COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COLOURATION IN ANIMALS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYL 6003 COLOURATION IN ANIMALS 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 aim of the course is to get the students acquainted with the colour reproducing structures; colourations and behaviour relations, and also chromatic changes in animals.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn colouration of vertebrates and invertebrates
2   Understanding importance of structural and adaptation colouration in animals
3   To adapted contemporary life with colouration in animals
4   To investigate data base related colouration in animals and transfer the obtainging data with orally or in writing
5   To obtain establishing between environmental factors and colouration in animals
6   To adapt importance of colouration in animals with environmental problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Intoduction to colouration in animals
2 Colouration in invertebrates
3 Structural colours in invertebrates
4 Colouration in invertebrates related pigmentation
5 Adaptation colouration of invertebrates (Camouflage) 1-Cryptical colouration 2-Confusion caused colouration
6 Adaptation colouration of invertebrates (Camouflage) 3-Warning coloration 4 - Opposite shadowing
7 Adaptation colouration of invertebrates (Camouflage) 5-Seasonal and sexuality discoloration 6 Bioluminescence
8 Colouration in vertebrates
9 Intermediate Examination
10 Colouration in fishes
11 Colouration in amphibians
12 Colouration in reptiles
13 Colouration in birds
14 Colouration in mammals

Recomended or Required Reading

Kence, A., Türkiye nin Biyolojik Zenginlikleri , Türkiye Çevre Sorunları Vakfı, Ankara, 1990. Dungan, P. J., Sulak Alanların Korunması , IUCN-Conservation Union, DHKD, Istanbul, 1990. Kalelioğlu, U., Özkan, N., Türkiye nin Taraf Olduğu Uluslararası Çevre Sözleşmeleri , Izmir Barosu Yayınları, Izmir, 2000.

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 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparation for quiz etc. 3 3 9
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
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) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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