GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING BEINGS/4310140
Course Title: CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING BEINGS
Credits 3 ECTS 7
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing this course, students could understand the importance and principles of classification.
After completing this course, students could recognize some organisms by using identification keys.
After completing this course, students could understand biodiversity and its importance.
After completing this course, students could understand the evolutionary relationships of organisms.
After completing this course, students could assist in the development of awareness of nature conservation in the society.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Taxonomic system and its purpose
2. Week  Taxonomic system and its purpose (continued)
3. Week  The history of scientific taxonomy
4. Week  The history of scientific taxonomy(continued)
5. Week  From past to present, Kingdoms of living things; with different classification types.
6. Week  From past to present, Kingdoms of living things; with different classification types(continued)
7. Week  From past to present, Kingdoms of living things; with different classification types (continued)
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  Zoological nomenclature
10. Week  Zoological nomenclature- with examples
11. Week  Characteristics used in classification of animals
12. Week  Characteristics used in classification of animals (continued)
13. Week  Characteristics used in classification of animals (continued)
14. Week  Classification of various animals using identification keys (practise)
15. Week  Classification of various animals using identification keys (practise)
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
1
10
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
1
60
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
12
3
36
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
6
5
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
7
5
35
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
1
4
4
 Presentation
10
1
10
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
20
20
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
40
40
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
175
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3
4
5X
6
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12
13X
14X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Sönmez Girgin)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/sgirgin)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (sgirgin@gazi.edu.tr , sonmez.girgin@gmail.com)