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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / BYL 560 - BIOLOGY (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: BYL 560 Course Title: ADVANCED ENTOMOLOGY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
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 AYSEL KEKİLLİOĞLU (akekillioglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) AYSEL KEKİLLİOĞLU,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Insect collection techniques and museum material made to learn how to land the insect to recognize and to collect property to teach, according to the groups eligible sample site selection, sampling methods, data recording and statistical evaluation of teaching, insect diversity is calculated to teach

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 . Knows the specifics of Insect morphology and Systematics in detail . 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-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-9 Transfer in a systematical way the latest developments in Biology and their field of study reinforcing with qualitative and quantitative data to the groups either concerned with the field or not by verbal, visual and written means
Examination
LO-2 Analyzes the Economical, Ecological situation of insects. 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
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-9 Transfer in a systematical way the latest developments in Biology and their field of study reinforcing with qualitative and quantitative data to the groups either concerned with the field or not by verbal, visual and written means
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
LO-3 Implements the methods of collection and preparation insects. 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
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
Insects in the collection techniques and equipment Insects preparation techniques Storage and preservation of insects Taxonomic characters used in insect systematics, keys and diagnostic use Terrestrial land application techniques: Sample site selection, sampling methods
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Insects in the collection techniques and equipment lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
2 Insects preparation techniques lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
3 Storage and preservation of insects lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
4 Taxonomic characters used in insect systematics, keys and diagnostic use lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
5 Terrestrial land application techniques: Sample site selection, sampling methods lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
6 Aquatic land application techniques: Sample site selection, sampling methods lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
7 Public land application techniques: data collection and recording lecture, question-answer, discussion, examples
8 mid-term exam
9 Laboratory techniques, I: preparation of samples Preparation
10 Laboratory techniques II: Sample Diagnosis Preparation
11 Saving data to a computer Analyse with Computer datas
12 Statistical evaluation of data Analyse with Computer datas
13 Land application Land work
14 Land application Land work
15 Laboratory application Laboratory work.
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 ALAOĞLU, Ö., 2001. Entomoloji. Selçuk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Notları 89 s.
Required Course instruments and materials
ALAOGLU, Ö., 2001. Entomology, Selçuk Üniversity Agliculture Fac., lecture notes 89 pp.

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