|
|
| ORM2006 | General Ecology | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ömer KARA | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ömer KARA | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | After taking this course student will gain a general understanding of ecological terms, ecosystems and their functions. | 3,5,11 | | | LO - 2 : | They will also gain knowledge in basic environmental problems. | 3,5,11 | | | 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 | | |
| The course provides a general understanding of ecological terms and ecosystems, and introduces and discusses adaptation, terrestrial ecology, ocean ecology, freshwater ecology, and population ecology, energy flows in ecosystems, climate change, succession, biodiversity and climate. |
| |
| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction and definition of ecological terms | | | Week 2 | Ecology and adaptation | | | Week 3 | Terrestrial ecology | | | Week 4 | Biotic characteristics of terrestial site | | | Week 5 | Classification biomes | | | Week 6 | Population ecology | | | Week 7 | Ocean and Fresh water ecology | | | Week 8 | Mid-Term exam | | | Week 9 | Succession | | | Week 10 | Classification of ecosystems | | | Week 11 | Energy flow in ecosystems | | | Week 12 | Urban ecology | | | Week 13 | Biodiversity | | | Week 14 | Climate change | | | Week 15 | Nutrient cyles | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Gökmen, S. (Ed.) Genel Ekoloji, Nobel Yayınları, Ankara, 2007. | | | 2 | Kocataş, A.., Ekoloji , Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları, Bornova, İzmir, 2004 | | | |
| 1 | Odum, E. P. Ecology, Sinauer Associates Inc. Publishers, Mass., USA, 1996 | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 10/04/2019 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 28/05/2019 | 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 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 76 |
|