COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED BIOLOGY II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IFE 5012 ADVANCED BIOLOGY II ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR FERIDE YASEMIN GÜNAY

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

Biological diversity, biological fundamental concepts, recognition of the importance of relations with each other live features and organisms. Working principles of organ systems in animals and understanding the importance of energy flow and communication of animals

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to have the knowledge of biodiversity is an important element of life
2   Being able to explain the importance of the basic concepts of biological properties of organisms.
3   Being able to explain that all living things in nature in relation to each other.
4   Being able to understand the structural characteristics and working principles of the animals.evaluate and encounter the different programs point of view of in sustainability of environment education.
5   Being able to explain the energy transfer and communication between living things for being able to exist in nature.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The basic rules of biology
2 The importance of biological concepts
3 Classification of organisms
4 Diversity of animals
5 The relationship between organisms
6 Animal tissue types
7 Relationships between tissues
8 Midterm exam
9 Animal organ systems (Motion, circulation systems,)
10 Animal organ systems (Respiratory, digestive systems)
11 Animal organ systems (Excretory, nervous systems)
12 Animal organ systems (Endocrine, reproductive systems)
13 Energy flow in organisms. Research articles and presentations
14 Communication in animals. Research articles and presentations
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

-Demirsoy A (1989). Yaşamın Temel Kuralları (G. Biyoloji, G. Zooloji) Cilt-1/Kısım II, Ankara
-Geldiay R ve Geldiay S. Genel Zooloji, E.Ü Basımevi
-Aktümsek A, Ünsal S ve Kalyoncu L (2001). Genel Zooloji ders kitabı. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Istanbul
-Güneş T (2006). Genel Biyoloji, Anı Yayıncılık, Ankara.
-Junqueira LC, Carnerio J, Kelly RO. Basic Histology, 7. Baskı (Çeviri Ed.
Aytekin Y). Barıs Kitabevi, Örünç Ofset, 1993, Istanbul

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Searching literature and presentations, Group works, Question and answer.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The presentations that students make in the class will be assessed by directly adding to the final exam scores.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yasemin.gunay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 2 20 40
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 2 15 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 174

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.14
LO.24322
LO.342232
LO.43432
LO.52333