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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS BIY 3108 MARINE BIOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KEREM CANLI

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn bioecological features of marine flora and fauna 2   Water resources should be kept clean, food is a source of coupling 3   To learn wealth of aquatic life and ecosystems 4   The effects of global warming and pollution on aquatic life are expected to understand and contribute to prevent this situation 5   To ensure the establishment of the connection between sea, ocean, and environmental conditions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction: the historical development of Marine biology 2 General features of the oceans and seas 3 Sedimentation events 4 General composition and physicochemical properties of sea water 5 Waves and currents in oceans and seas 6 Marine, organisms of the marine, marine biota 7 Marine plants and Marine Animals 8 Overview 9 Marine ecology, Pelagic and Benthic zones 10 Ecological factors and the effects on organisms, 11 Abiotic factors 12 Biotic Factors 13 Communities living in the Pelagic Zone 14 Communities living in the Benthic Zone

Recomended or Required Reading

Kocataş, A, Geldiay, R. Deniz Biyolojisi, Ege Üniversitesi Su ürünleri Fakültesi, 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned and presented in a discussion session. In some weeks of the course, results of the homework given previously are discussed.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1 2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2 3 LAB LABORATORY 4 FIN FINAL EXAM 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 50 / 300 + MTE2 * 50 / 300 + LAB * 50 / 300 + FIN * 0.50 6 RST RESIT 7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 50 / 300 + MTE2 * 50 / 300 + LAB * 50 / 300 + 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 Tutorials 14 2 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 Preparation for final exam 1 15 Final 1 3 Midterm 1 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 0

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 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 LO.2 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 LO.3 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 LO.4 5 4 4 LO.5 5 4 4 4 4