understand the mechanisms of speciation and diversification.
5   To understand the relevance of evolutionary biology to human society

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Science
2 Introduction to Evolution A Short History of Evolutionary Thought
3 Science and Non-Science Origins Darwin s Dangerous Idea
4 HIV Case Study
5 Evidence for Evolution Darwinian Natural Selection
6 Mutation and Genetic Variation
7 midterm
8 Selection and mutation-evolutionary arms race
9 Migration, Genetic Drift and Nonrandom mating
10 Why Sex Sexual Selection
11 Speciation mechanism
12 Extinction
13 Human evolution
14 Multidicipline studies
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Futuyma, D.J. 2008. Evrim. Çeviri editörü: Kence A. Palme yayınevi, Ankara.
Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution., Carroll, R. L., W. H. Freeman and Company, New York. USA. 1988.
Evolution of the Vertebrates. Fourth edtion. Colbert, E. H. & Morales, M., Wiley - Liss & Sons, Inc. Pub. New York. 1991.
Evolutionary Biology. Second edition. Futuyma, D. J., Sinauer Associates, Inc. Pub. Sunderland, Massachusetts. 1986.
Evolutionary consequences of mass extinction. In D.M. Raup and Jablonski (eds.), Jablonski, D., Patterns and process in the history of life. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 1986.

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 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with presentations, homework presentation, final exam and attending class per week

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)

ferhat.matur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 1 1
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 4 1 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 61

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.13
LO.23
LO.33
LO.43
LO.53