COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 1006 ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DELIA TERESA SPONZA

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

TO INVESTIGATE OF THE REALTIONSHIPS BETWEEN ATMOSPHER, LITOSPHER, PEDOSPHER AND AQUATIC ECOCYSTEMS
TO LEARN THE SYMBIOTIC RELATHIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORGANISMS( MUTUALISM, COMMENSALIZM AND PARAZITISM
TO LEARN THE ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE ECOCYSTEMS TO LEARN THE PHOTOSENTHESIS AND KEMOSYHTHESIS EVENTS
TO LEARN THE ENERGY PRODUCTION ACCORDING TO THE THROPIC LEVELS
TO LEARN THE RAIN AND DROUGHT EVENTSTO LEARN THE SUMMER, WINTER, SPRING AND FALL EVENTS IN A LAKE ECOSYSTEM ( TERMOCLINE, EPILIMNION, HYPOLIMNION LAYERS AND TURN-OVER EVENTS)
TO LEARN THE C, N, P ANS S CYCLES

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   IT HAS ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT BASIC SCIENCES AND GENERAL ENGINEERING INFORMATION
2   IT HAS ENOGH INFORMATION ABOUT PREVENT AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND MANAGE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATURAL SOURCES
3   IT USE THE INFORMATIONS RELEVANT TO BASIC SCIENCE, GENERAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
4   IT ANALYSE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ECOSYSTEMS WITH INTEGRATED WAYS
5   IT ANALYSE THE ORGANISMS IN THE ECOCYSTEMS AND HAS ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 WHAT IS EKOLOGY PROPERTIES OF AUTOEKOLOGY, SINECOLOGY AND DEMECOLOGY
2 FLORA, FAUNA, BIOTOP, BIOSONOSE, EKOLOGIC NISSH, COMMUNITY AND POPULATION
3 AQUATIC ( SALINE AND FREASH WATER ECOSYSTEMS) AND TERRESTIAL ECOSYSTEMS
4 PREPERTIES OF BIOSHERE, TROPOSPHER, PEDOSPHERE , LITOSPHERE AND ATMOSPHERE
5 RELATHIONSHIPS BETWEEN PHOTOSYNTHESIS, PRIMARY PRODUCTION, NUTRITION PYRAMIDE, AND THROPHIC LEVELS
6 ABIOTIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE ECOSYSTEM ( TEMPERATURE, HYDRAUSTATIC PRESSURE, VISCOZITY, OXYGEN, REDOX POTENTIAL)
7 BIOTIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE ECOSYSTEM ( SYMBIOSIS, MUTUALIZM, SINERGISM, COMMENSALISM AND PARASITIZM)
8 ESTIVATION, HYBERNATION IN AQUATIC AND TERRESTIAL ECOSYSTEMS , ADAPTATION TO THE EXTREM TEMPERATURES, SYCLOMORPHOSIS AND ACCLIMATION,RADIATION PHENOMENON
9 RAIN, HUMIDITY,DROUGHT, WATER LOSSES, IMIGRATION, HYDROPHIL ORGANISMS, MESOBY, HYDROBY, XERIBI
10 GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES ( C, N, SAND P)
11 HOME- WORK PRESENTATIONS
12 MID TERM EXAM
13 CLIMATE CHANGES
14 SUMMER-WINTER,AUTUMN-SPRING PROFILES IN LAKE ECOSYSTEMS

Recomended or Required Reading

MICROBIAL EKOLOGY PROF. DR. MEHMET ÖNER 1992
ENVIRONMENTAL EKOLOGY PROF. DR. AHMET KOCATAŞ
POWER POINT PRESENTATION PROF. DR. DELIA TERESA SPONZA

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

QUIZ, HOME WORK, MID TERM EXAM AND FINAL EXAM

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 * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


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. DELIA TERESA SPONZA
DEU, ENG. FACULTY, ENVIRONMENTAL ENG. DEPT. BUCA IZMIR

Office Hours

THURSDAY 1,2,3 AND 4 TH HOURS

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 9 9
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 0 0
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Midterm 1 5 5
Quiz etc. 1 4 4
Final 1 6 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 79

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.25
LO.355
LO.455
LO.55

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