Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Spring 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 | ERDOĞAN ÇİÇEK (erdogancicek@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| Developing technology, the convenience offered to our lives, as well as the environmental pollution of this nature and size of development to teach, to make life more perfect, more healthy and ensure a long life for the purpose of these developments, both in rural and urban areas, whether natural resources, breaking the water, air, caused by soil pollution, the harm done to determine the existence of plant and animal. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Will have a basic knowledge about the negative effects of man on ecosystems. |
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-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-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 Presentation Performance Project |
| LO-2 | Food, nutrient cycles and energy flow can be fully informed of |
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-7 Are able to make use of computer software as well as communication and information technology required by the field of Biology at an advanced level |
Examination Oral Examination Presentation |
| LO-3 | Development of technology to disrupt the natural resources of water, air and soil pollution caused by damage caused by the presence of plants and animals can learn |
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 |
Examination Presentation Performance Project |
| LO-4 | May have information about ecotoxicology |
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-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 Oral Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| The concept of the ecosystem. Energy flow in ecosystems, as an environmental factor, cutting relationship of population growth in an increase in food production, harmful animals and birkilerle war, surrounding the persistence of pesticides, effects of pesticides on human sa?????, air pollution, the environment and human health effects of air pollution, water pollution, water pollution types , pollution of inland waters, waste water purification | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Definition of ecosystem structure and trophic | Oral expression |
| 2 | Matter cycles | Oral expression |
| 3 | The laws of thermodynamics and energy flow | Oral expression |
| 4 | Atmospheric structure | Oral expression |
| 5 | Air pollution | Oral expression |
| 6 | Climate | |
| 7 | The greenhouse effect and global warming | Oral expression |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Water ecosystems | Oral expression |
| 10 | Water pollution | Oral expression |
| 11 | Soil | Oral expression |
| 12 | Soil pollution | Oral expression |
| 13 | Noise pollution | Oral expression |
| 14 | Population growth | Oral expression |
| 15 | Negative impact of population growth on natural ecosystems | Oral expression |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Boşgelmez, A., Boşgelmez, İ. İ., Savaşçı, S., Paslı, N. 2001. Ekoloji II: Toprak. | |
| 2 | Boşgelmez, A., Boşgelmez, İ. İ., Savaşçı, S., Paslı, N., Kaynaş, S. 2000. Ekoloji I. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Bo?gelmez, A., Bo?gelmez, ?. ?., Sava?ç?, S., Pasl?, N. 2001. Ekoloji II: Toprak. Bo?gelmez, A., Bo?gelmez, ?. ?., Sava?ç?, S., Pasl?, N., Kayna?, S. 2000. Ekoloji I. Isvak. Krebs, C. J. 1985. Ecology: The experimental analysis of distribution and abundance. Harper & Row, New York. Odum, E. P. and Barret, G. W., 2005, Fundamentals of Ecology, Fifth Edition, Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning Inc., Ontario, 598p. Smith, R. L. 1992.Elements of Ecology, 3rd edition, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., USA ?i?li, M.N., 1996.Ekoloji. Yeni Fersa Matbaac?l?k, Ankara. | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| 7.Performance Project | 12 | 2 | 5 |
| 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 | 6 | 18 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| c) Performance Project | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| mid-term exam | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Own study for final exam | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| final exam | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 175 | ||