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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / BYL 626 - BIOLOGY (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: BYL 626 Course Title: GLOBAL WARMING AND BIODIVERSITY 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 RECEP KARA (recepkara@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to create awareness in students by revealing the effects of global warming on biological diversity and the consequences that may occur in the future with numerical data.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Awareness of the importance of the Global warming 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-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-2 Have an idea how under the higher risk of the boidiversity 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-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 Awareness of the solutions and responsibilities 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-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
What are greenhouse effects and global warming? Giving a brief history of global warming and why it is important. Results of global warming for various groups of organisms, particularly organisms closely related with human beings. How organisms react global warming, is it totally has an adverse effects on organisms or some get advantages, defense mechanisms of organisms. Solution offers to global warming and species extinction.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 What are biodiversity and global warming? Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
2 What are the history of the greenhouse effects and global warming? Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
3 Recent Climatic changes measurements and what does it means Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
4 Biological responses to the climatic changes: Distribution and Abundance Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
5 Biological responses to the climatic changes: Distribution and Abundance Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
6 Phenological responses of the wild animal and plants to the climatic changes Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
7 The effects of climatic changes to the main plant groups Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
8 mid-term exam
9 The effects of climatic changes to the main plant grops Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
10 The effects of climatic changes to the main animal groups Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
11 The effects of climatic changes to the main animal groups Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
12 Effects of the greenhouse effects and global warming food chain Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
13 Effects of the greenhouse effects and global warming to evolutionary process of the populations Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
14 Effects of the greenhouse effects and global warming to evolutionary process of the populations Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
15 Possible solutions to the results of the global warming Method of Discussion, Method of Narration
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 7 1 50
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 14 1 50

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 42 126
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       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 1 14 14
mid-term exam 1 14 14
Own study for final exam 1 14 14
final exam 1 14 14
0
0
Total work load; 182