GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
AQUATIC ORGANISMS/4310141
Course Title: AQUATIC ORGANISMS
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 recognize aquatic ecosystems and aquatic organisms.
After completing this course, students could become conscious on the importance of water quality
After completing this course, students could improve ability of evaluating and searching the scientific literature
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction to aquatic ecosystems Aquatic ecosystem types Inland waters and Marine ecosystems
2. Week  Inland waters: Lakes and reservoirs (Lentic Ecosystems)
3. Week  Inland waters: Stream ecosystems (Lotic ecosystems)
4. Week  Inland waters: continue....
5. Week  Inland waters: Wetlands
6. Week  Marine ecosystems
7. Week  Aquatic organisms (Protozoa, invertebrates and vertebrates)
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  Aquatic plants (algae and macrophytes)
10. Week  Aquatic organisms are grouped by their location and their adaptation.
11. Week  Benthos
12. Week  Phytoplankton
13. Week  Zooplankton
14. Week  Neuston
15. Week  Necton
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
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
6
4
24
 Searching in Internet and Library
6
4
24
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
6
2
12
 Presentation
10
3
30
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
20
20
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
23
23
 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
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
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)