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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / BYL 515 - BIOLOGY (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: BYL 515 Course Title: SAMPLING AND COLLECTION IN ZOOLOGY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BIOLOGY (MASTER'S DEGREE)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SEVİL SUNGUR (sevilsungur@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To provide information about the phases of preparing collection of animal specimens

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can give examples to the zoological materials PO-1 Have an advanced level of knowledge about the recent and best practices in Biology, deepen and expand their knowledge on the expert level, conduct and assess the analyses by employing statistical methods
Examination
LO-2 can do practical work in the relevant field PO-2 Plan experiments and carry out original researches in the field by making use of the theoretical and practical knowledge at the expert level that they have obtained in their field
Examination
LO-3 can find and apply the method to be applied according to different animal groups PO-3 Make use of the knowledge they have in order to find a solution to problems by analyzing, comparing and questioning them and can carry out original research in the related field on their own
PO-5 Evaluate the knowledge and skills in a critical way in every activity regarding the field, thereby guiding their learning
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Collection of animal specimens in the field, transport of laboratory, the killing, making the preservation and collection materials
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Field studies and rules in study Exlanation
2 Sample collection Exlanation
3 Collection of invertebrate animals Exlanation
4 Collection of insect samples Exlanation
5 Collection of vertebrate animals Exlanation
6 The traps, trap types Exlanation
7 Transportation of samples to laboratory Exlanation
8 mid-term exam
9 Labeling Exlanation
10 Protection and storage of the samples Exlanation
11 Land protection and storage Exlanation
12 Preservation and storage of samples transported to the laboratory Exlanation
13 Storage of the samples used in molecular studies Exlanation
14 Placing the collection of samples Exlanation
15 Samples exhibiting Exlanation
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Kıyak, S. Entomolojik Müze Metotları, 2000, Öğün Matbaacılık, Ankara
Required Course instruments and materials
Kiyak, S. Methods of Entomological Museum, 2000, Ögün Press, Ankara

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 13 39
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 5 7 35
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 5 12 60
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 180