COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC ENTOMOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PAR 5010 BASIC ENTOMOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Medical Parasitology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR SONGÜL BAYRAM DELIBAŞ

Offered to

Medical Parasitology

Course Objective

Arthropods and associate with fight against vectors,physiopathology of their disease will be learn via theoretical and application

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define and discuss artropods
2   List the infections that artropods can transmit and associate with fight against vectors
3   Describe major properties of insects and identify
4   Describe major properties of mites and identify
5   The ability to diagnose arthropods in the patient or in the patient's material
6   Outline insecticides

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General characteristics of arthropods and arthropod classification
2 History of arthropods
3 General characteristics to insect, phlebotomus and their parasitism
4 Mosquitos and their parasitism
5 Myasis and their parasitism
6 Simulium, tabanus, and their parasitism
7 Pediculidae spp and their vector characterictics
8 Pulex spp and their vector charactesitics
9 Cimex lectularis and their parasitism
10 Genaral information about acaridae, Sarcoptes scabiei and D.folliculorum
11 Ticks and their their vector characterictics
12 Other acaridae (Dermanisidler, pyemotesler, trombikulitises)
13 Insecticid using for fights to arthropods (insecticids)
14 Fights to arthropods (except insecticids)

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Arthropod Disease and Vectors, Ed MA Özcel, 1997

Supplementary Book(s):
1. Ozcel s Medical Parasite Disease Ed. MA Özcel, 2007
2. General Parasitology, Gülendame Saygı, 1999
3. Medical Parasitology, Kursat Altıntas, 2005
4. Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, Ed. Lynne Shore Garcia, 2007
5. Markell And Voge's Medical Parasitology, Ed. William A. Petri, David T. John, 2006
6. Atlas of Human Parasitology, Ed. Lawrence R., 2007

Materials: It will be used artropod preparats in application.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Learning theoretical lesson and tasks, discussion lectures, preparation presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Semester exam will be in classical format and evaluated to 100 points.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+90 232 412 45 40

Office Hours

Tuesday, 13.30 -14.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 14 2 28
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Reading 1 18 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.155444
LO.25533
LO.35433
LO.45433
LO.5334
LO.633