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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
		ELECTIVE

Offered By

Environmental Education Non-Thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BEHLÜL GÜLER

Offered to

Environmental Education Non-Thesis

Course Objective

Through this course designed to students with low ecological knowledge it is aimed to make students know basic concepts and models of the science of environment

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Investigate historical development of the term ecology
2	Define and associate the basic concepts in ecology
3	Explain bio-chemical cycles
4	Define biotic and abiotic factors
5	Evaluate population distributions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	History of ecology, Fundamental concepts of ecology
2	Biotic and abiotic factors
3	Populations and factors limiting distributions
4	Competition, Predation, Herbivory
5	Abundance and distribution at the community level
6	Community structure and stability,
7	Community structure and stability,
8	Biodiversity,
9	Competition, Ecosystems,
10	Productivity,
11	Flow of energy,
12	Primary and secondary production,
13	Nutrient cycles and human impacts
14	Biogeochemical cycles.
15	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1-Agarwal SK (2008) Fundamentals of Ecology. Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi.
2-Barnes RSK, Mann KH (editors)(2009) Fundamentals of Aquatic Ecology. 2nd editions, Blackwell Scientific Publication, Oxford.
3-Begon M, Harper JL, Townsend CR (1990) Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities. Blackwell Science, Boston, MA.
4-Dash MC (1993) Fundamentals of Ecology. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.
5-Kormondy EJ, Brown DE (1998) Fundamentals of Human Ecology. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
6-Krebs CJ (2000) Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance. Addison-Wesley. San Francisco, CA.
7-Odum E, Barrett GW (editors) (2005) Fundamentals of Ecology. 5th editions, Thomson Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA.
8-Townsend CR, Harper JL, Begon M (2000) Essentials of Ecology. Blackwell Science. Malden, MA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

: Homework, students portfolio, mid-term exam, final exam, semester project, inquiry report

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	STT	TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2	FINS	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	STT * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	STT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the term working scores in semester. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation and written homework, end-of-semester final homework and short report presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3.The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores to be taken from these quizzes will be added to the term working scores and final exam scores in semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzat.gumus@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday-16:00; Thursday-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical	13	3	39
Pre Class Self Study	13	5	65
Project Preparation	1	15	15
Final Preparation	1	15	15
Paper Preparation	1	15	15
Research Presentation	1	15	15
Final Exam	1	3	3
Project Assignment	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.3	PO.5	PO.7	PO.8	PO.10
LO.1	3	1	1	2	2	3
LO.2	3	1	1	2	2	3
LO.3	3	1	1	2	2	3
LO.4	3	1	1	2	2	3
LO.5	3	1	1	2	2	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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