COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE BIOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIY 4118 MARINE BIOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ISA GÖKLER

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

The historical development of Marine biology; Determination of Oceanography of the data; Position and depth determination; Bottom sediment ways of inclusion; Examination of the physical properties of water; The chemical properties of water; Taking biological samples; marine environment classification; Marine ecological factors; The effects of dissolved gases, and organisms; Effects of nutrients and organisms in the seas, Food and nutrition factor, pelagic and benthic organisms; Applied Oceanography topics in biology.

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 Mid-term exam
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 MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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)

veysel.aysel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 11 2 22
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Web Search and Library Research 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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