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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS OBY 4401 GENERAL ECOLOGY COMPULSORY 4 0 0 5

Offered By

Biology Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To learn general concept of Ecology. To explain major levels of ecological thought: Ecosystems, communities, populations, species and specific habitats.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   describe and explain the properties of ecocystems 2   summaries ecological cyles and explain their importance 3   describe the effects of environmental pollution on living things

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The scope, defination and historical development of ecology 2 Divisions of ecology 3 Basic concepts of ecology 4 Basic concepts of ecology 5 Structure of ecosystems 6 Fuctions of ecosystems 7 Terrestrial ecosystems 8 Mid-term exam 9 Aquatic ecosystems 10 Ecological cycles 11 Ecological cycles 12 Ecological cycles 13 Food chain and energy pyramide 14 Ecological interactions 15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ekoloji. Kocataş, A.,Ege Üniv. Basımevi, Bornova, izmir. 1994

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, question-answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 VZ Ara Sınav 2 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı 3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60 4 BUT Bütünleme Notu 5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Theoretical 13 4 52 Pre Class Self Study 14 2 28 Midterm Preparation 1 10 10 Final Preparation 1 10 10 Paper Preparation 2 10 20 Final Exam 1 1 1 Midterm Exam 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

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 4 2 2 3 2 LO.2 4 2 2 3 2 LO.3 4 2 2 3 2