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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
BYL 5001	MODERN ECOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KEREM CANLI

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

Population growth, resources, environmental deterioration and pollution, ecosystems and their working mechanisms, main ecosystems and their problems, enviromental economy and politics, dangers, risks and human health, sustainable World community.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Understanding what is Ecology.
2	Understanding what is Environment.
3	Realizing the difference between Ecology and Environment
4	Perceiving enviromental ethics
5	Studying current environmental problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Population, natural sources, pollution
2	Ecosystems and ecosystem mecanisms
3	Main ecosystems and their problems
4	Air pollution and it's effects on organisms
5	Water sources and water pollution
6	Global climate change
7	Soil compenents, types and properties
8	Overview
9	Chemical wastes
10	Nuclear wastes
11	Environmental protection areas
12	Envronmental ethics
13	Difference between Ecology and Environment
14	Actual environmental problems

Recomended or Required Reading

- Erdem, Ü., Doğan, F., Henden, E., Onoğur, E., Öztürk, M.,Türkan, I.,Nurlu, E. & Sunlu, U. (1999). Çevre Bilimi (Sürdürülebilir Dünya). Ege Üniversitesi Çevre Sorunları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Yayınları No:1, Izmir, 498 p.
- Külköylüoğlu, O. (2006). Çevre ve Çevre (Insan-Doğa Ilişkisi). Abant Izzet Baysal Üniversitesi Basımevi Işletmesi, Bolu, 276 p.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will consist of lectures, class discussions, presentations.

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

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)

Prof. Dr. Barbaros ÇETIN
barbaros.cetin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13:00 / 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	3	42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	4	56
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	12	12
Preparing assignments	4	5	20
Preparing presentations	2	6	12
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10
LO.1	5		4	5	3		5	5
LO.2	5		4	5	3		5	5
LO.3	5		4	5	3	3	5	5
LO.4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5
LO.5	5		5	4	5	5	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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