COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PARASITOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ERKAN ÖZCAN

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To provides basic information on the morphology, biology and significance of living things from single cells to vertebrate animals, including parasite and host relationships, parasites life cycles, parasite appearance and adaptations, economic value, and so on.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn parasitic and parasitic types.
2   To be able to distinguish between parasite and host relationships.
3   To be able to learn life cycle, appearance, adaptations and economic value of parasites
4   To be able to comprehend the morphology, biology and importance of living organisms causing parasites from single cells to vertebrate animals.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts about types of parasites and parasites
2 Interference and host relationships
3 Interference and host relationships
4 Life cycles of parasites
5 Appearances and adaptations of parasites
6 Economic values of parasites
7 Economic values of parasites
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 Morphology, biology and importance of living things that make up single-celled to invertebrate animals.
10 Morphology, biology and importance of living things that make up single-celled to invertebrate animals.
11 Morphology, biology and importance of living things that make up single-celled to invertebrate animals.
12 Morphology, biology and importance of living things that make up single-celled to invertebrate animals.
13 Morphology, biology and importance of living things that make up single-celled to invertebrate animals.
14 Morphology, biology and importance of living things that make up single-celled to invertebrate animals.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Migrant, General Parasitology, Ege University Science Faculty Books Series 168, Ege University Press, Bornova Izmir, 2000

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, demonstration, discussion, experiment, observation techniques.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Course topics according to learning outcomes will be assessed via midterm, homeworks, and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendence rule is 70% for the lectures and 80% for the laboratory section.
Attemps to cheat may result in disciplinary actions.
The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes may be added to midterm and final grades. Students will be informed at the beginning of the semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ridvan.kete@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 1 13 13
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.143222434323
LO.244232343212
LO.344233343342
LO.443113453233

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