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| YHEL5068 | Freshwater Fish Ecology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WILDLIFE ECOLOGY and MANAGEMENT | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Mehmet KOCABAŞ | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach the basic principles of fish systematics, the use and creation of the determination key. To introduce the economically and ecologically important species living in Turkey's inland waters and seas. To teach the systematic places and distribution areas of these species. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | To learn the basic principles of systematics. | 1,4,5 | | | PO - 2 : | To find the place of a fish in the systematic by using the determination keys. | 1,4,5 | | | PO - 3 : | To know the general characteristics of cartilaginous, bony and round-mouthed fish. | 1,4,5 | | | PO - 4 : | To know the general characteristics of cartilaginous, bony and round-mouthed fish. | 1,4,5 | | | PO - 5 : | To know the distribution areas of fish species living in Turkish waters. | 1,4,5 | | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Basic principles of fish systematics, general characteristics of fish at class and order level, fish species living in Turkish waters and their distribution areas. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | | | | Week 2 | | | | Week 3 | | | | Week 4 | | | | Week 5 | | | | Week 6 | | | | Week 7 | | | | Week 8 | | | | Week 9 | | | | Week 10 | | | | Week 11 | | | | Week 12 | | | | Week 13 | | | | Week 14 | | | | Week 15 | | | | Week 16 | | | | |
| 1 | Mater,S., Uçal, O., Kaya, M. (1989). Türkiye Deniz Balıkları Atlası. Ege Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi, İzmir. | | | |
| 1 | Mater, S., Kaya, M., Bilecenoğlu, M. (2011). Türkiye Deniz Balıkları - 1, Kıkırdaklı Balıklar (Chondrichthyes). Ege Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi, İzmir. | | | 2 | Geldiay, R., Balık, S. (2007). Türkiye Tatlısu Balıkları. Ege Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi, İzmir. | | | 3 | Turan, D (2012). Turkiye içsu balıkları sistematiği ders notları (basılmamış). | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 15 | | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 7 | 2 | 14 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 5 | 3 | 15 | | Ödev | 10 | 5 | 50 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 5 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 210 |
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