COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODERN ECOLOGY

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

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