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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / BYL 541 - BIOLOGY (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: BYL 541 Course Title: BIOECOLOGY OF INVERTEBRATES 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 AYSEL KEKİLLİOĞLU (akekillioglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) AYSEL KEKİLLİOĞLU,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To understand the general rules systematically and Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Nemertae, Nematoda, Rotifera, Annelida, and Mollusca branches reproductive, excretory, circulatory, digestive, etc. to provide information on the biological properties

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Learns rules for the naming of the species. 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
PO-5 Evaluate the knowledge and skills in a critical way in every activity regarding the field, thereby guiding their learning
PO-8 Evaluate how the important personalities, events and phenomena that have made essential contributions to the development of Biology that might have impact on their field of practice
Examination
LO-2 Understands the branches of Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Nemertae, Nematoda, Rotifera, Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda and Echinodermata with system properties of reproductive, circulatory, excretory, digestive, skeletal, muscle, movement and so on. 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
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
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-4 Have the qualification and capability to gain admission to doctoral programs, R&D units or occupations related to the field with the knowledge they have gathered in the field
Examination
LO-3 Discussed the biological, ecological and economic importance of Invertebrate animal branches. PO-4 Have the qualification and capability to gain admission to doctoral programs, R&D units or occupations related to the field with the knowledge they have gathered in the field
PO-5 Evaluate the knowledge and skills in a critical way in every activity regarding the field, thereby guiding their learning
PO-8 Evaluate how the important personalities, events and phenomena that have made essential contributions to the development of Biology that might have impact on their field of practice
PO-10 Monitor and supervise the social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the process of collecting, interpreting, implementing and publishing the data related to the field of Biology and teach those values
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The rules of animal systematic and systematic, Invertebrate animals, Preparation and examination of the culture of protozoa, Regnum: Protista, Phylum: Porifera, Phylum: Cnideria, Phylum: Platyhelminthes.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The rules of animal systematic and systematic lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
2 Invertebrate animals lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
3 Preparation and examination of the culture of protozoa lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
4 Regnum: Protista lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
5 Phylum: Porifera lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
6 Phylum: Cnideria lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
7 Phylum: Platyhelminthes lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
8 mid-term exam
9 Phylum: Nematoda lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
10 Phylum: Annelida lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
11 Phylum: Mollusca lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
12 Phylum: Arthropoda lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
13 Phylum: Arthropoda lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
14 Phylum: Echinodermata lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
15 General review lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Omurgasızlar Biyolojisi, Jan A. Pechenik, 6.Baskıdan Çeviri, Nobel yayınları, 2010
2 Omurgasız Hayvanlar Biyolojisi, Selahattin Salman, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara2009
Required Course instruments and materials
Lecture notes

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 2 13 26
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 13 13
       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 8 40
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 5 11 55
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 180