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| YHEY1000 | Conservation Biology | 2+1+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Spring 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 and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Şağdan BAŞKAYA | | Co-Lecturer | Dr. Alptuğ SARI | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | At the end of this course students will learn the importance of biodiversity and conservation policies |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Grasp the importance of biological diversity. | 4,7,8 | | | LO - 2 : | Learn from the ecological and economic dimensions of biodiversity. | 4,7,8 | | | LO - 3 : | Have experience Conservation biology in the professional sense. | 4,7,8 | | | 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 | | |
| Conservation biology, history, terminology, Conservation Values and Ethics, Threat Elements, Economic Aspects of Biodiversity, Living Area (Habitat) Corruption, Disintegration, Transformation and Extinction, extreme Business, Invasive Species, Climate Change and Monitoring, Sustainable Development, Protection and Conservation Future studies.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The history of conservation biology | | | Week 2 | Terminology of conservation biology | | | Week 3 | Conservation Values and Ethics | | | Week 4 | Threat Elements | | | Week 5 | Economic Aspects of Biodiversity | | | Week 6 | Habitat Corruption and Destruction | | | Week 7 | Habitat Corruption | | | Week 8 | Habitat Conversion of Habitat Extinction, Invasive Species | | | Week 9 | Mid-Term exam | | | Week 10 | presentation | | | Week 11 | Climate Change and Monitoring | | | Week 12 | presentation | | | Week 13 | Sustainable Development and Protection Policies | | | Week 14 | The Future of Work Protection | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Conservation Biology, Andrew S. Pullin, 345pp. Cambridge UP, 2002. | | | |
| 1 | Biodiversity ''An Introduction'', Kevin J. Gaston and John I. Spicer, 191pp. Blackwell, 2004. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 18/04/2022 | | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 10/06/2022 | | 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 | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 5 | 40 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Ödev | 2 | 5 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 6 | 48 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 174 |
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