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| YHEY1003 | Biodiversity | 2+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WILDLIFE ECOLOGY and MANAGEMENT | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Şağdan BAŞKAYA | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | At the end of this course, Students will have information on the role and importance of biodiversity, wildlife conservation and monitoring of the development of biological diversity. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Biodiversity and using the knowledge and skills acquired in the advanced traveler reviews and evaluates data, identifies problems of current technological developments, analyze, research and develop evidence-based solutions.
| | | | LO - 2 : | Biodiversity will have the ability to conceptualize events and facts related to the scientific methods and techniques examines.
| | | | LO - 3 : | Design and perform experiments to study the problems, collect data, analyze and interpret the results.
| | | | LO - 4 : | Executes an advanced independent study on biodiversity.
| | | | LO - 5 : | Biodiversity and unpredictable to solve complex problems encountered in applications related to the individual and as a team member takes responsibility.
| | | | LO - 6 : | Under the responsibility of the employees within the framework of a project for the development of plans and manages events.
| | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| What is biological diversity. Biological diversity of wild animals to identify, develop, protect and monitor the role and importance. Key wildlife species, indicator species, flagship species, umbrella species, and for the maintenance of biological diversity, such as a kind of target species determination.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | What is biodiversity | | | Week 2 | Determination of the biological diversity in wild animals | | | Week 3 | Development of biological diversity in wild animals | | | Week 4 | Protection of biological diversity in wild animals | | | Week 5 | The role of monitoring the biodiversity of wild animals | | | Week 6 | The importance of biological diversity in wild animals | | | Week 7 | Key species in wild animals | | | Week 8 | Indicator species in wild animals | | | Week 9 | Mid-Term Exam | | | Week 10 | Presantation | | | Week 11 | Umbrella species in wild animals | | | Week 12 | Presantation | | | Week 13 | Flag species in wild animals | | | Week 14 | Determining the conservation of biological diversity as an important species of wild animals such as target species. | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Wildlife Ecology and Management, Bolen, E.G. and Robinson, W., Benjamin Cummings, USA, 656 pp, 2002. | | | |
| 1 | Biodiversity An Introduction, Kevin J. Gaston and John I. Spicer, 191pp. Blackwell, 2004. | | | 2 | Principles of Conservation Biology, Groom, M.J., Meffe, G.K. and Carroll, C.R., Sinauer, 2005. | | | 3 | Wildlife and Natural Resource Management, Deal, K., Thomson Delmar Learning, 2002. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 12/11/2015 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 05/01/2016 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 1.3 | 14 | 18.2 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 44.2 |
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