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| YHEY1002 | General Ecology and Meteorology | 2+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | 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 per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ömer KARA | | Co-Lecturer | PROF. DR. ŞAĞDAN BAŞKAYA | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To enable students to understand the principal workings of the environment through acquainting them with general ecology and climate terms.
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| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Students will be introduced general ecology and meteorology. They will learn some definitions in this lecture. | 1,8 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | Students will be able to learn structure and layers of atmosphere and atmospheric events. | 1,8 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | Students will be able to learn precipitation and features of precipitation; precipitation types, regimes and distribution. | 1,8 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | Students will be able to learn and evaluate the air mass in Turkey and will learn types of macro-climate in Turkey
| 1,8 | 1 | | 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 | | |
| Ecology definition, development, branches, concepts, principles, balance, food chains, networks, transfers of matter and energy, ecological issues. Comparison of definitions of meteorology and climate, development, ecology places, people, their effects on other living things. Atmosphere properties of the components of the climate, meteorological equipment, facades, Turkey's climate. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Definition and development of ecology, development and branches | | | Week 2 | Concepts and principles of ecology | | | Week 3 | Ecological balance and food chain, Matter and energy transfer | | | Week 4 | Ecological problems of humanity | | | Week 5 | Introduction to meteorology and climatology | | | Week 6 | Comparison of meteorology and air conditioning | | | Week 7 | History and development of meteorology and climatology | | | Week 8 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 9 | Effects of climate on human and other living things | | | Week 10 | Properties of the atmosphere
Elements of climate | | | Week 11 | Importance and evaluation in terms of precipitation and forestry | | | Week 12 | Temperature; Importance and evaluation of wildlife | | | Week 13 | The meteorological equipment and tools | | | Week 14 | Climate types in Turkey | | | Week 15 | Student presentation | | | |
| 1 | Özyuvacı, N., 1999. Meteoroloji ve Klimatoloji, , İ.Ü. Yayınları Yayın No: 4196, Orman Fak. Yayın No: 460, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Oğuz, E., 1999, Genel Klimatoloji, İstanbul. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 04/04/2018 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | 23/05/2018 | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 3 | 24 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 8 | 8 | 64 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 4 | 32 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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