COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FUNCTIONAL AND EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS OF SKULL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELIF YILDIRIM CAYNAK

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

To understand the evolution and structural pattern of the skull and its systematic differences in vertebrate classes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Axis specification and head induction in vertebrate embriyos
2 Somitomeres: MezodermalnSegments of the head and trunk
3 Pattern formation and the neural crest
4 Differentiation and morphogenesis of cranial skeletal tissue
5 Epigenetic and functional influences on skull growth
6 Evolutionary origin of the vertebrate skull
7 Segmentation, the adult skull, and the problem of homology, cranial skeleton tissue
8 Overview
9 Patterns of diversity in the skull of vertebrates
10 Mechanisms of skull diversity and evolution
11 Design of feding systems in aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates
12 The skull as a locomotor organ
13 Structural basis of hearingand sound transmission
14 Scaling, allometry and skull design
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1-James Hanken and Brain K. Hall. 1993. The Skull. Development. The University of Chicago Press. pp.587.
2- James Hanken and Brain K. Hall. 1993. The Skull. Patterns of Fuctional and Systematic Diversity. The University of Chicago Press. pp.566.
3- James Hanken and Brain K. Hall. 1993. The Skull. Functional and Evolutionary Mechanisms. The University of Chicago Press. pp.460.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm exams, quiz, homework presentation and final exam.

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. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://fbe.deu.edu.tr/

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yildirim.elif@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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