COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD SELECT. 7 (BIODIVERSITY)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIY 4127 FIELD SELECT. 7 (BIODIVERSITY) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ELIF GAMZE ÖZCAN

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

Species and communities cannot be isolated from their habitats. Natural reserves aims to conserve habitats that destroyed by anthropogenical pollutants by controlling non-degraded fields. During this course, conservation statuses and management of nature reserves will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students know conservation areas with official status
2   Students can interpret the status of biodiversity on protected areas
3   Students know ideal management and protection methods in these areas
4   Students are able to express Turkey's obligations on protected areas according to international agreements
5   Students can identify problems in natural protected areas and close around them

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is biodiversity and why is it important
2 Sustainable development and biodiversity
3 International responsibilities
4 National approaches
5 Biodiversity of Turkey
6 Genetic diversity and species diversity
7 Ecosystems: Forest Ecosystems, Step ecosystems, Wetland Ecosystems, Coastal and Marine Ecosystems and Mountain Ecosystems
8 Mid-term exam
9 Biological safety
10 Threats to biodiversity
11 Taken precautions for conservation of biological diversity
12 Conservation of species and Area Protection.
13 The Protection of Areas (in-situ)in Turkey
14 Ex-situ Conservation, Politics, Development Plans, Strategy, Legal and Institutional Framework

Recomended or Required Reading

Kocataş, A. (1994). Ekoloji ve Çevre Biyolojisi. Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, Izmir, 564 p.

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 Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 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)

behlul.guler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Web Search and Library Research 1 8 8
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 110

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

CONTACT INFORMATION
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