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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
BYL 6019	ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR	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 YUSUF KUMLUTAŞ

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

It aims to understand the causes of animal behavior, and the formation and control mechanisms of these behaviors.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Understand the reasons for animal behavior.
2	Comprehend the physiology of behavior.
3	Define the behavioral patterns in animals.
4	Can define what social behavior is.
5	Define the feeding behavior of animals.
6	Define the informatics mechanisms in animals.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Establishing a general perspective of animal behavior
2	Models of animal behavior
3	Basic principles of behavioral genetics
4	Behavioral physiology
5	Behavior types: learning and intelligence
6	Behavior types: movement and migration
7	Behavior types: foraging
8	overview
9	Behavior types: defensive
10	Behavior types: mating
11	Behavior types: nesting and parenting
12	Behavior types: social cooperation
13	Methods of observing behavior
14	The future of animal behavior

Recomended or Required Reading

- Hayvan Davranışı, 2015. Çev. Ed. Prof. Dr. Nusret Ayyıldız, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık Eğitim Danışmanlık. Animal Behavior, Breed, M.D. and Moore, J. 2012. Elsevier Inc.
-Hayvan Davranışları (Temel Öğeler), 2007. Öber, A., Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık Eğitim Danışmanlık.

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

mid-term and final exams

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 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://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yusuf.kumlutas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To 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	12	12
Preparation for final exam	1	17	17
Preparing assignments	6	6	36
Preparing presentations	1	6	6
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			160

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	5	4	4		5		4
LO.2	5	4	4		5		4			4		3
LO.3	4	5	4			3	4		5	4	4
LO.4	4	5	5	5		3	4		5		4
LO.5	5	5	5				4
LO.6	5	5	5				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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