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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
BYL 6002	NATURE CONSERVATION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÇETIN ILGAZ

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

The importance of nature conservation and natural areas in our country to draw attention to problems, develop a sense of nature conservation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Learning the legal basis of the nature conservation
2	Developing awereness on biodiversity of Türkiye
3	Acknowledging the conservation areas of Türkiye
4	Developing awereness on nature conservation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Significance, aim and the content of the course
2	The terms related with nature, nature conservation and environment, explanations, classifications
3	Historical development of nature conservation (in Türkiye and all around the world)
4	The biodiversity of Türkiye and its significance
5	The reasons of nature conservation and the criteria
6	Localizing and planning of the conservation areas
7	Legal basis and the organizations
8	The pressure on flora and fauna, legal precautions
9	Midterm Examination
10	Classification of conservation areas of Türkiye
11	National parks
12	Nature Conservation Areas
13	Nature parks and monuments
14	Special Nature Conservation Sites

Recomended or Required Reading

Yücel, M., Doğa Koruma Alanları ve Planlanması, Ç.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Peyzaj Mimarlığı Bölümü, Ç.Ü. Ziraat Fak. Genel Yayın No: 104, Adana, 1995.
Çepel, N., Doğa- Çevre Ekoloji ve Insanların Ekolojik Sorunları, Altın Kitaplar Yayınevi, ISBN: 975-348-0-92-34-y-0131-149,Istanbul, 1992.
Özhatay, N. Byfield A., Atay S., Türkiyenin 122 Önemli Bitki Alanı, WWF Türkiye, 2005, s:476.
Ekim, T., Koyuncu M., Vural, M., Duman, H., Aytaç, Z., Adıgüzel N., Türkiye Bitkileri Kırmızı Kitabı (Eğrelti ve Tohumlu Bitkiler), ISBN 975-93611-0-8.
Primack, R. B. (2012). Koruma Biyolojisi (Çev. Ed.leri: A.Ali Dönmez, E.O. Dönmez). Hacettepe Ü. Yayınları, Ankara.
Tektaş A., Aydın B., Yurtgezer, T. (2008). Doğa Koruma ve Planlama, TMMOB Şehir Plancıları Odası, Ankara.

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	QUZ	QUIZ
3	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
4	FIN	FINAL EXAM
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE* 0.30 + QUZ * 0.10 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
6	RST	RESIT
7	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE* 0.30 + QUZ * 0.10 + ASG * 0.10 + 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)

cetin.ilgaz@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	13	3	39
Preparation for midterm exam	1	20	20
Preparation for final exam	1	14	14
Preparation for quiz etc.	3	3	9
Preparing assignments	1	10	10
Preparing presentations	4	2	8
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
Quiz etc.	3	1	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			159

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12
LO.1	3	5	5	4	3	5	5	4
LO.2	4	5	5	3	4	5	5	4		3	5	5
LO.3	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	5	5
LO.4				4	3	5	5			4	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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